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I know it's a daft question, but what would you guys say their speciality lies in? Close quarter fire fights? Assault?


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Or in their lore? What does their background suggest??

Depends on which unit.

Blood Claws are head-on assaults.
Grey Hunters are close-quarter firefights - they won't beat everything in melee, but they can generally beat anything that's been given a couple of bursts of rapid fire in the process of getting to them.

As a rule, their background primarily paints them as melee fighters, but whilst ferocious, they're cunning rather than out-and-out bezerkers (like the Flesh Tearers). Hence a big focus on outflank in their rules.

Riding big fíng wolves

locarno24 wrote:

As a rule, their background primarily paints them as melee fighters, but whilst ferocious, they're cunning rather than out-and-out bezerkers (like the Flesh Tearers). Hence a big focus on outflank in their rules.

It's a tragic state of affairs when a tabletop game as complex as this one must lean on frickin' Outflank to signify cunning strategems.

Combined arms multistage assaults.

You soften the target with long fang heavy weapons, then smash in your bloodclaws supported by a second wave of grey hunters.

In terms of melee specialists, Space Wolves are the ones who most like getting charged rather than doing the charging. Since they're I4, and have the counter-assault rule (which is essentially "you count as charging when getting charged") you are able to pin your opponent between a rock (your shooting) and a hard place (your assault power).

This is enhanced by their new detachment mega-thingy, which lets them join assaults with their other units IN THE OPPONENTS ASSAULT PHASE.

I'd say the theme they're meant to have (when GW aren't butchering the lore) is that they're close range fighters. If you can beat them in melee they'll rapid fire Bolters and if you beat them in shooting they'll hit you with swords. They get close and either rapid fire or charge depending on whats best with Claw units and Fangs providing specialisations at each category.

Killing their fellow Marines.

And licking thier own nether regions.

Wolfiness and wolfdom. Oh and don't forget wolfamania.

Furries

Being like the blood angels, but doing the job better and with wolves.

Mead.

They are very good at getting drunk and howling at the moon. And then punching people in the face.. =P

Hanging out with large groups of Dark Angels and White Scars.

Embracing dubious mutations and other heretical things

Taking a gimmick way too far.

 Andy140491 wrote:
I know it's a daft question, but what would you guys say their speciality lies in? Close quarter fire fights? Assault?


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Or in their lore? What does their background suggest??

So I haven't read the new codex and supplements cover to cover, but it used to be Drop Pod assaults and Outflanking if you look at just about every single SW unit, they have Acute senses. The scouts used to be able to outflank on the opponents table edge, and charge after doing so. They could do all sorts of outflank stuff, and it was THE alpha strike marine army. SW in lore are a ferocious close quarters army that does not follow the codex astartes or chapter tactics. They have separated themselves from the rest of their brothers and do what they see is fit for the imperium. Current lore reflects this pretty strongly. Their ranged combat has never been great in lore, but was pretty good on the table top for a short period of time in 5th edition when they could field loads of missile launchers and special weapons.

SW in lore have always been the Alpha Strike army. They go for the throat of the enemies army with fast surgical strikes, always specializing in close combat.

Having a reputation as being individualistic and mistrustful of authority, while having a paradoxical history of being the Imperium's jackbooted thugs.

Ostensibly they are a close combat oriented Space Marine army with some "tricksy" sprinkled on top. In practice this varies wildly.

In 7E they're typically built around a TWC deathstar of some sort, while in 5E they typically were a min/max heavy weapon gunline army.

Their fluff has been all over the place in recent years giving contradictory views on what they are and how they work

Acute Senses is something they have had forever, it used to be for enhanced Night Fight effectiveness, now its Outflank enhancement.

Primarily close combat, drinking heavily and frost weapons. Bit like Russel Crowe without the frost weapons. Unless he hits you with an ice lolly.

Fetching sticks, and taking 3 turns before a nap?

Eh how fitting the answer is right here https://youtu.be/ihskUz0obzY?t=19m7s

Space Wolves specialty should be Assault and Close Quarter Battle, they are also master of rapid maneuvering and deployment allowing them to outflank their foes to better kill them with their wolf claws and wolf club!

 Purifier wrote:

locarno24 wrote:

As a rule, their background primarily paints them as melee fighters, but whilst ferocious, they're cunning rather than out-and-out bezerkers (like the Flesh Tearers). Hence a big focus on outflank in their rules.

It's a tragic state of affairs when a tabletop game as complex as this one must lean on frickin' Outflank to signify cunning strategems.

Warhammer 40K is complex?

Compared to most true wargames, 40K is a dice-rolling and model-removal exercise.

 Colpicklejar wrote:
Having a reputation as being individualistic and mistrustful of authority, while having a paradoxical history of being the Imperium's jackbooted thugs.

Granted I don't follow 40k fluff as closely as many, but my impression was they mistrust the *Imperium* but were the "Emporer's" thugs, which isn't really paradoxical. It's like being loyal to your mother or father but mistrusting the rest of your family.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 Colpicklejar wrote:
Having a reputation as being individualistic and mistrustful of authority, while having a paradoxical history of being the Imperium's jackbooted thugs.

Granted I don't follow 40k fluff as closely as many, but my impression was they mistrust the *Imperium* but were the "Emporer's" thugs, which isn't really paradoxical. It's like being loyal to your mother or father but mistrusting the rest of your family.

Eh, with Space Wolves fluff...who knows, it's some of the most incoherent, contradictory and poorly written stuff GW has put out.

To answer the OP's question:

They Specialize in Epic Beards.

They are impressive in CC !

Team killing and heresy.