Editing Warhammer 40,000/9th Edition Tactics/Space Marines (section)

=====Troops=====

*'''Grey Hunters: CORE.''' Tactical Marines, Space Wolf flavour. However, these guys are geared mostly towards melee. Each and every one can take a chainsword for 1pt each, and 5pts gets them a Wolf Banner, which lets them re-roll any and all 1s when advancing and charging. They lack the ability to take heavy weapons, instead being able to take one special weapon per five Grey Hunters. Unlike regular Tacticals, your Sergeant is Ld7, and you have to pay extra for the Wolf Guard Pack Leader in either power armour or terminator armour to get Ld8. The Grey Hunter Pack Leader can replace his chainsword with a power axe, sword, or fist, and the WGPL can replace his weapons with any melee weapon, combi-weapon, or plasma pistols or storm shields (limit one storm shield, no 0++ for you)  For some reason, one Hunter can swap his bolt pistol for a plasma pistol. 
** One of the more popular and effective ways of running these guys is a 6-man unit that includes a Wolf Guard Pack Leader with a Combi-Plasma, a marine with a Plasma Pistol, and a marine with a Plasma Gun. That's 5 Plasma shots and 6 Bolter shots on a 133 pt troops choice. Stick them in a Razorback (Assault Cannons are fun). This setup allows Grey Hunters to reliably hunt MEQs, TEQs, charge weak models with Chainswords, and sit on objectives, making them one of the most versatile troop choices in the game.
** Due to the changes to Blood Claws and the introduction of Assault Intercessors along with Phobos units, the above strategy may be the most reasonable. Like other Tactical Marines, the only pressing use of Grey Hunters is access to assault weapons (they don't even get heavy weapons). Everybody else is either tougher, faster/sneakier, or more deadly on the charge. 
** Until it's FAQed, the terminator Wolf Guard doesn't have his 5+++ invuln, as it's missing from the Grey Hunters datasheet.
*'''Blood Claws: CORE.''' Instead of starting as scouts, Space Wolves start you off as Diet Assault marines, with bolt pistols and chainswords all around. 1A base + 1A from Shock Assault + 1A from Berserk Charge (the babysitter doesn't get this) + 1A from chainswords makes them brutal on the charge. They also have a rule where if they charge, the closest enemy unit must be one of the charge targets - a problem shared with Skyclaws, Bike Squads, and Attack Bikes. This isn't an issue most of the time, as that's where they want to be, but if you give them a Wolf Guard babysitter, this problem goes away entirely.
** Remember, the whole unit is a Blood Claws unit, so buffs like Lukas or Wulfen resolve against the Wolf Guard model, too.
** You can stuff three 5 man squads with a power-armoured Character into a Land Raider Crusader. Solves troops requirements for battalions, takes up 1 model for deployment rather than 5, and altogether serves as a top-notch horde/chaff removal tool allowing other units to move about more freely. Excellent place to make use of a stalker pack if you have the CP. 
** Functionally, these guys are very similar to Assault Intercessors, being 1 point cheaper per model but without heavy bolt pistols and with lower Ld at size 5, yet they can access a much more diverse selection of transports and can take better Wolf Guard options/buffing opportunities. Both units dish out 4 attacks on the charge with Astartes Chainswords, at WS 3+ (i.e. 2+), with 2 wounds. 
** Until it's FAQed, the terminator Wolf Guard doesn't have his 5+++ invuln, as it's missing from the Blood Claws datasheet.