Warhammer 40,000 Tau Tactics Deployment Strategies

[firetruckabc]

i have space maines but are geting tau are the good gona get fire squad

[RiseAgainstRcoks]

I was just wondering, are you possibly going to start making videos again once the new armybook for Tau comes out later this year? I would deffinatly enjoy having a youtube-channel to follow while working my way back in to playing with the Tau :)

[tauofwar]

@RiseAgainstRcoks One can only hope! I have a kid now, so my video making career is at a stand-still. Here's to hoping that a new codex comes out soon!

[MRWILLS661]

great vid thanks TAU FTW

[bella1243qwe]

hahaha the dude has a space wolf head im the wolf guys btw AMAZING painting

[WoWVerify]

Definition of "fire base" please?

[TheAirmansHunt]

@WoWVerify Think of it like a base of operation. Tau work effectively huddled "close" to one another, it is easier for them to draw the enemy towards them and defend themselves.

[airforcelol]

how come you never make videos anymore? :(

[scionofsanguinius]

i really need to learn and use your tactics as i am just starting a tau army

[scionofsanguinius]

however the ion cannon is awesome who doesnt agree with it i believe it is awesome anyway

[michelon1231]

could you or someone else make a battle report with one of these deployments

[NicholasGeschke]

Fire Warriors have excellent guns, range and accuracy. Problem is they are slow to reload and it takes time to set up your troops. They also lack strong close range combat weaponry.

The Kroot make up for this, but they can be beaten if your opponent uses range or heavy attack.

While they are a young race the Tau withstood the might of the Imperium during the Damocles Gulf Crusade. Detachments of 19 different Marine Chapters and over 30 IG regiments went in and ended in a bloody stalemate.

[TheAirmansHunt]

@NicholasGeschke And then they went on and faced them again on Taros and made a mockery of the Imperial Guard, almost completely destroying a complete Company of Space Marines, scaring off Titans, and scoring a good planet for raw material.

[AGrumpyPanda]

@NicholasGeschke But then got slaughtered in the Zeist Crusade, when a chapter-level assemblage of might came to town :P

[MrStupidjoker]

your a genesis you have great tactics i will use this often.

[MrStupidjoker]

hay great! im just getting into the tau and love it and you videos have helped!

[masterkiller49]

that crossing fire was actually really freaking smart, i was like: woooooahhhhhh never thought of that xD

[epyonO9]

I nearly died when you bumped that hammerhead I thought it was going off the table

[RockStarAussie]

Very nice. << tau player. Need some help vs space marine armies that spam assault squads and use laser/plasma weapons? i seem to get slaughtered since its very little mech im playing against, and the range and power from the assault squads/tactical squads ( im a tau player not a SM player =) ) is limiting my movement options and i just end up getting smashed, since laser/plasma weapons are good vs mech as well.

[taumich97]

@RockStarAussie

use kroots against the assault squads and use hammerhead gunships to bombard the tactical marine units,

use crisis battle suits with twin-linked missile pods to destroy enemy vehicles, and use stealth suits to kill important enemy champions.

[taumich97]

@RockStarAussie my army got 3 hammerheads: 155pts each = 465pts

1 tau shas'o: ion blaster, stimu-injector, retrotrusters shield generator = 130pts (i think)

2 firewarrior squads: x12, pulse carbines = 240pts

1 Kroot squad: x20 , upgrade 1 to a shaper = 161pts

total: 465 + 130 + 240 + 161 = 996 pts

[WJMxbx]

I dont know if you even check this anymore, but i think me (and a lot of other people), would really appreciate a video showing how to start a tau army etc.

[IIGECKOII]

Love the paint job on the hammerheads, nice work.

[vernerhill]

( carrying on ) the vids by the way there great

[vernerhill]

I use a similar tactic to the second. I use a single firebase to draw the enemy into the corner, and then disperse forcing my opponent to split his army into more sizable chunks. Broadsides seem to be working great for me if I am going to have

Two fire bases. I put them in one corner ( three with six gun drones) to act as a distraction while placing my other units in the other corner. I then get to either hit there side armor with the railguns or he goes for a unit only worth 210pts. Cheers fo

[Loopyking2011]

Hmhm I like that plan :) use it see if it work ????

[jonas2142]

please make more tau vids

[sallowdoll1987]

Heh, I see the Misfits skull on the lefty Predator rock solid tacktic I wanna play Tau cause everybody saying they are weak. If I can win tournament with Necrons, then I think I can do something with Tau. Now I wanna see battle report. :)

[jonmiller308]

:O i litteraly gasped at 7:43 lol oh man dont scare me like that! >.<

[Staribuck]

COME ON! MAKE MORE VIDEOS I NEEDS THEM!

[goldenfeet123]

Tau ur awesome we want more vids !!!

[Sherrin6]

hells yea, i am glad u posted another vid. keep it up! your tips and advice are always really interesting and useful. i use them occasionally and they truly work.

[Xyhelm]

Very excellent video, OSH. I'm so glad you are seeing the awesomeness of the ion cannon.  It's my anti-marine weapon of choice.

Thanks for the great tips on strategy. I've started using your method (Devilfish in reserve and Kroot outflanking) and it's proving itself!

[ogen4621]

Hi dude, Excellent video and advice. Not just for Tau, but for any army with similar configurations. Cheers!

[Anders6013]

yeah LOVE TAU!!

[AutarchAndrew]

are you coming to games day I would like to play against you

[tauofwar]

@AutarchAndrew Yes, I will be there but I am volunteering so I think I'll be assigned to some mega game or painting tables or something. we could play the next day at the Bunker though!

[AutarchAndrew]

@tauofwar ok great

[huntercd]

i think the devilfish is greatly overlooked. you can give it smart missiles (and seeker missiles) and then you can keep 6 firewarriors in there whole game. you let the devilfish hit troops all day and you loadout your XV8 for antitank and send in XV88 and hammerheads or skyrays. you can have 3 devilfish 3 Xv88 2 hammerheads and 3 XV8 with fusionblasters and a Shas'o and honourguard all in a 1750 game.

you used a pincer tactic, and its totally valid. outflank and dstroy for the greater good.

[HvZ08]

Really good advice, as always OSH. Looking forward to more of these if you have the time.

[DicipleofChaos]

thats helps, but my bro just started a deepstrike BA army, and he may not b a pro but he is a diabolical bastard, how would u recommend deploying against a CC deepstrike army

[shadowseer92]

@DicipleofChaos deploy nothing, have most things in reserve, wait for him to DS then come in with rapid fire goodness