What are the best Ultramarines units?

No creator has rated these yet. Our estimates put Wardens of Ultramar (B), Chief Librarian Tigurius (C), Marneus Calgar (C) and 5 more first.

What do the letters mean?

No creator has rated these units yet, so each letter is our estimate from SWORD and SHIELD only, placed among the Space Marines' creator-rated units.

What do SWORD and SHIELD mean?

Our own dice math against 100 top tournament lists. SWORD is the points of a top tournament army it removes per 100 of its own points each time it acts, picking its targets sensibly from a real list, with its melee counted by how often it gets into combat; SHIELD is how much of a top tournament army's turn it takes to wipe out 100 points of it, its own healing played between turns. Each comes with where it ranks among the game's units of its kind.

Which Ultramarines units do lists take most?

Of 165 public lists: Roboute Guilliman (131), Marneus Calgar (129), Wardens of Ultramar (73).

Which Ultramarines detachment do tournament lists take most?

Assault Brethren: 108 of the 165 Ultramarines tournament lists of September – November 2026 took it.

Space Marines army

Ultramarines tier list

Tier list and tournament results · 40k 11th edition

Winning lists1489 top-3 finishes

Best finish1st of 27Warhammer 40.000 Turniej kt Centrum Hobbystyczne "Strefa"

148 winning lists (the top quarter of their event, every source), Sep–Nov 2026; 165 public lists whose units we can read; 11 published in full. Updated 11 Nov.

Results

148winning lists, Sep–Nov 2026

1stof 15RUBELLES GT 3Assault Brethren, Deathwatch Support, and Terminator Storm Force31 Oct ›1stof 12Grill&Hammer na SzmaragdzieAssault Brethren, Deathwatch Support and Terminator Storm Force24 Oct ›1stof 14FGB turniej 24.10 (sobota)Assault Brethren, Ironstorm Spearhead, and Phobos Shock Force24 Oct ›Lists we can show: 11 ›

By month

Jun●●●3 of 137

Jul●●●●●●●●●●●●+45 of 1579

Aug●●●●●●●●●●●●+35 of 2067

Sep●●●●●●●●●●●●+24 of 1901

Oct●●●●●●●●●●●●+105 of 1942

Nov●●●●●●●●●●●●+19 of 449

Its lists in the top quarter, out of all such lists, by month; the months this page counts in bold.

Detachments

25in its 165 public lists

Assault Brethren108 lists ›Terminator Storm Force98 lists ›Deathwatch Support85 lists ›Ironstorm Spearhead28 lists ›Tacticus Attack Force14 lists ›

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Devastator Brethren12 lists ›Ironclad Champions10 lists ›Phobos Shadow Force9 lists ›Gravis Siege Force7 lists ›Blade of Ultramar5 lists ›Gravis Linebreaker Force5 lists ›Gladius Task Force4 lists ›Tacticus Firestorm Force3 lists ›Stormlance Task Force2 lists ›Ceramite Sentinels1 list ›Gauntlet Task Force1 list ›Phobos Shock Force1 list ›Tactical Brethren1 list ›

Librarius Conclave (not in the new codex)19 lists

Reclamation Force (not in the new codex)18 lists

Vengeful Hosts (not in the new codex)4 lists

Orbital Assault Force (not in the new codex)3 lists

1st Company Task Force (not in the new codex)1 list

Bastion Task Force (not in the new codex)1 list

Fulguris Task Force (not in the new codex)1 list

Units

8our estimates

Letter: our estimateBars: our dice math

Epic Heroes8

Wardens of Ultramar115 pts · 73 listsB Chief Librarian Tigurius115 pts · 12 listsC Marneus Calgar180 pts · 129 listsC Captain Titus115 pts · 30 listsC

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Roboute Guilliman415 pts · 131 listsC Cato Sicarius115 pts · 14 listsD Kaius Konorius100 pts · 38 listsD Victrix Honour Guard120 pts · 66 listsD

B dashed: no creators yet, so it's our estimate. Each unit: its points and how many of the army's 165 public lists take it, Sep–Nov 2026.

Letters are our estimates; Damage and Toughness (SWORD and SHIELD on unit pages) from our own dice math (how we score). Lists: grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0), September – November 2026. Also from Listhammer, MiniHeadQuarters, ChampionsHub. Questions about a list or an event? Get in touch. Win-rate letter: ours, from Stat Check's published 11th-edition win rates, 2 Nov 2026. Sources

Creators none yet · SWORD and SHIELD 6 Nov · Points and lists 11 Nov

Questions

What are the best Ultramarines units?: No creator has rated these yet. Our estimates put Wardens of Ultramar (B), Chief Librarian Tigurius (C), Marneus Calgar (C) and 5 more first.
What do the letters mean?: No creator has rated these units yet, so each letter is our estimate from SWORD and SHIELD only, placed among the Space Marines' creator-rated units.
What do SWORD and SHIELD mean?: Our own dice math against 100 top tournament lists. SWORD is the points of a top tournament army it removes per 100 of its own points each time it acts, picking its targets sensibly from a real list, with its melee counted by how often it gets into combat; SHIELD is how much of a top tournament army's turn it takes to wipe out 100 points of it, its own healing played between turns. Each comes with where it ranks among the game's units of its kind.
Which Ultramarines units do lists take most?: Of 165 public lists: Roboute Guilliman (131), Marneus Calgar (129), Wardens of Ultramar (73).
Which Ultramarines detachment do tournament lists take most?: Assault Brethren: 108 of the 165 Ultramarines tournament lists of September – November 2026 took it.

Sources

Letters: A dashed letter means no creator has rated that unit yet: it's our estimate, placed by SWORD and SHIELD only among the Space Marines' creator-rated units.
SWORD and SHIELD: Our own dice math, last run 6 Nov 2026. Both are shown scaled: SWORD is 0.8832 × the points it removes, SHIELD 2097.5 × the share of a turn, so a typical unit's SHIELD reads about 333. SWORD is the points of a top tournament army it removes per 100 of its own points each time it acts, picking its targets sensibly from a real list, with its melee counted by how often it gets into combat; SHIELD is how much of a top tournament army's turn it takes to wipe out 100 points of it, its own healing played between turns. Each is averaged over 100 top lists from the last three months, leaving out the most extreme tenth at each end; each is shown with where it ranks among the game's units of its kind (top 10%, bottom 20%): shooters beside shooters, melee units beside melee units, a unit built to support beside every unit. How we score.
Creators: None yet for Ultramarines' own units.
Lists: 165 public Ultramarines tournament lists, September – November 2026, from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Also from Listhammer, MiniHeadQuarters, ChampionsHub. Questions about a list or an event? Get in touch.
Win-rate letter: Win-rate letter: ours, from Stat Check's published 11th-edition win rates, 2 Nov 2026. Cut at S 55% and over, A 52.5%, B 49%, C 46%, D below; only the letter is ours to show, never their numbers.