Best daimyo?

[SaxonWarchief]

I want to start a game as one of the Japanese daimyo. Which daimyo would be best to create Japan then go on to conquer all of Asia? Also, should I keep the daimyo ideas or change to Japanese ideas? Thanks in advance!

 

[atwix]

Oda. not a shred of doubt there.

 

[ShahanShah]

Oda has some of the best ideas in the game, Shimazu has very good army ideas. They are both OPM's so they might be a challenge. Playing those two if you form Japan keep their ideas.

 

[maxirage]

I'm personally a fan of Tsuitsui. Oda has nice army ideas, sure, but it's excessive for single-player. Tsuitsui has some pretty rare and valuable bonuses, such as -0.02 war exhaustion and +2 missionary strength. During the midgame those are more useful than some fire/shock modifiers, especially if you don't covert to Christianity.

 

[heliostellar]

I've had luck with Hosokawa.

 

[makaramus]

what do you want?
easy access to japan usual ideas for overall good colonial game + potantial conquest? Uesegi because has no bordering threat and one of biggest 3 daimyos

for military and army oda is a beast

 

[parats]

Oda should be the top pick in terms melting your enemy.

 

[Kapitalisti]

I had a lot of fun wrecking faces as Shimazu. They were one of my favorites in Shogun 2 so it's nice to see them doing good.

 

[Turbo215]

Date has a good all round idea set if you're interested in more than just military ideas.