List Question : What to add ?

[David Ravel]

Greatings people. I normally play MSU Veterans, or just Chimeras spam (either with Vet or with Platoon). I am in the process of building a Knight, and having played blob in the past + seeing how my recent games went, I'm beggining to think it would be a good idea to have both of those thing at the same time. 

 

That being said, I'm not sure what to do after that. We normally play at 1850, and after the blob (and the HQ with it) and the Imperial Knight, I have between 800 and 1000 pts (depending on 40 or 50 man blob, on the HQ, etc.) of points left. 

 

I was thinking of some anti-air (2-3 vendettas), some anti-infantry (wyvern) and maybe some anti-light armor (Leman Russ Exterminator*). But I'm still not sure in what  proportion since I haven't played a blob in 7th and I'm not sure how to use it and what role to give it (objective sitting with Aegis Line or something? slowly roaming foward to deny everything in midfield? shooting lasgun to victory? charging everything in range to tarpit with fearless of priest and slowly grind down with power weapon sergeant?) and therefore what I will need most. 

 

Also, with the PCS, some Special Wep Squad in the Vendettas and the blob + the fact that everything is now scoring, I'm not sure what I want to do with my second troop choice. Grabing a cheap veteran would be a good idea, but what would I do with it ? I don't plan on buying it a Chimera/Tauros since it would be the only AV 12 on the front and would get insta-smashed uselessly. 

 

What would you do with all this ? I really want to keep the blob, the knight, some anti air and the wyvern ideally. The rest I am really open. 

 

* I really like it since its a perfect counter to landspeeder and waveserpent. WIth a pack of two (since they are quite cheap for 2 twinlinked autocannon on AV14) you can glance to death Waveserpent, shield or not, and they can't hurt you back. Plus with 8 twinlinked shot, you have a decent chance of shredding FMC or AV10 fliers. Also with the hullmounted heavy bolter, you get 7 shot per tank on infantry, which is also very good against 4+ or horde if your wyvern are overwhelmed. And now with invisibility, you can't rely on only on blast since they can't target those units. 

[hornywingythingy]

Cheap squad of forward sentries vets with an autocannon, and maybe two sniper rifles (cheap)

 

I'd not take more than one vendetta unless your meta is uber flier heavy. Wyverns are never a bad choice, and some vanquishers could help with your anti av14.

[march10k]

Nah...I'd leave the vanquishers. Two vendettas will handle any enemy air while also punching enemy armor far more reliably than vanquishers (except for Pasquisher, of course!)

 

I think the real problem here is that you don't really have a purpose for your blob, just the vague idea that it would be cool. Work that out, and the best use of your remaining points might suggest itself!

[David Ravel]

Well it's part of the question actually ! Last time I played my blob was to support a back objectives with 4-5 autocannon and a Quad Cannon behind an Aegis Line, at beginning of 6th. But with the new objective thing and the fact that its Ob Sec, it would be more usefull to have it move foward. But I'm not sure on the load out, and if I want to make it charge everything in sight or shoot lasgun. I know 50 guy with lasgun is alot of firepower, but since I play mostly against SM, CSM, Demons and Mech army (like Wave Serpents or Necron in barges/flyers), I'm not sure it would be that usefull. I think charging everything in sight with power axe and melta bomb would be better, especially with Zealot of a priest (and reroll to wound maybe?). What do you guys think ? 

 

My first thought is also a foward sentries vet since its cheap, and also to drop the third vendetta. But that damn heldrake can ruin my day fast if I can't shoot it down on first turn. 

 

EDIT : 

 

I also thought of using the Death Korps of Krieg list to get cheap Hades Breaching Drill for extra melta as my second troop choice, and my blob would have WS4 instead of 3. Doesn't change alot, but still. Of course I don't have the same option, so I would have to switch things around (and buy new models, since I play with Cadian right now...)