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Can units of Alpha Legion cultists which have been created from their 4+ rolls outflank? In the rulebook it says that units from ongoing reserves must come on to the table from their board edge, thus not permitting them to outflank? But on the other hand, a recent warhammer community post suggested that they indeed can outflank from reserves:

"and as they have Infiltrate (thanks to the Forward Observers special rule), you can Outflank them after they are destroyed to increase the odds of them joining the fray in a good position."

Warhammer Community post here

Perhaps this has already been resolved, but I've been under the impression that they can't due to the rulebook. Thanks in advance for clarification!

Outflank explicitly excludes when a unit arrives from Ongoing Reserves:

"When this unit arrives from Reserves, but not Ongoing Reserve, the controlling player..."

The lost and the damned formation bonus lets you outflank when you respawn on a 4+. This is probably what the article is referring to, and is true for all legions, not just the alphas.


The Alpha legion detachment also has the cult uprising rule (which can only be used alongside the lost and the damned formation) which gives another 4+ roll to get cultists into ongoing reserve. This unit cannot outflank however, as per the rules of on going reserve.

On this ccase you can outflank thanks to a specific special rule on the formation