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Can you help me build a decent ultramarines list. I will mainly be facing necrons, grey knights and chaos space marines. I will put a list down now:

Hq

1x librarian w/termie armour and storm shield, epistolary

Elites

1x 10 man termie assault squad w/ lr crusader and ss/th
1x 5 sternguard veterans w/ 2x heavy bolters and a razorback w/ tl lc

Troops

2x 10 man tac squad w/ melta weapons and drop pod
1x 5 man scout squad w/ snipers camo cloaks and telion

Fast attack

Stormtalon gunship w/ tl lc and tl ac
3x attack bikes w/ mm

Heavy support

Predator w/ ac and hb sponson
Predator w/ ac and hb sponson
Vindicator w/ siege shield

2200 approx

Allied detachment dark angels

Hq

Librarian w/ force sword

Elites

1x 5 man termie squad w/ 1 assault cannon

Troops

1x 10 man tac squad w/ plasma weapons

Fast attack

1x 3 bikers w/ pg and chainswors for sergeant

500 points approx

Thank you so much for reading this long list now Iwant you to answer some questions for me

1. How cpuld Iimprove this list
2. What would bw the best way to turn tje space marine part of this list to 2000 points
3. What tactics could I use to beatgrey knights and necrons and chaos space marines

Firstly are you combat squadding the Termies as you cant fit 10 in a crusader - meaning the others would be footslogging might as well drop 2 guys and put them all in.

10 Terminators don't fit in a Crusader.
Sternguards with HB? Why? Take Combis or if you want special weapons, two Heavy Flamers.

1 Drop Pod? What are you going to do with that? Take a Rhino instead and/or switch the Sternguards (with Combi-Meltas) to the Drop Pod for a suicide drop.

1 Storm Talon? Take at least 2, 1 isn't going to help you much in a 2000 pts game. Or even better, drop the Predators and take the Stormwing Formation (2 ST, 1 Storm Raven).

Why take Dark Angels? I don't see any point in them, you're just taking stuff you could include in your main detachment.

next gen marines wrote:
1. How could I improve this list
2. What would bw the best way to turn the space marine part of this list to 2000 points
3. What tactics could I use to beatgrey knights and necrons and chaos space marines

You don’t gain much from allying in the DA. They just add more of what you have already. It looks like you are including them just because you own the DV box.

How to cut the Ultramarines down to 2k should be fairly easy. Drop half the assault terminators, and that’s most of the work done. Talion is a HQ these days, not a squad upgrade. You could drop him to free up another 50 points.

Now there is a good bit of tweaking you could do to your list. It’s not terrible as-is, you have a good mix of firepower. But some things stand out.

Librarian is fine
The 10 man assault terminator is a big one. Pare the squad down so it fits into the LR (with the Lib) is the first major step. I’d also put a few LC terminators in the squad. Not everyone needs a hammer, and the lightning claws are great for mulching MEQ, which you looks to be facing a lot.

Sternguard want to be in a pod. You also want as many guys as you can with special ammo. IMHO the only thing worth giving your bolter up for is a HF. Tactics vs. most things is to click of the tac/dev doctrine, step out of the pod, and erase something. Re-rolling ones to hit with the vengeance ammo does unkind things to other marines.

Your troop picks are fine. I might mix up the pod loads, but that’s not required. One perk of pods is being able to put the right unit down next to it’s chosen target. Haveing the right squad for the job helps there.

I’d stick with the skyhammers on the talon, but the LCs work. It’s a good unit, and worth flying solo. It’s not like you are going up against air-spam armies.

MM attack bikes work. I think regular bikers might be better, but they get the job done.

If you can find the points to upgrade the sponsons in the preds, I think they would be well spent. If you want a tank to remove hordes, I think the WW is a much better option these days. Vindi is fine.

You should look into formations. Lots of free power to be had there, but it does require you to re-jigger your list and leave a lot of units on the shelf (unless you field thier formation) But you are not that far off from a few of them (demi-co, 1st, armored TF)