Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) rose from the minor province of Owari to become the foremost of Japan's "Three Unifiers." Where others clung to the old ways of the Sengoku age, he embraced change without sentiment. He was the first to field Portuguese matchlock guns at scale, and at the Battle of Nagashino in 1575 his rotating volley fire shattered the famed mounted host of Takeda Katsuyori, ending an era of cavalry supremacy in a single afternoon. Off the battlefield he was no less ruthless a reformer: he abolished the toll barriers that strangled trade, opened free markets, and stripped the entrenched temples and ruling clans of their privileges. Under the seal "Rule the Realm by Force," he broke the brittle hierarchy of court and warlord alike. In 1582, betrayed by his own retainer at Honnō-ji, he met his end amid the flames he had so often unleashed on others.
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Oda Nobunaga
The Demon King of the Sixth Heaven
The warlord who answered a fading order with thunder and gunsmoke — a cavalry breaker who strips armor to nothing.
History
On the Battlefield
Nobunaga rides at the head of his Cavalry, a relentless engine of damage and disruption built to lead any Lord bold enough to gamble on the offensive. His strikes carry a piercing, armor-ignoring bite — heavy plate offers little shelter against him — and against foes already weakened or crippled, that bite cuts all the deeper. His signature volley falls like fire and rolling thunder, a deliberate echo of Nagashino, while his command presence bends the rules of the old order to his will. Best wielded by a captain of the East Asia who would rather break a line than hold one.
Hero Bonds
Bonds this commander belongs to — activate by fielding all listed heroes together:
- Warring Blades (战国血刃) — with Toyotomi Hideyoshi → +4% Damage Bonus
