How do you spend your unit promo's

I was wondering how everyone does it.

I usually try to save the promotions when attacking a city so i can heal the unit and keep the dmg up. I use a high amount of CB and XB's and 1 melee unit.

I usually take a terainmodifier buff + ranged reduction (promo 2 and 3) so i can keep attacking cities without having to rotate my ranged champions too much.


How do you build your units? 2-3 times e.g. open terrain?

Willem90 said:

I was wondering how everyone does it.

I usually try to save the promotions when attacking a city so i can heal the unit and keep the dmg up. I use a high amount of CB and XB's and 1 melee unit.

I usually take a terainmodifier buff + ranged reduction (promo 2 and 3) so i can keep attacking cities without having to rotate my ranged champions too much.


How do you build your units? 2-3 times e.g. open terrain?

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I never use insta heal unless death is imminent, do you not use meatshields with 66% ranged dmg reduction to soak up city dmg?

Ranged Units, I give Accuracy or Barrage, depending on the terrain of the city I'm about to attack next, all the way until I can give them Logistics. Then they earn XP twice as fast, and I give them range, then March, then Cover. I usually win before they need anything more than that.

Melee units, I give them Drill I (unless America, for example) and then Cover so, as the last poster suggested, they can absorb the city hits while the ranged units lower the city's HP.

Siege units, when I use them, get Accuracy or Barrage I then Volley.

If the unit will upgrade to something where the promos will be useless (like chariot archers) then I insta-heal them or give them Cover.

Ceranai said:

I never use insta heal unless death is imminent, do you not use meatshields with 66% ranged dmg reduction to soak up city dmg?

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According to a thread in these very forums cover doesn't protect you from a city's ranged attack. Terrain bonuses that your unit is on will.

phillipwyllie said:

According to a thread in these very forums cover doesn't protect you from a city's ranged attack. Terrain bonuses that your unit is on will.

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But all cities generally have an archer stationed in them, my reasoning for cover is more its versatility, generally my melee units will only move into city range when I am ready to take the city. 66% reduction to archer attacks gives me a much greater meatshield for the game in general, I rarely use my melee units to fight as I usually have at least as many ranged units behind them.

whatever you do, try to keep the promos in one type to get the later promos. (shock I, II, III --> march)

phillipwyllie said:

According to a thread in these very forums cover doesn't protect you from a city's ranged attack. Terrain bonuses that your unit is on will.

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Can you link to this thread please?

He's probably remembering this thread: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=517205