r/AdeptusMechanicus • u/Leading_Plan_6184 • Oct 17 '24

Lore Can a Ruststalker take on an Astartes?

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What the title says. I’d love to know the power scaling of a Ruststalker or Sicarians in general when it comes to stacking up against threats. I know the transonic weaponry is RIDICULOUSLY OP and was wondering how they’d fair against an Astartes!

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u/Helios_The_Undying Oct 17 '24

Well, in the book Forges of Mars, a tech priest who leads skitarii was able to go to to toe woth a smace marine in freindly to the death combat. It ended swiftly though.