Maximus-92 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Has anyone here used a list with 45 fenrisian wolves? And has it worked out well? I figure i'd add a thunderwolf lord or 2 with wolfkin to lead em around. Would it be a little too fragile? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/275276-45-wolves-any-good/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squark Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Well... You'd need some troops that actually scored (Unless of course you're not talking about using Canis Wolfborn to get them in the troops slots), obviously. But I see no reason why a screen or two couldn't be reasonably effective. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/275276-45-wolves-any-good/#findComment-3368766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeletoro Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Stormcaller, IMO! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/275276-45-wolves-any-good/#findComment-3368776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfebane Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Well... You'd need some troops that actually scored (Unless of course you're not talking about using Canis Wolfborn to get them in the troops slots), obviously. But I see no reason why a screen or two couldn't be reasonably effective. Even if you took FW as Troops, they're still not able to score per their special rules. Â And to the OP regarding 2x TWL with wolfkin, you cannot have the same saga more than once unless your duplicate is a special character. Â As to viability, it will depend. Will your army have additional variety of units or is this it? If so, you need more wolves; the amount you have will get picked off in a round of shooting without better support. . An all wolves list is viable, but only if your goal is annihilation, since you can't claim objectives. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/275276-45-wolves-any-good/#findComment-3368793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Dammit Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 annihilation will get hard if one troop goes to a top floor, i take it beasts and bikes still dont know how to climb ladders Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/275276-45-wolves-any-good/#findComment-3368810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswanick Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 annihilation will get hard if one troop goes to a top floor, i take it beasts and bikes still dont know how to climb ladders Beasts and Jetbikes can enter upper levels of ruins. Cavalry and Bikes can not. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/275276-45-wolves-any-good/#findComment-3368845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squark Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Â Well... You'd need some troops that actually scored (Unless of course you're not talking about using Canis Wolfborn to get them in the troops slots), obviously. But I see no reason why a screen or two couldn't be reasonably effective. Even if you took FW as Troops, they're still not able to score per their special rules. Â And to the OP regarding 2x TWL with wolfkin, you cannot have the same saga more than once unless your duplicate is a special character. Â As to viability, it will depend. Will your army have additional variety of units or is this it? If so, you need more wolves; the amount you have will get picked off in a round of shooting without better support. . An all wolves list is viable, but only if your goal is annihilation, since you can't claim objectives. . Hence why I said unless you're not talking about him, since that obviously implies you had Grey hunters anyway. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/275276-45-wolves-any-good/#findComment-3368899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfebane Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Â Â Well... You'd need some troops that actually scored (Unless of course you're not talking about using Canis Wolfborn to get them in the troops slots), obviously. But I see no reason why a screen or two couldn't be reasonably effective. Even if you took FW as Troops, they're still not able to score per their special rules. Â And to the OP regarding 2x TWL with wolfkin, you cannot have the same saga more than once unless your duplicate is a special character. Â As to viability, it will depend. Will your army have additional variety of units or is this it? If so, you need more wolves; the amount you have will get picked off in a round of shooting without better support. . An all wolves list is viable, but only if your goal is annihilation, since you can't claim objectives. . Hence why I said unless you're not talking about him, since that obviously implies you had Grey hunters anyway. Â I read it that you were saying Canis will permit them to claim objectives because they're now troops. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/275276-45-wolves-any-good/#findComment-3369043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus-92 Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 I wrote up a mock list that had just one TW lord with all the tricks and wolkin, 45 wolves, 3 minimal lazerback GH squads, 2 LF squads and a vindi, came in at 1500. I wouldn't be ignoring objectives. Just wanted to know peoples opinions on using the wolves as the main assaulting force i guess. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/275276-45-wolves-any-good/#findComment-3369399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
librisrouge Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 As an IG player that has actually gone up against that I can honestly say that I don't like it one damnable bit! I talked my brother-in-law into proxying them once and i got my but handed to me. TWC and TWlords are tough enough as it is but those hounds only need a few guys to make it into melee to ruin any guard units they encounter, and they will make in in my turn 2. Now Power Armored armies might not have nearly the problem with them but I still see them being something that are very cheap (by marine standards) and hitty enough to not be ignored, buying the rest of your list time to take advantage of that. Just make sure you support them and keep some TWC nearby. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/275276-45-wolves-any-good/#findComment-3369494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyGuyy Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I tried this list last edition, and it's pretty fun. At 2000, you can sqeeze in all the long fangs, speeders and 3 canned MSU hunters. I took Canis, and 2 wolf priests to keep my dogs from running. Its not super competative, but its pretty fun every now and then. Obviously I shouldn't have to state that the wolves can't hold objectives. But they're pretty mean, especially if the priest gets in with them. I expect this editions changes to not affect them much, except against super shooty armies where overwatch is scary. Give it a try with proxies and see how it feels. All things considered, you're right. Wolves are an underutilized choice, and they're great for their points. Takes a few legitimate uses to get a feel for them. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/275276-45-wolves-any-good/#findComment-3369677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl Deathwolf Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I once did a list where i had two Wolf Guard Battle Leaders leading two packs of 15 Fenrisian Wolves, with a ThunderLord leading a pack of TWC. They all came off from reserves (excluding the ThunderLord and TWC), and it created a tar pit in the middle of the board with about 30 Tactical Marines, 5 Assault Terminators and Vulkan He'Stan. The whole assault lasted for 4 or 5 turns and ended with almost all involved dead. The Wolves still carried the day. Good times, good times. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/275276-45-wolves-any-good/#findComment-3369815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apahllo Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Has anyone here used a list with 45 fenrisian wolves? And has it worked out well? I figure i'd add a thunderwolf lord or 2 with wolfkin to lead em around. Would it be a little too fragile?I have used 30 and two wolf lords on twc, sometimes they are awesome and other times they just die. It's fun when they do well, but its also rare.I prefer to use them exclusively for fleet usr now, its a shame because I have so many. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/275276-45-wolves-any-good/#findComment-3370556 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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