kioto

I absolutely LOVED playing as the Azai.
Felt like a last stand every turn when Ikko Ikki and everyone and their mother was gunning for little me, running headlong into my lines of speartips impaling themselves.

I dont know if it's default or added through the "Better Maps" mods, but the start tier fort for Azai(in my case at least) let you have a few natural chokepoints that were insane for Yari Samurai to hold, "300" style vs the massive Ikko Ikki pleb units, while the Long Yari Ashigaru held the more open areas with their tight formation thing while regular archers brought the pain from the walls and loose formations.

I had a blast, and wanna make another run as them, again...(gonna be my third in single player - the neighboring clans were more scared to attack me in multiplayer, since I started with a military alliance[is my guess]) ^^