Deathwatch marines run the covenant gauntlet

Deathwatch Marines:

12 Regular Marines (regular bolters and power fists)

1 Champion (power sword)

2 Centurions (Thunder hammers)

The gauntlet:

Round 1:

1,000 grunts (plasma pistols, 2 plasma grenades each).

Round 2:

100 jakals (beam rifles). The jakals get 3 hours prep.

Round 3:

10 hunters

Round 4:

125 brutes (brute shots, and gravity hammers)

Round 5:

100 Elites (plasma rifles and energy swords), 2 wraiths

Round 6:

5 banshes, 2 ghosts, 100 plasma turrets.

Round 7:

The arbiter and 50 zealots (all energy swords)

Rules:

10 hours of rest after every match.

Any lost member is resurrected after the fight.

Ammo is unlimited.

Elimination:

kill

Battlefield:

Abandoned mall each team starts 100 feet away.

Stop at 1.

@eisenfauste: lol grunt suicide XD

The grunts blow themselves up at the exact same time creating an explosion equal to a nuclear bomb.

@thedailybagel: LOL! XD

@killerwasp: I actually think grunts have a pre-cog ability that allows them to commit joint plasma grenade suicide. I've played enough halo to know that idea isn't as far fetched as it seems.

I'm not seeing the Astartes winning. They might even stop at 1, depending on how the enemies rush them.

You know.. 1 out of 6 grunts would have a fuel rod cannon... semi automatic rocket launchers..

@thedailybagel: u think im loling cause i think ur kidding, grunts are sneaky little bas turds that will do that to u at point blank range lol.

Suicide zerg rushing grunts for the win.

Do the Marines clear if they make it past the first round?

@killerwasp: exactly.

@army2442: If by 3 hours prep, for round 2, you mean that the jackals are able to stake out a sniping area and prep for the astartes coming then no they won't pass that round either. And probably not any round higher.

Assuming the Grunts all don't suicide at once then they all die. Grunts have a horrible habit of one going suicidal, yelling, and running in the midst of their non-suicidal brethren and against aim-bots like the Space Marines that is going to end bad for them. Don't know why you gave the Space Marines powerfist. There isn't a single opponent on your list that would require a powerfist. They can rip through tank hatches just fine with their normal hands.

Anyways, they get to about round 6 where the massed fire power and air power should be enough to kill the Space Marines. The Centurions may be nigh-invulnerable to all the weaponry, but they have no way to target the Banshees since all they have are thunder hammers. Round 5 looks dangerous at first, but a Elite getting into h2h with a space marine is not going to end pretty for the Elite and wraiths are one of the worst tanks I have ever seen in video games. Centurions are going to have a field day.