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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! Here is the current Library Link post!

What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit!

Space Wolves incoming!

As explained in This post about new reveals at Adepticon the Space Wolves are suddenly being launched and dropped on our heads suddenly!

Thus my time for reviewing their Datasheets is running out. I have 34 Reviews to do, I am trying to maintain a fast pace so I will give myself 17 days including today to complete all of these. That means that the last day of this personal challenge will be the 15th of April 2025!

Today is Day 9/17.
I have reviewed 18/34.

Time elapsed: 52.94%
Review Completion: 52.94%
On Par again!

Beyond them looms another 85 reviews of the Coming soon section! I better get cracking!

Hobby Fund - Working myself into the clear

With my hobby posts, I generate a hobby fund. 50% of the income goes into the fund. At the moment I put all my HBD earned from Warhammer posts into my alt account @zakl.hobbyfund.

I am collecting funds in the following ways:

Blogging about Warhammer to earn HBD
Accepting donations - Can be sent directly to @zakl.hobbyfund in HBD
Selling some of the collection to friends.

At the current count I am paying off some hobby debts. I still have $254 to pay off!

Every bit counts!

Back to the review.

The whole project has become quite the Challenge! With so many units to review in the game the consensus in the hobby community is that I will not have enough time to review all of the Datasheets before the new edition of Warhammer 40,000 came out.

I should have started when 10th edition launched!
676 days since the start of 10th Edition.
This is Review #342, I am 334 reviews behind! (Lowest I have been is 314 behind)

Space Wolves, Space Wolves Venerable Dreadnought

10th Edition Index

A Space Wolves Venerable Dreadnought is a Chapter-specific Dreanought that has most of the same options a Space Marine Dreadnought (Castra-ferrum) would have with the addition of the Fenrisian Greataxe and Blizzard Shield and the Helfrost Cannon!

They cost 155pts to field and $62.50 to buy!

Let's check his stats and abilities!

Stats

Movement 6"
Toughness 9
Save 2+(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 8
Ld 6+
OC 3

Weapons

Standard Armament: Assault Cannon, Storm Bolter and Dreadnought Combat Weapon.

This model can replace its Assault Cannon for one of the following:

Multi-Melta
Plasma Cannon
Twin Lascannon
Helfrost Cannon

This model's Dreadnought Combat Weapon and Storm Bolter can be replaced with one set of the following:

1x Missile Launcher and 1 Close Combat Weapon
1x Dreadnought Combat Weapon and 1 Heavy Flamer

This Model can replace all of its weapons for one of the following:

1 Fenrisian Great Axe, 1x Blizzard Shield and 1x Storm Bolter
1 Fenrisian Great Axe, 1x Blizzard Shield and 1x Heavy Flamer

Ranged Weapons

Heavy Flamer

12" Range, D6 Shots, Hitting on Auto, S5, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Torrent (Hit automatically, just roll for number of shots)
Ignores Cover (Enemies do not get benefit of Cover against this weapon)

Storm Bolter

24" Range, 2 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S4, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Rapid Fire 2 (When firing at a target at half range of 12", add 2x attacks)

Assault Cannons

12" Range, 6 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S6, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Devastating Wounds (Rolls of 6 to Wounds cause Mortal Wounds)

Heavy Plasma Cannon - Standard shot

36" Range, D3 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S7, AP-2 and 2 Damage each.
Blast (This weapon gets +1 Attack for every 5 models in the target unit, rounding down)

Heavy Plasma Cannon - Supercharged shot

36" Range, D3 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S8, AP-3 and 3 Damage each.
Blast (This weapon gets +1 Attack for every 5 models in the target unit, rounding down)
Hazardous (Roll a dice after using this weapon, if you roll a 1, suffer 3 Mortal Wounds)

Multi-Melta

18" Range, 2 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S9, AP-4 and D6 Damage each.
Melta 2 (When shooting at a target within half range of 9" add 2 to the Damage of this weapon)

Twin Lascannon

48" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+, S12, AP-3 and D6+1 Damage each.
Twin-Linked (Re-roll to Wound with this weapon)

Helfrost Cannon - focussed fire

36" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+, S9, AP-3 and 5 Damage each.

Helfrost Cannon - dispersedfire

12" Range, D6 Shots, Hitting on Auto, S6, AP-1 and 2 Damage each.
Torrent (Hit automatically, just roll for number of shots)

Missile Launcher - Krak option

48" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+, S9, AP-2 and D6 Damage each.

Missile Launcher - Frag option

48" Range, D6 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S4, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Blast (This weapon gets +1 Attack for every 5 models in the target unit, rounding down)

Melee Weapons

Close Combat Weapon

5 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S6, AP0 and 1 Damage each.

Dreadnought Combat Weapon

5 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S12, AP-2 and 3 Damage each.

Fenrisian Great Axe - Strike option

5 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S10, AP-2 and D6+1 Damage each.

Fenrisian Great Axe - Sweep option

10 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S6, AP-2 and 1 Damage each.

Abilities

Deadly Demise 1 (When it dies, roll a dice, on a 1, do 1 Mortal Wound on every unit within 6")

Wisdom of the Ancients (Aura)

While a friendly Adeptus Astartes Infantry unit is within 6" of this model, each time they make an attack, re-roll Hit rolls of 1 and Wound rolls of 1.

Wargear Abilities

Blizzard Shield

The Bearer has a 4+ Invul save.

Thoughts

I love these! Unlike my Wulfen Dreadnought, they can capture and contest objectives. I have two of them in my new Dreadnought army but the real advantage is going to be when they charge into combat LEADING units of infantry nearby to give them those re-rolls!

Then I will get value for points!

That makes 21 Space Wolves Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 60% Completed. The total Completed is 37.33% Complete! Can I review them all?!

Thank you for reading!

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I shall leave Army and Detachment rules here as well as The Space Wolves Datasheets I did before.

Army Rule and Detachment Rule Reviews

Faction	Detachment	Review Number
Agents of the Imperium		Army Rule #2
Aeldari		Army Rule #4
Astra Militarum		Army Rule #1
Astra Militarum	Combined Regiment	Detachment Rule #1
Astra Militarum	Bridgehead Strike	Detachment Rule #2
Death Guard		Army Rule Review #6
Death Guard	Plague Company	Detachment Review #4
Death Guard	Flyblown Host	Detachment Review #7
Space Marines		Army Rule #3
Thousand Sons		Army Rule #7
Thousand Sons	Cult of Magic	Detachment Review #5
Thousand Sons	Hexwarp Thrallband	Detachment Review #8
World Eaters		Army Rule #5
World Eaters	Berzerker Warband	Detachment Review #3
World Eaters	Vessels of Wrath	Detachment Review #6

Datasheet Review list (Alphabetical)

Faction	Unit	Review Number
Space Wolves	Arjac Rockfist	#68
Space Wolves	Bjorn the Fell-Handed	#325
Space Wolves	Blood Claws	#326
Space Wolves	Canis Wolfborn	#327
Space Wolves	Cyberwolf	#328
Space Wolves	Fenrisian Wolves	#91
Space Wolves	Grey Hunters	#329
Space Wolves	Harald Deathwolf	#330
Space Wolves	Hounds of Morkai	#331
Space Wolves	Iron Priest	#332
Space Wolves	Krom Dragongaze	#333
Space Wolves	Logan Grimnar	#334
Space Wolves	Logan Grimnar on Stormrider	#335
Space Wolves	Long Fangs	#336
Space Wolves	Lukas the Trickster	#337
Space Wolves	Murderfang	#338
Space Wolves	Njal Stormcaller	#339
Space Wolves	Ragnar Blackmane	#340
Space Wolves	Skyclaws	#341
Space Wolves	Wolf Guard	#74