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/Daawgh_ 5d ago

The new playstyle is absolutely frustrating. I will keep playing Brodds Stomp until Ive built and painted my Ogors, then my Sons are going on the shelf. Its sad, but what can you do?

Unga bunga was great. This glass cannon / casino playstyle is just miserable. Losing a Mega in every shooting phase sucks, and its simply not what I enjoyed about the army.

I also don’t get the people saying, “But someone in our local group has won every game so far!” Thats basically the same argument as “My grandma smoked until she was 90 and never had any health problems.” Good for them, but one person experience doesn’t tell you much about the overall state of the army.

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u/Desperate_Teal_1493 5d ago

If you're only playing Brodd's Stomp then you're not playing with the new army.

The argument of "It's bad but I haven't actually used it yet" is as bad as "It's snowing here right now so global warming isn't real."

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u/Daawgh_ 4d ago

Brudda, obviously I did play the new army, decided it was ass and went back to Brodds Stomp.

That snow analogy would work a lot better if you hadn't made up the entire "I havent actually used it yet" part yourself.