Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25222488-20150304220758/@comment-14745711-20150305065147

Yes well, I can see where you're coming from with this idea Patton, but no. You see to have the idea that Primarchs were/are just massive tanks in power armour. They were masters of warfare beyond what any normal human can be. Granted there are guys like Creed in the guard who are pretty dam good leaders, and Primarchs who weren't all that smart once the fighting started like Angron, but the sheer fighting capability of those Primarchs would more than make up for it.

Besides, there isn't really a point at which a Primarch would just be on his own, he'd at least have a few soldiers with him. There might be an exception but it would be unlikely to last a whole hour. Granted a delay would be possible since a Primarch can't be everywhere at once, and they're not invulnerable. But the delay would be more likely to last about five minutes if they were really lucky. If the Primarch's unarmed then you're in with a fighting chance, more so if you have snipers (especially since most of them never seemed to wear helmets :P). But really I can't see that happening.

I think you may be overestimating the abilities of the Imperial Guard (a lot of people seem to do that). But remember they are just humans, while a Primarch is beyond super human, they are to a space marine what a space marine is to a normal human. And that is paraphrased straight out of Horus Rising. So don't go thinking that even the best guard can even bother trying to measure himself on the same level as a Primarch at his worst. Of course if you have enough guardsmen the Primarch can be beaten, but then you'd just have to get to silly proportions.

Anyways, that is the answer to your question in what I hope is sufficient detail. But if you think this argument can be countered by all means give it go.