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Its impossible to really say which is best as "best" is entirely subjective. Favorite however is an entirely different matter.

However if you do want opinions on what is best then you at least have to specify in what area. Best at siege? Fists/Iron Warriors. Best at melee? Probably World Eaters. Best sneaking? Raven Guard.Etc etc.
You cant establish one legion as "BEST" overall. If there was just one legion that was totally the best at everything ever then that would be incredibly boring and that kind of writing is why the Ultramarines have so achieved so much hate.

Plus they were all loyalists at the first founding. There was 200 years of loyalty before the heresy started.

 JamesY wrote:
Plus they were all loyalists at the first founding. There was 200 years of loyalty before the heresy started.

I know that what I mean is just first founding Loyalist chapter meaning second founding and Chaos excluded.

Rules, looks, and fluff: Salamanders.

Dark Angels are my favorite, and not just because I play them. They have three color schemes in the same army, plus their backstory is really cool (the whole dark secret thing). And I like all the monk-like motifs on everything, like the religious-looking icons and the robes over the power armor.

>Loyalst
>Listing Dark Angels

seriously though, their team-killing donkey-caves with little to no redeeming qualities beyond their 30k fluff.

Dark Angels, hands down.

Salamanders! More flamers, more meltas! Nice colors, too.

Salamanders. I like their look and their style.

Depends what you mean by Loyalist.
Personally, I think the Ultramarines and the Thousand Sons are the only Loyalist chapters because they're the only ones who fought for Mankind instead of Emprah or the Chaos Gods.

Imperial Fists. I love the look, their method of war, and their Primarch. I have a love/hate painting all that yellow. Just wish there was more books to read about them.

 Chaos Spawn wrote:
Depends what you mean by Loyalist.
Personally, I think the Ultramarines and the Thousand Sons are the only Loyalist chapters because they're the only ones who fought for Mankind instead of Emprah or the Chaos Gods.

What would people think if you brought this to the table top? Ultra marines plus Thousand Sons. Say a cad of Chaos led by Ahriman plus Tigurius with a librarius conclave?

 Brennonjw wrote:
>Loyalst
>Listing Dark Angels

seriously though, their team-killing donkey-caves with little to no redeeming qualities beyond their 30k fluff.

Lion El'Jonson is actually the single most loyal Primarch. Even more-so than Dorn or Guilliman.

Angelis Tenebraium.

I like the knight look, and to me, the Lion is a very believable and flawed character. Also, Sure, he's brilliant, tactical and strategic mastermind, etc., but he's arbitrary, terrible at handling his own men, and aloof.

Also, I really enjoyed Fallen Angels by Mike Lee. One of the best 40k books; believable characters and a decent plot!

 Wyzilla wrote:

 Brennonjw wrote:
>Loyalst
>Listing Dark Angels

seriously though, their team-killing donkey-caves with little to no redeeming qualities beyond their 30k fluff.

Lion El'Jonson is actually the single most loyal Primarch. Even more-so than Dorn or Guilliman.

Not so much he didn't disobey the Edict of Nikaea and killed Nemiel for saying he was disobeying the Emperor

I chose Ultramarines because those are the only Space Marine chapter I've collected/played. I started painting them back in the 90s because at the time I didn't know a single other person who painted/played them. Even though there are some pretty cool qualities about all the chapters, the Ultramarines will always have that distinction as my first 40K army.

My vote's on space wolves. They look the best and differ the most from the space marine norm in terms of both looks and weaponry.

Poor Raven Guard and White Scars... they're everyone's second or third favourite. That's the problem with this sort of "pick one" poll though, you get a bit of a skewing, whereas a multi-choice poll would likely show more of an idea of the popularities of the different chapters.

Three guesses what I picked.

Fists aside, I would be torn between white scars (LOVE the mongol theme) or salamanders (got a soft spot for "actual" good guys)

 Redleg wrote:

 Chaos Spawn wrote:
Depends what you mean by Loyalist.
Personally, I think the Ultramarines and the Thousand Sons are the only Loyalist chapters because they're the only ones who fought for Mankind instead of Emprah or the Chaos Gods.

What would people think if you brought this to the table top? Ultra marines plus Thousand Sons. Say a cad of Chaos led by Ahriman plus Tigurius with a librarius conclave?

As someone who plays both (but not at the same time), most people wouldn't even be able to tell the difference between the 2 and would just assume the thousand sons were honour guard 'cause of their fancy helmets. The amount of times I've had comments about how nice my Ultras look when I've got the TSons (and Tz daemons!) on the table is staggering.

Besides, Ahriman is actually secretly Tigurius anyway, so it couldn't actually happen.