Warhammer 40k - Review Library 339 - Space Wolves, Njal Stormcaller

about 1 month ago

"Someone gave me the bird!" - Njal Stormcaller (Not really. but I had to crack that joke!)

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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 7/17.
I have reviewed 15/34.

Time elapsed: 41.17%
Review Completion: 44.11%
One ahead!

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

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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!
674 days since the start of 10th Edition.
This is Review #339, I am 335 reviews behind! (Lowest I have been is 314 behind)

Space Wolves, Njal Stormcaller

10th Edition Index

Njal Stormsson, The Tempest that Walks.

A gifted Psyker, he is the Rune-High Priest of the Space Wolves, the rank of the Chief Librarian in other Chapter. In their native conventions he is also called Runethane. Thus a the Rune King.

When his temper is roused, the weather turns foul, dark clouds appear overhead and from there, in battle, lighting follows!

He has a psyber raven, gifted to him by an Iron Priest and it helps augment his witch-sight. So... someone did... give him... the bird... hehe.

Njal is 85pts to play, only 10pts more than a Librarian in Terminator Armour.

Let's check his stats and abilities!

Stats

Movement 5"
Toughness 5
Save 2+/4++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 5
Ld 6+
OC 1

Weapons

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)

Living Lightning - witchfire

24" Range, D6 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S7, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Psychic (This attack has the Psychic Keyword)
Sustained Hits 2 (Rolls of a 6 to Hit causes 2 additional hits)

Living Lightning - focussed witchfire

24" Range, 2D6 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S7, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Psychic (This attack has the Psychic Keyword)
Sustained Hits 2 (Rolls of a 6 to Hit causes 2 additional hits)
Hazardous (After firing this weapon, roll a dice, on a 1 this model takes 3 Mortal Wounds)

Melee Weapons

Staff of the Stormcaller

4 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S7, AP-1 and D3 Damage each.
Psychic (This attack has the Psychic Keyword)
Sustained Hits 2 (Rolls of a 6 to Hit causes 2 additional hits)

Abilities

Deep Strike

Stormcalled (Psychic)

While this model is leading a unit, model in that unit have the Stealth ability (-1 to Hit in Ranged)

Runic Armor

When this model is being hit by a Psychic attack, subtract 1 to the Wound roll of those attacks.

Thoughts

A terminator with a Pistol? That is super strange!

Besides that strange inconsistency, Living Lighting is pretty darn powerful! And Stealth on a unit of Terminators is also not something to sneeze at!

That makes 18 Space Wolves Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 51.42% Completed. The total Completed is 37.00% 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	Wolf Guard	#74