Caledonian Uprising

[Erich]

First big British tournament of 2014 happened over the weekend. Cool to Necrons in the top ten:

1   -   Josh Roberts    ELDAR   DELDAR   
2   -   Luke Nurser    SPACE MARINES   SPACE MARINES   INQ
3   -   Johnpaul Stevens    ELDAR   DELDAR   
4   -   Rob Sims    TAU   SPACE MARINES   
5   -   Nick Counsell   HIGHLANDER   SPACE MARINES   TAU   
6   -   Eric Hoath    ELDAR   
7   -   Allen El-Sour    SPACE MARINES   TAU   INQ
8   -   Rob Madeley    NECRON   
9   -   Matt Robertson    CSM   DAEMONS   
10   -   Matthew Edmonds    DAEMONS   

Here is a link to the forum post:

http://warhammer.org.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=117966&sid=37c101ff509ea31930d1b89e3ef3f348&start=480

[Sir_Prometheus]

Do you know what Rob Sims list looked like?  I've been thinking of adding SM bikers (actually, GK bikers, cuz knights on bikes are cool) to my Tau list for a while now. 

[Erich]

Somewhere in the linked forum topic there is a link to all the lists...here is Sims...Farsight Bomb with Skyrays and Severin Loth (who gets to select his powers rather than doing it random):

92 )- Rob Sims
Primary Detachment: Tau Empire:
HQ: Commander Farsight
HQ: Commander Shadowsun
HQ: XV8 Crisis Bodyguard Team x 7 Suits:
1 suit (32), Command & Control Node (15), Puretide Chip (15), Multi Spectrum Sensor Suite (20),
Vectored Retro-Thrusters (5), Drone Controller (, Iridium Battlesuit (25), 1 x Gun Drone (12), Neuroweb System
Jammer (2)
1 Suit (32), Plasma Rifle (15), Plasma Rifle (15), Target Lock (5), 2 Gun Drones (24)
1 Suit (32), Plasma Rifle (15), Plasma Rifle (15), Target Lock (5), 2 Gun Drones (24)
1 suit (32), Fusion Blaster (15), Fusion Blaster (15), Target Lock (5), 2 Gun Drones (24)
1 suit (32), Fusion Blaster (15), Fusion Blaster (15), Target Lock (5), 2 Gun Drones (24)
1 suit (32), Missile Pod (15), Missile Pod (15), Target Lock (5), 2 Gun Drones (24)
1 suit (32), Missile Pod (15), Missile Pod (15), Target Lock (5), 2 Gun Drones (24)
HS: SkyRay (115), Blacksun Filter (1)
HS: SkyRay (115), Blacksun Filter (1)
HS: SkyRay (115), Blacksun Filter (1)
TROOP: 10 Kroot (60), 1 Kroot Hound (5)
TROOP: 10 Kroot (60), 1 Kroot Hound (5)
TROOP: 10 Kroot (60), 1 Kroot Hound (5)
TROOP: 10 Kroot (60), 1 Kroot Hound (5)
Allied Detachment: Space Marines
HQ:Librarian Sevrin Loth
TROOP: 5 Scouts (55), Cammo Cloaks (10), 1 x Missile Laumcher (15), 4 x Sniper Rifles (4)

[Sir_Prometheus]

Oh, nevermind, he's just using warp gate to jump the farsight bomb around without having it come in from reserve (so you can't intercept it). 

I'm not super fond of that as the libby isn't super mobile

[Erich]

Wouldn't gate make Loth mobile enough?

[Sir_Prometheus]

Well, I mean that he can't move in the assault phase....so to some extent the unit winds up being "pinned" by where the libby is.  Probably not that big a problem since the unit is so large, you stretch it pretty far in different directions, I just don't like it.

Plus, y'know, if he fails a roll, you're kinda stuck. 

I'm not saying it's bad, far from it, just not what I want to run. (though, I dunno, I like farsight bombs)

[Grimwulfe]

Teleport or no teleport it still dies to the plasma bomb!!

[jhobin]

if there in cover with Shadowsun I think they would live against the plasmabomb

[Grimwulfe]

Nothing lives against the plasma bomb!

[Chase]

ROB SIMS!!!

AMAZING.   

[Sir_Prometheus]

Well, not that I'm fluff bunny, but Farisght + Shadowsun is pretty unfluffy, they hate each other. 

But yeah, that would survive your alpha strike, Troy.  I dunno, I'd consider it, just haven't had enough time to practice it before Templecon.  Running some version of my NOVA list sounds safer, and it's less gimmicky.  I like winning gimmick free.