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it seems deeper than that the benefits would be less
I wouldn't say so - the deeper your rims, the more angle on the spokes, which will exaggerate the difference in angle.
Off-centre rims are basically a free lunch, giving you a significantly stronger wheel with little to no weight penalty. The only reason I could imagine not to use one is if the wheel is triplet laced and it would make the half-spoked side tighter than the double-spoked side, but I'm not sure it makes enough difference to do that.
Kimmo
Gonna build up some new disc road wheels soon, likely 40mm China carbon on either Hope Pro 5 or DT Swiss 180/240.
I'm debating whether to use asymmetric rims or not. I've built a 38mm deep rear one with asymmetric rim before, but it seems deeper than that the benefits would be less, as they're so stiff anyway.
Asymmetric rear, symmetric front? Asymmetric f+r?