Overwhelming Force vs Patient Hunter. Tau vs Tau 40k in 40mins Warhammer 40k 2000pt Battle Report.

For the first time on our channel we have another Tau player! George and Nick face off to see who is the better commander? Farsight or Shadowsun?
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00:00 Intro
02:57 Mission
04:55 Deployment
08:30 Turn 1
15:08 Turn 2
36:23 Turn 3
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[@PlayOnTabletop]

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[@florians9949]

Yeah, I’ve seen those on many, MANY other channels as well.

[@scottproper2014]

I saw it on my comment

[@robertbritt3129]

Stay vigilant...for the greater good.

[@ZROGST]

Maybe originally I thought Nick was on the cringy side - but I've completely turned around. That dude's enthusiasm for Tau is infectious. Please produce MORE content with tau and MORE content with Nick! Thanks!!!

[@midvinter]

Nick is enthusiastic and I love him for it

[@Spartan-P]

I've been grinding out watching nicks Tau gameplay vids and I gotta say I've come to love his love for the game and Tau. I definitely would pay him to paint my army lol.

[@RunicSofa]

And explosions!

[@athena3234]

Nick has defs become my fave by far

[@leoneldiaz78]

Nick IS cringe but Nick is free.

[@IdioticSynergy]

Tonite on POT gear: George rails his guns, Nick tries to brings his massive Manta but is stopped by the Solid Unit known as Steve.

[@samuelgordon-kerr8133]

Pog

[@bigtuna45]

That’s a quality reference

[@Dracobyte]

I like this kind of comments, please keep them comming!

[@onetuffspartan1981]

This dude needs to come back. What a fun edition to the team

[@peterheinzo515]

edition or addition?

[@Nanaman720]

@@peterheinzo515 there are more important things to be concerned about than spelling in the youtube comments, peter. The meaning behind the comment is clear

[@pyraastarte9737]

Addition

[@Nanaman720]

@@pyraastarte9737 there are more important things to be concerned about than spelling in the youtube comments, Pyra. The meaning behind the comment is clear

[@pyraastarte9737]

@@Nanaman720 Addition

[@heliosorion2063]

Last Scene was Epic, The Stormsurge falls as Kickaso stands above it, The Exposed Core accumulates this blue energy then whirling around it then overloads into this nuclear explosion of blue plasma energy sending shockwaves all over the battlefield

[@willmelhuish8069]

Can we please have a space marine vs space marine game but the catch is Steve plays both teams and we see how long it goes on for as his dice affect both teams 😂

[@PlayOnTabletop]

If both sides can't hit but both sides can't make saves. What happens?

[@willmelhuish8069]

After each round a d6 is rolled and on a 6 Tycho invades the board with a swath of Nurgle filth equal in points to one of the chapter forces (if it goes to end of turn 3 without happening it then happens automatically) The space marines then put their differences aside and work together to face the Chaos threat. But as none will be able to hit and none able to save the rest of the game is about how long it takes Tycho to annihilate all the loyalists. 😂

[@nelcomargaming6612]

Steve sucks at Marines

[@uncontainableweldon8937]

This is my favorite game play on has done so far, credit to the lads this was really fun to watch as you could tell even when things weren't going their way they were having fun playing I hope to see George return in future on this channel Possible a 2 vs 2 Tau vs some faction that doesn't believe in the greater good lol

[@Archaneus]

So any other faction? Hells yeah!

[@rafetossked6723]

Tau and Tau. My two favourite factions!

[@conrradotorres4653]

Let them fight

[@KazeKoichi]

But which one are you rooting for: Tau or Tau?

[@flyingcharlie6073]

@@KazeKoichi hmm... Tau

[@KhorneChips]

Sad watching tau lose

[@gerald2508]

I prefer the Tau but the Tau are pretty cool.

[@Archaneus]

Just to nitpick as a Tau uberfan, the philosophies are not at odds. They are meant to be used together, as the situation requires. There are also several other philosophies that don't ever get talked about outside the lore. An actual Tau Commander in the lore will use all of them, as the battle changes. But yeah, in the tabletop rules, Mont'ka is almost always better, mostly because it's active in the early game.

[@MrSplicer3]

This.

[@KikoKay-Kay]

But thats no fun :( And yeah 40k is so front loaded. Most of the game is done by round 2 while everyone still has their big hitters. Montka will always triump unless there are some big changes.

[@rmgaminguk7079]

Competitively kauyon is doing well, the decisive action secondary is easier with kauyon, the extra redeploys and having units such as crisis suits and Riptides that can jump, shoot then dash back behind obscuring terrain makes doing damage without suffering much return damage in turns 1 and 2 a lot easier.

[@kylapinto4276]

would love to see a mix of both, kinda what Ghazzkull do for the Orks

[@Archaneus]

@@kylapinto4276 It SHOULD be you get both, maybe swapping turns, or maybe 1-3 one, 3-5 the other, something like that. But Tau are GWs favorite whipping horse, so they take away all our good stuff, I'm not shocked we get a neutered doctrines system.

[@vougen2901]

"No fish!!" Proceeds to play a game with aquarium terrain all over the map

[@thefloridaman41]

You know, Tau is the underdog here, but I think if Tau misplays Tau can really do some great stuff. Great video, hope to see some Craftworld stuff on the channel. I feel like those guys have kinda fallen behind Harlequins, the Undead and the Dark Elves. Wraithseers seem like such a sleeper power unit.

[@KazeHorse]

Probably the only time Tau will be the underdog 😂

[@jacenvila3962]

This was an amazing battle, and a treat to watch. I loved every second of it, and not because of the tau (definitely one of my favourite 40k armies as well!), but because of the sheer fun both players were clearly having. Also, props to Nick for reminding his adversary of useful rules even when it could hurt him. That kind of attitude is always a bonus that makes me love your channel even more.

[@Shiakri2388]

I absolutely loved George's energy in this and would love to see him come back! What is it with Tau players on PlayOn and just being the most wholesome guys around?!

[@thompvancity]

Gaaah shucks. Thanks mate :)

[@sparkusclark6176]

One of the things that keeps me watching these is how chill and cheerful the competitors are towards one another. Like they genuinely understand that it's a game and that playing weird situations with others if the big fun of it.

[@colecarmichael5724]

Wait I’m new to warhammer are people not like this?

[@Clasteau]

Holy cow, Nick, those character's saves on turn three... that was so cinematic. #Cap&Bucky

[@LatinATSax]

I 100% want to see more mirror matches! The orks v orks was sweet and I'm sure this ones will be even better! Maybe necrons v necrons?

[@josephplatt7622]

Or mayhaps Chaos vs Chaos?

[@peterheinzo515]

thousand sons vs generic csm?

[@travellinghousehobbies]

World Eaters vs. Death Guard vs. Thousand Sons vs. Chaos Space Marines vs. Chaos Daemons vs. Chaos Knights?

[@nightlordnorris4446]

@@travellinghousehobbies that is a pretty great idea. Chaos essentially playing "The Great Game" and seeing who would win! :)

[@travellinghousehobbies]

@@nightlordnorris4446 Thank you! The Great Game would be a great narrative to run it with too!

[@joshuacollins5860]

Important things we learned during that game. Tau are not fish, they are Manatees. Split fire sometimes works. Shields are OP. Montka is better. Tau do have melee. Explosions!!!

[@Archaneus]

Tau have always had some melee in response, but they are not usually wanting to charge into melee. It's more a defensive thing. Of course, FSE changes the whole dynamic of Tau quite heavily.

[@unaiestanconapelaez2526]

They are actually cows the explicitly have hooves

[@joshuacollins5860]

@@unaiestanconapelaez2526 they took a poll, Manatees won! ;) Fish cows with rail guns!

[@joshuacollins5860]

@@Archaneus it's actually surprising how much melee they have, as compared to the other shooty armies, like the Imperial Guard which have only Bullgryn, Riders, and the Hades drill. We've seen episode after episode where Kickasso's Onager gauntlet has inflicted critical damage and deleted some very critical units in melee.

[@ICantThinkOfAFunnyHandle]

@@joshuacollins5860 flashback to the time that a Tau commander killed a chaos knight in melee

[@benjzeigler]

This felt like the best match so far, really interested in the gameplay on this one. gj

[@nepetalejion5751]

I just imagine that shas'o charging in with his onager gauntlet and destroying that stormsurge with a single well placed punch

[@mxviii]

IM thinking he went out like that orc dude in warcraft 3

[@AzazelBlau]

Nothing but love for this match. Thank you, George for coming out!

[@lilitheternal98666]

This was a really cool idea. I love it when people experiment with different strategies and finding if one is more efficient over the other

[@Strezleki]

My favourite game to date, so exciting to see the different philosophies going head to head in what was an amazing display for the Tau! Well done!

[@vxdarkdragoonxv]

I love the idea of this match-up just from the lore perspective. I imagine this is a mock-battle being fought in one of the Fire Caste’s training domes.

[@Tron89000]

I love how passionate Nick is in every video. He’s excitement makes me excited to play the game and paint my minis

[@colombianbrucelee]

I always love the little attack visual effects. small but i think its unique and adds to it, sounds and all. Keep it up!

[@sheahon1179]

Great Video! I love how clear you guys manage to make the game and how digestible it is. Lots of battle reports are so many hours that they feel incredibly slow and sometimes are a slog to get through. I only wish you guys had a Tyranid player! Favorite faction bias? Definitely! The bugs are terrifying and amazing in equal measure! Edit: and a Sisters player because holy trinity and Nuns with Guns has incredible meme value!

[@WardiBoi]

I was half expecting Nick Vs Nick with a fake moustache seeing a title like that

[@eriksegura3190]

I am litteraly days old into warhammer and watched a video briefly describing the factions in WH40K and I thought dang the T'au look pretty cool and I am into that robotech scifi alien genre, and now I find this video and boom you both made it look so fun, I am definitely in the T'au regiment now lol. Great video gents!

[@turatimauro98]

As a Tau player i really do Enjoy seeing the mayhem of few units remaining on the field at the end of the second turn shooting phases. Also in my mind the Onager gauntlet dude did definetly turn thrusters at full capacity and cut through the chest of the stormsurge straight into it's reactor to avoid the towering machine to have another chance to shoot at his badly wounded Leader, what a CHAD.

[@m.c7083]

👏👏👏 wonderful game guys! This was incredibly fun to watch! Both players had great risky plays! Congrats!

[@stevefelten1197]

GREAT MATCH! Love watching Nick play he's so energetic even when he's losing which isn't often.

[@grahamcracker5597]

I thought nick was gonna fall right into the trap until he moved the bomber first turn

[@lasfito]

what trap?

[@SweetManaT]

Excellent game! Both armies looked great and it was great watching these two play.

[@KordellCunningham]

This match has to be the best video I've seen in a while, and the ending was a literal bang!

[@conrradotorres4653]

Tau vs Tau is basically the Autobots vs Decepticons moment. They are both fighting for the greater good, but with different ideals.

[@FireRevanShadow]

Can Farsight lead the charge with his flock following him or can Shadowsun graze her way to victory with her herd? As A tau player, this is going to come down to the players. I have played both styles of gameplay and I favor the montka. I like to be more aggressive in the early rounds. If the Farsight can get in quick enough and do some serious dmg early on, they should win. If the Tau sept player can play strategically in the kauyon way, farsight should have a much harder time. cows vs horses the equine royal I have been waiting for. So when are we getting Tau Nick vs GS Nick vs Guard Nick! Hopefully, narrated by Nick. Or maybe Tau Nick vs Rebel Nick in either star wars legion or 40k game with custom rules for factions

[@syradon4051]

super cool match and I think your vibes are just great. so much fun, so much energy, just great to watch and the editing of the video really makes it entertaining and fun to watch

[@adamswisowski7179]

Great movie, thanks for having fun :)

[@ghostarmor100]

That was a great battle !!!! I found myself cheering out loud !! awesome

[@mateusz.w.nawrocki]

This to me has to be the absolute best PlayOn video of 2022. I had so much fun watching this I was giddy at times. It reminded me of the very first PO videos, when everything was new. The T'Au players are the labradors of WH40k. It's so funny that both T'au players have the same infectious enthousiasm, model fair play courtesy and a penchant for cinematics over boardgame score. Loved the music on this one. The only thing missing was some higher level special fx animations, that I feel PO can now afford, like the stealth suits appearing suddenly, Predator-style. Great thanks, guys! I watched this instead of Poland beating Saudi Arabia in Qatar.

[@fedezayats7798]

This was a great game, both players were a blast to watch. Definitely need more George on the channel. Keep up the good work guys.

[@spudmonkey500]

This was awesome and such a great idea. Very well played by both sides

[@SkeletonFlower]

I'm not even a fan of T'au, but this was a lot of fun. Great attitude and energy from both players. Love it!

[@wesleyjones1170]

The sportsmanship in this battle report warmed my heart. Nick and George have such a genuine joy for the game that make these videos amazing to watch.

[@otisred7848]

I kinda like this. I don't have tau and at my gaming location not many tau players. I can learn tau strengths and weaknesses in one video.

[@dualcypher00]

I have to say this is definitely one of my favorite episodes that they have done on play on. I would absolutely love to bring my Tau and fight Nick with them. We would absolutely have a great time playing and would be alot of energy in the room lol good job on this one guys! Did the Tau proud

[@ALLdeyLONG]

the most fun I've had watching any battle report

[@ArbitraryLiberator]

Both such gorgeous armies with such cool and fun builds! This kind of game play and the anesthetics of these armies are why I chose Tau for my first army

[@supaghoti]

What a fun battle! Such an entertaining match.

[@barazo1011]

Great energy guys! Very fun episode to watch! Now that we've had some greater good where's the Drukhari?! Lol!

[@thatepicwizardguy]

fun game guys. would love to see more of george in the future.

[@mcwolfman1402]

this fish on fish violence was fun to watch!

[@Tyrnak_Fenrir]

Great video, always nice to see T'au ground to dust. Glory to the only respectable T'au, who has the guts to enter into glorious melee. Glory to Farsight!

[@CalciumCrusader22]

Onager gauntlet taking down a stormsurge!!! That was awesome, congrats to Nick!

[@PeterIsATeacher]

Me sobbing into my piles of well fed and happy and healthy citizens: "we are not... fish..."

[@Huguenaut]

Best game in a long time! Definitely need to have George back!

[@djchriscaution]

COOL - seeing these tested against eachother. The charging is huge on the end of an attack is a huge factor.

[@KidsGloves59]

That was really fun to watch! Love this Tau firepower! And the edit of those videos is on point. However, and I don't know if it's you or a youtube thing, but i had like 6 or 7 ads pop up in those 50min, it absolutely takes you out of the rhythm of the game, and infuriating.

[@tomblanchett6334]

Great Batrep again chaps enjoying the mirror matches seen to few, Guard vs Guard?!

[@mongoliandude]

Really wish Kauyon had some effect turns 1 & 2 which provided a Kauyon Tau player some extra durability and movement to delay and evade. A slew of buffs to transports, fast attacks and auxiliaries would allow a Tau army to delay, screen, misdirect and tank until the latter rounds allow the Tau to redeploy and benefit from late round buffs. I say this as I’m yet to see a game go on to see Kauyon’s current buffs come online!

[@brothertobias]

Kauyon is the prefered way to play in Competitive, but that's mostly for the Redeployment Warlord Trait.

[@rmgaminguk7079]

and the decisive action secondary being easier.

[@mongoliandude]

@@brothertobias Okay, interesting. Is that from your experience attending events or from battle reports? Not doubting you, just have seen it played no more than twice in battle reports and it's consistently proved worse than Mont'ka, the defining factor being that you might not have much of your army left by those late rounds to benefit from the buffs. Particularly as so much late-game priority seems to be thrusting onto objectives, rather than blasting.

[@TNAralwaysfun]

Not a Tau player or big into their lore but it was really interesting to watch how a real Tau match would go. I've seen batreps on other channels but they always seem one-sided. This was great match and as always top quality.

[@DJROCKSTAZ]

FOR THE GREATER GOOD! This is gonna be fun! ALSO, HOLY HELL A STORMSURGE!?

[@KaineVillante]

Also the mental Image of the two commanders fighting and taking out shadowsun was pretty badass. Like I can see kick' kasso delivering that knock out punch to shadowsun saying Mont' ka then turning to deflect incoming fire.

[@MrMulligan84]

Absolutely great game. Well played!

[@spawnofsanta5330]

More George in the future, he's pure class!

[@Muledragon]

What a sick game. Absolute joy to watch.

[@xMANinTAN]

That’s the most badass ending to a game anyone could ask for!

[@BoisegangGaming]

"I have the power of the Greater Good and Anime on my side!" - Shas'o Kickass'o

[@KaineVillante]

Damn the earth cast artificer that made those farsight Shields is getting legendary status after this battle test is over.

[@maducrutz9384]

Loved this, I wanna get Tau and Salamanders when I can so games with this two are gr8 watches

[@patrickbarnes1369]

This game was amazing. Everyone was amazing. Really fun match

[@jaket2734]

So epic!!! I loved this!

[@-SunnySide]

Great battle. George is very engaging to watch, bring him back sometime! :)

[@ianzimmer1990]

this is literally THE question every tau commander asks, when they sit to build a list. amazing. GO NICK.

[@nightwingsurfer]

What a great game with so many cinematic moments!! Could you show us how you select and prep terrain before a game?

[@holdencross5904]

It’s been a while since I’ve watched Playon and I’ve missed it and I remember Tak naming my Sister of Battle

[@rmgaminguk7079]

What a legendary shas'o, both shadowsun and a stormsurge on the receiving end, tales of this battle will inspire the next generation of fire warriors.

[@BoisegangGaming]

We need a list of how many things Shas'o Kickass'o has killed in Melee. I'm pretty sure he's killed a knight or a Dreadnought before.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Both!

[@catosicarius7946]

Shas’o kickass’o is the greatest swords man in the galaxy and beyond

[@BoisegangGaming]

@@PlayOnTabletop "Tau can't melee!" Shas'o Kickass'o: "I beg to differ"

[@MasterrangerABR]

@@BoisegangGaming Ghostkeel Mar'tein I b*tch slapped a mawloc to death. (no joke he was a stealth suit sha'so at the time.)

[@sergiolp6058]

What a game! This duo in a big tau army or playing apocalypse game

[@tybutton1957]

Really loving the content guys!

[@firedaemon33]

The legendary Kickass'o Shoryuken strikes again! How many characters has that thing killed by now?

[@mariaulvling668]

Gotta love it, especially the part about him surviving until turn 4,5,6. If he can survive until turn 6, I’ll be hella impressed 😂

[@milkandcereal111]

amazing as always

[@micahdouglas2982]

Nick, is such a huge goof, his kids are super lucky. Awesome.

[@thompvancity]

He’s a beauty!

[@fm_ography]

Would love to see some large scale, infantry-only games! Would be super cool! :D

[@wetwoodepic972]

made this look alot of fun.

[@rowshak]

We should vote for fish-fridays, where nick needs to play Tau in a kill team lol

[@Psyonicgaming]

Is it just me or did they forget about Kau’yon on turn 3?

[@thompvancity]

Didn’t roll many sixes sadly, and it only happens within a short range

[@TheSniperGTO]

Kauyon is really at a disadvantage because it kicks in turn 3, and games are often over by turn 3. I have a huge (over 10,000 points not including the Manta) Tau army. I play them both, and have been successful with both, but Kauyon is extremely disadvantaged, especially on the much smaller board where almost every army can get off a turn 1 charge if they try. If we were using the whole table, like in the old days, it would be a different story.

[@Onbutteredtoast]

I love the fish trolling

[@daemonnexusknight]

That was so much fun!

[@Joemcdowell91]

great game!!! so much fun to watch !!

[@Ark_Nexus]

i am still happy i got nick to say FOR THE GREATER FISH during the marathon live stream before he realized what he was saying

[@glizzy2.O]

That other guy's dice were 🔥 🤯

[@scubasteves3214]

Great game well played.. more of this 👍👍

[@stripeybag6977]

"I'm am not going to jail!"-Commander Farsight before the game.

[@furyfate9306]

I love the intro who’s the best fishy fishy fishy

[@SuperCaptcharisma]

Awesome battle both sides

[@cyanideinmycereal1077]

Nick that was ILLEGAL what you did to that man.

[@lite165]

Nothing better than a tau civil war

[@parralonger6148]

George used a Xv9 so I already liked it

[@thompvancity]

My second favourite suit, xv15 stealths are my fav :)