Prot does Wolves... again?

[Prot]

22 hours ago, Moonstalker said:

 

but don't sleep on Pred Annihilators with Iron Priests.  The first three options are really reliable because of their built-in rerolls, but if you look at the mathhammer behind them Predators are fairly tanky for their points.  Their damage for their points lags behind Lancers, but IIRC their output beats that of a Lancer on the turn they fire their Hunter-Killer.

 

Now just casually double their damage output when you have an Iron Priest standing behind them.  That's something only Wolves can do, and only now in the new codex, so you're not gonna see it represented in a lot of tournament lists like all the usual options.

 

I'm definitely looking at the Iron Priests. For now as I rebuild my collection I'm pretty certain I'm going to start with an Iron Priest + Landraider. It takes up points which I don't have right now, but 6 lascannons and 2 Hunterkillers is no joke! 

[Karhedron]

On 6/15/2025 at 4:07 PM, Prot said:

I'm glad to hear the new Saga is playable. It's probably one of my more uncertain concerns with the codex. I'm just not hot on the "if you do this, then that..." kind of rule.

 

Beastslayer is a fairly solid bet since Lethal Hits into big targets is always nice, even if you don't manage to complete the Saga. It also benefits both ranged and melee attacks and works on all Astartes units, not just Space Wolves ones.

 

Or failing that a lot of SW units work well in a Gladius detachment. 

 

On 6/15/2025 at 4:07 PM, Prot said:

I was noticing none of the old dreads are getting replaced... and shooting is going to be an issue. I am seeing a lot of Ballistus or almost mandatory 6 man Eradicators. 

 

Yup, definitely true although Iron Priest + Predator Annihilator seems to be the winner in the firepower stakes.