Tau Allies - Last few points

[SaganGree]

Currently I'm working on an Eldar list that I hope to be pretty solid revolving around 10 wraithguard, Eldrad, a Fortunseer, and a Tau Commander.

With that said I'm Definitely taking a tau commander with stuff (Ie vectored thrust for the Hit and Run) 24 Fire Warriors, and I have 240 - 250 points left over...

So I'm trying to Figure out if I should go with one of three options:

3 Broadsides with Blacksun Filters and one shield Drone
or
3 Sniper Teams
or
5 Stealth Suits with 5 gun drones and a blacksun filter

The question that I know is going to be raised is how much AT do I have... well, I have 10 wraithguard and 2 falcons and lots of STR6 shooting through bikes and the falcons.

Currently I'm leaning toward the sniper teams as its 12 models with all the stealth goodness and 3 markerlights for the Firewarriors, plus its 3 separate units to deal with. But I've never used sniper teams before and have no idea of their effectiveness.

[Kyban]

You generally can't go wrong with broadsides, they're probably your best bet here but the stealth suits are pretty good too. The Snipers are a bit lackluster but they did get a bit of a boost in 6th. You now only need one blacksun filter per unit unless you want redundancy.

[SaganGree]

Very true... but its still the cheapest hard point option for Broadsides... the only other one I might find points for is the multitracker but I'm not sure how necessary that would be

[Panxer]

Broadsides. Broadsides. Broadsides.

Sniper teams don't have the sniper rule.

Stealth Suits are nice, but I would go with a XV8 team. You get double the punch and twice the range for 1/2 the points. for 100pts you get a team of 2 w burst cannons and missile pods. 125pts and you can add a team leader,bonding knife, blacksun filter, or a drone or two.

But all around? Take the Broadsides. Their Smart Missile Systems ignore night fight without the BSF. 2+ armor save. 4+ invuls from the shield gen/shield drone, and tough... Their weakness? Poor morale and bad in close combat, but you're still pumping out S10 AP1 TL shots of nastiness

[SaganGree]

Heh, its for those reasons I was thinking the sniper teams...

They also have a 2+ save in Cover due to the changes of 6th, they have 9 Str6 AP3 shots that you can fire at three different targets and 3 markerlights. And, effectively, 4 more wounds. And, they are more survivable against Str8+ AP2.

And remember that I have a points budget of 250 pnts... 3 broadsides with shields and shield drones is 80+ points higher than I can pay.

[Aramel]

You could always drop a Falcon to make room for the Broadsides. I've never used them myself, but I have a feeling fire prisms are generally a better choice. Longer range, better BS and cheaper.

[plasticaddict]

Try this,

Team Leader with ,H/W Blacksun Filter,H/W Drone Controller, Shield Generator, two Marker Drones
Broadside with Shield Generator

Probably the best tank hunting unit in the game, two multi-wound models with 2+/4+. Two Networked Markerlights and a pair of TL Railguns.

As far as sniper Teams, there may be less useful units in the codex but that's debatable.

[SaganGree]

Team Leader with ,H/W Blacksun Filter,H/W Drone Controller, Shield Generator, two Marker Drones
Broadside with Shield Generator

I really like this idea... thanks!

[Sinistermind]

Another piece of wargear that is now valid/awesome for broadsides is stabilizers, give them shield drones for the 4++ and then they can use their full 6" movement to get the best LOS and still shoot!

[Panxer]

That's basically how I run my broadsides. Two Shas'Ui with Muti-trackers and a team leader with a bonding knife, HW BSF, HW DC + x2 Shield drones, and a multi-tracker.

I think a unit of three with all that kit is 265pts

I'm not so hot on the sniper drones. Yes you have a good cover save and a markerlight that hits on a 3+, but have you given any thought to Sensor Towers or tetras?

Tetras give 4 mobile marker shots ea., come standard with a Dis Pod, and can be given target arrays and BSF's and still come in at 65pts/model

Sensor towers are 40pts ea (if I remember correctly) have a 4+ TL markerlight AND remote sensor suite rule which can allow one infantry unit per tower to have their shots count as TL.