When in the hands of the resource cheating AI, adjudicators can be quite fearsome....because the AI has more resources, the expense and fleet supply of adjudicators isn't a hindrance at...while massed adjudicators would require a major sacrifice on the part of a human player (mainly normal fleet), the AI feels no such burden...they can spam these things alongside a large fleet and wreak havoc...biggest problem is that they quickly wipe multiple repair bays while simultaneously laying down fire on the SB...
Not a problem to deal with on Unfair, but you get up to Cruel or Vicious and living without SBs, though possible, is very difficult...if multiple cruel/vicious are attacking you, you almost certainly will be crutching on SBs...sure, ogrovs do more damage to the SB, but they don't hit the SB while simultaneously wiping all your nearby structures (most importantly, repair bays and factories)....if going against a high level AI, the only thing the only thing that concerns me more than massed adjudicators is a high level titan...