Goatboy’s Grimdark Armylist – Tournament-Winning ‘Sneaky Ultramarines’
Goatboy here with a Warhammer 40K armylist of Sneaky Ultramarines that fought it way to to victory at the Denver 40K Fight Club!
Thake a look at this Space Marine list that just won the Denver 40K Fight Club this past weekend. It was a 102 player event streamed by Joe over at Wargames Live on YouTube. I got to watch a bit of this army being played by Ben Neal and it feels like one of those armies that just lets the better player cook with so many different ingredients and interactions. Plus it is an Ultramarine build that takes a regular Marine Detachment and isn’t a Dark Angels list hiding in basic Marine clothes.
The recent points update did help some basic Space Marine builds as it took some power out of Dark Angels with some points hikes and left a lot of Ultramarine stuff alone. The Marine Codex is pretty deep and while a ton of it isn’t useful – there is still some gold in them hills to mine. Plus – this army uses some of their other Characters as well.
Sneaky Ultramarines!
Space Marines
Ultramarines
Strike Force (2000 points)
Vanguard Spearhead
CHARACTERS
Apothecary Biologis (95 points)
• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
• Enhancement: The Blade Driven Deep
Captain Sicarius (85 points)
• 1x Artisan plasma pistol
1x Talassarian Tempest Blade
Lieutenant with Combi-weapon (100 points)
• 1x Combi-weapon
1x Paired combat blades
• Enhancement: Shadow War Veteran
Marneus Calgar (185 points)
• 1x Marneus Calgar
• Warlord
• 1x Gauntlets of Ultramar
• 2x Victrix Honour Guard
• 2x Victrix power sword
Uriel Ventris (75 points)
• 1x Bolt Pistol
1x Invictus
1x Sword of Idaeus
DEDICATED TRANSPORTS
Impulsor (80 points)
• 1x Armoured hull
2x Fragstorm grenade launcher
1x Ironhail heavy stubber
1x Shield dome
OTHER DATASHEETS
Centurion Devastator Squad (370 points)
• 1x Devastator Centurion Sergeant
• 1x Centurion fists
1x Centurion missile launcher
1x Twin lascannon
• 5x Devastator Centurion
• 5x Centurion fists
5x Centurion missile launcher
5x Twin lascannon
Company Heroes (95 points)
• 1x Ancient
• 1x Bolt pistol
1x Bolt rifle
1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Company Champion
• 1x Bolt pistol
1x Master-crafted power weapon
• 2x Company Veteran
• 2x Bolt pistol
2x Close combat weapon
1x Master-crafted bolt rifle
1x Master-crafted heavy bolter
Company Heroes (95 points)
• 1x Ancient
• 1x Bolt pistol
1x Bolt rifle
1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Company Champion
• 1x Bolt pistol
1x Master-crafted power weapon
• 2x Company Veteran
• 2x Bolt pistol
2x Close combat weapon
1x Master-crafted bolt rifle
1x Master-crafted heavy bolter
Eradicator Squad (200 points)
• 1x Eradicator Sergeant
• 1x Bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
1x Melta rifle
• 5x Eradicator
• 5x Bolt pistol
5x Close combat weapon
3x Melta rifle
2x Multi-melta
Inceptor Squad (130 points)
• 1x Inceptor Sergeant
• 1x Assault bolters
1x Close combat weapon
• 2x Inceptor
• 2x Assault bolters
2x Close combat weapon
Inceptor Squad (260 points)
• 1x Inceptor Sergeant
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Plasma exterminators
• 5x Inceptor
• 5x Close combat weapon
5x Plasma exterminators
Infiltrator Squad (100 points)
• 1x Infiltrator Sergeant
• 1x Bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
1x Marksman bolt carbine
• 4x Infiltrator
• 4x Bolt pistol
4x Close combat weapon
1x Helix Gauntlet
1x Infiltrator Comms Array
4x Marksman bolt carbine
Scout Squad (65 points)
• 1x Scout Sergeant
• 1x Astartes chainsword
1x Bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
• 4x Scout
• 4x Bolt pistol
4x Boltgun
4x Close combat weapon
Scout Squad (65 points)
• 1x Scout Sergeant
• 1x Astartes chainsword
1x Bolt pistol
1x Close combat weapon
• 4x Scout
• 4x Bolt pistol
4x Boltgun
4x Close combat weapon
2000 pts
Sneaky Ultramarines Tactics
This army list builds two little skirmish-death units with the Company Heroes and some of the Ultramarine characters. You also then have a murderous Centurion Devastator squad, too. Oh and you also got those Eradicators too. Uriel also does some fun CP issues by causing an increase of 1 within 12” and thus causing more problems for any armies that want to go big, burn a bunch of CP, and try to bowl you over in damage.
This Ultramarines armylist is just full of tricks. The Vanguard Detachment lets you do all kinds of fun movement stuff. Again this army feels perfect for any player that loves to move, cause issues, and have a pair of surgical knives of doom would love this build. It also looks like a cool, almost Highlander-style list without a ton of duplication through the build.
Good job Ben and any Marine player should go check out some of his games on YouTube streamed by WarGames Live. Thanks again Joe for putting out a decent stream to feed my weekend 40K desires.
