Revised Wolf List - Post tounament tweaks

Lord of the Thundercats...oh shit, wrong animal!

Following the epic "averageness" that was me at the last 1750 Tournament I attended (see report here), I was left with my Wolves feeling that a little something was missing...

I needed more killy.
Now, this is odd as I took ~8500 VPs from my opponents in 6 games. So I can clearly kill stuff.

But I really felt that I needed something of a "Hammer" unit to crush stuff with whilst it was tied up with the "Anvil" that were my massed Grey Hunters and Wolf Guard squads. Something to do it quickly and efficiently, rather than the protracted and extremely bloody combats my GH's were stuck in. I often felt the need to sweep away the units in front of me so I could bring more Melta to bear on tanks etc. I couldn't do this though as the GH took their sweet time killing shit.

The other element that I felt I needed was speed. I couldn't close quick enough, often feeling that if I could only get stuck in sooner I could bring the other elements of my force elsewhere, knowing that the swift Hammer had tied something up or killed it.

What did work?
Well, I always had a crap tonne of models left. GH's were frakkin' everywhere! I also felt like I had plenty of dudes in different places to claim multiple objectives..so ultimately, I dont want to fiddle with the GH's too much.
I had far too much shooting! 20 missiles per turn, 8 of which are relentless is too much. It was how I killed so much shit on the way in...rocket contrails obscuring the sun as the GH's raced forward in rhinos...
I can afford to cut it down to the standard 3 packs of Long Fangs though...4 or 5 missilesper pack is the real question.
Scouts were wicked fun as always, although I only fired the Combi-flamer once the whole tournament, but it was useful as it took out a load of Stealthed-up IG Vets on his objective.. so for 5 points, I won't whine.

So the real areas to trim are the 'odd' choice of 2 full packs of Wolf Guard. I knew they would be.
Oddly, the Rune Priest is also an area that I am willing to move on. I felt that the massive amounts of anti psychic defense were so very strong in alot of armies that I failed to use it. Certainly Living Lightning was poor. Jaws on the otherhand was very good vs the 2 Deathwing armies I faced, but stil not a game winner.

This is alot of points to play with, the 2 wolf guard packs clocking in at over 500 points, add in a Rune Priest and we have over 600 to play with!

Where to spend it?
Within the Wolf codex there is one real area to spend this many points on super killy dirt machines.
The Wolf Lord.
On a Thunderwolf.
With a really big hammer.
He also needs some other buddies with him to catch bullets and hit at Initiative rather than last..

So lets just build it out, I'll keep it quick though, everyone and their dog knows how to build this guy, its not rocket science.
Wolf Lord 100
TW Mount 45 (+1S,T,A)
Runic Armour 20 (eats missiles)
Saga of the Bear 35 (eats Nemesis Force Weapons and S10 for breakfast as if were oats or some shit)
TH/SS 60 (S10 Hammer and 3++)
Wolf Tooth Necklace, Wolf Tail Talisman 15 (hit everything on a 3+? thank you, please)
2 Fenrisian Wolves 20 (poor pups, this is abuse...but they catch lascannons and plasma etc)
295 points
Wow. That's alot of gear for one dude. Not sure I need the WTT? Drop it? OK. 290 points...

He wants a mate or two. With the high volume of attacks I love a Wolf Claw dude on TW. Throw in a storm shield so he too can take a big shot or two before he croaks.
Throw in a bog standard TWC dude and he can even eat a missile for fun... plus S5 rending and 6A...
These 2 increase the survivability of the big dog and also add to the variety of threat...by hitting most dudes at the same time, I can really thin shit out before big dog swings his hammer...
150 points for these dudes.

I am happy with my GH but want more plasma as I have lost it from the Wolf GUard units, so I turn one GH pack from Dual Melta to Dual Plasma (1xCombi WG) ...only adds 5 points to the cost too.

Want to add Wulfen to my GH packs too as it gives more attacks and possible rending.. 15 points per pack though is expensive...doing it though..

So, lets have a look then:

The Big Dog Fafnir –290 (as above)

Thunderwolf Cavalry x 2 – Plain, Wolf Claw & Storm Shield 150

Wolf Guard x 7 , 2 x Storm Bolters (2 for LF as bullet catchers), 5xCombi Weapon (4 for GH, 1 for Scouts), 5 x Power Weapons (4xGH, 1 x Scouts) 207 points

Grey Hunters  x 7, Meltagun, Banner, Wulfen, Rhino – 170 points

Grey Hunters x 7, Meltagun, Banner, Wulfen, Rhino – 170 points

Grey Hunters x 7, Meltagun, Banner, Wulfen, Rhino – 170 points

Grey Hunters x 7, Plasmagun, Banner, Rhino – 160 points

Long Fangs x 5 – 4 Missile Launchers – 115 points

Long Fangs x 5 – 4 Missile Launchers – 115 points

Long Fangs x 5 – 4 Missile Launchers– 115 points

Wolf Scouts  x 5 – Meltagun – 85 points

Total – 1747...I think, check it will you!

What do we think guys, is this stonger than the 70 body, 20 missile shit from the last Tournament?
More conventional?
More dangerous?
Worse?
I will do the 40kmetrics on it tomorrow and compare the two armies..
I've only tried this once vs a purifier army (the one from HERE) and well...the Wolves tabled the Purifiers on turn 7...
Any of you guys had much experience with ThunderLords? Let downs? Triumphs?