Datasheets/Space Wolves/Saga of the Great Wolf
Add to list
Saga of the Great Wolf

Space Wolves detachment

Saga of the Great Wolf

With Logan Grimnar commanding them, the hunting packs of the Space Wolves fight at peak efficiency.

40.3%
win rate
62
games
7%
faction share

Detachment ability

always on · no CP

Master of Wolves

Encircling Jaws: This unit can re-roll Advance rolls and Charge rolls.
Hunter’s Eye: Each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack, add 1 to the Hit roll.
Ferocious Strike: Each time this unit is selected to fight, select either the [LETHAL HITS] or [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. Until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in this unit have the selected ability.

At the start of your Command phase, you can select one of the Hunting Packs listed below. Until the start of your next Command phase, that Hunting Pack is active and its effects apply to all ADEPTUS ASTARTES units from your army. You can only select each Hunting Pack once per battle.

Full wording ▾

With Logan Grimnar commanding them, the hunting packs of the Space Wolves fight at peak efficiency.

Detachment ability

always on · no CP

Howling Onslaught

Once per battle, when selecting a Hunting Pack for the Master of Wolves Detachment rule (see above), if a LOGAN GRIMNAR model from your army is on the battlefield, you can select a Hunting Pack you have already selected this battle.

Full wording ▾

When the Great Wolf gives the command, his packs descend upon the foe in a coordinated and utterly devastating strike.

Stratagems

6 · every one costs 1 CP

Battle Tactic 2Strategic Ploy 4

Command

1CP

Grimnar’s Command

Strategic PloyYour Command phase.

Select one Hunting Pack from the Master of Wolves Detachment rule. Until the start of your next Command phase, that Hunting Pack is active for your unit instead of any other Hunting Pack that is active, even if you have already selected that Hunting Pack this battle.

Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Mounted · Walker · Vehicle · Psyker · Terminator · Phobos · Grenades · Smoke · Adeptus AstartesFull rule ▾

Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army.

Movement

1CP

Fenrisian Ferocity

Strategic PloyYour Movement phase or your Charge phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a Normal, Advance, Fall Back or Charge move, it can move horizontally through models (excluding TITANIC models) and terrain features. When doing so, it can move within Engagement Range of enemy models, but cannot end a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within Engagement Range of them.

Epic Hero · Character · Mounted · Walker · Vehicle · Grenades · SmokeFull rule ▾

Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED or ADEPTUS ASTARTES WALKER unit from your army that has not been selected to move or charge this phase.

1CP

Unrelenting Hunters

Strategic PloyYour Movement phase.

Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back. If your unit is a SPACE WOLVES unit, until the end of the turn, it is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced or Fell Back.

Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Mounted · Walker · Vehicle · Psyker · Terminator · Phobos · Grenades · Smoke · Adeptus AstartesFull rule ▾

Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.

Shooting

1CP

The Foe Foreseen

Battle TacticYour opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.

Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Mounted · Walker · Vehicle · Psyker · Terminator · Phobos · Grenades · Smoke · Adeptus AstartesFull rule ▾

Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

1CP

Eye of the Pack

Battle TacticYour Shooting phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, you can add 1 to the Wound roll.

Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Mounted · Walker · Vehicle · Psyker · Terminator · Phobos · Grenades · Smoke · Adeptus AstartesFull rule ▾

Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

1CP

Battle Instincts

Strategic PloyYour opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has shot.

Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6".

Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Mounted · Walker · Vehicle · Psyker · Terminator · Phobos · Grenades · Smoke · Space WolvesFull rule ▾

Target: One SPACE WOLVES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

Charge

1CP

Fenrisian Ferocity

Strategic PloyYour Movement phase or your Charge phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a Normal, Advance, Fall Back or Charge move, it can move horizontally through models (excluding TITANIC models) and terrain features. When doing so, it can move within Engagement Range of enemy models, but cannot end a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within Engagement Range of them.

Epic Hero · Character · Mounted · Walker · Vehicle · Grenades · SmokeFull rule ▾

Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES MOUNTED or ADEPTUS ASTARTES WALKER unit from your army that has not been selected to move or charge this phase.

Fight

1CP

The Foe Foreseen

Battle TacticYour opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.

Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Mounted · Walker · Vehicle · Psyker · Terminator · Phobos · Grenades · Smoke · Adeptus AstartesFull rule ▾

Target: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

Enhancements

4

EnhancementPtsWhat it does
Grimnar’s Mark20ADEPTUS ASTARTES TERMINATOR CAPTAIN model only. Once per battle round, you can target this unit with the Rapid Ingress/Heroic Intervention stratagem, regardless of any other uses of that stratagem this phase. If you do:

▪ That use is -1 CP.
▪ That use does not prevent any uses of that stratagem on other units this phase.
Howlmaw15WOLF PRIEST model only. At the start of the Fight phase, you can select one enemy unit within 6" of the bearer. That unit must take a Battle-shock, subtracting 1 from the result.
Chariots of the Storm25ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. After both players have deployed their armies, select up to three ADEPTUS ASTARTES units from your army and redeploy them. When doing so, you can set those units up in Strategic Reserves, regardless of how many units are already in Strategic Reserves.
Skjald’s Foretelling25WOLF GUARD BATTLE LEADER model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [LANCE] ability.