Games Workshop just keeps at with the hype with this new Faction Focus teaser for the T’au Empire for the upcoming 8th Edition.
T’au fans, get ready for some nice changes coming with 8th edition! NOTE: T’AU SPELLING CHANGE
Games Workshop has given us a breakdown of how the T’au will be playing in the upcoming 8th Edition. Here are some of the key points form the article on Warhammer Community. The T’au have always been amazing at ranged warfare but have been weak at melee. Will they still hold their place in ranged warfare??
Well, let’s start with the biggest and baddest suit in their arsenal, the Stormsurge. This beast of a suit currently terrorises the tables and will continue to do so in the new Warhammer 40,000, albeit in different ways. The Anchors currently allow the Stormsurge to shoot twice, but in the new edition, this has been changed to a more reasonable (but still powerful!) +1 to hit in the Shooting phase … The Stormsurge also has the Walking Battleship special rule which allows him to Fall Back from combat and still shoot, while also ignoring the penalty for moving and shooting heavy weapons.
The beast that is the Stormsurge, the mech that never missed leg day, will continue to dominate and a remain a solid choice.
The XV8 Crisis Battlesuits are next up on the docket. They each can take 3 weapons (which again, you can fire all of them!). May I recommend a flamer plus two other weapons of your choice? The flamers give you nasty Overwatch defence, as they auto-hit incoming units that charge within their range. Oh, and did I forget to mention they have the Fly keyword? This allows them to Fall Back from combat and still shoot at full effect.
Mobile and can team up for some brutal hit and run attacks? XV8s will be moving on a lot T’au game tables.
When Sniper Drones are paired with the T’au HQ’s such as the Cadre Fireblade they will bring down those pesky support characters with deadly efficiency … The 48″ range on their Sniper weapons, plus their fast movement, means they will be filling those characters with lead (or plasma?) a lot faster than snipers from other factions.
It looks like nothing will be safe with this new T’au changes that are coming with 8th Edition. This is quite exciting preview for T’au fans and will encourage more players to join the Greater Good!
What are your thoughts? Are you liking the changes coming for the T’au? Let us know in the comments below!
P.S. If you haven’t singed up for the SoCal Open Gaming Convention yet, perhaps you should?
