This is something that gets explored in Thunderbolt Fantasy, actually! For a large portion of its run, the show is classic wuxia one-on-one fights or one guy plowing through an army of mooks, but in the second season, there's a magic Sword That Turns People Into Zombies under the command of the wielder, and we get vivid demonstrations of the characters' morality and imagination based on how they use it in combat.
For instance, the lone assassin finds it easy to fight the honorable swordsman protagonist, because he genuinely cares about civilian casualties and tries to incapacitate the zombies rather than kill them. This doesn't work when sending the zombies against a corrupt cop, who just pulls out his sword and starts slaughtering people, claiming he'll blame their deaths on "criminals".
Later, the same cop sends zombies after a young and anxious guy who tries to do good but has been isolated from society most of his life, specifically to torment him every time he's forced to defend himself by hurting innocents and violate his moral code (have I mentioned the cop is an asshole). Then the cop tosses him the sword and says, "okay, your turn, send the zombies after me now" and it doesn't work because the other guy doesn't know what to do with them and so a bunch of people die and he has a mental breakdown about it.
And then our hero shows up, grabs the sword, and uses the zombies to beat the corrupt cop's ass. He tells the astonished cop "Your mistake was thinking of what someone won't do and what someone can't do are the same thing" as a zombie flings a rock in the cop's face, and it's extremely satisfying.
Up until this point, everyone has been treating the zombies like canon fodder or obstacles to be avoided, but it turns out the secret to success is to use them creatively! Of course, there is also a moral/spiritual element, as our hero explains:
I don't know how this works as an actual battle philosophy, mind you, but in the context of the show, one of the running themes is that swords (and in this case, the zombies it controls) are extensions of the wielder and thus function best when they are united in purpose as a single entity. Which pays off in the climactic battle to save the world when our hero puts this exact proposition to the test by entrusting his own life to someone else and becoming an extension of their will.... and it works!
In an ironic twist, the best tactician in this show isn't the hero, who is a bit too open and straightforward most of the time (he's good at leading people in battle, but it's not his preference), but our hero's frenemy, a twisty bastard with questionable morality who is a genius at manipulating people, inventing nifty devices, and thinking outside the box. He is, unsurprisingly, the best at wielding the Sword That Lets You Control People, because he's been doing that exact same thing all his life via freakishly high Charisma rolls and so having the sword do it for him is essentially fighting on easy mode.
From a narrative perspective, not only is using your imagination good tactics, it also makes the fight more interesting to watch and more dramatic when the characters pull it off!
