Games Workshop Warhammer 40k - Codex V.9 Tau Empire (En)

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Starve the War Machine: Select up to two planets; subtract 1 from the Military Power of each of those planets (to a minimum of 1). The action: You roll a die for every markerlight. On a 3+ you put a markerlight token on a unit that is an eligible shooting target. A T’AU EMPIRE Detachment is one that only includes models with the T’AU EMPIRE keyword (excluding models with the UNALIGNED keyword). In your Command phase, if this model is on the battlefield, it can intone one additional invocation it knows that has not already been intoned by a friendly model that turn. To win as Tau, you basically need to ensure you’re never in a position where an opponent has gotten a durable foothold on multiple mid-board objectives.”

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Vior’la– +2″ mv when wholly in your deployment zone on your first turn. Reroll Advance and Charge rolls.There are a few things to break down here. With an AP of -6 and the ability to ignore invulnerable saves, your payload will be making it through almost any kind of energy field, daemonic protection, or battle plate that might stand in its way. This system lies firmly in the grip of a tyrannical regime, which must be defeated and the fear of it broken before victory can be achieved.Add 2 to the Military Power of this star system’s Core World. With that in mind, let’s turn to Grover’s T’au-specific analysis. As I mention above, Grover really hits the nail on the head here. From the article:

9E Tau Codex Review: Overview and Special Rules

The organisational hierarchy of the Fire Caste places centralised responsibility for tactical deployment of each cadre in the hands of a single Commander, the better to ensure clarity and focus. Commanders from Sa’cea are meanwhile used to fighting hard-won campaigns in difficult conditions. They know better than any other the value of key strategic terrain and their commanders can delegate control of objectives to units that wouldn’t normally be expected to hold them. So exceptionally drilled and responsive are the warriors of T’au Sept that their fields of fire shift and overlap with inescapable efficiency.Commanders still have excellent output. The Cyclic Ion Blaster is still boss. Hitting and wounding on 2s is great. But none of that matters if the objective that we just cleared doesn’t have any T’au units on it. the Neuroweb system jammer that gives them a Keyword to be eligible to use a strat that no other unit could anyway…