Editing Infinity/N3 Tactics/Japanese Sectorial Army (section)

==Tactics==
*'''Chain of Command:''' It's worth reiterating that Kempetai with Chain of Command allows JSA's LT to play aggressively and freely use their special LT Order.

*'''Need for Speed:''' There's plenty fast troopers in JSA. Bikers like Aragoto and Yojimbo, REMs, and Miyamoto. It's not just raw MOV values, but also Frenzy and Impetuous taking troopers up the board for "free" and TO infiltrators who are already half way up the board. The Shikami comes with Super-Jump and Climbing Plus, allowing you to bypass inconvenient terrain, run up walls like Neo and attack the enemy from unexpected angles. 

*'''Bikers:''' It takes some practice to be able to control bikers due to their Impetuous. It's recommended that you don't fill the max AVA (unless you know what you're doing) and leave points for the rest of the army. That said they are great shock troops. Don't forget that Aragoto are are only normal Impetuous. Plan out your moves.
**Consider using bikes as efficient Suppressive Fire platforms: use impetuous orders to move up the board, then a coordinated order at the end of the turn to flip a bunch of people into suppressive at once.

*'''Ninjas:''' Ninjas, Oniwaban, Saito, and Shinobu takes some practice to anticipate enemy movements and knowing when to strike. They are all so aggression focused that it's rarely useful to strike in ARO losing any surprise bonuses and burst. Avoid the temptation to jump out in ARO. Instead, allow the enemy to get close or past them, and use you Stealth and surprise bonuses to take them down on you next turn. Unless you absolutely need to ARO from hidden that is; In that case, ARO Engage is a fun choice if they're close enough (note that they all have some level of Kinematica). 
**Although primarily close combat murderers, going into a suppressive fire state with a Combi Rifle (or the new Oniwaban SMG) can be surprisingly inconvenient when mixed with cover and TO camo mods (or ODD in the case of the Combi Rifle Shikami), although given how fragile they are it is often best to just re-camo if possible. Ninjas, <strike>Saito</strike> and Shikami can also be taken as Specialists and have access to Anti-Materiel close combat weapons, which is useful for many objective games.  

*'''Board Control:''' Crazy Koalas offer a lot of board control, and they're on tough and fast troopers. Yuriko and the Ryukken both have Minelayer with Antipersonnel Mines and the HRL Ryuken has limited camouflage, allowing you to set up a bit of a camo token shell game. Ninjas, Oniwaban, Saito, and Shinobu can play psychological games (you can even choose to downgrade their TO and deploy them as regular camo tokens, giving you the option of pretending they're mines). JSA can put out a surprising level of board control.

*'''Holoprojector L2:''' Lu Duan can cause great confusion by Holoprojecting itself as 3 Aragoto, Pangguling (the humble baggage bot being probably the most easily ignored given its lack of guns), or other Yaoxie . This would only be a deployment bluff, because they would not have Impetuous Orders and activating it will require a marker.

*'''MSV2 and Smoke Grenades:''' There are only 3 units with Smoke Grenades (Yojimbo, Saito and Shinobu) and only 2 with MSV2 (Rui Shi and MSR Kempeitai), but it's still a very strong tactic to use.

*'''CC and Smoke Grenades:''' Smoke Grenades are a great way to get a Close Combat unit into base contact.

*'''Natural Born Warrior:''' Avoid CC with troopers with Natural Born Warriors. They will shut your samurai and ninjas down.

*'''Characters:''' If there's a role you NEED to fill (LT, biker, ninja, specialist), look for a character with that skillset.  Their upgrade prices are pretty reasonable compared to the base profile considering the extra tools they get, and will fill out important niches in your army. In the current ITS season (11) they also count as Veterans, which is important for certain classified objectives and missions (such as gaining an adhesive launcher in Hunting Party).

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