Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - The Great Unit Review Wheel! post!
Now known as the Unit Review Library!
What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit!
In this series, I will review one unit at a time, picking them randomly.
So let me spin the wheel again and see what I get:
T'au Empire, Stealth Battlesuits
10th Edition Codex
Another entry for the tricksy and shoot Tau. The Stealth Battlesuit is the smallest of the Battlesuits employed by the Tau Empire but they are tactically vesitile.
They main purpose is to assist other Battlesuits but are often used in units of 3's to complete objectives.
They are 60pts for a unit of 3, 120pts for a unit of 6.
One in 3 can be equipped with a battlesuit support system and the Shas’vre has a homing beacon and up to 2 Drones.
Let's check those stats!
Stats
Movement 8" - Fast!
Toughness 4
Save 3+(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 2
Ld 7+
OC 1
Weapons
Ranged:
The whole unit is Equipped with Burst Cannons but one in 3 can have a Fusion Blaster. Usually, they are then equipped with the Fusion and 2 Burst Cannons.
Burst Cannon
18" Range, 4 Shots, Hitting on 4+. S5, AP0 and 1 Damage.
Fusion Blaster
12" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 4+. S9, AP-4 and D6 Damage.
With Melta 2.
Melee:
Battlesuit Fists
2 Attacks, Hitting on 5+, S4, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Wargear Abilities
Battlesuit Support System - 1 in 3 Battlesuits can have this system, this model can shoot when the unit has done a Fall Back move.
The Shas'vre (Squad leader) can have 2 Drones. They do the following:
Gun Drone: The bearer has an extra gun.
Twin Pulse Carbine
20" Range, 2 Shots, Hitting on 5+. S5, AP0 and 1 Damage.
Assault, Twin-Linked
Shield Drone: +1 Wound
Marker Drone: The unit gains the Markerlight keyword and can be an Observer unit even if they have Advanced.
Homing Beacon: Once per game, you can use the Rapid Ingress Stratagem for 0CP. The unit must come down within 3" of this unit and outside 9" of enemy units.
Abilities
Infiltrators, Stealth
Forward Observers
When this unit is an Observer for another unit, the Guided unit can re-roll Hit rolls of 1 and Wound rolls of 1.
Thoughts
For 60pts they are really good value for points. They have enough on them to hurt anything but not be so dangerous that they out-value other things in a Tau army I would rather want to destroy instead.
Their ability makes them dangerous though.
A Marker Drone would probably be the go-to for them. Shield Drone would be a likely second. The Gun Drone is not bad either.
Thank you for reading!
Warhammer Review Library
Alphabetical List
| Faction | Unit | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Adeptus Custodes | Prosecutors | #1 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Knight-Centura | #54 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Shield-Captain | #61 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Trajann Valoris | #40 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Fusilave | #13 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Stratoraptor | #14 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Transvector | #15 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Belisarius Cawl | #53 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Raiders | #55 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Sulphurhounds | #56 |
| Aeldari | Guardian Defenders | #64 |
| Aeldari | Night Spinner | #65 |
| Astra Militarum | Kasrkin | #60 |
| Black Templars | High Marshall Helbrecht | #38 |
| Black Templars | Marshall | #46 |
| Black Templars | The Emperor's Champion | #63 |
| Blood Angels | Baal Predator | #2 |
| Blood Angels | Gabriel Seth | #66 |
| Blood Angels | Lemartes | #32 |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemonettes | #29 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Brigands | #30 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Executioners | #31 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Abbadon the Despoiler | #50 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Haarken Worldclaimer | #41 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Khorne Lord of Skulls | #37 |
| Dark Angels | Asmodai | #16 |
| Dark Angels | Azrael | #17 |
| Dark Angels | Belial | #4 |
| Dark Angels | Deathwing Knights | #20 |
| Dark Angels | Lazarus | #62 |
| Death Guard | Biologus Putrifier | #5 |
| Death Guard | Blightlord Terminators | #10 |
| Death Guard | Chaos Lord | #36 |
| Death Guard | Lord of Contagion | #52 |
| Death Guard | Tallyman | #39 |
| Deathwatch | Proteus Killteam | #57 |
| Drukhari | Grotesques | #45 |
| Drukhari | Haemonculus | #8 |
| Drukhari | Raider | #35 |
| Drukhari | Scourges | #7 |
| Genestealer Cults | Aberants | #47 |
| Genestealer Cults | Hybrid Metamorphs | #58 |
| Genestealer Cults | Reductus Saboteur | #33 |
| Grey Knights | Brother Captain | #25 |
| Grey Knights | Grand Master | #48 |
| Grey Knights | Strike Squad | #51 |
| Imperial Agents | Callidus Assassin | #9 |
| Imperial Agents | Vigilant Squad | #26 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Helverin | #22 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Warglaive | #43 |
| Leages of Votann | Brôkhyr Iron-master | #27 |
| Leages of Votann | Sagitaur | #3 |
| Leages of Votann | Ûthar the Destined | #44 |
| Necrons | Obelisk | #11 |
| Orks | Battlewagon | #34 |
| Orks | Hunta Rig | #28 |
| Space Marines | Kayvaan Shrike | #23 |
| Space Marines | Marneus Calgar | #42 |
| Space Marines | Razorback | #21 |
| T'au Empire | Darkstrider | #12 |
| T'au Empire | Kroot Carnivore Squad | #19 |
| Thousand Sons | Exalted Sorcerer | #59 |
| Thousand Sons | Magnus the Red | #49 |
| Tyranids | Barbgaunts | #6 |
| Tyranids | Screamer Killer | #24 |
| World Eaters | World Eaters Chaos Spawn | #18 |
Thank you for reading!
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