Wolf Stars

[Kark]

Hello hive, wolf star lists are quite popular in my area and they are doing pretty well. I will post two examples of wolf stars for 1850pts.

1. SW+DA

CAD Dark Angels:
HQ1: Librarian - Power Field Generator, Bike, 2nd level, Force Axe, Auspex - Warlord
HQ1: Librarian - Jump Pack, 2nd level, Force Axe, Auspex
HQ1-1: Ravenwing Command squad - 3x Ravenwing Black Knight, Ravenwing Company Banner, Apothecary, Ravenwing Grenade Launcher
TROOPS1: 5x Scout Squad - Sniper rifles
TROOPS2: 5x Scout Squad - Sniper rifles
HS1:Whirlwind

Company of the Great Wolf [Codex Champion of Fenris]

HQ 1: Wolf Lord, Runic Armor, Storm Shield, Power Fist, Thunder Wolf, x2 Fenrisian Wolf
HQ 2: Wolf Lord, Runic Armor, Storm Shield, Power Fist, Thunder Wolf, x2 Fenrisian Wolf
HQ 3: Wolf Lord, Runic Armor, Storm Shield, Power Fist, Thunder Wolf, x2 Fenrisian Wolf
HQ 4: Rune Prist, ML 2, Jump Pack

ELITE 1: Iron Prist, Thunder Wolf, Cyber Wolf
ELITE 2: Iron Prist, Thunder Wolf, Cyber Wolf

FAST 1: Fenrisian Wolf x9
FAST 2: Land Speeder x2 HB
FAST 3: Land Speeder x2 HB

2. SW+SM

Company of the Great Wolf [Codex Champion of Fenris]

HQ 1: Wolf Lord, Runic Armor, Storm Shield, Power Fist, Thunder Wolf, x2 Fenrisian Wolf
HQ 2: Wolf Lord, Runic Armor, Storm Shield, Power Fist, Thunder Wolf, x2 Fenrisian Wolf
HQ 3: Rune Prist, Jump Pack
HQ 4: Herald Deathwolf, x2 Fenrisian Wolf - WARLORD

ELITE 1: Iron Prist, Thunder Wolf
ELITE 2: Iron Prist, Thunder Wolf
ELITE 3: Iron Prist, Thunder Wolf

FAST 1: Land Speeder x2 HB

HEAVY 1: Wirwind


Ally: White Scars [Codex Space Marines]

HQ 1: Librarian, ML 2, Jump Pack, Force Axe, auspex

TROOPS 1: Scouts

HEAVY 1: Centurion x6, grav gun x5, twin lascannon and misile luncher, omniscope


There are of course other versions of wolf stars, but these two lists were built by recent ETC champions.

Apart from being superb CC squad with T5, multiple wounds, 2+ armour save/3+ inv save and 2+ look out sir! (wounds are allocated to nearby fenrisian wolves or cyberwolves) and lots of S9 AP2 attacks they can join other units for additional bonuses, like:

-scouts - wolf star receive scout move at the beginning of the game, also it has objective secured special rule. This can be really nasty as wolfstar, being a big unit, can spread upon tabletop. Only one objective can be controlled at once, but this can still deny some mealstrom points.

-thunderfire cannon - not listed in armies I mentioned, but it can be taken and being artillery it makes wolf star T7. They may not assault as long as they are joined by TFC, but wolfstar may leave artillery unit in its own movement phase and then declare an assault. I will just clarify that ICs can move their own speed as long they maintain coherency with their unit, so TFC does not slow them down.

-bike command squad - they also move 12'' and confer feel no pain special rule to entire unit thanks to apothecary. Nice .

-fenrisian wolves - If You wondered why fenrisian wolves are part of the list, they are there to counter grav weapons. Wolf star joined by fenrisian wolves has majority armour save of 6+ so pretty nasty against gravs.

Also instead of 4th wolf lord, there is a rune priest. He confers adamantium will and is mastery level 2 with psychic hood, so extra protection against enemy psychic powers, but also he has jump pack for 12'' move and ability to assault units that stand on impossible terrain (such as enemy jump/jet infantry or jetbikes). This is pretty tricky, but only rune priest can be in base contact with the enemy, so only enemy models engaged in combat with wolf priest may attack (just reminding about 2+look out sir!) and all friendly models within 2'' horizontally and 6'' vertically can attack back, so all wolfstar models can attack through one wolf priest.

I am stunned by the beauty of wolf star lists. What do You think?

[WestRider]

I'm putting one together myself. Planning to run it alongside a White Scars CAD, with Khan as the Warlord so when they Join the Command Squad, they also pick up Scout and Hit & Run. Lets me grab a couple of Storm Talons for cheap and flexible AA as well.

Note that they cannot actually Join Scout Squads, as Scouts are Infiltrators, ICs cannot Join Infiltrating Units during Deployment, and using Infiltrate is no longer optional in 7th Ed.

[Kark]

They cannot infiltrate, but they can make scout redeployment. I know there was a discussion either infiltrator is a unit with infiltrate special rule or that is deploying via infiltration, so You maybe right.

White scars tactics are great. Hit and run on wolfstar, centurions or thunderfire cannon can really suprise Your enemy.

[WestRider]

Previously, it was OK for them to Join Scouts, but the Infiltrate Rule was changed, and now every Unit with Infiltrate must Deploy as Infiltrators. It's a change a lot of people have missed, and I think it was a bad change, but it's what the Rules say now

[Kark]

Wow, that sounds like news to me. Where are those rules, cause I checked recent FAQ and I could not find it?

[WestRider]

It's in the specific wording of the Infiltrate Rule in the Main Rulebook. Changed when 7th Ed came in. It starts out "Units that contain at least one Model with this special Rule are Deployed last..." and then goes on to describe the rest of how Infiltrating works.

The key point is the word "are" there. The old wording allowed player choice in whether to use it or not, but the current wording doesn't have any options. If the Unit has at least one Model with Infiltrate, they Deploy as Infiltrators.

[Kark]

Thanks for posting that I have to watch out for future games against infiltrators.

[Kark]

Recently, I played against another wolfstar. This time it was SW+DA. I don't remember full list, but it was something like that:

3 battleleaders all with runic armours, powerfists, storm shelds and thunderwolf mounts, all with fenrisan wolves,
1 runic priest runic armour, jump pack,
librarian with jump pack,
chaplin on bike with cc artifact,
ravenwing command squad with apothecary, standard (4d6'' hit and run roll),
techmarine on bike with power field.

These units form wolf star. It has fnp for apothecary, hatred for chaplin and hit and run and scout for RCS. Plus of course lots of 2+ save, 3++/4++ and majority T5 and 12'' move.

Apart from that there were mandatory scouts and servitors, 3 land speeders and second RCS.

For powers, he was rolling for biomancy and telepathy. 4+d6 WCs are not going to shine in psychic phase, but psychic shriek and smite can be useful. Not to mention invisibility, shrouded, endurance, enfeeble.

This wolf star can really put pressure with 12'' of scout move at the beginning and 12'' of movement in moving phase. At turn 2 the unit is able to multi charge everything

[rivercityhivemind]

I am all about Ravenwing support now for my wolf star. 2+ look out sir to a 3+ re-rollable cover save with 5+Fnp is tough to crack... who needs psychic powers when you got that... oh and a ton of charachters with their puppies for help lol

[WestRider]

Jul 14, 2015 15:05:50 GMT rivercityhivemind said:

I am all about Ravenwing support now for my wolf star. 2+ look out sir to a 3+ re-rollable cover save with 5+Fnp is tough to crack... who needs psychic powers when you got that... oh and a ton of charachters with their puppies for help lol

If you center it around RavenWing with Sammael as the Warlord it gets even more fun with the +3" on Charge Moves

[rivercityhivemind]

Sammaael gets a little too expensive for my taste. with points saved by downgrading him down to chaplain, I get a dark shroud and more black knights... more 2+ re rollable cover saves and no overwatch!

[Kark]

Apr 7, 2015 3:19:59 GMT WestRider said:

Note that they cannot actually Join Scout Squads, as Scouts are Infiltrators, ICs cannot Join Infiltrating Units during Deployment, and using Infiltrate is no longer optional in 7th Ed.

Hi, it's been a while, but according to ETC clarification (my area follow these), scouts can join units. Quote:

"Units or models with the infiltrate special rule may still decide to deploy normally along with the rest of the player's army or choose to use any other special rules that confer a special type of deployment (like Deep Strike)."

I know that not every gaming group follows ETC template, but such play is legal in mine.

Cheers

[WestRider]

If only GW were capable of writing coherent Rules sets, this sort of fragmentation wouldn't be necessary