Warhammer 40k - Unit Review Library 95 - T'au Empire, Razorshark Strike Fighter

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Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - The Great Unit Review Wheel! post!

Now known as the Unit Review Library!

What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit!

Also this has become quite the Challenge! With so many units to review in the game the consensus in the hobby community is that I will not have enough time to review all of the Datasheets before the new edition of Warhammer 40,000 came out.

I should have started when 10th edition launched!
408 days since the start of 10th Edition.
This is Review #95, I am 313 reviews behind!

Picking them randomly, let me spin the wheel again and see what I get:

T'au Empire, Razorshark Strike Fighter

10th Edition Codex

The AX3 Razorshark Strike Fighter is an anti-ground harassment gunship. Aircraft rules for Warhammer 40k make all Aircraft unfavorable in 10th Edition at the moment. But I believe that they would be far more important on a large battlefield.

Aircraft used to be difficult to shoot at, but no longer. They cannot be engaged in Melee unless you have the Fly keyword and you can't make them stand still with combat. Neither can the owner of the Razorshark, it has to fly a minimum of 20" and can turn a maximum of 90 degrees. If it flies off the board, it goes into Reserves.

It costs 170pts to field which I think T'au players look at Battlesuits to do more damage with and have the ability to hold objectives.

Thus, outside of a different scale of the game, you will not see one of these in a tournament!

The kit is $84 to purchase!

Let's see its stats!

Stats

Movement 20"+
Toughness 10
Save 3+(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 12
Ld 7+
OC 0

Weapons

Ranged:

Weapon Option: Accelerator burst cannon OR Missile pod

Accelerator burst cannon
18" Range, 4 Attacks, Hitting on 4+, S6, Ap -1, 1 Damage each

Missile pod
30" Range, 2 Attacks, Hitting on 4+, S7, Ap -1, 2 Damage each

The Missile Pod looks far more favourable due to the range.

It has 2x Seeker Missiles which are 1-shot Weapons, better fire them the turn it arrives so it doesn't get blown up and never gets to use them!

Seeker Missiles
48" Range, 1 Attacks, Hitting on 4+, S14, Ap -3, D6+1 Damage each
One Shot

Now for the main turret gun at the bottom, this has 2 firing options:
Quad ion turret — standard
30" Range, 8 Attacks, Hitting on 4+, S7, Ap -1, 1 Damage each
Twin-Linked (re-roll to Wound)

Quad ion turret — overcharge
30" Range, 8 Attacks, Hitting on 4+, S8, Ap -2, 2 Damage each
Twin-Linked (re-roll to Wound), Hazardous

Unless shooting at Guardsman, I would fire its overcharge version of the gun all the time! (At ground targets! See below)

Melee:

Armoured hull
3 Attacks, Hitting on 5+, S6, Ap 0, 1 Damage each

Abilities

Ground Strike Fighter

When shooting at an enemy unit without the Fly keyword, the Razordshark adds 1 to the to Hit Roll.

Thoughts

With Ground Strike Fighter it means those Seeker Missiles go into a tank and the Quad ion turret can throw out a torrent of shots at a grounded target. The rest of the T'au army have enough Anti-Fly I am sure!

That makes 6 T'au Empire Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 14.28% Completed! The total Completed on 9.78% Complete! Can I review them all?!

Thank you for reading!

Warhammer Review Library

Alphabetical List

FactionUnitReview Number
Adeptus CustodesProsecutors#1
Adeptus CustodesKnight-Centura#54
Adeptus CustodesShield-Captain#61
Adeptus CustodesShield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armor#70
Adeptus CustodesTrajann Valoris#40
Adeptus MechanicusArchaeopter Fusilave#13
Adeptus MechanicusArchaeopter Stratoraptor#14
Adeptus MechanicusArchaeopter Transvector#15
Adeptus MechanicusBelisarius Cawl#53
Adeptus MechanicusSerberys Raiders#55
Adeptus MechanicusSerberys Sulphurhounds#56
AeldariGuardian Defenders#64
AeldariMaugan Ra#87
AeldariNight Spinner#65
AeldariShadowseer#80
AeldariPrince Yriel#92
Astra MilitarumKasrkin#60
Astra MilitarumTank Commander#90
Astra MilitarumWyvern#81
Black TemplarsHigh Marshall Helbrecht#38
Black TemplarsMarshall#46
Black TemplarsThe Emperor's Champion#63
Blood AngelsBaal Predator#2
Blood AngelsGabriel Seth#66
Blood AngelsLemartes#32
Blood AngelsSanguinary Guard#93
Chaos DaemonsDaemonettes#29
Chaos DaemonsLord of Change#75
Chaos DaemonsNurglings#82
Chaos KnightsKnight Abominant#94
Chaos KnightsWar Dog Brigands#30
Chaos KnightsWar Dog Executioners#31
Chaos KnightsWar Dog Huntsman#77
Chaos Space MarinesAbbadon the Despoiler#50
Chaos Space MarinesHaarken Worldclaimer#41
Chaos Space MarinesKhorne Lord of Skulls#37
Dark AngelsAsmodai#16
Dark AngelsAzrael#17
Dark AngelsBelial#4
Dark AngelsDeathwing Knights#20
Dark AngelsLazarus#62
Death GuardBiologus Putrifier#5
Death GuardBlightlord Terminators#10
Death GuardChaos Lord#36
Death GuardLord of Contagion#52
Death GuardTallyman#39
Death GuardMalignant Plaguecaster#71
DeathwatchCorvus Blackstar#72
DeathwatchProteus Killteam#57
DeathwatchSpectrus Kill Team#73
DeathwatchVeteran Bike Squad#84
DrukhariGrotesques#45
DrukhariHaemonculus#8
DrukhariRaider#35
DrukhariScourges#7
Genestealer CultsAberants#47
Genestealer CultsHybrid Metamorphs#58
Genestealer CultsReductus Saboteur#33
Grey KnightsBrother Captain#25
Grey KnightsGrand Master#48
Grey KnightsStrike Squad#51
Imperial AgentsCallidus Assassin#9
Imperial AgentsCulexus Assassin#69
Imperial AgentsVigilant Squad#26
Imperial KnightsCanis Rex#76
Imperial KnightsArmiger Helverin#22
Imperial KnightsArmiger Warglaive#43
Imperial KnightsKnight Castellan#83
Leagues of VotannBrôkhyr Iron-master#27
Leagues of VotannBrôkhyr Thunderkyn#78
Leagues of VotannCthonian Beserks#86
Leagues of VotannSagitaur#3
Leagues of VotannÛthar the Destined#44
NecronsObelisk#11
OrksBattlewagon#34
OrksHunta Rig#28
OrksZodgrod Wortsnagga#89
Space MarinesKayvaan Shrike#23
Space MarinesMarneus Calgar#42
Space MarinesRazorback#21
Space WolvesArjac Rockfist#68
Space WolvesFenrisian Wolves#91
Space WolvesWolf Guard#74
T'au EmpireBreacher Team#88
T'au EmpireDarkstrider#12
T'au EmpireKroot Carnivore Squad#19
T'au EmpirePathfinder Team#79
T'au EmpireStealth Battlesuits#67
Thousand SonsExalted Sorcerer#59
Thousand SonsMagnus the Red#49
TyranidsBarbgaunts#6
TyranidsScreamer Killer#24
World EatersWorld Eaters Chaos Spawn#18
World EatersWorld Eaters Daemon Prince#85

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The Razorshark is definitely a unique unit with its own niche in the game. Would be nice to use it in battle man

Need to get ready for those large scale battles!

Indeed brother, 💪💪💪

I have been doing a lot of army building this weekend. I feel happy about that!

It's so awesome man keep going brother

💪💪💪