Unpopular opinion on here, but I am a firm believer that travel is travel. Obviously the better balance helps, moreover quality over quantity. Lastly, you have to actually use the travel you have harnessed. No offense no anyone, but I honestly don't understand why anyone considering running big tires would be afraid of limiting up-travel a tiny bit and would instead consider mod'ing the wheel wells or cutting fenders for very minimal amount of travel.
Why not add Timbren AOR which they say don't limit up-travel

IIRC when I was calculating I figured they would limit it about .5-.75" IMHO much easier and cheaper to add e&e off road rear shock mount mod which adds 1.75" of down travel to combat the lost up-travel. I guarantee it will have a better feel of bump engagement both in slow crawling, when only one side is at full bump, and hitting big "jumps" at high speeds where both sides fully compress together than if you are still using the OEM bumps.
Also unpopular- Most 12.50width tires TREAD fits inside the outer fender lips with the correct +25mm to+35mm offset. Once the tire goes further into the wheel well is when the wheel width comes into play and the little extra sidewall bulge can impact a fender. Caveat being tires like the KM3 and others with more aggressive sidewall lugs and exactly how far the tire stuffs into the wheel well (when compressing both sides simultaneously only)