Editing Warhammer 40,000/7th Edition Tactics/Tau (section)

===Allies of Convenience===
'''Necrons:''' They are shooty cover campers, that lay waste on vehicles and die in close combat... just like you. Unlike you they have much more survivability in the open (as they are designed for close range firefights, instead of sniping across the board) pie plates of hate, lots and lots of battlefield cheating rules, some of which stacks perfectly with Tau (HOD with Solar Flare for your nightvision army? Yes, please!), and last but not least motherfucking flyer cheese [[necrons|croissants]]. And if you want to screen your gunline with close combat beatsticks, they get those too.
In fact, that's probably the best use for Necron allies: tanky, [[choppy]] units that just won't die under the right circumstances - the very thing the Tau lack. Wraiths, Lychguard and Canoptek Spyders are all viable candidates, and a popular Taucron build is to bring a Canoptek Harvest for that extra side of cheesy cheese you know you love.

'''Eldar:''' Taudar isn't as cheesy as it used to be now that they're no longer Battle Brothers, but that's okay, because it still fucking rocks. Eldar provides you with psykers and sorely-needed DTW defenses in the form of warp dice. Aside from that, Wraithwall armies can be a good, mobile anchor and distraction, Windrider Jetbikes/Shining Spears or Swooping Hawks for fast objective grabbers, Howling Banshees, Wraithblades or Striking Scorpions for melee support and the dreaded Wave Serpents (still good though significantly nerfed in 7e) for pushing the gunline forward. Too bad you can't prescience your riptides anymore, but the prospect of fighting Hammerheads guarded by Serpents or, with the new codex, ''squadrons'' of Falcons, are still gloomy for your opponents. If long-range tank annihilation is your thing the Fire Prism is as good as the Hammerhead, and better in some cases, and the Wraithknight can be quite useful to break through attempts at locking down your Riptides. Harlequins could also be an interesting option to add some assault punch your troops are otherwise very much lacking, and given their predilection for wandering, are not necessarily unfluffy.