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Wanted to start a new topic and get some info on how to best beat space wolves, blood angels, orks and eldar.

I'm relatively new and have used some good tactics. Defilers have worked well. My screamers are great at popping tanks. My thousand sons failed against orks. My hell drake has kicked some butt. Nurgle marks have done wonders. I need advice on how best to destroy these armies (sw, ba, orks, eldar). Also I'm nervous about deep strike. Only being able to shoot after deep strike is very limiting (risk my screamers and warp talons).

SW: if they footslog, shoot them (Vindicator). Counter-assault unit in case of Pods.
BA: look at them funny and they'll die.
Orks: MoN CSM with HB and flamer. There's your core unit. One Havoc squad to wreck Trukks.
Eldar: Heavy Bolter is a good generalist unit against their infantry. Best shot is countering their mobility.

It's very likely that when you meet orkses you either face av14 or none at all. From my experience as an ork player i can tell that the most annoying things chaos can have vs us are Nurgle spawns + biker indep and abuse of telepathy and slaanesh powers easilly gained by sorcs and daemon princes. Other than that...maybe a helldrake. 1 or 2 are enough to oppress lootas and some disembarked packed boyz but i feel that 3 are allready an overkill.

Alright, sorry for my brief answer, I was at school

But about Blood Angels: they are highly mobile army so long range guns or mobility of your own helps a lot. Another good thing to have is Power Fists in squads (not on characters if possible) to scare the Assault Marines off. Also remember that they rely on FnP so anything with S8+ can hurt them a lot. There is also a chance for mechspam, so prepare with AT-options.

EDIT:
Oh, and this seems to be your first post so welcome to Dakka!!

VotlW for the 2 marine armies. Get ccw when not.

CSM vs Orks: Templates. As an Ork player, I can say that templates are annoying, especially the flamer template in Overwatch when I want to charge. The large pie plate template can be devastating, but if your opponent is smart he will spread out his models (up to 2"!) and then it's somewhat mitigated. Still hurts though. Also, make use of rapid fire double-tap at 12" or single-tap at 24". Keep your opponent at a distance and you will wear him down. Of course, Orks have template weapons too...