I used to have a set of twisted spoke wheels. Looked something like this.
XT hubs (old school, before disk brakes) and mavic 261 rims. The spoke lacing was so stiff that after I wore out a rear rim, yay v-brakes, I was able to undo all the nipples, pull the hub and spokes out as 1 piece, and re-lace it to a new rim without having any spokes move.
My buddy that built the wheels said it was painful on the hands to build. He said it probably wasn’t worth it to do again, but they were tough wheels, and he liked a challenge. I paid for his time to build them, and a case of beer for the extra hassle.