4/5 stars. Good rules and potential for board control in multiple small units.
Background.
The Ultramarines possessed many chapters within their structure. Some were dedicated to a very specific type of warfare. The Nemesis Chapter was one such configuration. They feature primarily bolt guns but were otherwise a destroyer sub-division replete with rad grenades. Their bolt guns, however, were manufactured to use experimental ammunition that had a strong influence on the Calth war.
Strengths.
Looking like regular bolt guns, the Mortifier Bolter has a shorter range in exchange for causing panic. These are very useful and can impact a good amount of board control when played right.
There are multiple upgrades available, but the rad missile launcher is nice for being assault, poisoned, phage on toughness, and has AP=3 making it break regular marine formations.
Phosphex and / or melta for the sergeant is icing on the cake really. The only real decision to make here is whether to tool up further for close combat or not. My instinct is not - keep them as a mid range panic and toughness phage inflicting threat and accompany other units to finish them off if needed.
Weaknesses.
They're nothing special realistically: 3+ armour save marines with 1 wound each that cost a bit more than regular marines due to the equipment.
Builds.
10 Nemesis Destroyers, 2 Destroyer Missile Launchers (195 points).
Take nuncio vox and similar to taste. Upgrade to more members and kit the sergeant out for close combat if you wish (thunder hammer by preference), but my take would be to run multiple of these squads and leave the melee to a more dedicated unit (but equally the bolt pistol and chainswords are good enough against phage inflicted regular marines, so just go for it anyway!). Take phosphex bombs to taste - melta bombs are better elsewhere probably unless you're really taking 2 melta guns?
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