I should do the math to see if even Orator is more worth or not in most situations.
I made the math. As I suspected a team of 1 ×
Proselytizer/Orator and 1 ×
Translator/Orator is better than a team of
2 × Proselytizer/Translator.
Team 1:
1 × Proselytizer/Orator has 5 charges of +220 religious spread and -75% pressure.
1 × Translator/Orator has 5 charges of +660 religious spread and -25% pressure.
We assume that -75% pressure is equal to 5 × -25% (in fact, closer to 4.8×)*
In the end, we have 5 × (220 + 660) = 4400 spreads and basically 6 charges of -75% pressure.
Team 2:
2 × Proselytizer/Translator have 6 charges of 660 Spread and -75% pressure.
In the end, we have 6 × 660 = 3960 religious pressure and 6 charges of -75% pressure.
Conclusion:
Excluding the advantage of better management from Team 1 (optimization between light/hard pressure removal, less wasted potential, have more room to tactical sacrifice...), a team of
1 × Proselytizer/Orator and
1 × Translator/Orator has more religious spreads (4400 > 3960) and marginally more pressure removal than a team of
2 × Proselytizer/Translator.
The gap is wider with Pilgrim (+3 charges) instead of Orator (+2 charges), but can be reversed if base Apostle enjoys additional charges from worship building, wonders or golden age dedication which can lead Proselytizer/Translator Apostles being better.
* : Here an explanation to -75% = 5 × -25%.
We roughly need 5 × -25% pressure to equal 1 × -75% as every consecutive -25% pressure are weaker (since we already removed -25% already). For example, from 1000 pressure a -75% leaves 250 pressure left (-750) thanks to Proselytizer. But a regular Apostle with -25% pressure, starting from 1000 pressure, a -25% leaves 750 pressure left (-250), then 563 pressure left (-187), then 423 pressure left (-140), then 318 pressure left (-105), and then 239 pressure left (-79).
The formula is (1-75%) = (1-25%)^x, so x = ln(0.25)/ln(0.75) = 4.8
