XV-8 Crisis Battlesuit

XV-8 Crisis Suit

The XV-8 Crisis Suit is the main battle-suit of the the Tau Empire.

Seen in every campaign the Tau have been involved in, the XV-8 Crisis suit is piloted only by those who have reached the rank of Shas'ui.

The suit itself is highly customisable, capable of carrying a wide variety of weapon load-outs, and specialist equipment, including rare signature systems

Weapon and System Combinations

Fire Crisis

A Combination of 2 Flamers and a Vectored Retro Thrusters system, this combination allows you to throw down 2 templates before darting away in the Assault phase, this combination will keep you up close and personal with the enemies infantry, while the Vectored Retro Thrusters allow you a chance to escape from a melee, even at Initiative 2

Field of Fire

A Combination of 3 suits, with all of them having 2 Burst Cannons and a Target Locks, this combination allows you to have a group of 3 Crisis suits threaten 3 separate enemy units at the same time with 8 S:5, AP5 R18 shots each.