The Daemon Primarch of the Emperor’s Children is up to his old tricks, but we’ve heard some corpse-worshipping Imperial sorts whispering that Fulgrim’s best years are behind him.
“He’s not that scary,” they cry. “He’s not even meta!”
Absolute tosh.
You don’t get labelled ‘the Perfect Son’ without the deeds to back it up, and Fulgrim is the best at anything he puts his hand to. To prove it, broke out the dice and put him up against some of the same feats as his rivals/brothers. Will he break a sweat? And how will that smell?
Test One: Tackling a Titan
Back in the murky mists of 9th Edition Warhammer 40,000, we took the new Avatar of Khaine out for a test run by establishing the size of opponent he could topple. The molten maniac put out an impressive tally of damage, and we found that – with a spot of luck – he could cut a Warhound Titan down, but can Fulgrim compete?
Outstandingly so, as the combination of his Strength 14, D6+1 Damage, and the Fights First ability makes Fulgrim a thoroughbred Titan-killer. He can drop a Warhound in a single (albeit lucky) turn. Better still, the ability to Deep Strike means he’s always getting up close to his target, and his other abilities mean he will stick around a lot longer than the Aeldari’s immolator-in-chief to finish the job.
Winner: Fulgrim
Test Two: Knock Out a Primarch
It’s foundational lore that Fulgrim caused Roboute Guilliman’s extended convalescence with a blade to the chin, but his brothers haven’t been keeping up on their loyalist-killing duties. The Lion managed to beat up Angron, Mortarion had his triumph stolen by a revived Guilliman, and Magnus has been… too tricksy to pin down. Could Fulgrim do better?
Almost certainly! The Primarch of the Ultramarines proves no challenge against the almighty son of Slaanesh, while the Lion at least put up an action-packed duel in which several swings were turned aside by Fulgrim’s Beguiling Form. Though Lion’el’s sword Fealty is a more deadly weapon than Fulgrim’s, the Daemon Prince’s defensive abilities reduced a significant portion of the incoming damage. Poison is eventually what brought the Lion low.
Winner: Fulgrim, by a Lion’s whisker.
Test Three: His Weight in Guardsmen Space Marines
This time we’re upping the stakes. Angron messily butchered his way through around 50 Guardsmen without so much as blinking, but Fulgrim is far too important to be sullying his blade with such puny mortals. Space Marines, however, are another prospect.
Was this because his wide sweeping attacks are better at killing models with two Wounds? Yes. Fulgrim took on the combined power of 23 Intercessors and barely even realised he’d killed them in one turn. With 12 Attacks on his Sweep profile plus another six from his prehensile tail, the Phoenecian is a mook-murdering machine.
Winner: Fulgrim
Test Four: The Wall of Filth
We usually end these by putting our hero up against the toughest brick wall of a warrior we can find – Mortarion – and today is no exception. Neither Angron nor the Avatar could seriously lay a glove on Nurgle’s least favourite champion, and the Lion was too tuckered out from his fight on Wyrmwood. Can Fulgrim clinch it?
Um, kind of? Even though Mortarion’s legendary durability let him survive long enough to swing back, Fulgrim’s defensive tricks – forcing -1 to To-Hit rolls – bought him enough time to strip almost all of his foe’s 16 Wounds. Mortarion did send him wheeling back to the Warp in the second round with a few hot dice, but the Daemonic Poisons ravaging his system caused him to keel over shortly afterwards.
Winner: Technically a draw, but Fulgrim was cooler, so he wins.
There, incontrovertible evidence that Fulgrim is truly the greatest Daemon Primarch to stride the galaxy, and a compelling argument to add him to your collection when the glistening new miniature goes up for pre-order this Saturday.
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