So you’ve chosen the Space Wolves and maybe played a couple games. You’ve probably noticed the close combat prowess of the wolves. You also may have noticed your troops got shot to pieces before they got to enemy lines. Maybe you just need more fire support. Heavy support can provide this well needed support for your assaults. This article will be about how heavy support can really improve your battles with your Warhammer 40k Space Wolves. So grab your missile launcher and let’s go.

The first way that heavy support can help your Space Wolves army, is fire support. If your going to assault an enemy unit in close combat, you should probably weaken any enemy squads around it. It will keep your friendly squad from taking as much fire the next turn and will give you more of a chance to survive once your initial close combat is over. Tanks are great for this because if you can place it right, they won’t have anything nearby that can penetrate it’s armor. Always be aware of enemy heavy weapons and armor penetration weapons like melta guns, when using tanks.

Another way that heavy support can help your Space Wolves army, is taking out enemy transports. This is pretty important, especially in the first couple turns of the game. This in turn will protect your other heavy support from being overwhelmed by enemy infantry. This will allow you to engage the enemy with more mobility. You still have all your rhino’s operational at this point right? Taking out enemy transports will greatly decrease your enemy’s mobility and make it harder for him to capture or contest objectives in later turns.

The last way that heavy support can help your Warhammer Space Wolves army, is taking out their elite units. Units such as terminators and Nobz can present a real problem. One way to deal with them is lots of heavy weapons. Sometimes it may be better to switch your long fangs fire so they can hit a vehicle and those ork nob bikers that are about to charge next round. These units can hurt if they can get to you. It’s best to mow them down in piece meal before then. I usually concentrate a little more on elites once some transports of theirs are destroyed. But it all depends on the situation.

In summary, heavy support will help you in every game you use them in. Whether you want a predator tank or a squad of long fangs, heavy support is extremely important to your Space Wolves. Anytime that I’ve played without some heavy support I’ve payed the price. So learn how your heavy support can help you and it will help you become that much better of a wolflord.

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