Hello fellow Sons of Russ. I just started collecting for my Space Wolves army and so far have the SM portion of the Indomitus box as well as Ragnar, and WG Terminators.
My question is, if I run blade guard and terminators in the same list, what should I do as far as loadouts go for the terminators? I'm hoping to kit bash their shields onto my blade guard but don't want to hamstring my terminators over a kit bash.
Posted May 18, 2021, 1:14 AM UTC
So as far as the WG Termies, I've been enjoying the pack leader kitted with shield & Hammer, with the others packing combi-melta's & chainfists. Gives them a very heavy anti-vehicle slant, but the ability to take load outs that other chapters terminators simply can't take should be something to flex on.
Unfortunately you've probably already picked up on what's best. Terminators want shields. You can always pick up custom shields online if you need more, there are a bunch of people who make really good ones depending on where you are in the world.
As to load out, I'd recommend you go shield and magnet, then you can swap it out. Right now a lightning claw is probably the best weapon but having the option to change is always good.
I'm going to be controversial and disagree with everyone here so far. I have 5 with shields and hammers nad 5 with claws and in Russ' name do those claws munch through troops. Our natural +1 to hit, re-roll wounds with the +1 to wound strat they can actually much through most things with relative ease just with the sheer volume of attacks they generate.
They aren't too bad to magnetise to if you fancy giving it a go and want them to have a melee focus I'd have TH/SS or Claws as the options.
Let's face it anyway, are we really space wolf fans if we don't secretly want everything in combat munching our enemies? What's a primary or secondary anyway....
I really like the aesthetic of the claws too. Worst case scenario o get another box of terminators and build them with th/ss. Shipping custom shields to Canada costs as much as the shields themselves and when it's all added up, it's almost the price of a terminator box.
I run 5 x multi meltas if you can source them! 1 x thunderhammer 2 x powerfist 2 x Storm shield. Deep strike those bad boys in and have them act as hybrid bladegaurd, eradicators. Total psychological warfare for my enemy when I also have eradicators on the hunt.
I always question shields on terminators.
When you have a 2+, 5++ already built in is 5 points really worth it? If you are deep striking in turn 2 and limiting the amount of incoming fire by 1 or two opponents shooting phase how effective is that points investment?
What role are you wanting the terminators to fill? In theory you could drop them with combi meltas and obliterate armour or arm them with storm bolters and clear hordes. They are extremely flexible, he’ll just paying the minimum and dropping them on an objective is likely to cause huge problems for your opponent!
Also if you are planning on having Blade guard how much melee do you need?
I don’t have many answers here but I’m not convinced that shields on terminators are an “auto take” the same way they are with say Wulfen who NEED access to that invulnerable save.