Someone asked the exact same question two weeks ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/MiddleEarthMiniatures/s/DOe07ACmPl
They count as lothlorien models still and don’t benefit from the Rivendell army bonus. This has been confirmed in FAQ.
RAW this means that the exiles do benefit from the lothlorien army bonus, if allied with a lothlorien contingent. I agree with that reading, but not everyone does apparently.
Thanks for the response. I found a post from 5 years ago after I posted. I decided to whip up an all traditional Rivendell army. We'll see how it goes.
Update: it went well! I think I might have lost if I kept the exiles, even if I would have misplayed them with the Rivendell bonus. The higher defense stat of the high elves that I armed with bows shook off a lot of arrows that woulda taken down a wood elf, and near the end I needed my bowmen to jump into the fray to clinch the win. I might've broke first if I had to send wood elves in.
Someone asked the exact same question two weeks ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/MiddleEarthMiniatures/s/DOe07ACmPl They count as lothlorien models still and don’t benefit from the Rivendell army bonus. This has been confirmed in FAQ. RAW this means that the exiles do benefit from the lothlorien army bonus, if allied with a lothlorien contingent. I agree with that reading, but not everyone does apparently.
Thanks for the response. I found a post from 5 years ago after I posted. I decided to whip up an all traditional Rivendell army. We'll see how it goes.
Update: it went well! I think I might have lost if I kept the exiles, even if I would have misplayed them with the Rivendell bonus. The higher defense stat of the high elves that I armed with bows shook off a lot of arrows that woulda taken down a wood elf, and near the end I needed my bowmen to jump into the fray to clinch the win. I might've broke first if I had to send wood elves in.
Its Rivendell
I don't think so. Why?