All in all it makes for a powerful but situational unit, most useful vs enemies with poor melee options (if stealth suits are there to troll AM ghostkeel are there to actually make them quit the game) or if you are preparing to make riptides soon and want to splash in a few to gain access to the stealth drones. remember that compared to other factions main battle tanks its durability is on the lower end and that while they can be upgraded all the way to t10 you shouldn't fall into the trap of never upgrading from a 36hp vehicle in the lategame. T’au players should also consider using the Ghostkeel in the charge and combat phases of the game. Of course, it has little to no combat ability to speak of, but that wouldn’t be the goal of charging the enemy. Food or ore starts are good because they allow you to keep up production longer before buying some, influence ones can be very nice as they allow some extra conversions early on (just be careful to keep 40 for expanding when the drone is ready!), energy starts don't give you much of a benefit right away but will be very good once you get into vehicles more heavily, science is science, etc The star of tau's early tiers. The hammerhead (often just "HH") is an extremely versatile tank and sets a standard all other tanks are often measured against. It can be upgraded in many ways and gets a +1 accuracy adjacency bonus when near an allied vehicle or "monster" (tau big suits).

As the game progresses necron eco will eventually outscale you and their combo of c'tan + doomscythe is very dangerous so try not to drag it. During deployment, the Ghostkeel and any accompanying drones can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is neither in your opponent’s deployment zone or within 12″ of an enemy unit Because of this, while you are not *required* to play into utopia on a short game, if you ignore the mechanic you will find it hard to keep up in the long term. Once again, hold the line. If you get to the HH stage you might manage to work it out but watch out for fire dragons. ed will have a new game mode called Combat Patrol where you only get to build your force from the contents of the combat patrol box for your faction and the rules will be very similar to the main game mode, but even more simplified. They specifically talked about how it should be easy to transition from this game mode to the other without learning a lot more rules.The T’au Empire employs a range of alien auxiliaries you can add to your army, helping fill a range of battlefield roles – Kroot , for example, are highly cost-effective infantry that are great for filling slots in a Brigade Detachment, while the Vespids make for excellent harassment units, well-suited to taking on heavy infantry. While these units don’t directly benefit from a Sept Tenet, several have received a discount in points in the new codex, and in a Dal’yth army, they’re even more threatening thanks to the Gunship Diplomat Warlord Trait.

XV02 Pilot Battlesuit • XV8 Crisis Battlesuit ( XV8-02 Crisis Iridium Battlesuit • XV81 Crisis Battlesuit • XV84 Crisis Battlesuit • XV85 Enforcer Battlesuit • XV86 Coldstar Battlesuit • XV89 Crisis Battlesuit • XV88 Broadside Battlesuit) • Stealthsuits ( XV15 Stealthsuit • XV22 Stealthsuit • XV25 Stealthsuit • XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuit) • XV46 Vanguard Void Battlesuit • XV9 Hazard Battlesuit • Class 10 Battlesuits ( XV104 Riptide Battlesuit • XV107 R'varna Battlesuit • XV109 Y'vahra Battlesuit) • KV128 Stormsurge • KX139 Ta'unar Supremacy Armour The basic weapon instead is an "ok" missile launcher, mostly useful for taking out infantry in cover. Finally the fireblade will get you a massive +6 loyalty to all your cities at level 6, making it a cornerstone to your lategame eco.Barracuda • Manta • Orca • Razorshark • DX-6 Remora Drone Stealth Fighter • Sun Shark • Tiger Shark • Tiger Shark AX-1-0

It wouldn't make sense to start anywhere else, since the most distinct mechanic of the faction is "Utopia". The mobility module on t7 (+1 move and ZoC ignore) would be very powerful for them but by t7 they will be starting to be obsolete already. There are no 100% required units in this matchup unlike it was for the nid mirror, keep a good diversity (avoid ghostkeel and stealth suits, markerlight counters them) and play better. The Ghostkeel remains something of an oddity in the Tau codex for the time being, an interesting unit that can do some unique stuff but not one that has ever really seen a significant amount of tournament play. It is, however, ripe for an update of its rules should the Tau book ever get an update; a fix to its points cost would also have been nice, but GW apparently thinks it unnecessary. With toughness 6, a 3+ save, a 4+ invulnerable save, and a native -1 to hit, the Ghostkeel can be quite a pain for opponents to remove.

Detachment Rules

Drone Controller - A Drone Controller acts as a hub for communications and interface between an operator and the AI battle programs of a number of Tau Drones. The Drone Controller device gives the user the ability to relay any additional targetting data they receive to their Drones, thus directing those automatons' fire more accurately at the target. Until recently, the deployment of the XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuit was restricted to covert missions. In truth, development of these potent battlesuits was completed around the beginning of the Third Sphere Expansion, but it was decreed by the Ethereals that these new weapons should remain hidden until their unveiling held the greatest inspirational value. A Broadside has its choice of two weapon systems each for its “primary” and “secondary” slots, which can be freely mixed within a squad; however, as with most such units it is almost always better to keep loadouts identical across all members of a squad unless you have a very clever plan (and trust me, your plan isn’t as clever as you think it is.)