Editing Warhammer 40,000/9th Edition Tactics/Tau (section)

====Elites====
*'''[[Krootox|Krootox Riders]]<sup>{{W40kKeyword|Kroot}}</sup>''': A relatively cheap unit, they have become cheap Space Marine bikers, a fast unit with relatively strong shooting and melee, and able to quickly advance at the defect of not doing anything else that turn. They each have a pseudo-Autocannon (BS4+ 48" Heavy 2 S7 AP-1 D2) with powerful WS3+ A4 S6 AP-2 D2 gorilla-bird punches.  With current costs, their ranged output is strictly worse than triple-missile Crisis, which works out to 75 points per gun for either unit but the Crisis have -1AP relative to the Kroot.  As soon as you introduce melee the Kroot will pull ahead, and of course the two units have wildly different support options - Krootox have very cheap and easy access to re-rolling 1s to hit with a Shaper and an Ethereal can grant them +1 to wound, while the Crisis have access to drones and markerlights and significantly better stratagems.
*'''Kroot Farstalkers<sup>{{W40kKeyword|Kroot}}</sup>''': The guys from Kill Team: Into the Dark. Alongside all the benefits given to basic Kroot, these guys also get to mark one enemy unit as their prey, letting the squad re-roll to hit them on top of benefitting from a Shaman. If you also buy a Pech'ra bird, you can also make enemies unable to use cover, which means a lot. While just as strong as basic Kroot in a fist fight, the Farstalkers prefer to be further away because they can trade off their rifles for guns and...hoo boy, they have a LOT of guns to pick from...
**Kroot Scatterguns are essentially shorter-ranged rifles with Assault 2, making them a bit better in close-quarters. The Kroot Hunting Rifle provides you a genuine sniper rifle that goes very well with the Pech'ra. The Accelerator Bow gives you a high-powered weapon with S6 AP-2 that can re-roll to wound. The Dvorgite Skinner and Londaxi Tribalest provide you with heavy weapons, with the former being an S4 AP-1 flamer and the latter being a Heavy 3 gun with S7 AP-1 that deals 3 damage to all vehicles.