Does the rule of 3 need an update?

[Karhedron]

1 hour ago, MegaVolt87 said:

Controversial opinion - elimination of rule of three for comp play would make the meta chaotic and I think that's great. Weaker codexes could punch up above their weight with the option to spam. 

 

I am afraid I don't agree with this. If you look at armies that are underperforming in the meta, it tends to be that they lack strong units rather than they cannot field enough of the good units they have. Marines are currently one of the weaker codices in the meta. Can you think of any units that could be spammed to make Marines stronger?

[jaxom]

2 hours ago, Karhedron said:

Can you think of any units that could be spammed to make Marines stronger?

 

I think Vanguard Veterans, or Sanguinary Guard for Blood Angels? Maybe Redemptors?

[Karhedron]

3 full strength units of SG will already set you back 900 points. They are very good but too expensive to field in larger numbers without compromising the rest of your army since they have minimal ranged output. Vanguard Vets have fallen out of favour somewhat since Armour of Contempt. BAs still have the ability to run 3 squads of each before they run out of Elite slots. Redemptors are good. Maybe running 6 in a list would be a winner but I have seen tourney-winning dread-spam lists and dual Volkite Contemptors seem to be even more favoured.

[jaxom]

9 hours ago, Karhedron said:

3 full strength units of SG will already set you back 900 points

I wanted to double check, and the Kansas GT winning list had 655 points of SG and 435 points of Death Company w/jumppacks; three units of each, but none were maximum size.

[Karhedron]

5 hours ago, jaxom said:

I wanted to double check, and the Kansas GT winning list had 655 points of SG and 435 points of Death Company w/jumppacks; three units of each, but none were maximum size.

 

Exactly. We are more likely to run out of points or Elite slots for good units in normal sized games than we are to run into the Rule of 3.

[Jorin Helm-splitter]

21 hours ago, MegaVolt87 said:

Controversial opinion - elimination of rule of three for comp play would make the meta chaotic and I think that's great. Weaker codexes could punch up above their weight with the option to spam. 

 

I think in 9th you need to have strong secondaries and have great units that fulfill different roles.

 

I think being able to spam the best unit would help weaker codex but I don't think it would shake up the meta. I'd also really worry about some of the strongest armies like Nids benefiting more if the rule of 3 was gone.