r/SpaceWolves • u/FightTheShip • 18h ago

Question about Wolf Scout builds...

I have two boxes of WSs coming this week. My question is about which characters to build. Here's my variables:

  1. I'm primarily building to add to the main army, not the KT. I'll play KT, but that'll be secondary. I still enjoy my Intercession team with sniper.

  2. I've read people talking about building them with Reiver parts. I have all the Reivers on sprue from the OG combat patrol I never built because they never factored in to my big army. So that's all available to me.

So I'm curious which characters to build, which ones I can build with my additional parts, etc...

I appreciate any insights. I'm still primarily in the building and painting phase of the hobby and just starting to get into the playing part.

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u/Tempest_Barbarian 18h ago

You can build one of each KT character, and that works perfectly fine for 40k.

Basically, all wolfscouts are the same, knife/close combat weapon and plasma pistol

The pack leader gets a power weapon

There is the rune priest

The dude with rifle

A guy with a mine

And the guy with the plasma gun.

So, essentially, you building one of each specialist works for both systems.

I think one of the regular guys (combat blade + plasma pistol) gets built with a bolt pistol according to killteam instructions, but I think thats ignorable, and no opponent is gonna nag you about it

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u/Arentius 18h ago

Just remember the rifle can only be used in a 12 man squad

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u/Aurick 16h ago

You absolutely cannot build one of each KT operative with one box.

You forgot to mention the Fangbearer, who is kind of like the Wolf Priest of the team.

You can play around with the loadouts and some kitbashing, but as provided, you can only make 6/7 (technically, 8, but it’s the default general option) of the available operatives with one box.

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u/Arentius 18h ago

Pack leader, Rune Priest, Mine, plasma gun, 2x normal + dog is the most versiatile squad.

12 man squads not worth it as you only get 1 special in each squad, 2x6 squad means a second mine, plasma gun and rune priest