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Looking at the loadouts for wolf scouts, it seems like it would always make more sense to equip them with bolters instead of a close combat weapon. Am I right about this or am I overlooking something?

Or just save the 100 points and get a speeder...

Reece makes a good point, since Scouts are tough to keep alive, though, as with everything, it depends on what army you're facing and what you want to do with the Scouts...

I've never run speeders before. What do you personally give them and how do you use them?

i used to run 5-6 wolf scouts with snipers and a missles. They would do alright just pick away at squads but if anything got close enough to charge they could hold there own for a turn or two even without ccw.

Currently running 10 ccw scouts with a power sword and power axe in my flgc's escalation league. They are good for getting linebreaker and more than hold their own in combat ( even with just a 4+ ).

I need to build a couple with plasma pistols and one plasma gunner, then they can go light tank hunting as well.

I have recently ran two squads of 8 switching my CCW for bolters, and one bolt pistol for a Heavy Bolter - the turn they arrive = Rapid fire and anything after that is just a bonus.

I use them to support the Squad of 10 grey hunters with two meltas and a wolf standard, outflanking accompanied by a Wolf priest with Saga of the Hunter and combi-melta and Wolf-guard with Combi-melta/Combi-flamer, melta-bomb & power armour.

Could always add in a combi-melta/combi-flamer, melta-bomb power armour wolfguard to each scout squad and add a special weapon but at the price of having to use regular outflank rather than Behind Enemy Lines