I’m ashamed to admit that even after playing this game for over five years… I did not know that city bombard strength was tied to the strongest ranged unit it ever built.
Thanks for bringing in content man. I just recently picked up civ again from nostalgia and it's really nice to see new content and advice even now, this game is amazing
I do build horsemen. It doesn't make the early game easier, but it makes later wars easier as it ensures I get the promotion that allows it to take generals and healers running all over the place. Also very much worth it later on, like it can close in on those archers pretty quick, and with extra flanking bonus.
Worth noting an even earlier war rush option is archer spamming. Basically unless the enemy has a powerful unique unit, 6-8 archers can keep taking cities until the AI puts up a wall.
I've thought this as well, numerous videos have said archers are THE be$t unit for early game army, and since you really only have to worry about the money upkeep of an Archer army (just so long as you don't go bankrupt = negative money), you could totally build a low cost army of Archer's mixed with warriors, and slay the competition while maintaining a solid defense very early game. Again it does all depend on your start location, if you can support an Archer army, you can totally invade other easily dominable civs and take their land/cities/resources for expansion of your empire so long as they don't have walls yet; but if you take over a decent civ with archers, you will probably be able to expand and take on the other ones in due time when planes and such can be developed. P.s. I'm Still a beginner player who has yet to win a game of civ 6, just noticed the Huge advantage of Archer's in the early game due to many restarts.
@@jessed6151 I've been playing deity since my first game. Except in my very first game, I never have more than three archers. Never have more than four of warriors and horsemen(well, I did have 6 horsemen on the first few games). And 2 of everything else(spearmen and knights that almost never get used).
Fantastic content! I started my first diety game yesterday and got a great start. Your tips on early war helped me tremendously. Keep up the great work!
Great video! I thought that you can upgrade barbarian horseman hired from a barbarian clan to a horseman? But even if so you are an extremely talented peraon and your delivery of jokes and overall information is superb.
mine is 2-3 warriors, 2 slingers, then build up to 4 warriors and 3 archers. Rarely manage to have a 3rd slinger before archery comes around, mainly because of the kill boost and the way I prioritize archery.
For me I like to start a war around the late classical era, gives me enough time to set up a religion (often for crusade), get a couple cities, and make up for the bonuses the ai gets to start so we're on a more even level. If my neighbours aren't particularly militaristic I can often eat all or most of their empire, and sometimes they declare war on me first which is even better because then I don't have to worry about grievances. Though sometimes I just like to play elanor and loyalty flip half their cities.
Tip: Rome is OP at early war sieging. Its simple, your opponent will be using archers, so you just build the roman forts and are okay, and legionaries are stronger than most units in the classical era so they won't make progress with melee units, then you get a battering ram and avoid the walls allowing you to take the city in a few turns.
@@FreakyPhilch ohhhh, so the units have to be adjacent to the battering ram. I was always putting the ram, facing the city, thinking any units attacking the same city would receive the buff, but none of them were next to the ram. Now it all makes sense, thank u a million!
Don't Horseman get use of the Battering ram? Also, if you're Scythian I'd say is the only time when Horseman is better than Swordsmen. Mainly because they are a bit cheaper, and you get 2x for the same production you'd get 1 Swordsmen. Additionally, I think they can also upgrade with a 2x adjacency bonus? So for every enemy Swordsman, you have 2 Horseman... though the maintenance is more by default. :D Also, I've never played Byzantium... but read they get free maintenance-less heavy cavalry... Hmm...
hi :) I often play civ6 with a friend and a bunch of bots... we both consider it too strong to go aggressive on the AI's and take their cities without much repercussion, so games mostly come down to who has the better early game civ, which then snowballs into any victory condition you want. Do you agree with this? Are there any "rules" you have come up with that makes us able to play the game differently, so more strategies become viable? Thanks in advance :)
I play thinking that Civ6 is like Monty Python's 'Cheese Shop' skit. Do you have any horses? The last one just went out the door, sir. How about iron? We're not expecting that in until next week, sir. Nitre? We don't carry that product anymore, sir. Coal? That item is on back order, sir. Oil? That's not available in this area, sir. Uranium? I'm afraid we only have enough stock to fill other customer's standing orders, sir. In short, I'm used to losing as I rarely have the strategic resources to build powerful units.
Love your guides! Do you have any tips on war in the late game (post-infantry)? I was recently playing a deity game as Canada where I went to war to try and stifle an opponent from beating me to space (I did succeed!), but noticed even with 3 jet bombers and 4 missile cruisers it was taking me forever to siege a single city! Wondering if you have any tips on how to stomp later on.
@@endzor do you expect everyone to be on the mother's basement dwelling deity level skill that you've obtained?? Some of us have jobs and responsibilities outside of Playing video games all day and making snarky remarks towards newer players. Be better.
@@jessed6151 yeah, you probably wont play online because it takes much more time than singleplayer and people dont save games to continue them most of the time.
@@TheCivLifeR loved it, as always. I struggled as king before i started watching your videos but now emperor mode is starting to feel like settler. P.s i play it on the ps5 console with all expansions
I’m ashamed to admit that even after playing this game for over five years… I did not know that city bombard strength was tied to the strongest ranged unit it ever built.
is it???? i thought it was linked only to the walls :0
So many hours later and this is just now coming to light woooooooow. It all makes so much more sense now
I played it for 6 months, glad I learned it now.
Wait, what? I've played since release, and had no idea either..
I thought it was dependent on the strongest unit, ranged, melee, ...
Are you sure it is only tied to the strongest ranged unit?
10:55 Your ability to bait units is impressive. Once might even say you are a master baiter.
Ba dum tss 🥁
If you're not doing it 5 times each & every. Single. Day, are you really a master??¿
Thanks for bringing in content man. I just recently picked up civ again from nostalgia and it's really nice to see new content and advice even now, this game is amazing
Glad you enjoy it!
I do build horsemen. It doesn't make the early game easier, but it makes later wars easier as it ensures I get the promotion that allows it to take generals and healers running all over the place. Also very much worth it later on, like it can close in on those archers pretty quick, and with extra flanking bonus.
Worth noting an even earlier war rush option is archer spamming. Basically unless the enemy has a powerful unique unit, 6-8 archers can keep taking cities until the AI puts up a wall.
I've thought this as well, numerous videos have said archers are THE be$t unit for early game army, and since you really only have to worry about the money upkeep of an Archer army (just so long as you don't go bankrupt = negative money), you could totally build a low cost army of Archer's mixed with warriors, and slay the competition while maintaining a solid defense very early game. Again it does all depend on your start location, if you can support an Archer army, you can totally invade other easily dominable civs and take their land/cities/resources for expansion of your empire so long as they don't have walls yet; but if you take over a decent civ with archers, you will probably be able to expand and take on the other ones in due time when planes and such can be developed.
P.s. I'm Still a beginner player who has yet to win a game of civ 6, just noticed the Huge advantage of Archer's in the early game due to many restarts.
@@jessed6151 I've been playing deity since my first game. Except in my very first game, I never have more than three archers. Never have more than four of warriors and horsemen(well, I did have 6 horsemen on the first few games). And 2 of everything else(spearmen and knights that almost never get used).
Friend of mine asked me:
Why you always go for war?
I just like taking good cities for free!
this right here
Fantastic content! I started my first diety game yesterday and got a great start. Your tips on early war helped me tremendously. Keep up the great work!
Scary when barbs have a better army than Shaka-freakin-Zulu
Hey dude, looking forward to more streams and content, keep up the good work
Thanks! Will do!
Great video! I thought that you can upgrade barbarian horseman hired from a barbarian clan to a horseman? But even if so you are an extremely talented peraon and your delivery of jokes and overall information is superb.
Great video, good to see some diffrent opening with 3 worriors and monument
I guess it depends how early is early but in my experience the way to win early is to go 2 Warriors, 2-3 Slingers and then turn slingers into archers.
mine is 2-3 warriors, 2 slingers, then build up to 4 warriors and 3 archers. Rarely manage to have a 3rd slinger before archery comes around, mainly because of the kill boost and the way I prioritize archery.
For me I like to start a war around the late classical era, gives me enough time to set up a religion (often for crusade), get a couple cities, and make up for the bonuses the ai gets to start so we're on a more even level. If my neighbours aren't particularly militaristic I can often eat all or most of their empire, and sometimes they declare war on me first which is even better because then I don't have to worry about grievances.
Though sometimes I just like to play elanor and loyalty flip half their cities.
I think you're my favorite Civ VI channel
:D
yes mine too... TCLR and boes are my favs
Tip: Rome is OP at early war sieging. Its simple, your opponent will be using archers, so you just build the roman forts and are okay, and legionaries are stronger than most units in the classical era so they won't make progress with melee units, then you get a battering ram and avoid the walls allowing you to take the city in a few turns.
How do battering rams work? I can never work it out
@@emlynjones6616 any units adjacent to the ram will bypass the ancient walls, and assuming as Rome you’d legionary rush, early war will be easy
Oh. Thank you.
@@FreakyPhilch ohhhh, so the units have to be adjacent to the battering ram. I was always putting the ram, facing the city, thinking any units attacking the same city would receive the buff, but none of them were next to the ram. Now it all makes sense, thank u a million!
Love it, I didn't need that warriors anyhow lol
I solved the great horseman/swordsman rush debate by starting all my games in the Medieval Era
After the 3rd video with "BUN Nana!", I now can't help laughing whenever it comes up. Why?
Don't Horseman get use of the Battering ram?
Also, if you're Scythian I'd say is the only time when Horseman is better than Swordsmen.
Mainly because they are a bit cheaper, and you get 2x for the same production you'd get 1 Swordsmen.
Additionally, I think they can also upgrade with a 2x adjacency bonus?
So for every enemy Swordsman, you have 2 Horseman... though the maintenance is more by default. :D
Also, I've never played Byzantium... but read they get free maintenance-less heavy cavalry... Hmm...
Whats that first settle? One tile to the right and you get a much better city.
7:53 Great that they made my nation garbage when in real life we had one of the best armies in Europe.
Nice work!!!
Now leme watch it..
My problem with domination is that its only fun for the first kill. After that its just steam-rolling and boring
true thats why you transition to other victory types
hi :) I often play civ6 with a friend and a bunch of bots... we both consider it too strong to go aggressive on the AI's and take their cities without much repercussion, so games mostly come down to who has the better early game civ, which then snowballs into any victory condition you want. Do you agree with this? Are there any "rules" you have come up with that makes us able to play the game differently, so more strategies become viable? Thanks in advance :)
I play thinking that Civ6 is like Monty Python's 'Cheese Shop' skit.
Do you have any horses? The last one just went out the door, sir.
How about iron? We're not expecting that in until next week, sir.
Nitre? We don't carry that product anymore, sir.
Coal? That item is on back order, sir.
Oil? That's not available in this area, sir.
Uranium? I'm afraid we only have enough stock to fill other customer's standing orders, sir.
In short, I'm used to losing as I rarely have the strategic resources to build powerful units.
lol this is true
Thats why I use bbg. The later strategics are in encampment buildings. Never miss oil
Aluminuminuminum? lol, what is that, sir?
@@onfleek6942 I knew I forgot one.
But it's easy to forget about something I rarely encounter.
18:45 you could have risked it. No walls and not enough combat strenght to have a unit there
Next thumbnail gonna be like: why you *never* open civ6 to play it on your pc
"Sweden has no bonuses towards domination"
Also Kristina: +3 combat strength for each unused movement
ye but not early lol
On an anti cav unit. So preety much no combat bonuses.
i dont build them because elephants and chandragupta exist.
Love your guides! Do you have any tips on war in the late game (post-infantry)? I was recently playing a deity game as Canada where I went to war to try and stifle an opponent from beating me to space (I did succeed!), but noticed even with 3 jet bombers and 4 missile cruisers it was taking me forever to siege a single city! Wondering if you have any tips on how to stomp later on.
Imagine calling a bot a "opponent"
@@endzor do you expect everyone to be on the mother's basement dwelling deity level skill that you've obtained?? Some of us have jobs and responsibilities outside of Playing video games all day and making snarky remarks towards newer players. Be better.
@@jessed6151 yeah, you probably wont play online because it takes much more time than singleplayer and people dont save games to continue them most of the time.
I just spam jet bombers, if that doesn't work just nuke the shit out of them
And after knights, you should never build infantry
Wdym by earliest rush is horsemen / swordsmen? I rush with archers
lol archer rush can be op especially with nubia
@@TheCivLifeR I do it with anyone. If they have archers, they can rush with them
If only crossplay was possible
3 minutes in and I'm pissed you didn't settle one to the right. I know it's not the focus of the video, but still...
Lol, playing against bots
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Nice work!!!
Now leme watch it..
Hope you enjoy it!
@@TheCivLifeR loved it, as always. I struggled as king before i started watching your videos but now emperor mode is starting to feel like settler.
P.s i play it on the ps5 console with all expansions