Ok, after messing around with them in SP custom battles, I wasn't real impressed. Nice big fat kill ratios, but just not enough meat to do the job. Ok, in my Shimazu 1580 campaign I just popped my 2d Kensai (R1 Taisho) and decided to have a bit of fun. Saved game and started hitting all kinds of places using port attacks.
As expected, my dynamic duo by themselves could kill 120-180 and lose. However, I added 60 Arqs, 120 H3/W3 ND, 120 H1/W1/A2 WM and they were in business. The fights got bloody at times, but the terrible twins were invaluable. Instant flankers, they turn on a dime, accelerate quickly and hit hard. The best one was fighting in woods up a hill. The Arqs, a ND and a WM are off chasing some CA and YC around. The other ND and WM are chewing up a partial SA, 2xYA, partial YS and partial WM. I know there are more guys around so I'm holding back my super samurai.
Boom, from the depths of the wood comes 120 more enemy WM. One Kensai at each and they fought them to a standstill. After a couple of minutes, the WM and ND have routed what they are fighting and I throw them with the Taisho Kensai and break that WM, then jump the last WM while the Taisho chases the enemy off the map. Now as long as I don't run into any BN with them.
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