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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/05/29 20:07:56
Subject: Best allies for Space Wolves ?
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Dangerous Duet
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Hi people !
So I was thinking about adding an allied detachment to my SW army and someone suggested me to add some AM. Is it a good mix ? And if yes, which units ? I know almost nothing avout AM.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/06/03 20:33:14
Subject: Best allies for Space Wolves ?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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AM provide various things SWs lack. Squads with mortars provide cheap, long-ranged indirect fire and can hold objectives cheaply. Tank Commanders provide some decent tanks that Marines in general are sorely lacking (take Russes as Commanders for the BS3+).
You can run a minimum AM Battalion for 192 points (before upgrades) and that gives you an extra 5CPs to power your SW stratagems. Some of the IG psychic powers are decent too.
In general, use your AM infantry to hold objectives and your tank commanders to provide fire support. This leaves your Wolves free to close with the enemy and either firefight at close range or rip them apart in melee. Automatically Appended Next Post: If you want a more even balance, Dark Angels work quite well too as fire support as their Chapter Trait compliments the Wolves well. Plus you get to play the "Lion and the Wolf" stratagem which is kinda fun.
The last option is to add a Knight for fire support. A Krast Crusader with the Krast WL trait and either Huntsman's Mark or Endless Fury Relic will put a lot of hurt on the enemy.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/06/03 22:25:29
Subject: Best allies for Space Wolves ?
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Calm Celestian
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I've had some silly fun adding some Sisters of Battle for threat saturation. TWc coming up, outflanking plasma shots and some seraphim dropping in for 12 inch flaming fun. Add an exorcist for long range damage (possibly 36 if you hit super lucky) . Like I said, silly.
I also second AM is a solid choice for IC points.
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My Sisters of Battle Thread
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/783053.page
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/06/03 23:59:10
Subject: Best allies for Space Wolves ?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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With the Imperial Guard you can even keep the same paint scheme.
Paint the infantry as Wolf levies, and the LRTC as you would your predators, and just say that they're the LCBT that the wolves used to be able to field with space marine crews.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/06/04 02:12:35
Subject: Best allies for Space Wolves ?
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Trustworthy Shas'vre
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Mmmpi wrote:With the Imperial Guard you can even keep the same paint scheme.
Paint the infantry as Wolf levies, and the LRTC as you would your predators, and just say that they're the LCBT that the wolves used to be able to field with space marine crews.
Yah, either Catachan or Valhallan models can be a fluffy addition to SW.
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'No plan survives contact with the enemy. Who are we?'
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/06/04 03:14:34
Subject: Best allies for Space Wolves ?
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Ancient Space Wolves Venerable Dreadnought
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Tempestas Scions.
They are Astra Militarum but they do compliment the Wolves more than other doctrines rather than filling gaps.
I tend to plasma them and let them sit in reserves until turn three while the Wolves do the heavy lifting then drop them on objectives or units that the wolves have mangled but couldn't finish, sometimes both. They can keep the pressure on, force my opponent to turn back in an attempt to retrieve the objectives I dropped them on or just plain old devastate or remove a unit.
Players who know about them are forced to choose between bundling their stuff together to protect characters, spreading them to prevent deepstrike entirely and mobility.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/06/04 13:43:09
Subject: Best allies for Space Wolves ?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Voystroyan guard brigade (+12cp) (672 pts) with a super heavy detachment of hawkshroud for 3 armigers (516 pts) finished up with a batallion of space wolves (+5cp) (811 pts).
Brigade is pretty cheap but i do put autocannons on my sentinals and bolt guns on all my infantry squad srgs. The wolves have Krom and a wolf guard battle leader with jump pack, 2 10 man full plasma grey hunter squads, a 5 man grey hunter with plasma, and a max size long fang with 4 missile launchers. Wolves mostly outflank, guard and knights and long fangs job is to do as much damage to a flank as possible so the wolves can come in t2 and mop up.
Works quite well.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/06/04 23:38:56
Subject: Re:Best allies for Space Wolves ?
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Long-Range Land Speeder Pilot
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AM allies for wolves shouldn't be anything less than a battalion, one size fits all allies would be 2 tank commanders and 3 infantry squads.
"Best" allies for space wolves is to waste 2 of your 3 detachments to get a space wolves aux support detachment with one understrength aggressor squad, and then any dark angels - lion and the wolf and lone wolf your single aggressor sarge
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/06/05 03:01:28
Subject: Re:Best allies for Space Wolves ?
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Trustworthy Shas'vre
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Insularum wrote:AM allies for wolves shouldn't be anything less than a battalion, one size fits all allies would be 2 tank commanders and 3 infantry squads.
"Best" allies for space wolves is to waste 2 of your 3 detachments to get a space wolves aux support detachment with one understrength aggressor squad, and then any dark angels - lion and the wolf and lone wolf your single aggressor sarge
"Best allies' should be tank commanders in Leman Russ Exterminators with as many Heavy Bolters as you can bolt on.
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'No plan survives contact with the enemy. Who are we?'
'THE ENEMY!!!'
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