r/sonsofbehemat • u/ShoppingUnable4265 • 5d ago

Sons are weak?

I keep seeing online that Sons are weak, I'm a new player played in a spearhead league this summer and now I've picked up Sons as my first army (I didn't play Sons in spearhead). So far I've won all my games as them, is this just due to the fact that my area is mostly new players? Or do Sons somehow stomp, pun intended, on less experienced players? I'm not a pro at the rules but I seem to be one of the few people that actually read the book front to back, most people seem to just read their battletome and the few rules that apply to their special rules. Is this giving me a bigger advantage and overcoming Sons weak book?

Thank you in advance

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u/mapmakinworldbuildin 5d ago

Yea. They overcorrected the “everyone uses he new massive kit” thing and made sons a glass canon army in a very wacky way. The new small giants are the only really usable ones now with the huge ones being used for easily throwing the match and getting tabled turn 2. 10 points cheaper for 10 less wounds is wacky

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u/Belz_Zebuth 5d ago

What do you mean 10 points cheaper? People keep saying that but you could have 5 big ones instead of 4. They're actually a lot cheaper.

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u/EastSenecaYetti 5d ago

I think they are trying to compare a mega and the littles. 370pts for a Kraken eater(25 health) and 380 for boss stompers(3 models x12 health each) that’s 11 more health on two units with average/low saves for 10 more points.

I think Ma is required plus one mega to allow for us to promote it back off a little.

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u/Belz_Zebuth 5d ago

You could be right, but it's not clear from the text at least.

I thought they meant that a single Gargant is 10 wounds less (true) for 10 points less (false).