Collecting T'au Empire

A high-tech gunline that blows the enemy off the table with battlesuits, railguns, and drones - at the cost of basically no melee.

Intermediate 🎲 High-tech mobile gunline, near-zero melee 🧩 ~40-60 models @ 2,000pts 💷 $650-900 / £450-600 🎨 Medium to paint

The best thing to buy is what looks the coolest to you. Paint and play the models you love — the lists below are just a guide for when you want a competitive edge.

1 · Start here

T'au Empire Combat Patrol $170 / £100

Commander, Devilfish, 10 Fire Warriors, 10 Pathfinders, 7 drones

A balanced, mobile, good-value core

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2 · Complete your army ~1,000 pts (Incursion)

Commander, Devilfish, Fire Warriors, Pathfinders and drones is a balanced mobile core but lacks the battlesuits and heavy guns that define the army. Add Crisis suits, a centerpiece, and anti-tank.

Crisis Battlesuits x1 The workhorse battlesuit unit — your main mobile firepower the box lacks. 🛒

Broadside Battlesuits x1 Long-range fire support and anti-tank to crack vehicles. 🛒

Hammerhead Gunship x1 Dedicated anti-tank railgun centerpiece. 🛒

Stealth Battlesuits x1 Concealed shooters/markerlight support to extend the Observer engine. 🛒

3 · Competitive core — what winning lists run

Built from top-placing tournament lists (Tabletop Battles' Competitive Innovations) over the last ~8 weeks — a data-driven competitive core.

Start here — priorities toward ~1,000pts

Breacher Team seen in 3 top lists 🛒

Cadre Fireblade seen in 3 top lists 🛒

Devilfish seen in 3 top lists 🛒

Hammerhead Gunship seen in 3 top lists 🛒

Kroot Carnivores seen in 3 top lists 🛒

Piranhas seen in 3 top lists 🛒

Then expand toward ~2,000pts

The Twin Lance seen in 3 top lists 🛒

Pathfinder Team seen in 2 top lists 🛒

Riptide Battlesuit seen in 2 top lists 🛒

Commander Shadowsun seen in 1 top list 🛒

Commander In Enforcer Battlesuit seen in 1 top list 🛒

Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits seen in 1 top list 🛒

Next steps

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