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I wouldn't be so quick to discount flamers, but assault marines are not an efficient delivery system for them anyway. It takes the same things to be successful at either shooting or assault; you either have to have a decent strength, high AP weapon, or a huge volume of attacks. Assault marines have neither, and they are also not durable. So they are not a very efficient unit to take. However, they have been and always will be one of the coolest units!