That's the only situation where I see it as an option, where you're going to use them as fodder anyways, so you might as well roll the dice and see.
Though no one should be maxing 3 SSS warriors. You only max the really good ones and the ones you're planning to ascend.
If you pull a Patta, and you max him, it's not like you'd then use the gram you pull the next day as fodder.