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On one hand I am so sad the Stompa is such hot garbage, but on the other hand it does make me feel better about selling my painted one a year ago.

 Jidmah wrote:
The specialist detachment requires you to field 3 LoWs. Good luck with that.

Which, annoyingly, is not a problem for imperial knights, who normally show up in superheavy detachments. There's no inherent reason an army of 3 stompas is impossible; as noted, it'd still probably be behind the power curve. The only thing preventing it is points cost.

It's even technically possible for orks now, but unfortunately relies on filling out the other two slots with kill tanks, which are also hot and steamy garbage. If the Morkanaut/Gorkanaut were lords of war in the same fashion as the armiger/wardog, that'd be another big step in the right direction.

Though I've always wondered why Stompas and Morka/Gorkanauts cost so similarly in terms of retail cost.

Indeed. £ for ingame points, the stompa is insanely good value. But frankly if its points cost was close to its price peers, I suspect many of the problems would go away.