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Using three troop choices, there is a chimera'd plasma vet, a chimera'd melta vet, a chimera'd melta PCS, and two power blobs. The game was annihilation, dawn of war.

Now, I probably should have taken the second blob out of cover sooner to assualt with, but past that are there effective strategies for mixing power blobs with Mechanized infantry? Is it ever a good option to try to mix the two?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/332244/2200097.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/332244/2200097.page GMT Tactics for Mixing Mech with Blobs.
What size army are we talking about here? It's possible to fit 8-10 vehicles into a 1500 point list and still have room for a blob.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/332244/2200105.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/332244/2200105.page GMT Tactics for Mixing Mech with Blobs. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/332244/2200139.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/332244/2200139.page GMT Tactics for Mixing Mech with Blobs. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/332244/2200166.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/332244/2200166.page GMT Tactics for Mixing Mech with Blobs.
I use combined arms tactics in my mixed army. The artillery is there to deal damage--either to the biggest threat, or to enemy artillery if there is any. The chimeras with special weapons in them and medium tanks (I use devil dogs) open transports so the artillery can kill the contents, or finish off wounded monsters/deathstars in midfield. The infantry holds ground and keeps assaults and melta away from my artillery.

It works well because you have threats at all ranges against a wide variety of opposing armies. If your opponent tries to stand off and outshoot you, you pound him with your artillery. If he tries to hold the midfield or move in with transports, you roll up with your tanks and special weapons and blow him away. If he tries to close and assault (which is what used to always work 100% of the time against guard, but not anymore thanks to blobs), the blob catches and tarpits/grinds away the assault troops. Infantry protects the artillery, artillery protects the AFVs, and the AFVs protect the infantry.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/332244/2200182.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/332244/2200182.page GMT Tactics for Mixing Mech with Blobs.
The advantage of blob armies is their rugged durability and their raw killing power over time. The advantage of mech armies is that it gives your special weapons longer range, which means they can apply more damage up front.

I'd use the mech portion of the list for the same purpose that I'd use artillery here: to soften up your opponent before your blobs slam into them. They won't do this job quite as well as artillery, but they gain the other benefit of field presence (you're keeping your forces more concentrated, and eating up more space in the middle of the field), and they will be MUCH better at picking off stragglers that your blobs weren't able to finish off.
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In this case, the mech forces ARE the support units.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/332244/2200907.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/332244/2200907.page GMT Tactics for Mixing Mech with Blobs. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/332244/2200973.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/332244/2200973.page GMT Tactics for Mixing Mech with Blobs.
Otherwise, you're just going to have to live with one of the two sides not having enough to saturate in its own right and be willing to accept near total losses if it means your main force actually gets the job done.

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