Email in: 1,750 Space Wolves Competitive and some linking of my own blog :P

Monday, December 20, 2010

Email in: 1,750 Space Wolves Competitive and some linking of my own blog :P

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"Howdo Kirby!

I love the blog and Rupert's skills :P

I am entering the UK's first independent GT in March 2011 and this is the list I have come up with so far. I also sorted my own blog to help get me into gear, play test and paint my force: Blood-Claws

My list:

HQ (315)
Rune Priest, Living Lightning, Murderous Hurricane, Chooser of the Slain = 110
Rune Priest, Living Lighting, Storm Caller, Wolf Tail Talisman = 105
Rune Priest, Living Lightning, Jaws of the World Wolf = 100

Elites (292)
5 Wolf Scouts, Melta Gun =80
5 Wolf Scouts, Melta Gun =80
4 Wolf Guard (2x Power fist, 4 Combi Meltas) = 132
(2 WG with scouts, 2 with Grey Hunters)

Troops (700)
10 Grey hunters, 2 Melta Guns, Wolf Banner, Mark of the Wulfen = 180
Rhino = 35
10 Grey hunters, 2 Melta Guns, Wolf Banner, Mark of the Wulfen = 180
Rhino = 35
7 Grey Hunters, 1 Melta Gun, =110
Rhino = 35
6 Grey Hunters, 1 Flamer =90
Rhino = 35

Fast Attack (210)
Land Speeder Tornado, Multi Melta, Heavy flamer = 70
Land Speeder Tornado, Multi Melta, Heavy flamer = 70
Land Speeder Tornado, Multi Melta, Heavy flamer = 70

Heavy Support (230)
5 Long Fangs, 4 Missile Launchers = 115
5 Long Fangs, 4 Missile Launchers = 115
1747

is it solid or is there some glaring hole I'm missing?

MC Tic Tac"

Ah Hybrid Wolves; how we love you so. Three Rune Priests is over the top. Personally you could go with one but for the moment we will stick with two with double Lightning, Hurricane and whatever you feel like (I like Tempest but Storm Caller works, too). We'll also drop the non-10 man Grey Hunters to 5 men and then add 2x LasPlas RBacks to the Long Fangs which you should have just enough points for. You've then got the scoring GH bunkers with double melta as melta bunkers or long-ranged fire support with the Priest, two more tanks and more ranged fire support from the Razorbacks and you still have the aggressive aspects of the full GH squads, Land Speeders and Scouts.

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GDMNW · 746 weeks ago

What's the beef with taking multiple rune priests?

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Kirby 118p · 746 weeks ago

There is no beef but 2x LasPlas > Priest and 3 GH. The first Priest is as close toa must buy for most SW armies as you get psychic defense and a lot of good powers to use for any list plus chooser. The 2nd Priest in certain lists is also good as you double your Living Lightning and get one of the other good utility powers but aren't gaining anything from the chooser's deployment disruption and only marginally improving your psychic defense through board saturation. Etc. Law of diminishing returns.

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MC Tic Tac · 746 weeks ago

Hmmm I can certainly drop 3 Grey Hunters and a Rune Priest for 145/150points for 2 lasplasbacks certainly and try them out instead - as this is what play testing is for!

I was wondering why I had a small peak in traffic over on my end earlier too :P

I'm surprised you got to this so quickly, ta kirby

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Killswitch · 746 weeks ago

Because the meta is different in Aussie I guess. Multiple Priests have worked very well for me, and even though my newer lists tend to have only 1 priest, synergy and your opponent is 2 thinks which is dependant on army composition. Daemons, lash chaos & orks are a big hit in the UK since our pt values range between 1.5k-1.75k. Others such as nids also do fairly well, as do seer council eldar. Jaws is a big hit against all those armies (apart from eldar) and the coverage multiple priests bring to the board to nulify such armies is fantastic.

As to the army, I don't like the two large units. I would personally go with 4 of the same size with rhinos meltas & banners, then try fit in some las/plas on those long fangs to advance with your rhino wall. Remember, you don't always need to attach those WG to the scouts i.e. when you face an on rushing army such as lash or orks. Its perhaps best to put those Wg in those rhino squads.

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Rupert40k 49p · 746 weeks ago

I emailled you about Wales, TALK TO ME!

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Auretious Taak · 746 weeks ago

The meta in Aussie-land is crap Killswitch. It's all composition based and the competitive aspects are severely limited in terms of high end non-comp (i.e. normal) play. I run 2 Rune Priests in my Wolves at 1750pts, but what Kirby was saying above is that you need to also balance their output on the board. The drops and additions will have a significantly larger positive effect in games from now on as you've doubled the targets you can hit and also increase the surviviability of the armour with a bit more saturation.

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Rupert40k 49p · 746 weeks ago

There are a few things with wolves that you can't really go wrong with: at least 1 runepriest, grey hunters (very few people run wolf banner but they are amazing) and long fangs.

I myself am working on a 1750 wolf list so keep your eyes peeled!

Thanks for the props MC Tic Tac! xx