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I think it is because if you try to play Sons as a 'smashy' army you will fail to smash sufficiently and then lose on objectives. But once you actually aim for the objectives specifically one will find much more success. And that starts at listbuilding before models even touch the board, so it is easy to show up and get a distorted impression.

That said it is not a very strong army. They aren't weak to the point of non-viability, but these aren't OBR where things click so long as you don't screw up.

To be fair with Ossiarchs "not screwing up" does mean having a pretty good game plan and a strong eye on the objectives otherwise you might win in 9 turns but you'll lose in 5 or 6 to objectives (when the game actually/typically ends).

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To be fair with Ossiarchs "not screwing up" does mean having a pretty good game plan and a strong eye on the objectives otherwise you might win in 9 turns but you'll lose in 5 or 6 to objectives (when the game actually/typically ends).

Obs aren't actually op, its just they are really easy to ruin people's day with if you go in looking to club seals. Their ability to stomp casual players without needing much research is silly. Run a maxed out battle line, a catapult and a harvester, and you basically roll over any unprepared friendly list.

Once people bring actual good lists though? None reaper players suddenly have to think when they play.

They do reasonably well at tournaments, so yeah they are OP. Don't let fotm/bandwagon players stand for what the faction is capable of; I have seen in person what they do in the hands of skilled players. Like always it is specific elements being exploited, but that should go without saying. Anyways this is a Sons thread so I'll avoid going into detail. Certainly in comparing OBR to Sons there is a very clear power disparity. What I was commenting on is the subtle mirror where an OBR player gets along fine as long as they don't do anything seriously wrong, where a Sons player will only get along fine if they do everything seriously right.