Riptides are disgustingly powerful, since their Nova Reactor ability can enhance their offense, defense, or mobility based on the situation. He also took 2 Riptides with Heavy Burst Cannons. ForesightвЂ™s are cheap characters that can accurately apply Markerlights, which in tandem with the Sacea Sept Trait, means that he should easily get targets up to 5 counters with ease. He also has 3 Firesight Marksmen and 2 Riptides. For the most part, this Commander is here to turn on вЂњCommand And Control NodeвЂќ, which is a 1CP Stratagem that allows a BATTLESUIT unit to re-roll to wound in exchange for the Commander being unable to shoot. WeвЂ™ll come back to the Drone Controller in a bit. He has a Commander with a Drone Controller and Burst Cannon. Since Markerlights arenвЂ™t Sept locked, this is a great way to access Markerlights for his Tau Sept units.

Plus, Sacea have an interesting stratagem unique to them where they can call in an orbital Markerlight and put a Markerlight Counter on any unit within a few inches of a chosen point. Sacea get to re-roll one missed hit for each unit that shoots, so his Markerlights get to re-roll to hit. His first detachment is some dirt cheap Markerlight support. So, 11th is a highly prestigious placing, and he was the highest ranking Tau player. 11th doesnвЂ™t sound too amazing at first, but Adepticon is one of the biggest events for 40k, and this year had over 200 players. With all that said, letвЂ™s look at the lists!ДЇirst up, we have Devin Swan, who took 11th at Adepticon. Tau have access to a 1CP stratagem to add D3 Markerlight Counters to a unit when they gain a Counter, so they can also force a target up to 5 rather reliably. The magic number is 5, as that makes all Tau units that shoot the unit with 5 counters get +1 to hit, re-rolling 1вЂ™s to hit, ignoring cover on the enemy and ignoring the Heavy and Advance penalty on their own weapons.

All Tau units get various bonuses when shooting at a unit with Markerlight counters, and the bonuses depend on how many counters the target unit has. If they score a hit when shooting a Markerlight, the unit that was hit simply receives a Markerlight counter. Some Tau models have a Markerlight as a weapon on their profile. Markerlights are one of two army special rules that Tau have (along with For The Greater Good), but whatвЂ™s interesting is that Markerlights are an ability from a weapon that interact with all Tau units, rather than an ability found on Tau units themselves, and theyвЂ™re a lot more complicated than most other army abilities. However, there are some variations to how players build their lists and approach the codex, so itвЂ™s definitely not a one trick pony.Д«efore we get the ball rolling, we need to talk about how Markerlights work. Tau are one of the shootiest armies in the game (if not the shootiest), which makes their playstyle a little one dimensional. Every entry will be pulled from a recent GT, and weвЂ™ll be going over everything from who played the army to how likely the army in question is likely to continue to perform as the game evolves.

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