Detachment Rule
Killing Blow
Mont’ka is the most aggressive style of T’au warfare. Its singular focus is the art of identifying a target of opportunity and attacking it swiftly with an overwhelming application of force.
During the first, second and third battle rounds, ranged weapons equipped by T’AU EMPIRE models from your army have the [ASSAULT] ability. During the first, second and third battle rounds, while a unit is a Guided unit, its ranged weapons have the [LETHAL HITS] ability.
Stratagems
AGGRESSIVE MOBILITY
1 CPMont’ka – Battle Tactic Stratagem · Movement phase
WHEN: Your Movement phase.
TARGET: One T’AU EMPIRE unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, if your unit Advances, do not make an Advance roll for it. Instead, until the end of the phase, add 6" to the Move characteristic of models in your unit.
TARGET: One T’AU EMPIRE unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, if your unit Advances, do not make an Advance roll for it. Instead, until the end of the phase, add 6" to the Move characteristic of models in your unit.
COMBAT DEBARKATION
1 CPMont’ka – Battle Tactic Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One T’au Empire Infantry unit from your army that disembarked from a TRANSPORT this turn.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets the closest enemy unit, you can re-roll the Wound roll.
TARGET: One T’au Empire Infantry unit from your army that disembarked from a TRANSPORT this turn.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets the closest enemy unit, you can re-roll the Wound roll.
COUNTERFIRE DEFENCE SYSTEMS
2 CPMont’ka – Wargear Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One T’AU EMPIRE unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is allocated to your unit, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.
TARGET: One T’AU EMPIRE unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is allocated to your unit, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.
FOCUSED FIRE
1 CPMont’ka – Battle Tactic Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Start of your Shooting phase.
TARGET: Two T’AU EMPIRE units from your army that have not been selected to shoot this phase, and one enemy unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in either of your units makes an attack, it can only target that enemy unit (and only if it is an eligible target for that attack), and when resolving that attack, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic by 1.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem during the fourth or fifth battle rounds.
TARGET: Two T’AU EMPIRE units from your army that have not been selected to shoot this phase, and one enemy unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in either of your units makes an attack, it can only target that enemy unit (and only if it is an eligible target for that attack), and when resolving that attack, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic by 1.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem during the fourth or fifth battle rounds.
PINPOINT COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
1 CPMont’ka – Battle Tactic Stratagem · Any phase
WHEN: Any phase.
TARGET: One T’AU EMPIRE unit (excluding Kroot units) from your army that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Until the end of the battle, each time a T’AU EMPIRE unit (excluding KROOT units) from your army makes an attack that targets the enemy unit that just destroyed your unit, you can re-roll the Hit roll.
TARGET: One T’AU EMPIRE unit (excluding Kroot units) from your army that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Until the end of the battle, each time a T’AU EMPIRE unit (excluding KROOT units) from your army makes an attack that targets the enemy unit that just destroyed your unit, you can re-roll the Hit roll.
PULSE ONSLAUGHT
2 CPMont’ka – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One T’au Empire Infantry unit (excluding Kroot units) from your army that has just shot, and one enemy unit (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES) hit by one or more of those attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of your opponent’s next turn, that enemy unit is shaken. While a unit is shaken, subtract 2 from its Move characteristic and subtract 2 from Advance and Charge rolls made for it.
TARGET: One T’au Empire Infantry unit (excluding Kroot units) from your army that has just shot, and one enemy unit (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES) hit by one or more of those attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of your opponent’s next turn, that enemy unit is shaken. While a unit is shaken, subtract 2 from its Move characteristic and subtract 2 from Advance and Charge rolls made for it.
Enhancements
Exemplar of the Mont’ka
10 ptsT’AU EMPIRE model only (excluding Kroot Shaper models). While the bearer is leading a unit, the Killing Blow Detachment rule applies to that unit during the fourth battle round as well.
Strategic Conqueror
15 ptsT’AU EMPIRE model only. At the start of the first battle round, before the first turn begins, select one objective marker on the battlefield. While a friendly T’AU EMPIRE model is within range of that objective marker and the bearer is on the battlefield, add 1 to that friendly model’s Objective Control characteristic.
Strike Swiftly
25 ptsT’AU EMPIRE model only. At the start of the battle, before any moves are made using the Scouts ability, you can select up to two friendly T’AU EMPIRE units within 6" of the bearer that do not have the Scouts ability. Until the end of the battle, all models in the selected units have the Scouts 6" ability.
Coordinated Exploitation
40 ptsT’AU EMPIRE model only (excluding Kroot Shaper models). While the bearer is leading a unit, each time that unit is an Observer unit, until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in a Guided unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability while targeting their Spotted unit.
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