Editing Warhammer 40,000/10th Edition Tactics/Space Marines (section)

==Why Play Space Marines==
===Pros===
*Basically agreed upon to be one of the best if not the absolute best army in the game to start with. They're easy to paint, cheap, and elite.
*As GW’s favorite baby, you will never be in short supply of cool models and strong units.
*So many Leader options and niche support buffing units, you can almost put any ability on your unit for maximize damage output.

===Cons===
*Despite being GW's favorite child, you're the fanbase's punching bag.
**Another consequence of being the favorite child is that everyone's going to be making armies to counter you out of habit simply because you're the first codex.
*Bloat. While being spoiled for choice is certainly not a bad thing in of itself, it's not an exaggeration to say that your codex is crowded. Quite a few Space Marine units tend to step on each other's toes with some units simply outperforming other units wholesale. Even with the recent Legends sweep trimming a fair few of your more obscure selections down, you'll still have a lot to keep track of.
*While you are very solid in every category, you aren't going to beat a faction at something they specialize in. If you try to out melee the World Eaters or outshoot the T'au you are going to get humbled quickly.
*A lot of the really cool Heresy-era stuff, despite getting plastic kits, has bafflingly been relegated to Legends, meaning they're impossible to play with competitively.