Bradimus' Wolves at Blog Wars 2

You all probably know about Blog Wars 2 and if you don’t then take your head out of your arse! Anyway I’ll be attending on the 3rd of December with some of the other Sons crew and many other members of the blogosphere down at Maelstrom Games.



I’ll be running Space Wolves as usual as I just can’t bring myself to run anything else at the minute, I just love them furry buggers too much. I took my Wolves down to Onslaught a few weeks ago and fared alright with them but I exposed some holes in my list that need tweaking.

Heres the list I ran at Onslaught:-

Logan Grimnar

Rune Priest, Chooser of the Slain
Murderous Hurricane
Living Lightning

Lone Wolf, TDA, CF, SS

Lone Wolf, TDA, CF, SS

Wolf Guard Pack
1) CombiMelta, PF (Grey Hunters)
2) CombiMelta, PF (Grey Hunters)
3) BP, CCW
4) BP, CCW
5) BP, CCW
6) BP, CCW
7) BP, CCW
8) BP, CCW
9) TDA, CF, SB, CML
10)TDA, PF, SB, CML
Drop Pod

Wolf Guard Pack
1) Combi Plasma, CCW
2) Combi Plasma, CCW
3) Combi Plasma, CCW
4) Combi Plasma, CCW
5) TDA, PW, Combi Plasma, CML

7 Grey Hunters, Melta, Wulfen, Banner, Rhino+Dozer

7 Grey Hunters, Melta, Wulfen, Banner, Rhino

6 Long Fangs, 2 Lascannon, 3 Missiles

6 Long Fangs, 5 Missiles



The first and most glaring weakness was the lack of Melta, it hurt me bad especially when I faced a triple Land Raider list in an almost city fight style board ( I think that was the gods messing with me with that match up)

Second was the large Wolf Guard Pack in a Drop Pod. Now this unit is awesome especially when doubled up with Logan but I kept dropping them into the shit and boy did they take some shit. I’ve figured that maybe this pack is better served on foot holding the line with Logan with a few extra melta shots and maybe one or two more suits of Terminator Armour in it. Apart from Dark Eldar armies I still see a mass of Str 8 AP3 and even Str 8 AP4 dominating the battlefield.

Black Templars are the one of the newest bad boys on the block with the ability to spam Krak on par with any Space Wolf army. So what am I getting at? Krak missiles hate Terminator armour, trust me I use Krak missiles they do fuck all. Same can be said about Necrons, not a lot of AP2 but a few bits of AP3 here and there that could put the hurt on this unit. If I chuck in a few cheap suits of TDA it helps me soak up all that AP3 shit and not have to worry about putting those wounds on a Cyclone, the other bonus is that if I put Logan in this pack it now has 5 Storm Bolters in the unit, never underestimate Storm Bolters! For ten points extra I can give these two extra suits of TDA a Wolf Claw a piece too meaning that combined with Logans Preferred enemy I can get re rolls on hits and wounds, nice.



"Heres a WiP shot of Gunnar Redmoon AKA Logan!"

Moving on I had a 5 man Wolf Guard pack toting a Cyclone Missile Launcher and 5 Combi Plasma's! What did this unit do at Onslaught? They sat back and captured objectives and then looked up at me in horror when they had a Land Raider running over them and realised they had no Melta, I think the guys in that pack hate me now.

Ok so its out with the Combi Plasma and in with the Combi Meltas, but what about if its a none objective game and I want to get a drop shot on something like a land Raider? How about I give this unit the big units drop pod and consider the following. What if I allocate out the Cyclone to a Long Fangs pack and another dude somehwere else which would leave me with a 3 man Meltacide pack in a drop pod. It sounds good to me, I won't be wasting a powerful unit and if I don't need to Meltacide I can use the pack in its original role of back field camper who just happens to have 3 Combimeltas just in case any tanks wan't to try it on.

So enough bullshit lets have a look at what I have in mind:-

Logan Grimnar

Rune Priest, Chooser of the Slain
Jaws of the World Wolf (Necrons I'm looking at you)
Living Lightning

Lone Wolf, TDA, CF, SS

Lone Wolf, TDA, CF, SS

Wolf Guard Pack
1) CombiMelta, Power Fist (Grey Hunters)
2) CombiMelta, CCW
3) CombiMelta, CCW
4) Bolt Pistol, CCW
5) Bolt Pistol, CCW
6) Bolt Pistol, CCW
7) TDA, Wolf Claw, Storm Bolter
8) TDA, Wolf Claw, Storm Bolter
9) TDA, Chain Fist, Storm Bolter, CML
10)TDA, Power Fist, Storm Bolter, CML

Wolf Guard Pack
1) CombiMelta, CCW
2) CombiMelta, CCW
3) CombiMelta, CCW
4) Bolt Pistol, CCW
5) TDA, PW, Storm Bolter, CML
6) CombiMelta, Power Fist (Grey Hunters)
Drop Pod

6 Grey Hunters, Melta, Banner, Rhino+Dozer

6 Grey Hunters, Melta, Banner, Rhino

6 Long Fangs, 2 Lascannon, 3 Missiles

6 Long Fangs, 5 Missiles

I'll be play testing this list on Sunday against some dirty Black Templars and then that will be pretty much it. The lists have to be submitted by Saturday 26th November (tomorrow)so I wont be able to change anything after this weekend but I'm pretty satisfied with how this list looks.