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I'm putting a space wolves army together. I haven't played much really since 4th. Im looking at the HQ options for Space Wolves and trying to decide on a few things. I'm definitely putting some rune priests in there no matter what lineup I go with. (I have enough different units for a few different lineups) How do these following HQ choices fare?

How do people feel about Ulric? Slayer's Oath can really help squads to take down those high Toughness targets, and Wolf helm can help win challenges against non ccbeast models. But I never really see people use him. Does he just not perform too well or do most lists just tailor to different HQ choices? Or instead of Ulric a wolf priest with saga of the hunter?

And another option I'll try to run in some lists is a Wolf Lord running with a 2-3 Thunderwolf Calvary Squad. The concern I have here is how easy it is for the price to get out of control while including enough to make him survive moving across the board then stomp in cc. What are some of the better loadouts?

For reference here is the pool I'll be drawing my different armies from.
Rune Priests
3 LF with max ML
Alot of Grey Hunters,
Drop Podded Wolf Guard, either termies for some cc or power armor with melta for tank popping
Rifleman Dread

Rune Priests are top notch. You can't go wrong with a couple of basic 100pt-ish RPs.

Ulric is rather over costed imo. However, I like to a wolf priest with saga of the hunter and combi-plasma in either a wolf guard squad or in a GH squad with plasma. Walking in on the side of the table you want and rerolling gets hot! is awesome.

I've never run a wolf lord to be honest. Every time I try to design one his price just gets ridiculous and I remember I could be taking more GHs with those points.

I agree with Griddlelol about the rune priests and ulric. I will say though that yes the wolf lords can get pricy. But in my experience it has always been worth it. Think of Lysander. He has a 2+ 3++ and a thunder hammer and eternal warrior.People call him one of the hardiest hq's in the game. A wolf lord with saga of the bear a th/ss runic armour and a thunder wolf runs about 215. I think they're about the same points cost. I wouldn't run the wolf lord alone though. The wolf lord can do everything Lysander can do and he is much faster.