Reasons to Use Blood Claws in Your Space Wolves Army

There is one squad that most players fear whenclose combat and can still hold objectives. You can
going against the Space Wolves. This squad is knownhave your Blood Claws flood out of a Land Raider
as the Blood Claws. The Blood Claws are the youngcrusader right onto an objective and assault, destroy
inexperienced, yet wild close combat troops of theyour enemies and hold the objective. This is even
wolves chapter of space marines. In this article I'll bebetter when your troops are being led by a Wolf
talking about reasons to use them in your armies.Priest and are fearless. It's even easier to hold an
They can tie units up in close combat. They are alsoobjective when you don't have to worry about
one of the few squads in the game that are good atleadership checks.
close combat and can still hold objectives on theThe last and probably best reason to use the Blood
battlefield. Also, they have some of the mostClaws in your Space Wolves army is, they have
powerful charges in the game. These are known allsome of best charges in the game. By this I mean
over the battlefields of Warhammer 40,000.the amount of damage they do when they charge
The first great reason to use Blood Claws in yourinto close combat. These guys get two attacks on
Space Wolves army is, they can tie up units in closethe charge. If you have fifteen troops in your unit,
combat. I've done this many a time and it worksyou can get the kind of idea of how crazy of a
really well. Blood Claws can have fifteen men in acharge you can accomplish with the Blood Claws.
squad so it'll take awhile for any opponent to defeatFellow players of Warhammer 40,000 fear this unit
them. This however, does not mean they cant getand you can use that to your advantage as well.
overwhelmed. It takes some practice to get theseTo conclude, there are many good reasons to use
guys to the right place at the right time. This alsoBlood Claws in your Space Wolves army. They can
doesn't mean you'll get worn out and lose combat. Intie up and destroy enemy squads in close combat.
most cases these guys will destroy any unit they areAlso, they can hold objectives. This usually isn't the
fighting. Never be afraid of throwing these guys intocase for close combat troops. They can also deliver
close combat, this is what they are good at.powerful charges that will leave your opponent
Another reason to use the Blood Claws in yourvulnerable. Overall, these troops are very good and
Space Wolves army is, they can hold objectives.worth their points in the game. These of course are
There are few troops in the game that are good atjust a small number of reasons to use them.