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Hi all, I would love some feedback on this list

Wolf Lord on Thunderwolf with Storm Bolter and Wolf Claw 143 points
3x Thunderwolf Cavalry 150 points
5x Fenrisian Wolves 40 points
10x Greyhunters with 1x Flamer 1x Plasmagun 1x Plasma Pistol and 1x Power Weapon 180 points
10x Bloodclaws with 2x Flamers Lead by Wolf Guard Terminator 183 points
10x Bloodclaws 150 points
6x Long Fangs with 1x Heavy Bolter 4x Missile Launchers and squad leader taking a plasma gun 150 points

Total Army cost 996 points

Toast36 wrote:Hi all, I would love some feedback on this list

Wolf Lord on Thunderwolf with Storm Bolter and Wolf Claw 143 points
3x Thunderwolf Cavalry 150 points
5x Fenrisian Wolves 40 points
10x Greyhunters with 1x Flamer 1x Plasmagun 1x Plasma Pistol and 1x Power Weapon 180 points
10x Bloodclaws with 2x Flamers Lead by Wolf Guard Terminator 183 points
10x Bloodclaws 150 points
6x Long Fangs with 1x Heavy Bolter 4x Missile Launchers and squad leader taking a plasma gun 150 points

Total Army cost 996 points

Hey mate,
Your list is very very strange with it's point costs there, you might want to check your codex! First off your WL is actually 168 points! So you might want to recount everything you've got there! You're TW lord and his TW will die fairly quickly, and lack a lot of killing power. Your best bet at this point level is give your lord runic armour, and find the points for at least one SS and one TH. On the GH, Flamer+PG is strange combo, just go double PG to compliment the bolters as they are footslogging. Also just use the Blood claws as grey hunters, they are just better if your going to footslog. Now you can't have one wolf guard either, if you look up their description they need a minimum of 3. Your LF leader won't get to use his PG because of range, so take that away, and the single heavy bolter is weird there as well, doesn't really Serve any synergy!
Hope that helps!

take 3x10 Gh instead of the low power BC with PG or MG no plasma pistol to expencive and instead of the PW take MOTW or a standar with WL each WL with SS and WC and runic take at least one SS in your TWC and a PW
LF the sergens NEVER shoots because if he shoots you lose your ability to split your fire I dont know if all this fit in a 1000 p armybut take us much as you can if you want more p swap your WL with a RP with no upgrates

I did screw up with WL points cost so whoopsie.

It seemed to make sense taking the PG on the LF squad leader as the bolt pistol is useless anyway (only 12" Range) and if you choose not to split fire then at least you still have a 24" range on the squad leader. For 15 points it seemed like a good idea.

Why does nobody seem to use Bloodclaws even though when attacking you get 3 attacks per head?

 Toast36 wrote:

It seemed to make sense taking the PG on the LF squad leader as the bolt pistol is useless anyway (only 12" Range) and if you choose not to split fire then at least you still have a 24" range on the squad leader. For 15 points it seemed like a good idea.

Not really. You really don't want your long fangs within 24" of the enemy anyway and 15 points for a plasmagun that you might get to shoot once is not worth it. Furthermore, as soon as the LF's start taking casualties you're going to want to lose the LF seargent first (because he doesn't have a heavy weapon.) Also, a plasmagun only costs 10 points for a Grey Hunter squad but 15 for the long fang pack leader. Keep the plasmagun with the grey hunters.

Why does nobody seem to use Bloodclaws even though when attacking you get 3 attacks per head?

There are several reasons. First of all, Blood Claws and Grey Hunters cost the same. Second of all, Blood Claws only have a BP +CCW while Grey Hunters have a BP, CCW and a Bolter. Third, Blood Claws can't shoot their pistols if they're within 6" of the enemy unless they have a leader attached. Fourth, Blood Claws don't have access to awesome stuff like a Wolf Standard and Mark of the Wulfen. Fifth and most importantly, BC's have weapon skill 3 and ballistic skill 3, while GH's have WS 4 and BS 4.

There are only two advantages that BC's have over GH's. The first is that you can take a 15 man squad instead of only 10. But this is also a disadvantage because the only vehicle that can fit that many guys in it is a Land Raider Crusader. The second advantage is the berserk charge. But in 6th edition, overwatch makes it foolish to charge a full strength squad.

I have run Blood Claws in the past but always like this ... But the obvious problem here is that this squad costs 630 points!

Thanks all for the advice. I have taken some of this on board and come up with the following revised list.

Wolf Lord on Thunderwolf with Storm Bolter ,Wolf Claw and belt of Russ 193 points
Rune Priest with Terminator Armour, Jaws of the world wolf and Living Lightning 120 points
10x Greyhunters with 1 flamer and 1 plasmgun 150 points
10x Greyhunters with 1 flamer and 1 plasmgun 150 points
3x Thunderwolf Cavalry 2 with boltguns 1 with thunderhammer and storm shield 210 points
5x Fenrisian Wolves 40 points
6x Long Fangs with 1 heavy bolter and 4 missile launchers 135 points

The Heavy Bolter in the long Fangs is simply because I could afford the points for this and not much else.
Flamer and Plasmagun in the Greyhunters because it's free and works quite well for me.
I will field the Thundwolves and Wolf Lord together and intend the field the Rune priest with one of the grey hunter packs.