Editing Phoenix Clan (section)

===Tactics===
Phoenix Clan tactics can be roughly summed up thusly:

# Shugenja start praying. 
# Bushi and ashigaru defend shugenja's position. 
# Either fall apart under a sustained offensive or pull off magic to utterly curbstomp the enemy.

More seriously, they actually do take this very seriously; the Phoenix may stand against war, but they are keenly aware of its danger and the need to play to their strengths. The Shiba diligently train in military maneuvers, and make sure that they can form the best walls and defensive lines to defend their charges, knowing such a high concentration of force multipliers can easily decide a battle. The sheer power of the Phoenix shugenja can change landscapes, level hills, turn rivers into floods, and battlefields into ash...and that's not even counting more [[Iskandar Khayon|cunning applications]] like teleporting a kill squad of elite warriors to assassinate the enemy's commanders in their own tents. And if the call for [[Exterminatus|total annihilation]] ever goes out, they unleash their full might, deploying the ultimate elemental deterrents. Such a decision is not made easily, but when it is agreed upon, it can bring a decisive end to any conflict, even capable of stopping the especially pugnacious Lion and Unicorn in their tracks. Good thing, too; as one of Rokugan's smallest armies, they wouldn't be able to defend themselves otherwise.

Of course, the actual success of such tactics depends on just how canny or arrogant the Phoenix commander is. If they're wise, they'll plan their spells to maximize terrain and counter their enemy in stages with contingencies in place while trusting military matters to actual military experts. But if their hubris is showing, a rash Phoenix leader will underestimate their foes and overestimate their magic, commonly dictating a battle plan made by a wizard who has never seen active combat to the exasperated Shiba without considering whether the enemy can strike faster than they can pray, or if they have shugenja of their own. Or worse, are able to resist or outright nullify magic.