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Commonly mistaken for the Indianapolis Colts, the Ultramarines have a lengthy history of totally kicking ass and killing aliens and stuff. Led by a Chapter Master whose amazing Ultra powered awesomeness demands he be equipped with a floating gold Battle Toilet™ and two power fists, there is truly little that can stand in the way of a freshly painted legion of Ultramarines.

Or is there?

Over the past year, I’ve led gone from commanding an unpainted tactical squad to a gloriously bloated near-Apocalypse strike force. I’ve gamed against xenos, mutants and heretics alike in an uphill battle to make them all realize that, by defeating me, they’re blaspheming against the God Emperor and all of Games Workshop’s fluff, so shame on them! Reroll that 6!

Now, I'm no Captain Sicarus. Hell, I'm barely able to read a tape measure. But I've put my little brain to work coming up with a re-organization strategy for my poor little adrenaline monkeys, and come up with THIS:

ULTRAMARINES 1500

Marneus Calgar - 185

Chaplain – 116
Reclusiarch with Lightning Claws. Bionics, Frags

Command Squad – 121
9 Space Marines with Bolt Pistol and Chainsword, Frags
1 Space Marine with Melta, Frags
Land Raider Crusader – 265

Tactical Squad - 110
1 Sergeant with Bolt Pistol and Chainsword
4 Tactical Marines with Bolters
1 Tactical Marine with Plasma Gun
1 Tactical Marine with Missile Launcher
Rhino with Extra Armor – 55

Tactical Squad - 110
1 Sergeant with Bolt Pistol and Chainsword
4 Tactical Marines with Bolters
1 Tactical Marine with Plasma Gun
1 Tactical Marine with Missile Launcher
Rhino with Extra Armor – 55

Tactical Squad - 110
1 Sergeant with Bolt Pistol and Chainsword
4 Tactical Marines with Bolters
1 Tactical Marine with Plasma Gun
1 Tactical Marine with Missile Launcher
Rhino with Extra Armor – 55

Tactical Squad Thera - 115
1 Sergeant with Bolt Pistol and Chainsword
3 Tactical Marines with Bolters
1 Tactical Marine with Plasma Gun
1 Tactical Marine with Lascannon
Rhino with Extra Armor – 55

Scout Squad Stygius - 95
1 Scout Sergeant with Sniper Rifle
3 Scouts with Sniper Rifles
1 Scout with Missile Launcher


Let me know what y'all think. Sure, it'll be obsolete come September, but I damn well am gonna get my revenge on those foul xenos in the mean time!

Where are your heavy support units?
You can't replace your Chappy's Crozius.
Why are all your Tacs in Rhinos?
Why is a 10-man command squad in a LR?
You need to seriously reconsider your choices here. This is a seriously randomised list.

Why would he not be able to replace the crozius with lightning claws?

you can't replace a crozius, but you can take weapons in adition to it. However I believe that there is a limit on how many hand weapons you could take, isn't it two, in which case I'd say you could only take a single claw....

correct me if I'm wrong, don't have the codex to hand.

In the current codex, you can indeed replace the Crozius. BA and DA, however, can't.

Less "I think/my guess is" and more "I know/the codex says," please.

i've always been giving my Chaplains claws.. and up until DA there was never a rule that said chaps couldnt replace their Crozius.

re-rolling hits and wounds on the first round of combat is just gross.

i would expect that to change though in the new marine codex, a shame ill have to remodel my chaplains again.

tegeus-Cromis wrote:In the current codex, you can indeed replace the Crozius. BA and DA, however, can't.

Less "I think/my guess is" and more "I know/the codex says," please.

Touche!

Not much of a gunline at all really, get that trait that lets you use devs as elites and give them all HBs, then use your tac squads to get lascannons. There, pure gunline of nastiness.

5th edition?

With 6-man Tac Squads with a special AND a heavy?

A chaplain taking Lightning Claws?

Are you sure you don't mean 4th edition?

Because come 5th edition, surely these troubling options will be long gone!

(Good luck against the foul Xenos though!)

sorry didn't cath 5th edition thing, (and yes it still applies as of right now seeing as the other codex won't be out till oct,)

Though if we are basing it off of the DA rules then I would say get as many preds as possible then use the tac squads as ghetto devs or equip them with las rhinos.

tegeus-Cromis wrote:Less "I think/my guess is" and more "I know/the codex says," please.

Funny as hell!

Can we go into business with this? T-Shirts and buttons? I'll even give you a cut of my "Team ATL Rox" shirt sales!

I play UM too, I don't think Marneus is worth it - Way too easy to kill...Tigerious is a much better option IMHO.