While the old Pulse Carbine was pretty much ignored by Tau players, the Pulse Blaster is here to stay. If you can get into 5″ (and you BETTER), a solid volley of S:6 AP3 file will ruin a lot of bad guy’s days. I expect to see an offensive version of Fish of Fury of return!
The DS8 turret is really interesting, with both missile pod and SMS options. I think this will give the Tau infantry a multi-purpose role similar to Eldar Guardians thier Support platform – if a little more static…
Finally the defensive drone is a cheap way to get a 5+ invulnerable for the unit. Probably 12 pts well spent!
About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of LostSouls.
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While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.