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Even in T2, when tau are strongest, things like 2 SM squads with probes and 2 landspeeders can often wipe their entire army out. More than likely, they're near the bottom of the power scale. Maybe they're the most OP race vs new players, but against experienced players they're, at best, in the middle of the pack because most of their units are too expensive, don't help, or don't do what they are supposed to do, and any race with only a few viable unit options can be countered by experienced players. Tau can be easy to learn, and hard to learn to beat. units that have to be pretty good because no one is worried about or complaining about anything else they've got as far as multiplayer games go. So it isn't the faction, it would be a few units. Maybe Pathfinders, who really are OP, but a lot of people don't seem to get how vital they are. Now, Tau are my favourites, and they can really do well, but without going into a huge explanation, let's just be honest and admit when people say Tau are OP, they probably mean Stealthsuits with fusion blasters and emp grenades are OP, Fire Warriors with any of their 3 possible upgrades are OP, and Barracudas are OP. Should be DE, but their rushes counter a lot of their late game issues, so probably Tau. Honestly, if we're talking about each faction being played by the best of the best and ignoring glitches and bugs (like pathing issues and other things that weren't figured into the race balance) my vote for strongest would be Eldar and weakest.