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Kauyon T'au Empire detachment · 11th edition

What Kauyon does to the dice, by our own math: the T'au Empire units it lifts most, how often winning lists take it, and lists that did.

In 59 of 189 winning T'au Empire lists (31%), September – November 2026. 20% in June – August 2026. T'au Empire on the Meta page ›

What it changes on the dice

• Ranged Sustained Hits 1

In our own words, as the calculator applies them; see the codex for the rules.

Enhancements

The 4 enhancements Kauyon offers, with their points and who can take each, in our words.

• Exemplar of the Kauyon 20 pts · for T'AU EMPIRE model (not Kroot Shapers): Its unit gets Patient Hunter from round 2.
• Precision of the Patient Hunter 15 pts · for T'AU EMPIRE model: +1 to hit when shooting (the bearer); +1 to wound from round 3 (the bearer).
• Solid-image Projection Unit 20 pts · for T'AU EMPIRE model: Redeploys up to three units, into reserves if wanted.
• Through Unity, Devastation 30 pts · for T'AU EMPIRE model (not Kroot Shapers): As an observer, its guided unit has Lethal Hits into the Spotted unit.

Stratagems that change an attack

The 3 stratagems of Kauyon that change the dice, in our words, as the calculator plays them.

• 1 CP: +1 to wound (target on an objective, round 3 on) shooting
• 1 CP: +1 AP (within 9", round 3 on) shooting
• 1 CP: +1 BS, Ignores Cover shooting · for T'AU EMPIRE

Units Kauyon lifts most

Damage added against Marine-type infantry with its attack effects on, our math.

• Sun Shark Bomber +216%
• Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits +49%
• Vespid Stingwings +49%
• Razorshark Strike Fighter +44%
• Breacher Team +35%

SimulateSun Shark Bomber with Kauyon

Units taken with Kauyon

How many of the 3 winning lists with Kauyon (top quarter of their event, the last three months) took each unit.

• B Breacher Team 3 of 3
• A Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit 3 of 3
• A Commander in Enforcer Battlesuit 3 of 3
• A Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits 3 of 3
• B Devilfish 3 of 3
• B Kroot Carnivores 3 of 3
• S Pathfinder Team 3 of 3
• S Stealth Battlesuits 3 of 3

Recent winning lists with Kauyon

• 3rd · FWC Warhammer 40000 - n84 - solo 2000 points 31 Oct
• 6th · La Rennes du Warp IV 31 Oct
• 3rd · Luźny dwumeczyk w Battle Hub (2000p) 17 Oct

Lists from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0), published by their players and tournament organisers on MiniHeadQuarters. Also from Listhammer, MiniHeadQuarters, ChampionsHub. Questions about a list or an event? Get in touch.

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