5/5 stars. Excellent!
Background.
Much can be said about the Primarch's background. He has a fame that is the equal of Horus, and arguably should have been selected as the Warmaster over Horus, not that he actually cared for that role or accolade. He had the gift of foresight, much in the same way as some of his brothers (e.g., Night Haunter), not that that helped him too much.
He also has wings and was not considered a mutant to be destroyed. He was glorious. Enough said.
Strengths.
I want to pause first and just note to readers the movement rate of 16. This alone is impressive. Factor in WS=8 and you have a serious contender for top threat level in the Heresy.
The rest of the stat line isn't actually that impressive with 6's literally everywhere else (12 in leadership of course, and 10 in the other advanced stats). But his weapons make up for this.
The Blade Encarmine gives S+1, critical hitting, and impact (AM). Or you can swap it out for the Moonsilver blade (duellist's edge at 1) and the Spear of Telesto (S+3, AM-2, IM-1 with armour bane and shock for suppression). You can't really go too wrong either way to be very honest except that the Moonsilver blade is only AP=3. I'd actually favour the spear simply due to making his relative strength 9 and taking the negative modifiers against.
The side arm, Infernus, is quietly great as well with 3 damage at AP=2 and melta.
As a gambit, he has Angelic Descent for turn 1 only and when he charged (which you should be able to pull off with that movement rate). You gain a bonus equal to the Bulky rule of your enemy for the focus roll. This is excellent and potentially a winner against his brothers!
As sire of the Blood Angels, he gives prime slots when 4 troop slots are assault squads. That should be no surprise. You also get a deep strike reserves modifier of +1 once per turn which is very nice indeed.
Weaknesses.
T=6 is distinctly average territory for a Primarch. You will therefore need to win fights before you are killed. With W=6, you should be able to hold out, and with the focus bonus from the gambit you should be going for a big kill or similar on turn 1. He is a bit of a glass cannon perhaps, but can get the job done very well (hence my weakness comment here isn't actually much of a weakness, but I wanted to write something anyway).
Overall.
High points cost relative to other primarchs, but also very much worth the cost.
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