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The Wolves Unleashed Detachment - 1500pts

Njal Stormcaller
Ulrik the Slayer

Grey Hunters x7 (including WGPL)
5x CCW
Meltagun
WGPL - power fist, combi-melta
Drop Pod

Grey Hunters x10 (including WGPL)
7x CCW
2x Plasma gun
WGPL - power axe
Drop Pod

Grey Hunters x10 (including WGPL)
6x CCW
2x meltagun
Wolf Standard
WGPL - power sword
Drop Pod

TWC x5
4x Storm shield
Wolf claw
Thunder hammer

Long Fangs x6
5x missile launcher

I want to be fun to play against, but I want to win. Thoughts?

All laid out for you to see.

I'd personally replace the two named characters with:

2x Rune Priest w/ ML2.
These guys roll on Divination for Prescience and maybe perfect timing to ensure your Melta/Plasma guys successfully complete the Alpha Strike. With Prescience, they also help with AA, TL your Melta and maybe ignoring Jink.

Wolf Guard Battle Leader w/ Runic Armour, Helm of Durfast, Storm Shield, Thunderwolf Mount, Power Fist.
This guy tanks for your Thunderwolves with a 2+ armour save, LOS anything onto the Thunderwolves that might hurt him. Also has WS5 and re-rolls to hit with his Power Fist so you'll destroy things even better than before.

For the Thunderwolves, I would change the loadout to:

2 TWC 40
2 TWC w/ Wolf Claw, Storm Shield 75
1 TWCPL w/ Storm Shield, Thunderhammer 85

With this loadout, you've got an extra model than before, an extra Wolf Claw and more S10 attacks when you take into account the Wolf Guard Battle Leader.

Lastly, to fit the points, I dropped all the CCW on the Grey Hunters. You're still getting 20 attacks in the first round of combat thanks to Counter Attack/charging, that should be plenty to ward off the enemy, particulary when Prescience allows re-rolls to hit.

Sounds good. I haven't got the extra claw TWC or one with a shield and PF. I have the rune priests though. The thing about Ulrik though, is his preferred enemy bubble. And it's always on. Not reliant on the dodgy psychic phase.

It's not a bad list, though I agree with most of the suggestions Frozo made. Bear in mind that 2 ML2 RPs using 1-point powers makes the Psychic Phase a lot less dodgy, and they'll let you make your opponent's Psychic Phase a lot ~more~ dodgy. Alternately, the PE bubble isn't as big (or as general), but a regular old Wolf Priest saves you 35 points over Ulrik. And your SS/TH TWC could basically be the WGBL Frozo suggests, just a TH rather than a PF. And it may be moot, if they're all built, but you can probably run a 5-man TWC unit with only 3 SSs. Between model placement and LOS, you can get your Invulnerable saves almost anywhere you want them. If sheer volume of fire is the problem, then 3+ won't save you, anyway. I've found that somewhere between 1 SS for every 2 models and 2 SSs for every 3 models is the sweet spot for points and protection.