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Hey, I'm fairly new to Space Wolves and would like ya'lls input on this army I put together. Together is 1320 pts and I was wondering what ya'll would suggest I could fill that 180 point gap with.

Wolf Lord 1 - 175
Hammer
Shield
Melta Bombs
Necklace

Wolf Lord 2 - 200
Claws x 2
Jumpack
Belt
Necklace

Grey Hunters 1 (Wolf Lord 1 will join ) - 190
9 Hunters
Meltaguns x2
Power Weapon
Rhino

Grey Hunters 2 - 205
10 Hunters
Meltaguns x2
Power Weapon
Rhino

Scouts - 90
5 scouts
Snipers x5

Skyclaws (Wolf Lord 2 will join) - 75
5 Claws
Power Weapon
Meltagun

Long Fangs - 155
5 Fangs
Missile Launcher x4
Razorback

Vindicator x2 - 230

DirusdaPlagueFather wrote:

Wolf Lord 1 - 175
Hammer
Shield
Melta Bombs
Necklace

Wolf Lord 2 - 200
Claws x 2
Jumpack
Belt
Necklace

Grey Hunters 1 (Wolf Lord 1 will join ) - 190
9 Hunters
Meltaguns x2
Power Weapon
Rhino

Grey Hunters 2 - 205
10 Hunters
Meltaguns x2
Power Weapon
Rhino

Scouts - 90
5 scouts
Snipers x5

Skyclaws (Wolf Lord 2 will join) - 75
5 Claws
Power Weapon
Meltagun

Long Fangs - 155
5 Fangs
Missile Launcher x4
Razorback

Vindicator x2 - 230

I hate to be that guy but read the codex carfully, you can't have 2 meltaguns in a nine man squad.

Your skyclaws are well off the cost and can't make use of their meltagun ever properly due to the headstrong rule.
Skyclaws are a poor mans assault squad, they don't hit as well as a normal squad and they can not make proper use of any special weapons on the squad. This squad will be left out on it's own as you jump them forward, they have nothing that can guarentee to be in range to support them in CC in the smae turn.
Either switch the lord for a wolf priest as they will make much better use of the preferred enemy rules to improve their cc abilities or just loose the skyclaws altogether.

Scouts are great for nailing armour in the flanks so make sure to stick a melta gun on them.

I would aim to drop the skyclaws and take a 3rd troops choice as the general word is that you should aim for 3 troops at 1500pts, you need to hold objective and more troops mean greater chances of that. I'd take a read of this site and then work over your list again. http://space-wolves-grey.blogspot.com/

Sorry about that meltagun thing, I was copypasta from my Word list which has a 10 man squad and forgot to remove the second meltagun.

I'll be dropping the skyclaws and Wolf Lord 2 and replacing them with a Rune Priest (Runic Armor, Master, Necklace) for 180 and pair him with another 9 man squad.

I'm really not wanting to use Thunder Wolves, because pretty much everyone at my game store complains that they are too OP and won't play if you have them.

DirusdaPlagueFather wrote:I'm really not wanting to use Thunder Wolves, because pretty much everyone at my game store complains that they are too OP and won't play if you have them.

No offense but that sounds like a fairly gak way of acting to someone, TWC are in a codex not forgeworld books. The last guy that pulled that in my neck of the woods got told if he wanted to play he plays the game or doesn't play ever.

Make sure that with a rune priest with master of the runes you are taking 1 shooting and 1 support power otherwise you're wasting points.

liturgies of blood wrote:Make sure that with a rune priest with master of the runes you are taking 1 shooting and 1 support power otherwise you're wasting points.

I heard that Jaws of the World Wolf was pretty good as an offensive power and Storm Caller was a decent support power.

Jaws is only good against low initiative models you can snipe but it is a bit poor as a primary shooting attack, storm caller is ok as a support.
Personally I think living lightening is better as you get a couple of s7 shots with good range though I don't take support powers or master of the runes on my priest and use him to shoot lightening or jaws depending on the target.

I was looking over the powers and decided to get rid of master. I altered my list some and here's what I got.

Wolf Lord 1 (same as before) - 175

Rune Priest - 130
Necklace and Runic Armor

Grey Hunters (pairing with HQs) x2 - 380
Meltagun, PW, RHino

Grey Hunters (without HQ) - 205
Meltasx2, PW, Rhino

Scouts - 97
Snipers x 4, Meltagun

Long Fangs - 155
Missiles x4, Razor

Vinidicators x2 - 230

This gives me 1372 points. What can I do to fill that 128 pt gap?

First, drop the sniper rifles on your scouts--they don't synergise with the meltagun.

Put a Chooser of the Slain on your Rune Priest--BS5 is a very nice thing to have, and it feths with enemy infiltrators.

Kick the Long Fangs up to x5 MLs.

Give your Lord EW with Saga of the Bear.

Buy your GH squads Marks of the Wulfen, and Wolf Standards.

Finish off by putting meltabombs on your Rune Priest.

140 points, if my math is right.