Summary
- Be cautious of Tamar of Georgia if aiming for a Religious Victory, as her aggressive AI and ability to generate faith from killing units make her a formidable opponent.
- Watch out for Lautaro of Mapuche if trying to achieve a Golden Age, as his unique ability gives him an advantage against civilizations in a Golden Age.
- Prepare for a tough late game when facing Peter of Russia, as his advantages over unusual terrain and unique units make him a formidable opponent.
During single-player games of Civilization 6, a player will meet other civilizations also vying for the domination of the world that the AI will control. Some of these civilizations might be able to compete better than others due to various reasons, spanning from technological advantage to aggressiveness of their policies.
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Due to these facts, players must always be on the constant edge to watch for any signs of incoming hostility from certain AI players. Not only that, in higher difficulties, it will also fundamentally change how a player plays their early game due to the advantages the AI civilizations have over the players.
7 Tamar
Aggressive Attacks Via Religion And Military Units
- Killing a unit provides Faith equal to 50% of its Combat Strength. Each Envoy sent to a city-state following Georgia's majority Religion counts as two Envoys.
Players with hopes of winning a Religious Victory, which is notoriously difficult, will need to be cautious if their neighbor is Tamar of Georgia. Her affinity for both having a strong fortified city and numerous faith generation makes her a formidable opponent, especially due to her particularly aggressive AI.
It would be ill-advised for a player to try going toe to toe against Tamar's religion in a Civilization 6 game, more so with her unique ability to generate faith out of killing units. A player will also need to be super cautious once Tamar is able to declare a Holy War casus belli due to differing religions.
6 Lautaro
Great Hunter Of Civilizations With A Golden Age
- +10 Combat Strength when fighting civilizations that are in a Golden or Heroic Age, or Free Cities. Defeating an enemy unit within the borders of an enemy city causes that city to lose 20 Loyalty, or 40 Loyalty if that civilization is in a Golden or Heroic Age.
Players will usually aim for a Golden Age to increase the advancement of their civilization and keep up the momentum of their lead. Moreover, having a Golden Age can also enable a player to expand rapidly via the overpowered Monumentality Golden Age, which enables them to purchase Settlers and rapidly expand their border.
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However, Lautaro of Mapuche can easily smell blood after seeing a civilization reach the Golden Age, since his unique ability enables him to gain an advantage against units from a civilization with Golden Age. Therefore, necessary caution is advised when getting a Golden Age with Lautaro nearby.
5 Pedro II
Able To Maximize Rainforests For An Early Lead
- Recruiting or patronizing a Great Person refunds 20% of their point cost.
Rainforests in the early game were quite beneficial due to their huge yield in both production and food, making a city able to grow rapidly through the eras. Pedro II of Brazil made it trickier by having a unique bonus tied to rainforests, with adjacency bonuses for every rainforest next to a district.
Pedro II's unique personal ability also makes him quite formidable in acquiring Great Person rapidly throughout the era, making it challenging for a player to aim to have a Great Person of their own choosing. Coupled with AI's tendency to build districts, Pedro II is a formidable opponent to have.
4 Peter
A Huge Obstacle In The Late Game
- Trade Routes to more advanced civilizations grant Russia +1 Science for every three technologies that civilization is ahead of them, and +1 Culture for every three civics.
Both in the hands of a human player and AI, Peter of Russia continuously becomes a tough opponent to face due to his huge advantages over unusual terrain. Mother Russia's unique ability enables him to benefit greatly from Tundra tiles, and when coupled with Dance of the Aurora Pantheon, Peter can generate faith easily.
Moreover, after accumulating heavy advantages in the early game, his lead would be converted into a mid-game threat with the addition of Cossacks. These unique units would be able to conquer any lightly defended cities, and Peter could build them easily with faith purchases through the Grand Master's Chapel.
3 Jayavarman VII
A Love For Border Expansion Via Growth And Wars
- Holy Sites grant Food equal to their adjacency bonus, receive a +2 adjacency bonus from Rivers, grant +2 Housing if built next to a River, and trigger a Culture Bomb when built, claiming surrounding tiles.
In every Civilization 6 multiplayer game, Khmer players have always been a target due to their potential to snowball out of the early game into the next era with their massive food production to enable rapid growth of cities. Coupled with AI bonuses, Khmer can potentially be a very tough opponent to face.
Moreover, their tendency to be aggressive with both military units and religious conversion makes them dangerous in all stages of the game. Waiting to strike down Jayavarman VII until the mid-game could be a death sentence as he would be well-equipped with the fearsome Domrey.
2 Hammurabi
Create An Oppressive Early Game For Everyone
- Upon building each type of specialty District, except the Government Plaza, for the first time, instantly receives the building with the lowest Production cost that can be built in that district. Upon building any other district for the first time, receive a free Envoy.
In hindsight, Hammurabi is not a powerful AI opponent to face due to the AI's inability to efficiently use the Eureka system to break the game. However, even the AI will be able to achieve a quick advancement in technology in early games for certain technologies.
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In turn, this will make the Barbarians quite difficult to address due to the units keeping up with the highest technology in the game. It will not be a rare sight to see Man-At-Arms barbarians almost as early as in the 50+ turns, making the early game hellish for everyone in the game.
1 Genghis Khan
Be Wary Of Mass Keshig Rush In Medieval Era
- Cavalry class units gain +3 Combat Strength and have a chance to capture defeated cavalry class enemy units.
Having a warmonger civilization as a neighbor can sometimes be a game-over scenario in higher difficulties, such as Immortal and Deity games. This problem will be intensified once the warmonger civilization is revealed to be Genghis Khan of Mongolia, as he will most likely be using his unique modifier to gain combat strength advantage against other civilizations with his unique ability.
Moreover, his tendency to mass produce Keshig in the Medieval Era will prove a headache to even the veteran players of Civilization 6, as the unique unit is quite mobile with the added boon of having a ranged attack. A player will need to quickly garrison their borders and fortify their cities once they find out that Genghis Khan is knocking around their territory.
Sid Meier's Civilization 6
- Released
- October 21, 2016
