Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - The Great Unit Review Wheel! post!
Now known as the Unit Review Library!
What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit!
In this series, I will review one unit at a time, picking them randomly.
So let me spin the wheel again and see what I get:
Space Wolves, Wolf Guard
10th Edition Index
Space Wolves have elite units called Wolf Guard. These units are the equivalent of Vanguard and Sternguard Veterans.
In the Lore, the Wolf Guard are a hand-picked band of warriors chosen by the Wolf Lord of each Great Company to lead squads or sometimes band up in elite units.
Wolf Guard squads used to have a massive amount of weapon options, but the 10th Edition Datasheet is a bit different.
A unit of 5 models is 95pts while a unit of 10 is 190pts.
To build the unit, you can buy the GW Grey Hunter box, that box is used to build Blood Claws, Grey Hunters or Wolf Guard. The Sprues contain all the parts for all three. The box costs $60.
Let's check their stats!
Stats
Movement 6"
Toughness 4
Save 3+(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 2
Ld 5+
OC 1
Weapons
The Wolf Guard have Bolt Pistols but can change them for the following:
◦ 1 boltgun
◦ 1 combi-weapon
◦ 1 plasma pistol
◦ 1 storm bolter
◦ 1 storm shield
The most popular option is the Storm Shields as this gives them a 4++ Invul save.
If you want to, however, you can give them ranged weapons without giving up their close combat weapons.
Ranged:
Bolt Pistol
12" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+. S4, AP0 and 1 Damage.
Pistol
Boltgun
24" Range, 2 Shots, 3+ to Hit, S4, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Combi-weapon
24" Range, 1 Shot, 4+ to Hit, S4, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Rapid Fire 1, Anti-Infantry 4+, Devastating Wounds
Storm Bolter
24" Range, 2 Shots, 3+ to Hit, S4, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Rapid Fire 2
Plasma Pistol - Standard
12" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+. S7, AP-2 and 1 Damage.
Pistol
Plasma Pistol - Overcharge
12" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+. S8, AP-3 and 2 Damage.
Pistol, Hazardous
Melee:
Heirloom weapon
4 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S5, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Abilities
Chosen Companions
While a Character is leading the unit, the squad get's +1 to Hit for both Ranged and Melee Attacks.
This +1 to Hit is given to the character leading the unit as well. Sometimes this does not matter as a lot of leaders Hit on a 2+ but it can help to counter enemy effects that give you -1 to Hit. For example - Death Guard's Skullsquirm Blight (Aura) which would worsen the Wolf Guard's WS or BS by 1.
Thoughts
I have not seen anyone bother to play Wolf Guard in competitive Tournament armies, they are not a BAD unit, but they might be overshadowed by other units which may be more effective for their points costs.
I will however model a unit or two of them for my Great Company. I do currently have a unit of them with Jump Packs, but that is a different Data Sheet to review.
That is 2 Space Wolves Datasheets reviewed putting them on 5.71% Completed and the total Completed on 7.62% Complete!
Thank you for reading!
Warhammer Review Library
Alphabetical List
| Faction | Unit | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Adeptus Custodes | Prosecutors | #1 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Knight-Centura | #54 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Shield-Captain | #61 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armor | #70 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Trajann Valoris | #40 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Fusilave | #13 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Stratoraptor | #14 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Transvector | #15 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Belisarius Cawl | #53 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Raiders | #55 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Sulphurhounds | #56 |
| Aeldari | Guardian Defenders | #64 |
| Aeldari | Night Spinner | #65 |
| Astra Militarum | Kasrkin | #60 |
| Black Templars | High Marshall Helbrecht | #38 |
| Black Templars | Marshall | #46 |
| Black Templars | The Emperor's Champion | #63 |
| Blood Angels | Baal Predator | #2 |
| Blood Angels | Gabriel Seth | #66 |
| Blood Angels | Lemartes | #32 |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemonettes | #29 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Brigands | #30 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Executioners | #31 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Abbadon the Despoiler | #50 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Haarken Worldclaimer | #41 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Khorne Lord of Skulls | #37 |
| Dark Angels | Asmodai | #16 |
| Dark Angels | Azrael | #17 |
| Dark Angels | Belial | #4 |
| Dark Angels | Deathwing Knights | #20 |
| Dark Angels | Lazarus | #62 |
| Death Guard | Biologus Putrifier | #5 |
| Death Guard | Blightlord Terminators | #10 |
| Death Guard | Chaos Lord | #36 |
| Death Guard | Lord of Contagion | #52 |
| Death Guard | Tallyman | #39 |
| Death Guard | Malignant Plaguecaster | #71 |
| Deathwatch | Corvus Blackstar | #72 |
| Deathwatch | Proteus Killteam | #57 |
| Deathwatch | Spectrus Kill Team | #73 |
| Drukhari | Grotesques | #45 |
| Drukhari | Haemonculus | #8 |
| Drukhari | Raider | #35 |
| Drukhari | Scourges | #7 |
| Genestealer Cults | Aberants | #47 |
| Genestealer Cults | Hybrid Metamorphs | #58 |
| Genestealer Cults | Reductus Saboteur | #33 |
| Grey Knights | Brother Captain | #25 |
| Grey Knights | Grand Master | #48 |
| Grey Knights | Strike Squad | #51 |
| Imperial Agents | Callidus Assassin | #9 |
| Imperial Agents | Culexus Assassin | #69 |
| Imperial Agents | Vigilant Squad | #26 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Helverin | #22 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Warglaive | #43 |
| Leages of Votann | Brôkhyr Iron-master | #27 |
| Leages of Votann | Sagitaur | #3 |
| Leages of Votann | Ûthar the Destined | #44 |
| Necrons | Obelisk | #11 |
| Orks | Battlewagon | #34 |
| Orks | Hunta Rig | #28 |
| Space Marines | Kayvaan Shrike | #23 |
| Space Marines | Marneus Calgar | #42 |
| Space Marines | Razorback | #21 |
| Space Wolves | Arjac Rockfist | #68 |
| T'au Empire | Darkstrider | #12 |
| T'au Empire | Kroot Carnivore Squad | #19 |
| T'au Empire | Stealth Battlesuits | #67 |
| Thousand Sons | Exalted Sorcerer | #59 |
| Thousand Sons | Magnus the Red | #49 |
| Tyranids | Barbgaunts | #6 |
| Tyranids | Screamer Killer | #24 |
| World Eaters | World Eaters Chaos Spawn | #18 |
Thank you for reading!
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