Quote Originally Posted by vonsch
Yeah, that's how I was assuming it works. That pattern isn't holding here. I routinely have those sorts of victories and they result in nothing more than "clear victory" in most cases.

You'll note the one I described meets those criteria easily. 1:3 odds, 95% of enemies dead, 1 trooper (under 5%) lost: clear victory.

There may be a minimum number of troops involved restriction on heroic victories. But I still don't see how this one is a plain "clear victory." It should at least be a "crushing victory."
BattleOdds is not the ratio of troops. It's the strength ratio you will be quoted in the screen before you go into the battle.

In the case of a general versus a spear militia the odds I believe the odds will be strongly in your favor.