What is the best Space Marines Chapter?

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**fuzzbunny**

Ultrafool wrote:Think the best chapter is the salamanders cause their blac, i mean awesome

Whats with that? I think GW made the salamanders just to cover their "bases", so to speak.

**Demogerg**

Gwar! wrote:
But srsly, its the Space Wolves

Winner!

Fact: Space Wolves are a combination of drunks, gluttons, berzerkers, werewolves, and dogs.

and they are awesomesauce for the emoporer*

*pun intended

**LunaHound**

Let me borrow this thread for a side question:

Whats the max amount of dred allowed in a SM army?

do they take up Elite and Heavy support?

thanks

**VictorVonTzeentch**

You can have 6 if you take a Master of the Forge, I think, I know there is a way to get them. They are elites, and heavy support.

In Space wolves you can have a similar number since you can take them as HQ if they are Ven.

**ph34r**

Demogerg wrote:and they are awesomesauce for the emoporer*

*pun intended

Was saying emoPORER instead of emoPEROR intended too? (Emperor, not emporer.)

LunaHound wrote:Whats the max amount of dred allowed in a SM army?

do they take up Elite and Heavy support?

thanks

Master of the forge lets you take them as heavy support and elite.

And the *best* space marines are the Emperor's Children Legion, pre-heresy. They literally were the most skilled, elite, best marines.

**darkangels_rule**

extermikator wrote:Hi,

Here's a topic for all you Space Marine addicts. What is the best Space Marine Chapter (alive or deceased), and why?

MC

darkangels first and still the best

**Lord Castellan Mik**

"The Ultramarines are the greatest of all Space Marine Chapters. From the dawn of the Imperium they have served the Emperor with loyalty and a ferocity that no others can match. Their Primarch, Roboute Guilliman, wrote the Codex Astartes, and the Chapter has exemplified its teachings ever since. The Ultramarines were instrumental in the defeat of Hive Fleet Behemoth, saving the Imperium from almost certain destruction by the Tyranids. They are the warriors of Macragge in the realm of Ultramar, and in faith and in valour they are unmatched."

Games Workshop (Codex: Ultramarines 2ed)

Enough said

Mik

**Cheese Elemental**

I now vote for the Blood Ravens. Why? They have METAL BOXES and a commander with a vocal disorder, Indrick 'SPESS' Boreale.

**Rangerrob**

Cheese Elemental wrote:I now vote for the Blood Ravens. Why? They have METAL BOXES and a commander with a vocal disorder, Indrick 'SPESS' Boreale.

I'm with the DakkaDakka appropriate avatar commission...

You sir must change your avatar for failing to vote for the Legion of the Damned...Twice!

**Demogerg**

ph34r wrote:
Demogerg wrote:and they are awesomesauce for the emoporer*

*pun intended

Was saying emoPORER instead of emoPEROR intended too? (Emperor, not emporer.)

quote]

I'm going to say yes.

**extermikator**

Any Space Marine Chapter which doesn't follow the Codex Astartes is good in my book, they make the Galaxy what it is in the future

MC

**Gwar!**

Cheese Elemental wrote:I now vote for the Blood Ravens. Why? They have METAL BOXES and a commander with a vocal disorder, Indrick 'SPESS' Boreale.

BLUD REVEHN SPESS MAHRINEZ WE HAVE FHELLED T3H EMPORORS!

**Cheese Elemental**

The Legion of the Damned are cool, but Indrick Baldeale makes me giggle.

**Durandal**

Space Wolves. Beer, werewolves, vikings, and the freedom to give the administratum, the ministorium and Robute Gutlessman the finger over and over again.

**Gwar!**

Durandal wrote:Space Wolves. Beer, werewolves, vikings, and the freedom to give the administratum, the ministorium and Robute Gutlessman the finger over and over again.

A finger the Shape of a Lance Strike no less

**LiberatedObject**

I think that the Ultramarines are the best, but my favorite is definitely between Space Wolves and Salamanders, and maybe Dark Angels.

**assultmarine**

thunder lords ftw

**cadbren**

Mine, they've been around for almost 10,000 years, none have gone over to chaos, they've killed like a trillion billion enemies each and they don't let girls in cause girls don't have penises even though marines don't need that bit anyway.
They're also the Emperor's favourite chapter.

**Gwar!**

cadbren wrote:Mine, they've been around for almost 10,000 years, none have gone over to chaos, they've killed like a trillion billion enemies each and they don't let girls in cause girls don't have penises even though marines don't need that bit anyway.
They're also the Emperor's favourite chapter.

Space Wolves?

**Mekboy**

World Eaters. They get psychopaths who like to rage about METAL BAWKSES.

**Gwar!**

Mekboy wrote:World Eaters. They get psychopaths who like to rage about METAL BAWKSES.

<nitpick> Word Bearers have never been, are not and never will be a Chapter

**1hadhq**

Gwar! wrote:
Mekboy wrote:World Eaters. They get psychopaths who like to rage about METAL BAWKSES.
<nitpick> Word Bearers have never been, are not and never will be a Chapter

bearers are not eaters

And bearers had themselves described as organized in chapters per "dark apostle" .

**Gwar!**

LOL TYPO!

I blame the Rum ;(

**cadbren**

Gwar! wrote:
cadbren wrote:Mine, they've been around for almost 10,000 years, none have gone over to chaos, they've killed like a trillion billion enemies each and they don't let girls in cause girls don't have penises even though marines don't need that bit anyway.
They're also the Emperor's favourite chapter.
Space Wolves?

Huh? The ones that named their leader after a tank! Didn't they all die or something? No mine are called Das Imperium, they're a UM successor chapter, so not wolves and their chapter symbol is the wolfsangel rune which is actually designed to ward off wolves (heh, only just found out that last bit, quite ironic me thinks).

**Floets1993**

I think the alpha legion, they joined to forces of horus to make an end to chaos.

but yeah, that didn't work out well, did it?

**Aristotle**

Stuff the Ultramarines and their codex astartes

Go the crusading, excessively big chapter

**Cheese Elemental**

The BTs aren't as big as the Blood Ravens, because the Blood Ravens have lots of METAL BOXES to hide their recruits in.

**SagesStone**

Bowling his opponents clear with one mighty sweep of his armoured gauntlets, Calgar moved to chalenge the Avatar himself. Many Eldar stood between the Master of the Ultramarines and his target, but Calgar would not be stayed - those his gauntlets did not crush were smashed asside by the sheer bulk of his Terminator armour.

So it was that Calgar fell upon the Avatar before the other was aware of his presence, and smote the creature a dolorous and terrible blow. Bellowing with fury, the Avatar turned to face its new attacker. Its first strike missed the Chapter Master by a hair's breadth. The second tore a great wound from Calgar's armour. A third drove deep into his shoulder, cleaving the pauldron and driving the Chapter Master to one knee. But the fourth, intended as the coup de grace to sever Calgar's head from his shoulders, slammed into the armoured palm of Calgar's left hand.

The armoured glove charred and warped as Calgar closed his grasp around the blade. No other gauntlet could have withstood that mighty blow nor the furious heat behind. But the fabled Gauntlets of Ultimar were of older and sterner make, crafted with skill and technology long lost to the race of Man. For a moment, mortal and god strove for control of the incandescent sword, and in that moment the Avatar was defenceless. Rising up, Calgar struck with all his strength, bringing his other gauntlet around in a mighty arc. The Avatar roared in pain and fury as the power fist punched a hole clean through the molten ichor of its torso. With a final bellow, the Avatar exploded in a white-hot flash that showered cinders and moltern metal all around.

His strength spent, Calgar sank to one knee. Ultramarines encircled their wounded Chapter Master to protect him from any Eldar who sought to exploit his weakness, but there was no need. With the fall of their war god, the Eldar lost all heart. Some fled without heed while others fell back in good order, but all retreated into darkness. Silence prevailed where the din of battle had reigned so shortly before. The Battle for the Sepulchre was done.

Page 35 of the codex... This was also just after the Avatar had killed about 10 Terminators with one swing of his sword >_>
Also note the shoulder injurry which would have made it impossible, it would have been much better if they just let Calgar die and went with the equally over-used "HUURRRR! THEYZ KILLZ MAI SPASE MARINEZ FRENZ! ULTRARAAAAAAGGGEEEE! HUUUUURRRRR!"

Basically any chapter besides the Ultramarines is the best >_>
My chapter, Hawk Eyes, is good, but that's because they hate the Ultramarines. Doesn't help that I liked that shade of blue ages before I started playing, so I used that for my chapter which turned out to be called "Ultramarines Blue" when I brought it >_>

As for actual chapters I'll vote for Salamanders, also they should do what the Fire Lords do when they enter battle.

**cadbren**

Run away!

**Cryonicleech**

The Imperial Fists.

why?

1. Yellow Armor
2. Rogal Dorn is awesome
3. Yellow Armor
4. Did I mention Yellow Armor?

In all seriousness, I like the fluff of the Imperial Fists.