Captain's melee Weapon

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**Inquisitor Jex**

I'm making a Marine Captain with a command squad, but I'm debating what to equip the Captain, either a single lightning claw (gonna get a storm bolter as well to be good as ranged as well) for re-rolls to wound or a relic blade that's double the cost but attack at S6. Both bring no loss of initiative and cannot grant a +1 for a pistol or other weapon in melee, and each got an advantage, even if the relic blade's more costy, but I'm not too sure which should be the better pick.

**juraigamer**

What's the rest of the command squad got? If they all have stuff for meq, then you need TEQ on your captain, if they all have TEQ killers, then MEQ on the captain works.

You can always take a relic blade and digital weapons for re-roll to wound.

**Inquisitor Jex**

Squad's got champion, standard with stomr bolter, combi-flamer, combi-melta

**Patient X**

IMO, lightning claw.

**juraigamer**

You have a command squad that isn't setup for melee, so a lightning claw is a decent choice, though I would suggest a relic blade with digital weapons.

**Texanity**

relic blade + storm shield?

**Grey Templar**

Nah, you probably want a Fist or Hammer if going for a Shield.

And Artificer armor. Too good to pass up.

**koridon**

agreed on the armor

**Grey Templar**

And if you have the points, the Auxiliary Grenade Launcher to give you a shooting attack.

**MFletch**

Last time someone calculated it relic blade was not as good as the lightening claws.
I would keep the high initiative rather that an unwieldy weapon.

artificer armour, maybe storm shield.

Also bikes are pretty great.

**rigeld2**

I didn't think a relic blade was unwieldy....

**smUrfsrUs**

Its not, as it is a special power weapon, so uses ap3.

**labmouse42**

Give him a bike so your not ID'ed by T8 weapons.
Then give him a PF so he can hurt people in relic armor
Then give him relic armor so he can laugh at power weapons.