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Warhammer 40k fans, who is the best primarch
- Thread starter RennerSage
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Vulkan.
How is this even a question? Built dope shit, Eternal, encouraged his guys to live with the people, all around great guy.
How is this even a question? Built dope shit, Eternal, encouraged his guys to live with the people, all around great guy.
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Vulkan is a great choice
However Horus, Sanguinius and Roboute are all up there as well
Curze was the worst
Horus was a fuckboi who went nuts 'cause he thought Daddy didn't appreciate him enough, Roboute was a stiff-necked dick who proooobably pushed Alpharius & Omegon over the edge. Sanguinius was a bro, I'll give you that.
And yeah Curze was an ass.
Constantly coughing and vomiting all over everybody outside and building pillow forts inside... aight.
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to be fair, Roboute is the only primarch that i feel like has the ability to actually try and save the imperium because of his strategic mind, the others coming back wouldn't of had a similar effect
Khan!
'You do not know what the warp is. None of you do. The Emperor kept those truths hidden, and for all we know he has tried to stamp out those who still understand them. The Khan never agreed with this. The two of them argued. This is the great question, szu, the one they fell out over – can you rest an empire on a lie?'
Also a master of burns
"I heard from a contact on Mars, Jaghatai, that you do strange things to your ships."
The Khan shot him a heavy-lidded stare. "I heard from a contact that you do strange things to your warriors."
'You do not know what the warp is. None of you do. The Emperor kept those truths hidden, and for all we know he has tried to stamp out those who still understand them. The Khan never agreed with this. The two of them argued. This is the great question, szu, the one they fell out over – can you rest an empire on a lie?'
Also a master of burns
"I heard from a contact on Mars, Jaghatai, that you do strange things to your ships."
The Khan shot him a heavy-lidded stare. "I heard from a contact that you do strange things to your warriors."
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Khan!
'You do not know what the warp is. None of you do. The Emperor kept those truths hidden, and for all we know he has tried to stamp out those who still understand them. The Khan never agreed with this. The two of them argued. This is the great question, szu, the one they fell out over – can you rest an empire on a lie?'
Also a master of burns
"I heard from a contact on Mars, Jaghatai, that you do strange things to your ships."
The Khan shot him a heavy-lidded stare. "I heard from a contact that you do strange things to your warriors."
Who is the greater swordsman between Khan, Sanguinius and Fulgrim?
Gotta vote Vulkan
To be honest, all of the Primarch stories are ridiculous and awesome lol. I've been fortunate and have worked on multiple (good) 40k games; I would often revisit various Primarch stories just to remind myself how insane the universe is. They're tropey nonsense but rad :)
To be honest, all of the Primarch stories are ridiculous and awesome lol. I've been fortunate and have worked on multiple (good) 40k games; I would often revisit various Primarch stories just to remind myself how insane the universe is. They're tropey nonsense but rad :)
Khan says he'd slap Fulgrim silly and the Angel is generally agreed to be one of the best duellists, if not the best. So Sanguinius > Khan > Fulgrim.
You know with the fact that each Primarch is supposed to represent some different aspect of the Emperor of Mankind you'd think at least one of them would have had some common sense alongside being a master tactician or god of the battlefield. Then again most of them being flawed super men is kind of the point.
I forgot Lion El'Jonson haha. Still voting Vulkan but Lionel fights a rival and somehow fucking breaks his planet apart in said fight. Then, his pals are like "Shit, might as well put engines on this and fly it around." Now they live on it.
I love the primarchs and the horus heresy books... a lot of great high drama in my opinion. The primarchs themselves are usually very well written, musings about their place and the nature of their father especially.
Sanguinius or Vulkan for me. Angel boy slew a demon prince in single combat in an aerial duel over a massive clash of traitors and loyalists. He broke the beast's back mid air and tossed him to the traitors below.
Basically saying "Who else wants some?"
Vulkan is just an all around nice guy who loves fire. But his legion actually cares about civilians and their allies, so they are good people.
Basically saying "Who else wants some?"
Vulkan is just an all around nice guy who loves fire. But his legion actually cares about civilians and their allies, so they are good people.
You know it would have been kind of interesting if there was a Primarch who wanted no part of leading a legion of super human fanatical killing machines on a galaxywide crusade. I know several didn't want to do it but they all kind of fell into line eventually until it all went to shit with Horus. Guess the Emperor would have probably just killed them instead of letting them fuck off and do as they please.
That's in theory what might have happened to the other two legions. They refused to follow the emperor so the wolves were sent to kill them and put the other primarchs in line.
Dorn is my dude. He was given the most monumental and yet thankless task in the Imperium, to tear down the Emperor's ridiculously vast, grandiose palace and turn it into the sickest fortress ever, and the guy just rolls up his sleeves and gets to work.
Sanguinius and Vulkan are cool cats as well, and I've got a soft spot for Lorgar, he's by far the most interesting of the traitor Primarchs.
Sanguinius and Vulkan are cool cats as well, and I've got a soft spot for Lorgar, he's by far the most interesting of the traitor Primarchs.
When the Heresy broke out and Khan found out about it, both sides were trying to get him to join their side and both had good reasons, without context. So Khan goes to find out what exactly happened instead of just doing the first thing he thought of. He comes to the conclusion that the Emperor is a tyrant and Horus has gone insane. Better to fight for the tyrant than the guy on the warp koolaid.
Then there's Guilliman, who isn't half bad on his good days.
Pfft, it was a warhound, the smallest of the titans. He's just a whiner who never won a fight against any other primarch without A) Them letting him win or B) It being 2 on 1.
Really he just needed a hug from Vulkan.
It's between Horus Lupercal or Sanguinius.
I like how the Horus Heresy explained what Guilliman was doing after Calth.
Hard to pick a favorite. Everyone one had unique journeys that effected them in so many different ways. I could make an argument for choosing any one of them.
Got a question for Warhammer era:
Anyone read the books and play the video games but not into collecting minis?
The reason I ask is because I have such a huge fascination with the Warhammer 40k / AoS world and lore but really don't want to drop the $ for the tabletop game and miniatures.
Does anyone in the community just read the books and play the video games like me? Am I really missing out on the "complete" experience by not collecting miniatures?
Anyone read the books and play the video games but not into collecting minis?
The reason I ask is because I have such a huge fascination with the Warhammer 40k / AoS world and lore but really don't want to drop the $ for the tabletop game and miniatures.
Does anyone in the community just read the books and play the video games like me? Am I really missing out on the "complete" experience by not collecting miniatures?
I've never played the actual game and have enjoyed the universe immensely. I don't think we are missing out.
If it's just "best" in the most general sense then it's Horus and Sanguinius
Plenty of people, myself included.
Plenty of people, myself included.
Well you would be missing the "complete experience", yeah. But it's not like it's necessary to enjoy the games and the books. The miniatures don't have any characterization on them.
Morty didn't pick anything, he got picked. Dude hated the warp.
I read 5 books then quit. I realized how dumb I was for getting into a series that will never end since they will always need to make money and keep the game going.
Lots of people do this. I haven't bought or painted a miniature in about 15 years at this point, but I still enjoy the games and books as the 40k lore is just so rich and endless. You won't miss a damn thing by not collecting miniatures. And your wallet will thank you for it.
Leman Russ, hands down.
I do read a ton of the Black Library novels though. I've got maybe 70+ novels at this point after a bit more than two years collecting them. I am also interested in the video games, but the last 40K console game was Space Marine, so I've been waiting a while for a new one. I play 'other' tabletop 40K games, like Forbidden Stars or Space Hulk: Death Angel, and plan to buy into the upcoming Black Reach board game that uses the Heroes of Normandie system. Maybe I'll get into the WizKids 40K Dicemasters game too, since there is a Space Wolf ally pack.
I don't feel like I'm missing out by not playing the tabletop game. I do follow what is going on with the tabletop game though, since a lot of the events influence what is happening in the lore.
I'm pretty much who you describe, only I do own four 40K armies. I came into possession of them from someone in a short amount of time a few years ago, and I was hyped about the game because the lore was so interesting to me, but then I realized I'll never get around to assembling/painting them, so they sit in boxes.
I do read a ton of the Black Library novels though. I've got maybe 70+ novels at this point after a bit more than two years collecting them. I am also interested in the video games, but the last 40K console game was Space Marine, so I've been waiting a while for a new one. I play 'other' tabletop 40K games, like Forbidden Stars or Space Hulk: Death Angel, and plan to buy into the upcoming Black Reach board game that uses the Heroes of Normandie system. Maybe I'll get into the WizKids 40K Dicemasters game too, since there is a Space Wolf ally pack.
I don't feel like I'm missing out by not playing the tabletop game. I do follow what is going on with the tabletop game though, since a lot of the events influence what is happening in the lore.
Alpharius and Omegon. You're all going to love it when Omegon comes back as a Loyalist!
Honorary mention to Magnus. Magnus did nothing wrong.
The lore increases my enjoyment of the miniatures. The miniatures aren't needed.
Honorary mention to Magnus. Magnus did nothing wrong.
This was me for years and years until 6 months ago. A few friends and I went in on the miniatures, hard, an am enjoying it a lot, but it's the other way around to what you said.
The lore increases my enjoyment of the miniatures. The miniatures aren't needed.
The main horus heresy series is ending.
Obviously they'll probably continue with spinoffs from that era whilst continuing the 40k stuff.
I remember when I first started reading the books (not that I've read a huge amount of them but I do really enjoy the setting) I asked a friend how many books it took for them to reach the fight between Horus and The Emperor. He laughed.
It does seem like things are starting to come to a head though.