Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6589306-20130815104932/@comment-75.166.170.221-20140622055342

Lol? Is anyone forgetting that Space Marines are pretty much superior in almost every aspect to Spartans, in numbers, training, life-span, strength etc. One spartan according to Halo novels and video games can destroy dozens of elites. If one Spartan is doing all that then one Space Marine woud eat Elites alive, not to mention Bolter rounds can completely penetrate an elite's armor.

And even an Elite Councilor would barely stand a chance against a Chapter Master.

Primarchs don't even have a rival among Elites, Primarchs are god-like, the Elites would probably drop down on their knees in worship of Primarchs before dare raising an energy sword against them. One Primarch could probably destroy entire armies of Elites.

We are also forgetting to compare their vehicles, I'll give it to the Elites for having grunts which they can shove into a ghost and just throw at Astartes squads, however the Astartes have far more experience with their vehicles and we'd probably see 2 predators destroying a dozen or so Wraiths.

If the Elites have access to a scarab, the Astartes might have a hard time of course, however assault marines could just drop from some thunderhawk and plant melta charges and that scarab is a memory.

Furthermore, the Adeptus Astartes have far more foes than the Elites ever will. Tau, Chaos forces, Tyranids, Orks, Eldar, Dark Eldar, Necrons, and hundreds of other xenos races. The elites have only faced meak UNSC marines, Spartans, the flood, and forerunner sentinels. The Astartes also know that it's mostly up to them to face the Imperium's most dangerous enemies. The elites simply know that if they loose, the prophets can just send in brutes, hunters, grunt swarms and the other elements of the covenant.

And for the people who say "Astartes would get stomped" must not know much 40k lore besides Dawn of war where 5 Imperial guardsmen can kill a space marine for balence purposes. :)