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Irillyth has the acute senses special rule which seems a little odd because he doesn't have outflank or anything like that so his acute senses rule seems very situational at best. However, if it's nightfighting first turn (and he gives a warlord trait allowing you to reroll the nightfighting roll), he gains the scouts special rule.

So I was wondering, since I often see debates on here about deployment and when things actually deploy, can Irillyth and his squad stay in reserves and then come on in a later turn using outflank if it's nightfighting in the first turn? I know you roll for nightfighting before deploying so I would assume he can which I think raises some interesting possibilities.

He has Infiltrate, right?
What does Infiltrate do?

He doesn't have infiltrate.

rigeld2 wrote:
He has Infiltrate, right?
What does Infiltrate do?

Except he doesn't have Infiltrate. The newest rules do say that "*Acute Senses is included as a legacy of the original incarnation of Irillyth, as printed in Imperial Armour Volume 11: The Doom of Mymeara, and so as not to invalidate any potential combination with army lists or unit entries currently in print or to be printed in the future"

www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/I/Irillyth.pdf ?

I don't see that warlord trait and I don't see him gaining Scouts anywhere...

I guess since I'm unfamiliar with most FW rules I'll have to step out.

edit:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/I/Irillyth-2.pdf
Ah, there we go. Gimme a minute to read it.

Ah, there's and update to that FAQ. An update to an update which makes Irillyth an interesting looking choice.

After reading it - yes, you can deploy to Outflank if you roll Night Fighting.

Cool! Thanks for the advice.

rigeld2 wrote:
After reading it - yes, you can deploy to Outflank if you roll Night Fighting.

I thought reserves were determined before night fighting. Thus he would not be able to outflank since you did not have permission to state that he was outflanking before night fighting was rolled.

Night fighting is rolled prior to deployment, so you can indeed benefit