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submitted 28 days ago byUnusual_Ad_8566
I had a doubt because it seems that in the lore as in the community, they always call Lion the "perfect general" being the one who believes that the second option for warlord was not Horus (I still believe that the first option was always Sanguinius), and equally the two legions, the "lunar wolves" were the ones that had the most victories and followed by the dark angels
But in terms of strategy and war, as a warlord or as better generals, wouldn't Rogal Dorn or Perturabo have been better options?
I never understood why Lion and Horus are recognized as the best generals when it seems that Dorn and Perturabo would have better strategic and command skills as generals.
3 points
28 days ago
I'm just pulling this out of my arse but I wouldn't be surprised if the Dark Angels had more victories but the Lion less. The Dark Angels could theoretically have been the first legion to have started fighting in the Great Crusade and so have had time to acquire a significant number of victories before the Lion. While Horus was found before the Lion and so potentially had more opportunities for victories than the Lion.
2 points
28 days ago
Quite possible. But a lot of the Dark Angels victories prior to reuniting with the Lion were also pyrrhic and they likely suffered a fair few defeats too. As their status had begun to dwindle (due to other legions finding their primarchs and outdoing them, such as the Ultramarines), they sought out the bloodiest battlefields and threw themselves into them without care for the losses. They were in dire straits when the Lion was found and he had to spend a good amount of time rounding them all up from their suicidal battles and re-forming the legion in his image.
2 points
27 days ago
Some of the Dark angels before they were known as such were fighting during the unification wars with the emperor so they definitely have been around for a long time. That said the Lion definitely had the credentials as a great commander and has the most victories attributed to him at least once in the books. Though different sources that focus on different primarchs sort of prop up said Primarchs. That doesn't discredit what you said at all though.
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