Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-8881468-20131229020408/@comment-18016240-20140102212023

Callummacdonald79 wrote:

Hereticalthoughts wrote:

@Callum: Ah, you were reffering to the Lion's capabilities by himself then? If so then I agree, individually he was probably one of the more powerful primarchs (though I'm still wondering wether Sanguinius could still beat him, they were both excellent combatants) that's part of what i was meaning, but also about the genetic stability of his genome, which is second to none. sanguinius would almost certainly have kicked his ass but his genome is one of the most (if not the single most) unstable: his decendants are all at risk of the red thirst and black rage, not to mention he had wings :P

and about his inate ability to survive - while a week is more than plenty for deathworld, chaos tainted creatures to end life, i reckon a feral born primarch of jonson's caliber would be very capable of surviving. to survive as an infant only requires that he eludes them. granted that despite any inate ability to survive his first day or 2 would be crucial, but those crucial days could easily have been spent in his capsule. True that, though Sanguinius probably got really lucky on his mutation compared to his "sons". :P

Agreed, Jonson was tough, no doubt about it.