Horus Heresy: How to Build a Legion – Space Wolves

Today we’ll be looking at the 6th Legion, the Space Wolves, the Rout, the Vlka Fenryka, in the next video in our ‘How to build a Legion’ series. Hopefully this is useful not only to those interested in the Space Wolves, but for all Legion players, giving them an understanding of the concepts behind army building in Horus Heresy, and an idea of what each Legion can bring to the table.

The Space Wolves, the Sons of Russ, the Emperor’s executioners, so many names, so much awesomeness packed into one Legion. We’ve got space Vikings who kind of turn into wolves. What’s not to love? Shamed from their reckless burning of Prospero, the 6th Legion were hounded by Traitor Legions throughout the Heresy, choosing a desperate gamble at vengeance over returning to Terra. Their lore is some of the best of any Legion, their rules are fantastic, and the Space Viking aesthetic has so much potential. I hope you enjoy!


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[mattjohnson]

I'm prepping for my first big HH event next week, and I gave this a listen, and for a split second I was panicking. I'm fully painted, list locked in, and I thought I was cheating, because I was outflanking with Pale Hunters with my Speaker of the Dead/Deathsworn Ret, and two Grey Slayer squads. I had to jump around the rules books to make sure that making Deathsworn a ret for SotD made them a single unit. Thanks for the video though, it helped me crystalize some of the things I was building towards.

[aldinviray]

Your take on the Grey Stalkers is awesome. Thank you so much for this.

[meatbasedveteran]

Charles, I love the fen axe. Keeps me able to deal with mech or things like Gal Vorbak as well. Also makes killing dreads possible too. Speaker of the dead is a must! It gets work done!

[kenneth.tattoos]

Love the troop core of this list. Gonna do something very similar, except take the Combat Shields on my Slayers so when they come out of Outflank they might soak a few hits from units that don't get pinned by Rotor cannons.

[combatblock]

Been waiting so patiently for this I’m so glad it’s here

[clovismerovingian]

Thank you! And looking forward to Dark Angels guide!

[liammorgan]

The major downside to trying to get that +1 WS on the charge with Heavy units is that you end up paying a relatively steep price just to be able to close the distance quickly enough. Cataphracti Terminators (including Varagyr) absolutely must take a land raider at the bare minimum, and any heavy melee dreadnoughts you take (Leviathans especially) may as well take a drop pod to get to where they need to go. As such, you'll likely find yourself in situations where Reaping Blow will be especially sought after due to how few models you end up bringing to the table that way.

As for the Rites of War, the only one I've seriously had to deal with was a Pale Hunters list done up as a fast Viking-style raiding force that included (among other things) two squadrons of 2 grav gun land speeders each, a jump pack-equipped Jarl with the Howl of Morkai warlord trait and lightning claw retinue, and two full assault squads. In conjunction with swiftly dispatching even heavily armoured vehicles (flare shields included) with the grav speeders, the Space Wolves player would frequently put all of the jump units into Outflank, and on the turn they show up would use Howl of Morkai to rip and tear with seven S5 AP3 Rending (6+) attacks per model on the command squad alone after running and charging up to 24"-34" from the board edge. He's even used this to wreck Spartans with their occupants still inside. Previously this was done using a full bike squad with accompanying champion in this Outflank role as well, but he found them to be a bit underwhelming this edition. Not to be outdone, the other units worth mentioning in the list include a seeker squad in land raider, a full missile support squad with techmarine support, and two 5-man recon squads with nemesis bolters.

[jacobwoods]

Space wolfes just sound like they play like power armoured orks

[tikhonoldwood]

I prefer 70s drum sound over modern. It had perfect balance i'

[sanguinius]

give in to the dark side, make a Scars list with recon marines.

[globoxx]

Just curious, does leman Russ get +1 WS for charging with the legion trait?

[colinmacmillan]

When is the dark angels legion video coming out?

[TheDob]

Dark angels when? And any tips of not starting with the box set...I hate mark 6

[mitchellscott-young]

Just printed out a m8 40 gray slayers, its made me really want to make a SW army!

[FlourEater]

thank you for another top notch review!
But also Magnus did nothing wrong!

[tracymikesh]

I'm just starting Horus Heresy and I wanna make a space wolves army. I did see your 2k pt army and the end of the video but was wondering if could recommend 500 or 1k pt army. I just dont wanna spend to much atm xD Love the vid