Warhammer 40k - Review Library 345 - Space Wolves, Thunderwolves

15 days ago

A Thunderous Charge and lots of Damage! Everyone knows! Why would you ever use a Bolt Pistol?

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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 10/17.
I have reviewed 21/34.

Time elapsed: 58.82%
Review Completion: 61.76%
One ahead!

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

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Blogging about Warhammer to earn HBD
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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!
677 days since the start of 10th Edition.
This is Review #345, I am 332 reviews behind! (Lowest I have been is 314 behind)

Space Wolves, Thunderwolves

10th Edition Index

Space Wolves that ride on Thunderwolves into combat. Yes... I know, where are the reins? Oh well, maybe they steer with their legs and some growls!

They can be fielded as a 3 man unit for 120pts or a 6 man unit for 240pts

A box of 3 costs $62.50

Let's check their stats and abilities!

Stats

Movement 10"
Toughness 6
Save 3+/4++[with Storm Shield] (armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 4
Ld 6+
OC 2

Weapons

Standard Armament: Heirloom Weapons, Crushing Teeth and Claws and Bolt Pistol.

Any number of the models in this squad can exchange their Bolt Pistol for one of the following:

Boltgun (why?)
Plasma Pistol (Why?)
Storm Shield (the only credible choice!)

Ranged Weapons

Bolt Pistol

12" Range, 1 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S4, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Pistol (This weapon can be fired while in melee)

Boltgun

24" Range, 2 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S4, AP0 and 1 Damage each.

Plasma Pistol - Standard Shot

12" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+, S7, AP-2 and 1 Damage each.
Pistol (This weapon can be fired while in Combat)

Plasma Pistol - Supercharge Shot

12" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+, S8, AP-3 and 2 Damage each.
Pistol (This weapon can be fired while in Combat)
Hazardous (After firing this weapon, roll a dice, on a 1 the wielder takes 3 Mortal Wounds)

Melee Weapons

Heirloom Weapon

4 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S5, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.

Crushing Teeth and Claws

3 Attacks, Hitting on 4+, S5, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Extra Attacks (This model can use this profile as well as its other melee weapon)

Abilities

Ferocious Charge

On the turn that they Charge, add +1 Damage to Melee Weapons in this unit.

Thoughts

Of course, you really want these guys to pull off the Charge. All their Weapons go to 2 Damage each. It is even better when you add characters to them.

They have a whopping 5 possible leaders:

Wolf Lord on Thunderwolf
Wolf Guard Battle Leader on Thunderwolf
Harald Deathwolf
Canis Wolfborn
Logan Grimnar on Stormrider

All of them have their advantages!

They are fast, though and tough!

That makes 24 Space Wolves Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 68.57% Completed. The total Completed is 37.66% 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	Space Wolves Venerable Dreadnought	#342
Space Wolves	Stormfang Gunship	#343
Space Wolves	Stormwolf	#344
Space Wolves	Wolf Guard	#74