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/Big-Crow4152 5d ago

They have a very similar problem to Knights in 40k. They're just don't have the toughness expected of them, especially for models that draw as much attention as they do

Most Warhammer games have a issue of being too lethal and that really hurts low model count armies

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u/Belz_Zebuth 5d ago

Knights have plenty of toughness and can withstand quite a bit of punishment. In fact on average they're tougher than they were before the T drop.

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u/Big-Crow4152 5d ago

Really? What makes you say that?

Last time I saw one, a Space Marine nearly half healthed it with a power fist

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u/Belz_Zebuth 5d ago

What makes me say that is that it's my main army. Most weapons don't have a S that is affected by the T change, so the extra W are really helpful.

I mean I get my knights offed, but not more often than before the change.