There are many ways to equip Space Wolves effectively. You have to know what to use, when to attack and when to hold back. The wolves are good in close combat, but can get overwhelmed if your not careful. In this article I’ll give some general advice on how I personally equip my grey hunters, bloodclaws and longfangs. There are many ways to equip your troops, so this is not a be all end all list. You have to be flexible and understand that you may need different weapons for different enemies.

The first Space Wolves unit I’ll explain how to equip are the grey hunters. These guys can do everything well. They can be equipped for close combat and shooting roles. Give a model in the squad mark of wulfen for more close combat punch or give one model a plasma pistol and go after the enemy’s elite squads. I almost always have either two plasma guns or two melta guns in the squad. Also, I use powerfists quite extensively. I’m not a fan of power weapons as much. I tend to roll low for wounding. Another thing that can make a grey hunter squad a lot better is adding a wolfguard to the squad. You lose the ability to have two special weapons, but they will be better in close combat and have a better leadership. So mount these guys in a rhino and go blasting with four plasma gun shots a turn. This is great especially since you can move six inches with your rhino and still fire them.

Another Space Wolves unit I’ll tell you how to equip are the bloodclaws. Bloodclaws are great troops and are scary on the charge. There are a lot of different ways to equip these guys. Once again I usually add a powerfist to the squad. Power weapons are probably good to use also, based on the sheer numbers you can put in this squad. You can put up to fifteen guys in a squad! If you have fifteen in the squad you can add a second special weapon. I personally take flamers a lot. These guys have a lower weapon skill and ballistic skill than normal marines. It might not be a bad idea to take a melta gun as your second special weapon in case you come across anything with armor. They may not have as good of a ballistic skill, but it’ll give them a chance against tanks or dreadnoughts. A great hq unit to lead these guys is the wolf priest. He’ll make them fearless and give them more power weapon attacks. You can’t lose there.

The last Warhammer Space Wolves unit I’ll explain how to equip are the long fangs. These are the guys who lay down heavy fire support. The problem is you can’t move and shoot with them. So find a firing lane and start shooting. Another issue is their lack of a meat shield that other heavy support from other marine armies have available to them. This means once you take casualties your losing important models. Usually people take the pack leader out first, which takes away your ability to split fire. This can be helped by adding a wolf guard to squad that is just a basic model with no special weapons or wargear. So when you take losses, take the wolf guard first instead of the pack leader. When it comes to weapons, I like missile launchers and las cannons. Sometimes I’ll use heavy bolters or plasma cannons if I know my opponent has a horde army. It’s best to use your long fangs to support any assaults you may be doing. Besides that, tank hunting is always their specialty.

In closing, this is just some basic advice when it comes to equipping your Space Wolves army. This is obviously not a complete list, but it’s a great start. This will give you some good ideas on how to equip your squads to deal with the many threats on the battle fields of the forty first millenia. So feel free to use these ideas and always remember, mistakes are what will help you learn and will make you a much better player. All of these troops have more information available in the Space Wolves Codex.

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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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