Oscar Veglio Trust me, that Tau is in a VERY long coma, have you been hit by an Ultramarine? If you insult the Codex near them they hit like a goddamn freight train.
I never could stand the annoying kids in high school who thought that katanas were the ultimate swords because they were folded a bunch. A: their is no "ultimate sword" B: stop sucking of Japan lol It's a cool country with neat history and a ton of awesome art and entertainment but dang some people are borderline worshipping the place. I was in high school like 2 years before the term weeb became common lol it would have been nice to know that the concept was so fully encapsulated in such a succinct manner. This got me thinking of all my fellow nerds from high school, I should look up the dude who was way into metal working and who made custom armor lol hopefully he could give me some affordable local resources of material or buyers so I can finally get into making chainmail myself, and live out the childhood dreams lol
I’d like to applaud both of them. The Tau for getting that close, and the Space Marine for restraining himself just long enough for the Tau to “use” the blade
@@imperialfist2304 And with enough faith in the Emperor, that guardsman would win. Because the forces of choas pale in comparison to the Master of Mankind.
@@yourewrong9028 I'm referring to Disney canon as a whole. I personally prefer legends, but I'm just messing around here a bit, hence what the emoji is meant to convey.
James McLaughlin eh, fair I guess. I’m not 100% sure which one I prefer yet, because to be fair Legends did get a lot more time to grow and expand than canon has so far.
Gotta give credit for the lil guy. He had the balls of steel to craft a melee weapon BEFORE an astarte and even tries to fight in melee where others hide behind cover
@@Firepup740I like to think that, while the SM love to destroy heresy, the T’au are one of the ones they hate the least. The T’au unit will die, but at least he’s allowed to unsheathe his weapon and do some sword spins first.
Back when we had an initiative step, Tau had Initiative 2. Literally the same as rusted out necrons. It is said that to a human Tau are moving in slow motion. To an Eldar, it looks as though they are standing still. For reference a normal guardsman has Initiative 3 (higher initiative means you are faster).
@@fouzaialaa7962 not necessarily, but rather they focus slower than human eyes do and have slower reaction time. however their visual clarity is comparable
@@leman7648 Virgin empire : Almost loses an entire star system from Tyranids, with only 1 barely surviving, with massive casualties from Ultramarines even though they knew in advance Chad Farsight Enclave : Destoryed 3/4 of a hive fleet before they even got into a planet, devising a virus that destory the hive fleet, losing only that planet
@@vantablack2847 ahahahh little tau-fan, and how are all tau the same liar. The whole system? no. but even if it were, then this is the Imperium - the old worlds will be conquered again, or will be replaced by new ones, other worlds will be colonized. The Imperium can sacrifice entire worlds and still live normally. and what tau? ahahahaha. Tau cannot grab normally new worlds in large numbers, because they simply do not have enough resources) Oh, yes, tau also fight with the hands of many races of allies. And the Imperium is only by the hands of people. Let's go further. what did the shitty tau destroy there? barely barely fought off a small fragment of the hive, and then almost all died out. if not for the help of the dark eldar, the tau would have disappeared. it's just a shame. because at the same time, humans and eldar were fighting the bulk of the tyranids. On Baal, Ultramar, and many other worlds and systems. even the necrons destroyed the tyranids, but the tau on their own and the small shard could not defeat. in general, tau are alive because they have storyline armor. let's be honest: the great crusade of dark templars, space wolves, and the tau will be forgotten. The Imperium defeated enemies much more dangerous than the tau - the Rangdan's for example. Tau are just kids compared to them. One Guilliman with the Astartes is enough to make the tau disappear. Do the tau fight the orcs? cute, and met the tau of the Beast? or Ghazghkull Thraka? The Tau had yet to see real problems as the Imperium. and yes, the ruler of the Imperium is the strongest creature in the Galaxy, and the Tau has a hologram) Sorry if there are mistakes somewhere, I was too lazy to think and write everything correctly in English. just threw it into the translator. but I think you understand the meaning.
I've never played the war game, or even the tabletop RPGs sadly ( I find those far more interesting) but I absolutely adore the books. One of my favorite moments in the books is when Cain is training with the tech Marine and swordsmanship and actually lands a solid hit and damages his armor. You can just feel the regard that the Marine has for him skyrocket and he literally is cemented as a true hero of the imperium and the eyes of the astartes as well as the guard. Now even the space Marines believe that is overblown reputation is completely accurate lol
@@TD-ug4mg I have only read a little of his books, but it seems to me that, while his courage is overblown, his skills are not. Dude leads like a strategic genius for the sole purpose of saving his own bacon.
@@ManoredRed Cain may be the only Imperial hero largely aware of his own weaknesses, compensating with his skills and practical wisdom, thus he isn't letting his hubris take the best of him, the few time he did let it run free, he was saved in extremis by another character (mostly Jurgen). That's why he's supposed being alive in M42 (granted, he's listed as MIA and the disinformation spread by Inquisitor Vail isn't helping) despite the fact he's over 200 years old, knowing what is been through, it's a true tour-de-force for a simple human. Others heroes contemporary to Cain are either dead, turncoats, resurrected as living saints or superhuman. Despite his flaws, or because of it, he may be the truest Imperial hero, even Macharius, in all of his glory, succumbed where Cain triumphed.
@@ManoredRed That's actually touched on in the books, by the inquisitor who is circulating them to her compatriots for research purposes that he actually is one of the finest tacticians and swordsmen the imperium has ever seen, Even if he himself doesn't believe it. However his reputation for tactics is definitely over blown, not that he isn't good at them, but he is viewed as infallible and that everything he does is calculated for genius reasons, when that very much is not the case. Those are such good books!
one time when I was playing against a Tau player as space marines all I had left was a 10 man tactical squad with a captain and a Sargent where opponent had 3 squads of fire warriors and a squad of mech suits I knew I was screwed but at least I had destroyed his tanks then this guy decides to charge melee to finish me off. After about an hour of lucky rolls my Captain was the only living thing left on the field. That Tau player had a Vendetta against that Captain for as long as I knew him after that.
Reminds me of that lonely gretchin who managed to kill Ahriman, winning the game that way. I think the player who owned him gave him a hat and some extra bits and still uses at least one unit of them in every army just to have him on the table.
The tau player: Ima shame your space marines by killing them in melee. That one captain: So you have chosen death. *Shows uno reverse card and proceed to slaughter the enterity of the ennemy forces*
I love that the space Marine was so genuinely curious and confused about what he was trying to do that he let the tau go through a whole beginners kata
Tau:Is this the passage through time that I have quested for? Space Marine: Yup. Tau:[bowing] I humbly request your permission to use this great power. Space Marine:
@@krishanson1864 Not only Harrison, a large part of the crew had tourist stomach incl Lucas, so they where just thankful that the scene wern't longer, also Harrison wassick as a dog and said "Couldn't just shoot him and get it over with?"
Reminds me of the scene from Indiana Jones. Except of him getting shot, he just got his face caved in. Fun fact: The scene I just spoke of was adlibbed. The director had an entire choreographed sword fight scene but the actor had caught Dysentery. Not wanting to do the whole scene while feeling like shit (no pun intended) he just shot the other guy. Lucas loved the scene so much, they decided to outright put it in the final cut.
Its criminal how low the view count on this amazing video is (I just want to pint out I made this comment 2 years ago when this video had only a few thousand views)
@@nervehive2768 yep, Eldrad's looking for the Dawnbreaker which Farsight has, and he's not keen on giving it up since it destroys the souls of those it kills.
@Jacob Moffatt I have wondered if we all started yelling at GW, would they make Kitten officially cannon. Hell, i would be happy if they sponsor TTS just so we can have more eps.
@@megan00b8 they change things plenty so just adding a name or characteristics could add him in. Hell they could just say there was a fight between orks and custodies and one ork comments 'yu jus like a lil kitten aint ya' and boom! we have kittin in cannon lol
@@updfdrakkell143 yeah... except... he's still Custodes... I mean, we all pretty well know about the Drukhari Tech Support incident, but... Greenskins on _Terra???_ sounds like something Yarrick would shout after going full Robin.
@@wolfluva24 How dare you suggest that the emperor does not always protect his angels of death? ...Except when he dosent but it's all according to plan.
I am just glad that this young Tau embraced the life style of glorious melee as their last act. Perhaps, the God Emperor will judge their spirit kindly for their actions.
That's actually why I play Tau. I used to play Space Marines and I'm an Emperor fearing citizen of the Imperium until the day I die but I like the challenge of trying to win as cowardly little space Koreans with pew-pew guns and anime mech suits.
@@atsukunisumeragi1967 Yeah, it's pretty obvious they're Korean after reading Damocles. I think it was the "Great Leader" vibe the Aun's give off. People think the Ethereals are somehow mind controlling the Tau but they don't understand how strong that kind of conditioning can be, especially if it's from birth. Plus, if they were Japanese, they'd kill themselves after running away like cowards instead of fighting in melee like honorable warriors. And the Tau do a lot of running. That's how they fight. Also: people think Tau are fish for some reason? But they're closer to cows because Tau have hooves.
@@derekdrake8706 they don't have breasts and milk though ; that means the Kshatriya fanmade Chapter will be just as hyper-brutal towards them as they are with everybody else. :D
How the hell are the Tau cowardly? Have you actually read their lore? Read Taros. When their Ethereal got assassinated the Fire Caste literally went 'TENNO HEIKA" and the Guard got fucking routed and even the Astartes couldn't stop them. You people believe memes and forgetting Tau are actually fucking fanatical in the lore. They're a mix of various Asian cultures. And their mechs aren't even anime. They just look like generic Sci-fi mechs. Fuck outta here with your """"weeb"""" shit.
@ボイス Don't call me idiot you ignorant fuck. In what fucking universe are Imperial titans "generic"? If you put them into any other setting they look out of place. They're literally walking cathedrals and their design and aesthetic makes them unique than most. Tau mechs meanwhile are one of the most 'generic looking' blocky mechs and blend well if you put them in any other settings. Fuck, one of the reason why some old 40k fans hate the Tau is because they look so out of place in the 40k setting. If anything it's the fucking Eldar that are more "weeb". They literally put their fucking souls in their mechs and engage in melee with them like fucking Gundams. If you think Tau mechs look "weeb" then you clearly need to watch/read more scifi stuff.
Funny story- I once CHARGED my fire warrior strike team into Blood Angels. Looking back on it, it was a horrible move. I had seven dudes in the unit plus my sergeant dude (forgot what it’s called) so I rolled 8 dice in MELEE. Keep in mind I’m playing T’au so this wouldn’t normally go too well. I rolled the 8 dice and SEVEN HIT ON A 5 UP. I had to hit on a 4 up to break armor. I rolled the seven dice, and... All of them hit. 2 fours, 4 fives, and a six. Props to my opponent for staying pretty chill, btw. Anyway, my opponent rolls his seven saves. One of them saves. Just ONE. 4 ones, 2 twos, and a 4. He uses a cp to reroll a 1, and it was a two. My T’au killed three of his five guys in the UNIT. It was crazy.
About as good as an immortal sword-wielding space marine, and does his sheananigans in a mech so he could go against power armor. His followers are ultra weebish and that gives them the power of -god and- anime on their side, which puts their foot soldiers on about the same footing as a (well fed and properly armed) imperial soldier in melee. They also wear red, so the one in the video is 100% a greater good bootlicker.
It may be completely tangential to this but I managed to win my first game in a tournament by sending my fire warriors in against a Dreadnaught to contest the objective. I then proceeded to be absolutely demolished by my next two opponents.
DragonSaint 24.7K subscribers Same here too. I dot get why many many people dislike the Tau, but I however..... I really really really really REALLY like the Tau. Also their Tau vehicles and spaceships, as well as their Rail-Gun tech weaponry is BOTH COOL and pretty impressive. "FOR THE GREATER GOOD!!!"
there's this legend that tells about mine t'au getting into melee with a single nob, then all the 13 were taken out of that melee and the nob only getting 1 wound...
one time, my two remaining craftworld guardians from a squad of ten got surrounded by imperial guard and literally punched to death, it was glorious and hilarious
Space Marine:... (Looks left) (Looks right) (Squints) (Turns to other space marine) Brother, does that speck in the distance look like a sniper light to y--
Personally, I think if you include the charge phase as 'Melee' and keep some battlesuits nearby, Tau 'Melee' is actually some of the best in the game. Oh sure, they didn't kill anything by punching it, but if the enemy looses 3 guys on the charge, and then the Tau loose 1 in melee because they had the toughness of scout tank and drones to pawn wounds on, and then they fall back and shoot without penalty...well who actually 'won' that melee?
That crinkling you hear at 0:10 is actually the tau soldier removing the plastic wrap packaging from his sword for the first time
So cute
who knows with a little luck and a lot a lot a lot of surgery he can tell his friends
you're right he can say that he saw a Space Marines and survived to tell it!
Oscar Veglio Trust me, that Tau is in a VERY long coma, have you been hit by an Ultramarine? If you insult the Codex near them they hit like a goddamn freight train.
As a fallower of Tau, and the greater good....I will agree on this statement.
A reactive punch from a sleeping space marine.
@Hexon 105 ANY SPACE MARINE THAT HOLDS BACK ON XENO SCUM IS A HERETIC! HE SHALL BE PURGED WITH HOLY FIRE AND JUDGED BY THE ALMIGHTY EMPEROR!!!!!!!!!!
@@imperialspacemarine1539 The best way to kill a heretic is to mildly punch it so it could taste the Pain that the Almighty Emperor can deliver.
That makes more hilarious
@@imperialspacemarine1539 this is why I love WH40K and its fanbase.
@@imperialspacemarine1539 FOR THE EMPEROR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not many Tau even try to do that. So I'll give him an A for effort.
Make it a B for blueberry
@@toastie8173 He's orange, though.
@@Zekrom249 that's jut his armor.
@@RyanEX2000
And it's not even orange it's yellow.
@@toastie8173 bau
"Behold, _glorious nippon steel,_ folded 1,000 times-!"
*"I CAST FIST"*
"My power armor hasn't had a firmware update in 10,000 years, peasant!"
I never could stand the annoying kids in high school who thought that katanas were the ultimate swords because they were folded a bunch. A: their is no "ultimate sword" B: stop sucking of Japan lol It's a cool country with neat history and a ton of awesome art and entertainment but dang some people are borderline worshipping the place. I was in high school like 2 years before the term weeb became common lol it would have been nice to know that the concept was so fully encapsulated in such a succinct manner. This got me thinking of all my fellow nerds from high school, I should look up the dude who was way into metal working and who made custom armor lol hopefully he could give me some affordable local resources of material or buyers so I can finally get into making chainmail myself, and live out the childhood dreams lol
@@blacklightredlight2945
The dudes who haven’t had firmware updates are the hipsters marines who use heresy era PA
References
@@TD-ug4mg Wasn't the whole reason they had to fold the metal was because the quality of the metal they were working with were of poor quality?
I’d like to applaud both of them. The Tau for getting that close, and the Space Marine for restraining himself just long enough for the Tau to “use” the blade
He wanted to see a rau sword for the first time too. Then ounched him, he was unimpressed.
No one can fault your courage my boy, only your results.
It’s like a guardsman against a Bloodthirster, but at least the guardsman has a bayonet
@@imperialfist2304 and knows how to use it. (Usually)
@@imperialfist2304 And with enough faith in the Emperor, that guardsman would win. Because the forces of choas pale in comparison to the Master of Mankind.
@@fiercemushroom4840 mmmm yes cuz faith has worked so well for us *points at crusades*
@@Da_Shark we had every reason to defend the Christian pilgrims against the Muslims.
Tau: I do not fear you
Space Marine: Then you will die braver than most
Please don't associate this with that shit version of star wars.😂
James McLaughlin it has some pretty damn good moments. That being one of them, and most of the parts with Vader in it for that matter.
@@yourewrong9028 I'm referring to Disney canon as a whole. I personally prefer legends, but I'm just messing around here a bit, hence what the emoji is meant to convey.
James McLaughlin eh, fair I guess. I’m not 100% sure which one I prefer yet, because to be fair Legends did get a lot more time to grow and expand than canon has so far.
Double negative?
Tau in melee: *like a child with a plastic sword*
Tau in ranged: *cut to war of the worlds*
Tau : " what is Range?" proceeds to shoot enemy that is on another planet
Tau in psychic: *dead*
Seriously, when is GW ever going to give us our mind control worms
@@whatzittooyah3244 i think part of the reason the tau is still alive is the lack of psychic abilities. no daemon food.
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@@norman2.0 and have pose little threat to the others
Gotta give credit for the lil guy. He had the balls of steel to craft a melee weapon BEFORE an astarte and even tries to fight in melee where others hide behind cover
Props to the marine for a least letting him finish his thing before proceeding to cast fist.
@@Firepup740I like to think that, while the SM love to destroy heresy, the T’au are one of the ones they hate the least. The T’au unit will die, but at least he’s allowed to unsheathe his weapon and do some sword spins first.
@@Firepup740 the marine was sleeping
Props to the marine for holding back
Back when we had an initiative step, Tau had Initiative 2. Literally the same as rusted out necrons. It is said that to a human Tau are moving in slow motion. To an Eldar, it looks as though they are standing still. For reference a normal guardsman has Initiative 3 (higher initiative means you are faster).
Should I take that to mean that a Guardsman watching this unfold would likely be saying "what in all the hells is he waiting for?" XD
@@KalibreSteelblast yep.
also in the lure they are blind as fuck and cant see far , they relay on there tech to cover that
@@KalibreSteelblast Right before a Kroot hound leaps at them at the flank and uses the Commissar like a chew toy.
@@fouzaialaa7962 not necessarily, but rather they focus slower than human eyes do and have slower reaction time. however their visual clarity is comparable
Let's not forget that he *started* with a faceplant...
What you don't realise is this: he actually got punched on his way into frame too.
Now all I can imagine is two space marines punting the poor bastard back and forth over and over again.
@@austinsmith2496 punted as haha
Austin Smith lol
"Return to sender"
@@austinsmith2496 thats why the space marine only moves to punch the poor bastard and then returns to waiting
THEY CANT EVEN FIGHT IN MELEE!!!
That is *ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL*
except for farsight
Wait- ah dang, sergio got it first...
*Emperor of Mankind* - *"I'm sorry, but what did you just say?!"*
Jr productions Gaming and yet they’re one of the least advanced civilizations
The only army the Imperial guard can fight in melee and stand a decent chance.
*Cough* *Cough* Termegant Spammers *Cough* *Cough*
**Laughs in tyranid**
I guess so technically, but they try
Imperial guard can definitely kick chaos cultist's ass on melee
Catachan character Guard, is actually a good melee army, not the best, but good.
"Yeah, Tau suck in Melee Haha"
*Commander Farsight would like to know your location*
Or kroot even tho they are hired by them
Ow so cute - y have one good melee fighter - ow Tyranids and Chaos marines like it :)
@@leman7648
Virgin empire : Almost loses an entire star system from Tyranids, with only 1 barely surviving, with massive casualties from Ultramarines even though they knew in advance
Chad Farsight Enclave : Destoryed 3/4 of a hive fleet before they even got into a planet, devising a virus that destory the hive fleet, losing only that planet
@@vantablack2847 ahahahh little tau-fan, and how are all tau the same liar. The whole system? no. but even if it were, then this is the Imperium - the old worlds will be conquered again, or will be replaced by new ones, other worlds will be colonized. The Imperium can sacrifice entire worlds and still live normally. and what tau? ahahahaha. Tau cannot grab normally new worlds in large numbers, because they simply do not have enough resources) Oh, yes, tau also fight with the hands of many races of allies. And the Imperium is only by the hands of people. Let's go further. what did the shitty tau destroy there? barely barely fought off a small fragment of the hive, and then almost all died out. if not for the help of the dark eldar, the tau would have disappeared. it's just a shame. because at the same time, humans and eldar were fighting the bulk of the tyranids. On Baal, Ultramar, and many other worlds and systems. even the necrons destroyed the tyranids, but the tau on their own and the small shard could not defeat. in general, tau are alive because they have storyline armor. let's be honest: the great crusade of dark templars, space wolves, and the tau will be forgotten. The Imperium defeated enemies much more dangerous than the tau - the Rangdan's for example. Tau are just kids compared to them. One Guilliman with the Astartes is enough to make the tau disappear. Do the tau fight the orcs? cute, and met the tau of the Beast? or Ghazghkull Thraka? The Tau had yet to see real problems as the Imperium. and yes, the ruler of the Imperium is the strongest creature in the Galaxy, and the Tau has a hologram) Sorry if there are mistakes somewhere, I was too lazy to think and write everything correctly in English. just threw it into the translator. but I think you understand the meaning.
Only good Tau, cas they decided to use their huge badass mechs for cool shit, instead of carrying more pew pew
"Yes we suck in melee ...
too bad you will never get there"
- Tau
Death Korps Commander: "Affix Bayonets!"
Given my luck, you'll be dead before I get there.
Alright the tau are in long range get the freeblade knights
@@witherwolf3316 Death Korps Commander: "Our first thousand maybe won't. Luckely we have a secound thousand."
Tell that to the Titan legions
To be fair I doubt that sword would have even pierced that space marine's armor but I give him credit for being brave.
I've never played the war game, or even the tabletop RPGs sadly ( I find those far more interesting) but I absolutely adore the books. One of my favorite moments in the books is when Cain is training with the tech Marine and swordsmanship and actually lands a solid hit and damages his armor. You can just feel the regard that the Marine has for him skyrocket and he literally is cemented as a true hero of the imperium and the eyes of the astartes as well as the guard. Now even the space Marines believe that is overblown reputation is completely accurate lol
@@TD-ug4mg I have only read a little of his books, but it seems to me that, while his courage is overblown, his skills are not. Dude leads like a strategic genius for the sole purpose of saving his own bacon.
@@ManoredRed Cain may be the only Imperial hero largely aware of his own weaknesses, compensating with his skills and practical wisdom, thus he isn't letting his hubris take the best of him, the few time he did let it run free, he was saved in extremis by another character (mostly Jurgen). That's why he's supposed being alive in M42 (granted, he's listed as MIA and the disinformation spread by Inquisitor Vail isn't helping) despite the fact he's over 200 years old, knowing what is been through, it's a true tour-de-force for a simple human.
Others heroes contemporary to Cain are either dead, turncoats, resurrected as living saints or superhuman.
Despite his flaws, or because of it, he may be the truest Imperial hero, even Macharius, in all of his glory, succumbed where Cain triumphed.
Thanks to the gene-seed and the power armor.
@@ManoredRed That's actually touched on in the books, by the inquisitor who is circulating them to her compatriots for research purposes that he actually is one of the finest tacticians and swordsmen the imperium has ever seen, Even if he himself doesn't believe it. However his reputation for tactics is definitely over blown, not that he isn't good at them, but he is viewed as infallible and that everything he does is calculated for genius reasons, when that very much is not the case. Those are such good books!
He’s a little confused but he’s got the spirit
"Yeah, we suck in melee. Shame you'll never get that close." - Tau proverb
Woudent rely on that Just Take Always a few Kroots
And you are save from the Phantoms ore other fast Melle enemys
Haha drop pod go brrrrrr.
*Laughs in Blood Angel*
another variant i heard - weak in melee, good luck getting there.
*laughs in death guard and khornate bikers*
They're called fire warriors because they turn into a puff of smoke the moment anything gets within melee engagement range.
Source: I play tau.
sounds about right. good grief lol.
@@corvid_gremlinthe drop podding space pups, The wolf riding space pups seeing a tau squad in beating range
And you don't use Kroot to make up for that deficit? I have doubts...
Congrats to that guy, he's now the _SECOND_ Tau to have *EVER* fought in melee combat
Why does this have so little views. It makes me feels so bad, it's such a great little animation.
@@kraspootis9051 YOU SAY YOU FEEL BAD FOR THAT XENO SCUM? HERESY!
You guys, thats funny man! 🤣♥️
@Trónus ___ im pretty sure i aint cuz i play necroons but uhh
Not anymore.
true
one time when I was playing against a Tau player as space marines all I had left was a 10 man tactical squad with a captain and a Sargent where opponent had 3 squads of fire warriors and a squad of mech suits I knew I was screwed but at least I had destroyed his tanks then this guy decides to charge melee to finish me off. After about an hour of lucky rolls my Captain was the only living thing left on the field. That Tau player had a Vendetta against that Captain for as long as I knew him after that.
Reminds me of that lonely gretchin who managed to kill Ahriman, winning the game that way. I think the player who owned him gave him a hat and some extra bits and still uses at least one unit of them in every army just to have him on the table.
That's why you never intentionally give your enemy any handicaps, if you intend to win, you don't underestimate your enemy regardless of the odds.
@@valdish9620 very true in our rematches he never tried anything like that again and took special care to annihilate that captain.
The tau player: Ima shame your space marines by killing them in melee.
That one captain: So you have chosen death. *Shows uno reverse card and proceed to slaughter the enterity of the ennemy forces*
@@manofironthathasntturnedcr9817 exactly I couldn't have said it better myself.
Tau: He's just standing there...menacingly!
sleeping*
I love that the space Marine was so genuinely curious and confused about what he was trying to do that he let the tau go through a whole beginners kata
Sleeping space marine: Bye bye! *Punches enemy in to outer space*
Enemy: YAAAAAAAAHOOHOOHOOIE!!!!!!!!
Tau:Is this the passage through time that I have quested for? Space Marine: Yup.
Tau:[bowing] I humbly request your permission to use this great power.
Space Marine:
ahahahahahahaha nope
Ayee. Samurai Jack reference.
Ah yes , I see you are a man of a culture
you are refering to another clip... with a hammer
So the tau was punched into next week
Space Marine casts Fist!
It's super effective.
For real though, this was awesome.
Space marine: "I CASTS FIST"
ramdom sarge: hey get over here
Didn't even use a power fist, giving the brave little Tau at least a _theoretical_ chance. Jolly sporting!
DOOOOOOODGE!
Nothing In Particular Hey. Scato Shitarius. I hear the Emperor wants you to spar with his Oil Boys.
Reminds me of that time Indiana Jones shot that swordsman.
Fun fact, harrison was sick that day and changed the scene to simply shooting the swordsman. There was a sword duel planned originally
@@krishanson1864 what a madlad. Sounds like Harrison Ford
@@krishanson1864 Not only Harrison, a large part of the crew had tourist stomach incl Lucas, so they where just thankful that the scene wern't longer, also Harrison wassick as a dog and said "Couldn't just shoot him and get it over with?"
I'm glad they did that instead, cause it's a hell of a lot funnier
That's what happens when you try to charge a Tau firing line.
That's the most praise worthy of Tau for attempting to engage in melee instead of attempting to retreat back to range
"Behold! My blade knows no metal it can't cut thro-"
*"MY FIST KNOWS NO XENOS SCUM UNPUNCHED!"*
How Tau fight in melee: They don’t.
>Kroots
a mob of fire warriors once killed my tantalus in melee
@@muffinman2546 Wait till the hive fleet enters the orbit.
th-cam.com/video/KbT5icTqdHQ/w-d-xo.html welp
@@baskapat5239 wait till farsight whips out 80 XV8 crisis suit teams
No wonder the Emperor of Mankind doesn't want to associate with these guys.
The tau or the ultramarines?
@@commissargeko4029 Yes.
@@commissargeko4029 Yes
@@commissargeko4029 YYYEEEEEeeeeEeehehehessssssssss
@@braydencole6117 did you really struggled that much to be as authentic to the he-man song rn?
Close Combat with the Tau:
Who are you?
Tau in melee:
I'm you, but stronger.
Also Tau Commander shouts in melee " The true test of a leader is in combat " while being useless in melee XD
Reminds me of the scene from Indiana Jones. Except of him getting shot, he just got his face caved in.
Fun fact: The scene I just spoke of was adlibbed. The director had an entire choreographed sword fight scene but the actor had caught Dysentery. Not wanting to do the whole scene while feeling like shit (no pun intended) he just shot the other guy. Lucas loved the scene so much, they decided to outright put it in the final cut.
"Tau sucks, Space Marines ftw"
*Laughs in Marker Drones*
tau: tries to show off his fighting skills and years of experience
space marine: LEPUNCH
🅱️ap
Za hando!
Sl🅰️🅿️
Kroot Shaper: *facepalming at not being deployed even though they're literally there to make up for tau's melee gap*
*I CAST FIST!*
When a Krig guardsmen armed with only a shovel can do better then a Tau warrior
well Krieg has a reputation to loose after all
obviously, they are the best at two things, dying in droves and experts in shovel-kata.
That's why they have those Kroot guys, however. Gasmask boi does not far nearly as well....
Its criminal how low the view count on this amazing video is
(I just want to pint out I made this comment 2 years ago when this video had only a few thousand views)
For real
Hey, it's 25k now.
28k
Now it's at 34k just needs 6k more then it will be complete
It's not just a crime... it's also HERESY!
LMAOOOO the slamming away of the tau was so impactful, the blood splattering was the perfect cherry on top HAHAHAH
"Your bravery is admirable xeno, however I must put an end to this farce of a fight."
Commander farsight probably facepalms hard when his troops are getting slaughtered and meanwhile he’s having space marines for breakfast
Thats more his sword then anything imo
@@krishanson1864 Including the breakfast part.
Don’t higher ranking officers in the Farsight enclave get the option of energy bayonets or am I thinking of something else?
@@krishanson1864 he did kill the demon to get the sword tho and he was more inclined to melee even before he got the sword
@@7Kibz no? He took it off a statue while pinned down by a bloodthirster daemon
I like how the Marine waited to punch him knowing the tou soldier was going to fail from the start
nah the marine was waiting for his fight phase
Maybe he was hopeing he would go away and die by him self
I was looking for this for awhile now. And only after I gave up hope of ever finding it. I find it... Worth the watch.
I would say literally everybody in melee against a space marine.
Very nicely amimated.
You know when somrone invents the Tau shotgun, oh boy....
*laughs in breacher teams*
Pretty sure the Tau call those people surgeons
Commander Farsight: *Pathetic*
Commander Farsight: *has possession of the seventh and final sword the eldar are searching for to resurrect Ynnead*
@@TechpriestNumber Oh shit, I never thought of that.
@@TechpriestNumber wait, really? Is that true?
@@nervehive2768 yep, Eldrad's looking for the Dawnbreaker which Farsight has, and he's not keen on giving it up since it destroys the souls of those it kills.
@@TechpriestNumber wait, isn't that the sword in Slaanesh's palace? If so, how'd farsight get it?
It's the equivalent of sending a small baby pig to fight a fully grown, hungry, bear.
More like 666 hangry bears
I am picturing the piggy pet from the monster hunter games fighting a fire breathing dinosaur... and becoming a pork nugget.
@@Jaypes1 n u g g e t~
Try "chihuahua pup to fight a Corrupted Warhound"...
It’s my head cannon that the Tau are physically incapable of fully clenching their fist.
Space marine: All that fancy footwork and all it took was one punch to beat you.... little little Tau.
*Kitten liked that*
Kitten: yes.....but still not cannon
@Jacob Moffatt I have wondered if we all started yelling at GW, would they make Kitten officially cannon. Hell, i would be happy if they sponsor TTS just so we can have more eps.
@@updfdrakkell143 Probably not cannon, after all the whole storyline is heavy satire, but they may just do a sponsorship.
@@megan00b8 they change things plenty so just adding a name or characteristics could add him in. Hell they could just say there was a fight between orks and custodies and one ork comments 'yu jus like a lil kitten aint ya' and boom! we have kittin in cannon lol
@@updfdrakkell143 yeah... except... he's still Custodes...
I mean, we all pretty well know about the Drukhari Tech Support incident, but... Greenskins on _Terra???_ sounds like something Yarrick would shout after going full Robin.
And people wonder why Tau refuse to do this without a giant Mecha being involved...
Or a greater knarloc against melee focused orks...
But even when the have giant Anime mechs, they still only use them to carry bigger guns...
@@desasterlord7108 You can't go wrong with bigger guns.
Because only fool brings knife when there is gonna be gunfight.
@@acestealman No. They bring early-game stealth-suits with pulse rifles.
As someone who plays Tau, I can confirm this is an accurate description
This was the reason I got into warhammer
Tau in melee: Flee and became THE TAU IN THE RANGE
Look at that space Marine
What an adorable little killing machine
Not as adorable as a Centurion tho
@@Mirageknight2133 a cute little centuribubble
@@sheldon-cooper no a custode is even more cuter.
Marine won not because his obvious advantage he won because the Emperor protects =][=
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Ave Imperator, gloria in excelsis terra
How dare you suggest the emperor would waste his protection on a son who is fighting a filthy blue cockroach lol
@@wolfluva24 true
@@wolfluva24 How dare you suggest that the emperor does not always protect his angels of death? ...Except when he dosent but it's all according to plan.
The T'au's blood is even blueish-purple. I like the attention to detail.
What actually happened in the space marine's side.
Space Marine: *deep sleep* mmm, coockies *punches tau* mm, eh? Wait what? I was being attacked?
Interesting way to spell cookies, my friend
@@therexyogaming bro he obviously mispelled cockies.
What else would a spacemarine dream about
@@therexyogaming *Massive and long cockie of Emprah*
@@karelnezveda2947 Yes Inquisitor, this comment right here
I am just glad that this young Tau embraced the life style of glorious melee as their last act. Perhaps, the God Emperor will judge their spirit kindly for their actions.
He’s got the right energy but not the right approach
You mean "He a little confused but he got the spirit"
0:05 Default position of a Tau when anybody get's into melee range
🤨 ➡️ 😏
This is fantastic. I love the Space Marine's reaction time and his "done with this shit" energy.
I've no idea how many times I've watched this video, Still kills me every time
the blood left on his fist was a nice touch
Just like Indiana jones, well without any guns of course
Ah damnit beat me to it.
That's actually why I play Tau. I used to play Space Marines and I'm an Emperor fearing citizen of the Imperium until the day I die but I like the challenge of trying to win as cowardly little space Koreans with pew-pew guns and anime mech suits.
At last ! Someone doesn't try to pretend Tau are japanese. You are correct, they are Space Koreans. The ethereals even correspond to Yangban.
@@atsukunisumeragi1967 Yeah, it's pretty obvious they're Korean after reading Damocles. I think it was the "Great Leader" vibe the Aun's give off. People think the Ethereals are somehow mind controlling the Tau but they don't understand how strong that kind of conditioning can be, especially if it's from birth.
Plus, if they were Japanese, they'd kill themselves after running away like cowards instead of fighting in melee like honorable warriors. And the Tau do a lot of running. That's how they fight. Also: people think Tau are fish for some reason? But they're closer to cows because Tau have hooves.
@@derekdrake8706 they don't have breasts and milk though ; that means the Kshatriya fanmade Chapter will be just as hyper-brutal towards them as they are with everybody else. :D
How the hell are the Tau cowardly? Have you actually read their lore?
Read Taros. When their Ethereal got assassinated the Fire Caste literally went 'TENNO HEIKA" and the Guard got fucking routed and even the Astartes couldn't stop them. You people believe memes and forgetting Tau are actually fucking fanatical in the lore. They're a mix of various Asian cultures.
And their mechs aren't even anime. They just look like generic Sci-fi mechs. Fuck outta here with your """"weeb"""" shit.
@ボイス Don't call me idiot you ignorant fuck. In what fucking universe are Imperial titans "generic"? If you put them into any other setting they look out of place. They're literally walking cathedrals and their design and aesthetic makes them unique than most.
Tau mechs meanwhile are one of the most 'generic looking' blocky mechs and blend well if you put them in any other settings. Fuck, one of the reason why some old 40k fans hate the Tau is because they look so out of place in the 40k setting. If anything it's the fucking Eldar that are more "weeb". They literally put their fucking souls in their mechs and engage in melee with them like fucking Gundams.
If you think Tau mechs look "weeb" then you clearly need to watch/read more scifi stuff.
this always puts a smile on my face
God I love rushing tau with chain swords
I get Pixar intro vibes from this :)
2018: no
2019:no
2020: RECCOMENDATION FROM 2018
We heard hindsight is 20/20 so we put some hindsight in 2020.
"aw, the thicc blueberry tried to roll for melee, cute."
Tau logic: can’t engage in melee if you snipe the enemy before he reaches you.
Or if the Kroot kindred's blindside you and turn you into a mid-day snack.
Funny story-
I once CHARGED my fire warrior strike team into Blood Angels. Looking back on it, it was a horrible move. I had seven dudes in the unit plus my sergeant dude (forgot what it’s called) so I rolled 8 dice in MELEE. Keep in mind I’m playing T’au so this wouldn’t normally go too well. I rolled the 8 dice and SEVEN HIT ON A 5 UP. I had to hit on a 4 up to break armor. I rolled the seven dice, and...
All of them hit. 2 fours, 4 fives, and a six. Props to my opponent for staying pretty chill, btw. Anyway, my opponent rolls his seven saves. One of them saves. Just ONE. 4 ones, 2 twos, and a 4. He uses a cp to reroll a 1, and it was a two. My T’au killed three of his five guys in the UNIT. It was crazy.
Animation is crazy good
Isn't Commander Farsight or someone like that the _only_ tau who is moderately effective in melee?
About as good as an immortal sword-wielding space marine, and does his sheananigans in a mech so he could go against power armor.
His followers are ultra weebish and that gives them the power of -god and- anime on their side, which puts their foot soldiers on about the same footing as a (well fed and properly armed) imperial soldier in melee. They also wear red, so the one in the video is 100% a greater good bootlicker.
the Farsight Enclaves tenet is actually free re-rolling 1s in overwatch, so that counts for something at least
@@cdgonepotatoes4219 *The Red Ones Go Fasta.*
Yeah, they kinda said "Fuck yo Greater Good! Melee For Life!" thats why they're One and Only favorite Xeno group that I like.
they are filthy xenos who shall all fall to the might of the emperor
>Tau did not scream RYUUJIN KEN NO KURE when jumping up
Why even try
Tau: "FOR THE GREATER WEEA-!!"
Space Marine: (Punches Tau)
Tau at Range: HAHA! GUNS GO BANG BANG...
Tau at Melee: FUUUUUUUUU!!
Love the plastic wrap sound when he drew his sword like he never even took it out yet
It may be completely tangential to this but I managed to win my first game in a tournament by sending my fire warriors in against a Dreadnaught to contest the objective.
I then proceeded to be absolutely demolished by my next two opponents.
He got into his aggro range, by jumping into the air.
Admech: "THESE ARE MY MACHINES THAT HAVE DONE THIS, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE MACHINES IF IT WASN'T FOR ME WHERE ARE MY GOD EMPEROR DAMN TOASTERS."
DragonSaint
24.7K subscribers Same here too. I dot get why many many people dislike the Tau, but I however..... I really really really really REALLY like the Tau. Also their Tau vehicles and spaceships, as well as their Rail-Gun tech weaponry is BOTH COOL and pretty impressive. "FOR THE GREATER GOOD!!!"
40k in 40 minutes later: Tau melee themselves to victory, Chaos beaten to death with a blueberry bare fists
Tau: I shall show you no mercy!
Marine: *grins*
There is no way a space marine could raise his arms like that.
Virgin Shōnen MC vs Chad Seinen MC.
"The codex says we cant do that" "WELL I CANT READ!"
"Sorry. Reflex. Can we try that again?"
there's this legend that tells about mine t'au getting into melee with a single nob, then all the 13 were taken out of that melee and the nob only getting 1 wound...
one time, my two remaining craftworld guardians from a squad of ten got surrounded by imperial guard and literally punched to death, it was glorious and hilarious
Basically Sokka from The Southern Water Tribe. Sokka: "I CAN FIGHT!!!"
"show no fear"
Now we need to see "Tau in Range"
"Tau in Range"
P-u-u-u-u-u!
The end.
Well, you won’t see them, rather you’ll see the 30 dice hitting on threes and re rolling ones.
Space Marine:...
(Looks left)
(Looks right)
(Squints)
(Turns to other space marine)
Brother, does that speck in the distance look like a sniper light to y--
The power of anime is a glass cannon.
my first ever exposure to warhammer was in the ps2 tau fire warrior game. i have no regrets
Personally, I think if you include the charge phase as 'Melee' and keep some battlesuits nearby, Tau 'Melee' is actually some of the best in the game.
Oh sure, they didn't kill anything by punching it, but if the enemy looses 3 guys on the charge, and then the Tau loose 1 in melee because they had the toughness of scout tank and drones to pawn wounds on, and then they fall back and shoot without penalty...well who actually 'won' that melee?
That Aint really meele in the end.... just "shooting the fucker infront of you" with extra steps
The tau lost that melee because meme.
Both sides of oblivions difficulty in a nutshell there.
They all laught until a plasma sword weilding broadside jumppack into the fray
At least this Tau actually tried to fight in Melee, so respect for that.
When you get into melee with Tau, and your dice betray you.
Astartes: Your knife technique is deplorable.