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2014/10/20 13:52:26
Subject: balancing an army.
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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Hey!
I'm a long time ork player recently switching to space wolves since getting back into 40k.
I can't seem to balance my army very well. I tend to either have too few models, and lack the ability to cope with situations, or too many! I wanted to include 6 thunder wolf cavalry in my army with a thunderwolf lord, with a couple of venerable dreads in pods. Maybe the flying transport. Am I best off filling the gap with blood claws or grey hunters??
With orks you can pile so much stuff into a list it really doesn't matter :/
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Oh and does anyone ever use skyclaws, assault marines, storm boys, etc? Or are they a bit redundant?
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2014/10/20 13:55:27
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2014/10/20 15:35:20
Subject: balancing an army.
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Shadowy Grot Kommittee Memba
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You look like you're building a pretty cc heavy list, I would say stick blood claws in the flier and go to town.
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2014/10/20 15:54:07
Subject: balancing an army.
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Shas'o Commanding the Hunter Kadre
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So long as you can do the following, the army list is generally balanced:
Kill normal infantry
Kill elite infantry/monsters
Kill tanks
Kill/ignore fliers
That's really all there is to it. From there it's tactics and dice. I personally use raptors and possessed with my CSM and they do fine.
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2014/10/20 16:07:27
Subject: balancing an army.
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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Well my idea was to have the grey hunters to deal with general troops... but the dreads and drop pods would lead the frontal assault.
Drop the dreads in with the shields and axes, soak up some fire while my thunderwolf cav moved up and smash face!
Can the storm fang carry two squads of 8?
Like I said with orks you can cram everything in!
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