Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20150118044502/@comment-24944355-20150121062126

The best of the Primarchs as a general was Lion el Jonson, where strategy & battle tactics come into it he was supreme, where Horus bettered him was as an approachable leader of men. In fact the Lion was one of only four Primarchs he feared to any extent because they bettered him in some fashion. They were the Lion as a strategist & tactician, Guilliman as an organizer & the size of his forces, Russ because he was the only primarch he wasn't sure he could beat in one on one combat & Sanguinious because his charisma & leadership skills surpassed those of Horus.

In the current 40k time there are several fine generals, the best of the imperials is probably Dante of the Blood Angels while the best of the chaos forces I still believe is Huron Blackheart. None of them though can match the abilities of the best of the primarchs, though they would be better than the likes of Angron or even Lorgar as military leaders.