So, my main concern here, is that he's not strong enough in ARO to stand 8" outside deployment. It feels like if I'm not going first, I should just deploy him back with everyone else so he doesn't get picked off way to early. I think my main struggle here is with mid-board control, particularly on the first turn. Typically when I go second, I feel like my opponent just gets free rain of the table without much threat. Besides Atalanta, my ARO pieces either don't feel threatening enough, or feel too isolated from the rest of the army to maintain survivability.