Goatboy’s Grimdark Armylist - Tournament-Winning 'Sneaky Ultramarines' - Bell of Lost Souls

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.

Space MarinesUltramarinesStrike Force (2000 points)Vanguard Spearhead

CHARACTERS

Apothecary Biologis (95 points)• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol1x Close combat weapon• Enhancement: The Blade Driven Deep

Captain Sicarius (85 points)• 1x Artisan plasma pistol1x Talassarian Tempest Blade

Lieutenant with Combi-weapon (100 points)• 1x Combi-weapon1x 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 Pistol1x Invictus1x Sword of Idaeus

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS

Impulsor (80 points)• 1x Armoured hull2x Fragstorm grenade launcher1x Ironhail heavy stubber1x Shield dome

OTHER DATASHEETS

Centurion Devastator Squad (370 points)• 1x Devastator Centurion Sergeant• 1x Centurion fists1x Centurion missile launcher1x Twin lascannon• 5x Devastator Centurion• 5x Centurion fists5x Centurion missile launcher5x Twin lascannon

Company Heroes (95 points)• 1x Ancient• 1x Bolt pistol1x Bolt rifle1x Close combat weapon• 1x Company Champion• 1x Bolt pistol1x Master-crafted power weapon• 2x Company Veteran• 2x Bolt pistol2x Close combat weapon1x Master-crafted bolt rifle1x Master-crafted heavy bolter

Company Heroes (95 points)• 1x Ancient• 1x Bolt pistol1x Bolt rifle1x Close combat weapon• 1x Company Champion• 1x Bolt pistol1x Master-crafted power weapon• 2x Company Veteran• 2x Bolt pistol2x Close combat weapon1x Master-crafted bolt rifle1x Master-crafted heavy bolter

Eradicator Squad (200 points)• 1x Eradicator Sergeant• 1x Bolt pistol1x Close combat weapon1x Melta rifle• 5x Eradicator• 5x Bolt pistol5x Close combat weapon3x Melta rifle2x Multi-melta

Inceptor Squad (130 points)• 1x Inceptor Sergeant• 1x Assault bolters1x Close combat weapon• 2x Inceptor• 2x Assault bolters2x Close combat weapon

Inceptor Squad (260 points)• 1x Inceptor Sergeant• 1x Close combat weapon1x Plasma exterminators• 5x Inceptor• 5x Close combat weapon5x Plasma exterminators

Infiltrator Squad (100 points)• 1x Infiltrator Sergeant• 1x Bolt pistol1x Close combat weapon1x Marksman bolt carbine• 4x Infiltrator• 4x Bolt pistol4x Close combat weapon1x Helix Gauntlet1x Infiltrator Comms Array4x Marksman bolt carbine

Scout Squad (65 points)• 1x Scout Sergeant• 1x Astartes chainsword1x Bolt pistol1x Close combat weapon• 4x Scout• 4x Bolt pistol4x Boltgun4x Close combat weapon

Scout Squad (65 points)• 1x Scout Sergeant• 1x Astartes chainsword1x Bolt pistol1x Close combat weapon• 4x Scout• 4x Bolt pistol4x Boltgun4x Close combat weapon

2000 pts

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.