Space Wolves

"Beat your thoughts to the mould of your will"- Leman Russ, Primarch of the VI^th Legion

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Faction Overview

The Space Wolves (SW) are one of the playable Factions in The Horus Heresy: Legions. The Emperor's Executioners are on the Hunt, and they bring the whole Pack to take down the enemy. With a play style focused on "attack and don't stop attacking", troop support, powerful burst damage, and forcing your opponent to trade with you face-to-face being the masters of anti-sorcery, your unrelenting fury will be unleashed. The Space Wolves were the 11th Faction to be reworked, moving their original pool of cards to Legacy.

Strengths:

• Very fast Faction, with lots of flank troops and ways to give them that trait.
• Pack and Hunt reward constant aggression, giving you strong buffs or sudden, explosive burst damage.
• Powerful support or duelist warlords (or both in some cases).
• Ward forces your opponent (in most cases) to trade with you in direct combat, making it play at your rhythm, or otherwise makes it harder for them to remove your units.
• A lot of cards that benefit from pre-damaged enemies.
• Relative cheap troops, or ways to create troops, which can change an empty board to a full filled one, and tons of support for them.

Weakness:

• Being very troop focused, means that if the enemy can deny your board early or fast, you're gonna fall behind quickly.
• Very susceptible to heavy control, or high Hp units (because of the need to trade with them).
• A warded unit can still be "targeted" by board/random damage.
• Because of how Hunt works (the enemy must remain alive) you won't always get to trigger its effect, and in other cases, the target will still be alive next turn which might spiral against you.

Warlords

Standard

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  Leman Russ
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  Geigor Fell Hand
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  Hvarl Red-Blade
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  Bulveye Greybeard
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  Grimnir Blackblood
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  Bjorn

Legacy

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  Leman Russ
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  Geigor Fell Hand
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  Ohthere Wyrdmake
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  Bulveye Greybeard

Troops and Tactics

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  Troops
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  Tactics

Traits and Available Effects

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Gameplay

The SW Troops main gameplay revolves around fast attacks and buffing each other.

The SW Tactics main gameplay revolves around Troop and Warlord support.

Most of the SW Warlords focus on Troop support and interaction.

The xxx have Archetypes like: Aggro, Heavy-Aggro, Midrange, Duelist.

For a more complete look on the Faction gameplay, check — How to Play: Space Wolves

Collection and Cosmetics

The SW cards can be obtained from the Inferno Crate and the Galaxy in Flames Crate, or bought in the Daily Shop.

The SW Card Backs and Badge Cosmetics can be obtained randomly from the Cosmetics Crate, or bought in the Daily Shop.

Premium Cards appear randomly in any Crate, and can be bought from the Collection tab.

Additional Information

Balance History
Date	Changes	Notes
07 oct 2024	Kodran Hunters: No longer has Ward Freki: Change description to: ‘Flank. Hunt: Heals 3 and gains +2/0’ Kjarl Wyrdfang: Lower Health from 6 to 5
04 sep 2024	Wulfgar Iceblade: Lower Health from 5 to 4 Freki: Lower attack from 3 to 2 Thegn King’s-bane: Change description to: ‘Pack: Give 0/+1 to adjacent units‘
01 sep 2024	Grimnir Blackblood Added	Event reward
05 aug 2024	Leman Russ: Change Hunt ability to ‘Give +1/0 to adjacent troops’ (instead of 1 random friendly troop) Reckoning (Leman Russ): Lower cost from 22 to 20 Wolf King: Gain Ward Wulfgar Iceblade: Increase Health from 4 to 5 Apothecary Torfin: Change Description to: “Pack: Heal 1 to two random friendly units” Freki: Change stats from 4/5 to 3/6 Berek Ironaxe: Increase attack from 4 to 5 Thegn Ulfrich: Increase Health from 7 to 8
04 jun 2024	Leman Russ: Change Hunt ability to: ‘Hunt: Give +1/0 to a random friendly troop’ Bulveye Greybeard: Increase Initiative from Low to Medium Apothecary Torfin: Increase attack from 2 to 3 Torrvald Rhino: Increase attack from 3 to 4 Deathsworn Veteran: Increase stats from 4/4 to 5/5 Geri: Increase attack from 5 to 6 Thegn King’s-bane: Change description to: ‘Pack: Give 0/+1 to your units’ (so it now affects himself as well) Bestial Savagery: Lower cost from 3 to 2 Spirit of Fenris: Lower cost from 7 to 6
30 may 2024	Bulveye Greybeard added	Battle Pass reward
23 may 2024	Faction Reworked

Lore

The Space Wolves, the Rout, the Vlka Fenryka or simply the VIth Legion, were renowned for their anti-authoritarian ways and their embrace of their homeworld Fenris' savage barbarian culture. Charged by the Emperor as his "executioners", they count themself amongst the most famous of the Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes in the wider Imperium. Their sagas (a recount by his kin long after one has fallen, for his name to be spoken in the same breath as the primarch himself) are told from one end of the galaxy to the other. As headstrong as they are fierce, the Space Wolves excel at close-quarters fighting, their warriors vying keenly for glory on the field of battle. The Space Wolves live to fight, and death holds even less fear for them than their counterparts in other Chapters. The Space Wolves are renowned for their ferocity in combat. They favour aggressive tactics, often closing with the enemy in brutal hand-to-hand combat, while being supported by their Rune Priest (or Chapter Librarians) who's psychic powers come from their unique connection to their homeworld’s cultural heritage, harnessing the power of Fenris’ legends and myths. The Space Wolves carry a unique burden in the form of the “Wulfen Curse”. This genetic flaw can cause some Space Wolves to transform into wolf-like, feral entities, driven by instinct and ferocity. Despise this, and the risks associated with it, they do not shun those afflicted by it. Instead, they view the afflicted battle-brothers as the embodiment of their warrior spirit.. Their Primarch, Leman Russ, was found in Fenris (a harsh and unforgiving ice world) and raised by the court of King Thengir, and as he grew, so did his legend and eventually Leman Russ found himself the Wolf-King. When he was reunited with his Legion, the Space Wolves truly became one of the strongest forces of the Imperium. Unfortunately, during the Horus Heresy, the Space Wolves were not present at the Drop Site Massacre, nor knew of the civil war that was brewing. Ordered to retrieve Magnus the Red and return him to Terra after the Primarch's violation of the Council of Nikea by the Emperor, the now-corrupted Horus influenced Russ to change his mission from bringing Magnus to Terra to an all-out assault on his legion. Leman Russ had the Space Wolves Legion attack the Thousand Sons homeworld, Prospero, in an attempt to fulfill their Emperor's charge. Though the planet was devastated in the assault, and Magnus completely broken by the Wolf-King itself, the bulk of the traitor legion escaped and made for the Eye of Terror. After learning of Horus' betrayal and manipulation (and almost being destroyed by a surprise attack from the Alpha Legion), a disheartened and furious Russ sets his course to Terra, and the inevitable showdown with his treacherous brother, Horus.

Trivia

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Notes

If looking for more info on how to play (in general) or aspects of the game, check our Guides:

• New Player Guide -The basics of the game are here.
• Advance Guide -More complex mechanics and variations of gameplay.
• Buyers Guide -For the Daily Shop, and an overall idea of what to spend your Gems.
• Deck Building Guide -The basics of how to build Decks (for all Factions).
• Community Decks -Decks made by the Player's base.

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