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There really isn't a choice between lasgun barrage or power blob because power blobs are notorious for their lasgun barrages. Straken is a common sight in a power blob army. The blob can FRFSRF for a lot of flashlight shots, then on the opponents turn if the blob gets charged Straken gives them the counter attack USR (On the commissar's leadership 9), plus the blob has a lot of hidden power weapons (About 3 for a 20 man blob, or 4 for a 30 man blob) all of which have a base of 3 attacks.

Getting close enough for the power blob to flashlight a unit is bad, and charging a power blob is bad. The weakness of a power blob is large pies and flame templates, especially flame templates as large groups of guardsmen are very flammable.

There are many power blob weaknesses. All the templates (blasts/flamers/psychic powers), everything which will kill you in melee (monstrous creatures/walkers), rapid fire weapons (like scater lasers en masse) .

Or you can run in some units who will just kill the commissar of yours and then your are lost in melee combat. (there is some SM guy who can do that and some psychic powers which can also kill a specific target)

I do not think blobs are competitive. But semi-competitive? Sure. And I would rather go for an assault then for rapid fire if possible.