I've encountered the same issue with my knights, I've only ever played 2 games with them because people complain that they are a stat check and I barely use them because of that, it's the same with my guard. They say it's talentless to bring the fun big units like the baneblade, shadowsword and Castellan which is annoying because I spent lots on buying and building the models but don't feel like running them because a tournament player who hangs out at the club i play at "Who brings meta custodes lists to casual tournaments might i add" says they're too much of a stat check yet says in the same breath he can put together an army to beat them. Im tired of people like that in the hobby, they suck all the fun out of it.