User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 362: Natsu vs. Jackal, Review./@comment-9468724-20131130081614/@comment-7418318-20131130084901

How was it a bad tactical decision of Tartarus? They had no way of knowing that Laxus or Natsu were at either place.

You might call that bad luck, but not a bad decision.

If anything was a bad tactical call, it was to send just a single one, instead of a pair or team of three.

Also as the other's said, I doubt that switching enemies would have ended up with different outcomes, except for which team got sent to the infirmary perhaps.