Editing Fish of Fury (section)

==How it Worked==
[[image:Fish of Fury.jpg|thumb|right|The Bane of 3rd Edition.]]

Previously, the [[Devilfish]] transport for the Tau counted as a skimmer at all times. It was also very large for a transport (a Devilfish is notably longer than a Chimera, for example). The general gist is that a player would park 2 Devilfish close together in a chevron formation, have the troops disembark, and fire from a basically assault-proof bunker caused by the pair of Devilfish. Units couldn't charge around the 'Fish (because they were too big and due to the rules on charges), and while they could charge the 'Fish itself, Skimmer rules only let you hit on 6s, so it was likely to be a futile gesture.

The tactic was insanely powerful, though not unbeatable. Canny players knew the disadvantages Devilfish had and would ergo target them with lots of heavy weaponry - but because of Disruption Pods, Devilfish often proved surprisingly difficult for many factions, especially those with limited anti-tank options, such as the [[Ork]]s, [[Tyranid]]s, and [[Necron]]s. The 5th-ed tactic of rushing in a [[METAL BOXES|METAL BOX]] and unloading Meltaguns into the fish was suicidal, because 4th ed brought us the chance to destroy vehicles with glancing hits - and two full formations of Fire Warriors (not to mention the Devilfish transports if they survived) would mean a mulched Rhino and the Marines inside facing down 30+ S5 shots in Rapid Fire range.

The only reliable tricks to beat Fish of Fury were deployed by [[Chaos]], the [[Imperial Guard]], the [[Inquisition]], and the [[Space Marines|Space Marines]]. These four factions either had ways to get big ugly close-combat troops right into the enemy's midst (Chaos, Inquisition, Space Marines), artillery that could fuck up the shit of the entire Devilfish-bunker (Imperial Guard, Inquisition, Space Marines), or big fucking ordnance weapons that could render the tactic a [[moot]] point (all of the above). Even for these factions, however, the tactic was infuriatingly hard to stop: one Devilfish-bunker could dictate the flow of an entire battle, and attempts to destroy the damned bunker would invariably be met by Stealthsuit and Crisis Suit teams ambushing your forces, markerlights showering everything, and of course, railguns.

This naturally led to thread after thread of "HOW THE FUCK DO I STOP FISH OF FURY" and "FUCKING NERF MECH TAU" threads on every [[Games Workshop]] official forum (and, of course, [[/tg/]]). The bullshit saw no signs of abating and saw use with just about [[Rage|every Tau army in the official tournaments]]. The hate for it was not limited to non-Tau players, either: it was so prevalent and so hated that large numbers of Tau players went to increasingly-absurd lengths just to avoid any association whatsoever with it. Players would openly footslog Fire Warriors just so they would not be associated with [[Devilfish]]-induced [[cheese]].

The tactic became a self-sustaining nuclear fireball of [[FAIL|fail]] and [[derp]]. Like several equally-[[Necron|broken]] things before it, this thing needed to be fixed before it managed to warp the metagame even further - and in a surprisingly uncharacteristic maneuver for Games Workshop, they updated the Tau codex, which was easily the youngest of the set. This update, and the one succeeding it, were what finally led to the tactic's demise.