Karhedron

There is the Death Jester but I agree that the Leystalker looks a lot better.

80 points for the Leystalker looks very tempting.

The connection between the pariah gene and the Necrons goes back to old 3rd edition lore. It is one of those titbits that is not exactly current but has never been officially retconned either. Not all the Necrons were asleep 100% of the time between the end of the War in Heaven and the 41st millennium. The Silent King was awake the whole time, Trazyn the Infinite spent some time awake gathering specimens for his galleries and was definitely awake by the Great Crusade. The other possibility is that the Necrons seeded something in Earth's biosphere during the War in Heaven that would eventually lead to the emergence of the pariah gene. After all, the extinction of the dinosaurs happened during the War in Heaven, maybe it wasn't an asteroid!

I would argue that the lack of special weapons on the sprue is an issue with the current unit design paradigm rather than with the sprue per-se. The ability to drop a plasma gun or two into a squad is less valuable when anyone can drop a unit of Hellblasters onto the table as there are no longer limited "Heavy" slots to worry about. I actually quite like the Space Wolf Headtakers as they work as SW-flavoured BGVs. All factions seem to have 3-man heavy-elite infantry while retaining access to the 5-man Vanguard and Sternguard squads. I don't dispute that the Black Templars got the best deal but as a Space Wolf player too, I was pleased with our update and feel we came a close second.

The first generation of Primaris Blood Angels were created by Cawl and probably lacked the classical traits of Blood Angels although they may have felt the urge to get artistic. More recently, the Blood Angels and their successors have received the technology to create their own Primaris Marines and to upgrade Firstborn Marines to Primaris. As a result, I suspect most Blood Angels still receive their training in arts and crafts, even the Primaris ones. The new Blood Angels Captain kit is a good example of how a veteran Primaris Blood Angel might decorate his wargear.

Yeah, Wolves got entire bespoke kits for Grey Hunters and Blood Claws. I feel like Blood Angels should have gotten something similar for Death Company. Knowing my luck, a new DC kit will probably be announced now that I have just finished decorating mine with 3D-printed parts.

I agree, the Blood Angels one was a really poor effort. I was pretty salty when I saw it and then got really better when the new Space Wolves stuff came out about 9 months later because it was on a completely new level. It threw into sharp relief just how bad the BA upgrade sprue was. I ended up picking up the Combat Patrol which basically has 2 of them bundled in for free but I could never imagine paying RRP for one.

Most of those are legends and it is strongly rumoured that the Whirlwind will be going to Legends when the new codex drops.

I already provided that. Flamer aggressors average 4.5 shots which automatically hit. Bolter aggressors average 6.5 shots at BS3+ which averages 4.2 hits.

They have different roles. HB Eradicators stand back and shoot. Aggressors are like a more offensive version of Terminators. They can hose infantry with their shooting and tackle even tough targets in melee thanks to their twin-linked power fists.

Flamers also benefit from the changes to cover as their hit-rate is unaffected by the -1 to Hit while units in cover no longer get better saves. I think Heavy flamers and above are definitely interesting now. I am not convinced that basic-strength flamers are going to be more appealing but we shall see. I think Flamer Aggressors will still be limited to the Firestorm detachment but I would be interested to be proved wrong.

It is kind of like they are two parallel lists that operate together but don't actually cross over much. Basically SW Characters can only lead SW Units and vanilla characters can only lead vanilla units. One of the Detachments has an upgrade allowing a Space Marine Captain to join a squad of Wolf Guard Terminators to represent a Wolf Lord in Terminator armour. This is fine but I think Arjac is better for leading WG TDA. The best thing to do it look at the Stratagems in the Detachment to see how applicable they are. For example, "Pinning Fire" can be used by any Adeptus Astartes unit so anything in your army. "Thunderous Pursuit" on the other hand can only be used by Space Wolves Infantry and TWC. So picking your Detachment will give a guide on what proportion of SW units you might want in your army. Speaking of Detachments, if you are short of anti-tank then Saga of the Beastslayer might be worth a look. It is not as popular as Saga of the Great Wolf but it is easier to use as Lethal Hits against all vehicles and monsters really lets your basic units punch up.

Dante got hit in the face by Angron. Becoming Primaris was a desperate try to save his life. Initially the Sanguinary Priests believed the process was too risky for Dante to use electively but tangling with a Daemon Primarch turned out to be riskier.

The lack of resellers is frustrating. I want to pick up a Leystalker as I think he makes a pretty cool utility piece but I don't want to fork out for the whole kill team.

It might be worth swapping one of the Wraithguard from Scythes to Cannons to help with your anti-tank capability.