Best list against Space Wolves?

[mandiblemitch]

My friend runs Space Wolves with a LOT of Stormshields. Usually Thunderwolf Cavalry these days but has been known to field Wulfen and Terminators. 

What do you think an ideal list would be? Spam Zoan/Neurothropes?

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Zoans, Neuros, and gaunts could be a solid bet. If you want to really slow him down, run 9 biovores and move them. You'll want to miss to generate spore mines to clog up his movement. He'll have to waste shots or will charge and take mortal wounds for each mine.

[piersonsmuppet]

Mar 17, 2021 18:23:48 GMT hivefleetkerrigan said:

Zoans, Neuros, and gaunts could be a solid bet. If you want to really slow him down, run 9 biovores and move them. You'll want to miss to generate spore mines to clog up his movement. He'll have to waste shots or will charge and take mortal wounds for each mine.

Someone else in another thread shared their experience with biovores vs space wolves, and it was not good. I think the gist was that army-wide Heroic Intervention turned spore mines into accelerators instead of road blocks. A few mortal wounds was a small price to pay for charging a valuable target 1 turn sooner.

My primary opponent is space wolves, and I second the Zoans/Neuro. I usually run Leviathan w/ 6 Zoans and 1 Neuro and take the center of the board with them. So far they have been pretty successful at absorbing fire and delaying melee threats. 30 termagants w/ devs has done exceedingly well also. Strategic reserves, and possible lictor, allows you to place them pretty well, and have proven effective at either finishing off smite weakened dreadnaughts or objective holding MEQs. For the dreads, ignoring dreads -1 dmg and the inevitable blizzard shields makes it so that they knock off more wounds than a full unit of hive guard. For the Obj MEQs, SMA will clear them if not in cover. If they are in cover, the unit should lose enough to make the morale test matter. Landing a long charge on any leftovers has been the real dagger though, as the marines will not be claiming anything with the blob around.

Take it with a grain of salt though. Our games have been 1500 pts, and my opponent just started this edition. Though, my results have been pretty consistent across almost a dozen games, and most are very close games. (the last three were a <5 vp difference)

[niiai]

Exoshrine are excelent. Zoanthropes and hiveguards as well. Try warriors with lash whips and bonesword.