Fafnir's Bitches and 40k-metrics

So Bully has been hassling me to get my Brighton Warlords 1750 Tournament list up on the blog.

Think he is worried about the dirty tricks I will bring to the tabletop.
He doesn’t need to be.
I’m playing plain and simple.
I’ve decided against Dark Eldar as I have already stated due to not wanting to paint and texture my flying bases in order to get 7 points for Basing – I like them to blend into whatever surface I am playing on..
This is not an issue, lets not make it one.
I play tested a LOAD of different armies before deciding to stick to what I know arguably best – Space Wolves; Fafnir’s Bitches return for another campaign….
They play themselves right? I don’t even need to turn up? Just press ‘go’ at the start of each game and it takes care of itself.. lol
I’ve been play testing so many armies that I’ve not actually gotten around to finishing building or painting them all, so I’m kind of screwed on these fronts (this is the secret reason for SW…they are already painted!!).

So here you go – the list (notes and Nikephoros’ 40k-metrics system applied below…)

Rune Priest – Living Lightning, Jaws

Wolf Guard Pack 1 x 10 – 2 x TDA/CML, 3 x CMelta/Power weapon

Wolf Guard Pack 2 x 10 – 2 x TDA/CML, 2 x CMelta, 1 x CPlasma

Wolf Scouts x 5 – Meltagun

Grey Hunters x 7, Meltagun, Banner, Rhino

Grey Hunters x 7, Meltagun, Banner, Rhino

Grey Hunters x 7, Meltagun, Banner, Rhino

Grey Hunters x 7, Meltagun, Banner, Rhino

Long Fangs x 5 – 4 Missile Launchers

Long Fangs x 5 – 4 Missile Launchers

Long Fangs x 5 – 4 Missile Launchers

1750

Traditional Numbers?
20 S8 shots per turn at a possible 8 targets
5 double melta units
69 Marines,,,nuff said?
Psychic Defence
Good CC
Plenty of anti horde either through 20 blast templates or the 40 midfield marines, holy bolt and ferocious charges...
Notes:
Wolf Guard – The 3 CM/PW plus one of the CM only WG join the 4 GH packs, the other CM WG joins the Scouts…2 plain WG from Pack 2 join Long Fangs as bullet catchers, leaving 6 dudes, 1 plain WG from Pack 1 joins 3rd LF squad, leaving 6 dudes in the WG pack as well.
The 2 CML packs then follow closely behind the Rhino’s, providing mobile light anti-tank and counter attack punch, remembering that both packs have 2 Power weapons on the terminators…
Yes, there is a random Combi-plasma dude in one of the WG squads… I have some really strong urges to lose a couple of power weapons in the GH’s and give both WG some dedicated plasma love..knowing just how many marine armies there will be I am really tempted..

As it stands this force has performed well in a couple of test games, but I have not had time to test much…so I thought I’d try out some numbers, not the usual mathhammer, but the 40k-metrics that Nikephoros has been playing around with.
If you are not sure what I’m on about, check it out here.

The numbers work out pretty favourably:

Fafnir’s Bitches 1750:

DMS: 26.5

DMCC: 23.44

DRG: 54.65

DLRG: 11.9

Now this doesn’t do too badly when compared to the 4-0 NOVA SW forces, some are far superior though, particularly Stelek’s. His numbers are:

Andrew “Stelek” Sutton (Space Wolves)

DMS: 25.05

DMCC: 24.82

DRPG: 64.80

DLRPG: 19.27

Glaring differences, His DRPG (Dead Rhino Per Game – actually deceptive as it is uncovered penetrations in fact) is 10 higher than my own. In addition, his DLRPG (Dead Land Raider Per Game) is also massively greater. Nikephoros has stated (back in June archive on his blog) that this is the one area that you can afford to be weaker as long as it is made up over time. I’m ok with my heavy anti tank, I can suppress a lot of heavy tank armour, and have 5 melta units to do the heavy lifting…but seriously, Stelek’s NOVA Wolves had almost double the anti-LR that I have..

I have more bodies on the ground, therefore it is fair enough that I have a slight edge on the DMS (Dead Marine from Shooting), but due to the increased numbers of PWeapons and TWC inc. WGBL, his list has greater output in CC, despite the increased number of marines I can bring to bear.

THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO CONSIDER IS THAT THE NOVA WAS A 2K EVENT, THIS IS A 1750 LIST….

So what does this actually mean? Well, from Nikephoros’ work we can see that it compares very favourably considering the 250 points ‘penalty’ … this simply means that it is likely to be a good army..lol

Do I need these numbers to tell me this? Probably not. Is it just an extra tool for list building? Yup, pretty much…it was an interesting exercise that only took a few minutes, I suggest you guys have a read and try it with the lists you are running now..

As for me, I’ve no time for more testing, unbelievably I have to build more Space Wolves for this list, but then there are 70 marines…


I am also determined to get grenades, CC weapons, bolt pistols, boltguns etc on all the models to ensure I can get WYSIWYG points.. that my friends is a true mission..

So thoughts and feedback appreciated, although please don’t tell me I am missing powerfists on my Wolf Guard or MotW on my GH…I know, I am trying something different…