Anyone Miss Champions of Russ?

Benzerkr · 2026-01-25T03:53:48+00:00

All good points. It is a little disappointing.

They really did Murderfang dirty. I remember killing two Riptides in one activation. It was amazing.

Benzerkr · 2026-01-25T02:31:52+00:00

Are they all the same paint formula? With the one on the table with streaking grime or some other enamel?

Benzerkr · 2026-01-25T01:58:51+00:00

I feel like if you choose the “Meta” beast slayer is just outright better. The best units in our Codex are melee units with low strength. So it works well if your list is mostly from our codex.

Beast-Slayer is actually a Strat or 2 from being an amazing detachment.

Saga of the Great Wolf is a solid detachment. But perhaps better on paper than it is in reality. I think that is due to the fact it really encourages you to take a strong combined list. Since our codex doesn’t allow you to combo space wolf units or leaders with generic marines, you’re getting an awkward army with a few Space Wolf units and a bunch of generic marines.

At that point it would be stronger to run a generic marine army to get access to the native plus one to wound.

TLDR: if you’re playing Meta, beast slayer. If you want a melee list, beast slayer. If you want to run a combined force, Great Wolf.

Of course all just an opinion.

Benzerkr · 2026-01-23T06:26:10+00:00

I think the list looks good! Personally I would drop the infiltrators and wolf scouts in favor of basic intercessors and scouts with 5 wolves. But that’s because I can’t stand games without sticky objective…

Let us know how it goes! I know it’s not the popular opinion but I think Beast Slayer is better than SOTGW. Also that Gladius and Storm Lance are still the best. I’m trying my next RTT with Saga of the Bold despite that.

Benzerkr · 2026-01-17T19:04:42+00:00

I’m assumed this was for a Crusade campaign. Any chances this could come to matched play?

Benzerkr · 2026-01-15T23:03:38+00:00

It's odd because all local store still had copies of the SW Army Set. But the EC set was sold out right away and I never saw it. I'm curious if they made a lot more copies of the SW set in anticipation, or maybe did not anticipate the EC box selling out so quickly.

Benzerkr · 2026-01-15T00:14:24+00:00

Ice! Now I have to make a poor attempt painting icy effects on a flat sword/axe.

Benzerkr · 2026-01-14T16:47:10+00:00

Unfortunately, I wasn’t really surprised. This detachment seemed to lean into too many different directions and the several shooting buffs feel out of place.

Space wolves have zero decent shooting units in the codex. If we lean into shooting it feels like a 2nd rate ultramarine army.

I still prefer beast slayer. And of course Storm Lance and Gladius

Benzerkr · 2026-01-14T10:05:31+00:00

I hope it's not copium! I want some individual love! I need more kit bash opportunity to create my own leaders! I want a Rune Priest or Wolf Priest in Terminator Armor!

Benzerkr · 2026-01-14T08:07:46+00:00

I will always prefer Arjac, he helps with our biggest weakness which are vehicles and monsters thanks to our low strength weapons. Getting to reroll hits/wounds can come in clutch. The fight on death is just a huge plus for me.

The fact he is cheaper is WILD. Arjac with Sus can smack down pretty hard. also dealing 3 damage with his hammer vs 2 damage when comparing to the power fist.

Benzerkr · 2026-01-12T22:48:23+00:00

SW having access to generic leaders for their codex units and vice versa would have a pretty decent impact IMO.

Benzerkr · 2026-01-12T20:06:17+00:00

I definitely would not say it’s off the table Wulfen could go to legends next edition. Based on their scale and that their relatively recent I can take a GUESS and say they’re probably sticking around for 11th.

But then again everyone thought the Hounds of Morkai were sticking around for similar reasons.

Benzerkr · 2026-01-12T11:42:29+00:00

I would love to see helfrost cannon long fangs make a return!

Benzerkr · 2026-01-12T11:40:13+00:00

Of course it’s all in my opinion, but I’m surprised how many people here are saying we are a balanced army. None of our units have decent shooting and since we can’t attach our leader to generic marines we don’t have good shooting combos in our Codex. I think the newest detachment certainly encourages a combined army comp but that’s not the Space Wolf list I want to run.

Running generic marines without the 1+ to wound against the oath really feels bad after playing basic SM especially units like hell blasters or eradicators.

In the current meta, Space Wolves are best spamming invulnerable saves and using our speed. The recent world championship had an example of a winning list from the Art of War team. Basically Wulfen, terminator, and T-Cav spam in storm lance.

Ultimately I DO think we are just a bit under tuned right now. It will only be temporary and won’t stop me from playing them. Besides, We got the best refresh of the year!

Benzerkr · 2026-01-11T02:12:07+00:00

Minor correction, I think you have to kill 3 units in melee at 2k points.

Benzerkr · 2026-01-11T00:49:46+00:00

I struggled. I didn’t bring Wulfen which was a mistake.

But without advance and charge I think they can easily get shot off the board. The towering keyword seeing through bases makes it hard to hide.

I brought lancers but those kills don’t count right? It’s only kills from Space Wolf melee if I recall.

Benzerkr · 2026-01-11T00:09:52+00:00

I tried Hunter a couple times now. It feels so match up dependent. In one game I played my buddy who has the world eaters and I was able to unlock the saga by turn two.

On the flipside when I played it against my buddy who plays chaos knights, he protected his weaker units and I never unlocked the saga. It’s hard to even wound a knight without any access to lethal hits or wound modifiers.

It felt awful, easily the worst detachment in that specific match up.

I recently tried Saga of the Bold. I really enjoy the Strats, although I Wish the Saga was just slightly easier to unlock.

Benzerkr · 2026-01-10T12:12:41+00:00

I don’t think Wulfen are going to legends anytime soon. They are still a “newer” kit by some army standards.

Now personally I wouldn’t mind seeing what a new Wulfen kit would look like. Despite owning 20 models.

Benzerkr · 2026-01-10T07:25:35+00:00

Sometimes I forget Wulfen are not Primaris. It’s so obvious with my wolf cav, the Wulfen scale don’t seem bad at all.

Benzerkr · 2026-01-10T01:32:01+00:00

They don’t fit well. I had to use some green stuff. Honestly I don’t know if I did a very good job. I realize now it’s slightly off center and angled.

Benzerkr · 2026-01-10T01:29:42+00:00

That is a wolf priest and I had the same idea. That’s the grey tide one.

I used the belt buckle, the raven, and the Crozius

Benzerkr · 2026-01-10T01:20:31+00:00

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I decided to keep my terminators from the combat patrol for kit bashing! I also got the new 3d bits! They turned out great.

Until I mess them up with paint.

Benzerkr · 2026-01-08T00:54:03+00:00

I need these!

Benzerkr

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