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Hereticalthoughts wrote: 98.81.158.208 wrote: Terran Marines could most likely beat a Asartes if not badly wound them. You mean the guys who can get instagibbed by the zerg who are basically watered down tyranids? Their armor can't even keep out the weakest zergling's claws, let alone something like a gaunt's or genestealer's.

Terran Marine armour isn't really designed to protect them from anything, just make them stronger so they can take the recoil of their giant gauss rifles and heavy weapons.

Marines are glass cannons. I can see ten or so killing a single Space Marine through sheer volume of gauss rifle fire but the Imperial Guard would still overwhelm the Terrans through numerical superiority and crush them.