[Lt. James O'neil]

I am in need of help with my space marine army, I cannot decided between HQ choices. I was thinking about cal gar with a command squad just because he is B.A. I tried using sicarius but it didn't really have the effect I was going for, sure infiltrate was handy but it wasn't the in your face feeling I wanted. I have roughly 345 points to spend, so yeah

 

[cybernomad]

Its hard to say for sure without knowing what else is in your army. Give us an idea of the usual things you use. This should help select which HQs are good for you.

Without that info the definite goto HQs for SM are captains and librarians.

 

[Izzleydill]

master of the forge w/ conversion beamer. If you are still using that shooty army then he is a perfect long range. Deploy him far away, and he can lay down the pain with at least the strength 8 ap 4 large blast (and possibly and hopefully the str 10 ap 1)

 

[frankchvz]

You could also put the master of the forge on a bike so he is relentless and has more mobility w/ a higher toughness.

 

[Azrell]

Libby in termi armor... hes anti psyker and has a choice of spells to kill anything form massed nids to tanks...

Every list i make starts out with one, and they never let me down.

 

[Raptors8th]

Basically 3 HQs worth taking in the vanilla dex, plus 4 special characters that aren't total shit:

#1 Libby: Run him plain, and always take Null Zone, it's an amazing psychic power, fucking over everything from daemons to seer councils to hammernators. For more info on SM powers read this.

#2 Captain w/ Bike: The only version of captain I'd ever recommend taking, and this is mainly for the bikes as troops effect. Unless you're running a biker army skip this.

#3 MotF w/ CB: Already been mentioned, he's not really there for the gun though. Yeah S10 AP 1 is nice, but 6 dreads is nicer. Generally something you take to bend the FoC, he's alright in a shooty list but I'd recommend a lib first.

And that concludes HQs, so basically take a Lib. Good Hunting.

 

[Arcades Dolor]

I keep finding myself disappointed by my HQ, pretty much no matter what I take. the exception is Kantor, who lets me score with Sternguard. In bigger games, Kantor plus MotF lets me indulge both my desire to score with Sternies and my desire to tromp across the field with a legion of Dreadnoughts.

 

[Lt. James O'neil]

I hit hard and fast with drop pods with a follow up of armor and my terminators

 

[Fallen]

chaplain with jump pack sounds like a good choice.

 

[lsarofeen]

id put a librarian in with one of your drop pod squads, nullzone and avenger or smite. or maybe a captain in the dp depending what you run in your drop pod assault.

 

[hippogryph]

Just post up your list and then we'll be able to judge what HQ may serve you best. Although Raptors8th's suggestions are pretty spot on in general.

 

[Lt. James O'neil]

Elite choices
Dread with multi-melta and storm bolter with power fist
Dread with t-linked lascannons and hvy flamer with power fist
Standard terminTors
Assault terminators with hammers and storm sheilds

Troop choices
Tactical squad full strength 1flMer 1missile launcher drop pod
Tactical Marines ful strength 1flamer 1 plasma gun searge has power fist and drop pod
Tactical marines full strength 1 flamer

Heavy support
Land raider redeemer t-linked assault cannons flamestorm cannons frag assault launcher smoke launchers search light

 

[5tonsledge]

try to get hqs that have eternal warrior so they do not get instant killed

 

[Lt. James O'neil]

I don't think there are any space marine hq choices with thAt

 

[5tonsledge]

marneus calgar and captain lysander

 

[aznul]

with a list thats heavey termis like that i would say lysander or calgar, i play a heavy/quick melee SM army send me a message if you like and ill send you mine. Also how do u enter the field with the 2 termis Deepstrike or LR? also if u really like termis i would recomend looking into grey knight termis

 

[CLT40k]

Hey James,

Look long and hard at the point costs for the special characters. Typically, they aren't worth the points unless you want to run a Vulcan list (and even then....) That 75-ish points can is usually better spent elsewhere if the intent is to maximize your list's output.

 

[5tonsledge]

eternal warrior is worth the points trust me not getting one shot killed by a PF or crack missle shot or vindicator or lascannon. you see the point you can spend 180 points on an hq that you dont want to get killed or an hq who you are not afraid to run into a squad of marines because a powerfist might wound you but not kill.

 

[Lt. James O'neil]

I'll look into it but i haven't encountered enough instant death players, so eternal warrior is not a trait high up on my list

 

[Lt. James O'neil]

with a list thats heavey termis like that i would say lysander or calgar, i play a heavy/quick melee SM army send me a message if you like and ill send you mine. Also how do u enter the field with the 2 termis Deepstrike or LR? also if u really like termis i would recomend looking into grey knight termis

Assault termis via land raider redeemer and my standard termis get deployed normally. Grey knight termis? Is that even in space marine jurisdiction?