We’ve finally got a full look at the Saga of the Beast expansion for Psychic Awakening. Check out all the new 40k rules the Space Wolves are getting.
Coming from Auspex Tactics we’ve got an early, full look at what’s inside Saga of the Beast. Space Wolves and Orks are sitting in the same boat as far as a serious need for a rules update. With that said, here’s everything Space Wolves will be getting shortly.
Ragnar’s New Primaris Stats
Looking at the latest Space Wolf datasheet, Ragnar is looking spicy. On base stats alone, he’s gotten +1 Wound and +2 Attacks. On top of that, Frostfang got +1 Strength and +1 bonus damage, perfect for melting through Primaris armor.
Now Ragnar still being Ragnar, he’s got all the bells and whistles he had before. The Belt of Russ is still giving him a 4++. War Howl still gives a charge reroll aura. Etc. Etc. However, probably one of the biggest changes to Ragnar is his new Berserker Rage rule. Shock Assault normally gives you +1 attack on the charge, but this man is extra angry and adds +3 to his attacks. That brings him to a whopping 10 S6 -4 AP 2 Damage attacks on the charge.
Ragnar is 120 pts
Space Wolves Assault Doctrine Bonus
Space Wolves are another Chapter whose rules don’t “turn on” until the third turn. Looking at their doctrine bonus, they get exploding 6’s to hit in their update. Unfortunately, it’s just an unmodified 6 to hit which means their Chapter Tactic won’t play much of a roll to help at all.
Fenrisian Stratagems
The sons of Russ will also be able to make use of a whopping 24 additional Stratagems! Some of these Stratagems, such as Duty Eternal (making your Dreadnoughts super-tough) and Veteran Intercessors (for +1 Attack), will already be familiar to many, but there are some powerful new additions that are unique to the Space Wolves.
Moving into some of their previewed stratagems, Knowledge of the Foe is the army’s built-in way of farming CP. You just need to pick on the enemy’s characters. Pretty sweet. Plus, it may be our first 0CP Stratagem we’ve seen.
For Touch of the Wild, you will basically net 50% bonus hits for whatever your character would normally connect with. With that said, Ragnar gets 10 attacks on the charge. Just pop this strat and you could be looking at a potential 15 hits or more if you roll right.
pace Wolves also get the following Starts ported over from the Space Marine codex:
New Chapter-Specific Litany
This litany really puts the smackdown on Monsters and Vehicles. If you’re rolling deep with a few Wulfen squads in your list, you can make those thunder hammer swings do a whopping four damage a pop. That’ll topple a Knight in seconds.
Space Wolves get the other six litanies from Codex Space Marines as well.
Space Wolves Relic List
We previously saw both Wyrmpltter and Talisman of Storms, as for the rest Wolf Tail Talisman is really nasty. So long as you aren’t fighting armies without psychic (ie Tau) you can’t go wrong with the relic, -2 can be crippling for harder to cast powers.
We could be seeing modified Smash Captains come to the Space Wolves (with the model obviously replacing the thunder hammer for Wyrmsplitter). This is a power axe, but slaps REAL HARD against the things you want to normally kill i.e Vehicles and Monsters. The only problem we can see players running into is that it’s only +1 Strength which does hurt.
If you’re going to be slinging spells, you can also give the Talisman to a Rune Priest and have him zap every enemy unit within 12″ with a mortal wound on a 4+. It might not seem too impactful, but if he’s positioned right and you get some good rolls, he can deal in the area of 8-12 mortal wounds in a game.
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