Editing Lion Clan (section)

===Tactics===
Lions are THE preeminent warriors and military leaders of Rokugan, and their army is its largest standing force at a whopping total of half a million troops organized into thousands of units, over twice the size of the next largest army. The extremely well-made roads of their lands help to mobilize this fighting force at a somewhat reasonable speed, aided by the fact that their leaders know how to delegate to specialists instead of trying to prove they're a master of EVERY detail in running an army.

Every Clan has its own ways of war suited to their strengths, and a few like the Crab and Unicorn are even just as martial in their traditions, but it's the Lions who wrote the art of war and developed the chain of command that other Clans would imitate. With their developed lands and high population, it's a given that a Lion army will always outnumber their opponents, remain united with a cohesive chain of command and unbreakable morale, and be directed by proven commanders who meet their exacting standards of leadership, whether through intelligent decisions or berserk fury.

When it comes to tactics, aside from "win with your superior MARTIAL MIGHT AND HONOR", Lions are actually [[Ultramarines|rather competent generalists]]. They've had a looooong time to study what the other Clans do, and while they may dismiss certain methods of war as being dishonorable or blasphemous, they also co-opt anything they think is worth learning. Some, like the [[Imperial Fists|siege engineers of the Crabs]] or the [[White Scars|elite cavalry of the Unicorns]], were adopted pretty quickly, but others such as the [[Alpha Legion|special ops of the Scorpions]] or the [[Thousand Sons|magical force multipliers of the Phoenix]] only saw minor acceptance or counterplay.

But in all cases, the Lions religiously examine all their fights post-mortem to properly dissect how they won or lost. ''Especially'' if they lost because, no matter how bitter, defeat reveals a lot more about what they're doing wrong, whether it's a loss to a devastating new tactic or an incredible blunder in command like marching your troops up a hostile mountain without any preparation because your pride thought your honor would be enough to see you through it. The Lions diligently record these lessons and endeavor to never repeat them...[[Derp|and then proceed to make new mistakes generations later for similar reasons because they fixate on the mistake and not the attitude that caused it.]]