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Hey all!
Im looking to start up a space wolf battle force, and was wondering if any of you long fangs can help this blood claw (lame, I know I know....) set up his battle force with Orks in mind for the main opponent.
That's:
10 Grey Hunters
10 Blood Claws
3 Blood Claw Bikers
1 Rhino

Any suggestions would be awesome,
Thanks!

T-

It really helps to know what point values your talking about.

But against horde orks, pie plates are your friends. So think blood claws in drop pods with the pie plate weapon attached. Drop 4-5 of those an turn and suddenly the ork army has a bit of a thinning problem.

Ok, I apologize for being a little vague there, basically what Im trying to do is, while staying around 450pts, is use the contents of the Space Wolf battle force to fight the Ork battle force.

Thanks for your response, please keep 'em comin' !

T-

Put the blood claws in the rhino, use them to charge forward whilst supported by bikes. The SW battleforce only comes with meltas for special weapons, but if you can get your hands on a pair of flamers that would be more suitable facing orks. Use grey hunters as a sort of defense, holding objective and such.

You also may need an HQ unit, just as a suggestion

Something to consider when moving beyond the 450 points and battle force is:

A 3 HB exterminator makes a good flank guard. It sits still and only presents its front armor as a target and can

pop trucks
pop the squad that comes out of a truck popped by something else
put a big dent in a big ork squad
make tough units like nobs or bikers make enough saves that you will put some wounds on the squad from far away so that when your plasma and melta or assault is in range it can finish them off


They also work pretty well against other armies, and the massed fire makes even MEQ's lose a few guys as well when combining with your other shooting.

Meph