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Simply what's the best codex space marine chapter tactics, or space marine codex, to represent 30k Sons of Horus and why?

I ask cause while I'm planning a 30k army there isn't much of a 30k presence or level of acceptance in my local GW and I would still like to use them for games until I can play proper 30k.

Cheers!

SoH in 30k run aggro melee infantry if I recall correctly, Black Templars and Carcharodons (Badab War chapter tactics, look for the 6e update from Forge World for the current rules) are probably your best options in the vanilla SM book. Either way you'll have the pods and the Deep Striking Terminators.

Space Wolves and Blood Angels aren't the greatest options anymore since their melee units have been taken out of Troops, but either could work.

Id say Space wolves by far.

They are an aggressive close and personal army that excels at close quarters. They also have similar Terminator loadouts to what they had in the Heresy.

You just need to avoid things like wolfen and thundercav.