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If you we're going against CSM would you use Kantor or Vulkan? BTW do you think Kantor is a little underrated as a Chapter master that has a 3+ save and power armor and no eternal warrior? Like come on Sicarius is only a captain who has the same stats but a 2+ save.

Both are good, using Kantor implies greater than normal use of Sternguard which are good against other marines and gives the +1 attack bubble which helps if the CSM are coming at you for melee fighting.

Vulkan is good for wound saturation with flamers, greater reliability on THs and means any melta weapons you have will wreck their vehicles.

Honestly I don't have enough information to say either way, I would base if off of the meta in your area to try to determine what you can expect to face.

It depends on your army, if you have a bunch of flamers, meltas and hammers then go Vulkan. If your a sternguard guy or you have a army that can benfi\t greatly from the attack bubble then go Pedro.

I would use neither and stick with the a stock Captain with Artificer Armor and a Relic Blade, and try to abuse Combat Tactics in order to blast the enemy away.

I face old pedro quite often in my friends grimson fist army and dont really rate him be it with my SW, necrons or ironwarriors he dies so easily and manages to do his orbital bombardment so rarely its untrue.

As for sternguard i dont rate them either in last nights game my bog standard IW squad of 10 easily out shot them even with their special ammo.

Both are good... but its like asking which is better, a car or a truck. Depends on what you're wanting to do.

Pedro is kind of an odd duck. His special abilities make him good with Sternguard, and I typically put him with a squad of them. I really wished they gave him a power sword or something instead of the powerfist, because without eternal warrior, he rarely survives long in melee going at I1.

Pedro needs something extra to justify the HQ slot. Artificer armour and sternguard special ammo in Dorn's Arrow would make him a definate take in my opinion.