[NFP] Domination Victory Elimination Thread

[comatosedragon]

Alexander/Macedon [20]
Amanitore/Nubia [19]
Catherine/France [11] (14-3) I think Catherine is the weakest choice remaining for domination, none of her abilities really synergize with war; the diplomacy visibility is nice for defensive wars, and so is her UU; but I see nothing that gives a bonus for being the Aggressor.
Chandragupta/India [16]
Cyrus/Persia [17]
Eleanor/England [12]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [17]
Gitarja/Indonesia [16]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [16]
Lautaro/Mapuche [14]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [22]
Montezuma/Aztec [19]
Pachacuti/Inca [13]
Pedro/Brazil [13]
Pericles/Greece [9]
Peter/Russia [10]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28] (27+1) Easily the best civ in the game for absolutely anything right now. And I am only factoring in their movement bonus, no others.
Suleiman/Ottomans [23]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [9]

 

[Drivingrevilo]

Alexander/Macedon [20]
Amanitore/Nubia [19]
Catherine/France [11]
Chandragupta/India [16]
Cyrus/Persia [17]
Eleanor/England [12]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [17]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17] (16+1) Some love for Gitarja. If you consider Pangaea the 'default' map-type, then fine, she's not too good. But on any map featuring water, she is a top tier conqueror. Being able to purchase naval units with faith is very powerful, and synchronises nicely with her natural playstyle of setting up early-game faith infrastructure. And the Jong is just insane: not only does it arrive earlier than a normal Frigate, but it is also +5 stronger when you put it in formation – which obviously you would do, because it lets you transport you land army super fast across the ocean! Throw on top the fact that, once your navy is built, you can use your high faith output to churn out Knights/Cuirassiers with Grand Master's Chapel, and Gitarja's domination strategy is complete.
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [16]
Lautaro/Mapuche [11] (14-3) He is *designed* to be a domination Civ, but I reckon every single one of the remaining leaders could do a better job. We all know that, on paper, 'Toqui' is a very strong bonus. But it's entirely situational: you can't control when your neighbours enter golden ages, ergo you can't control the pace of your domination. In my recent Lautaro game, I waited for the medieval & renaissance eras for a Civ – any Civ – to enter a golden age. None did: they were all in normal or dark. So I eventually threw my hands in the air in exasperation, switched to culture, and won a peaceful tourism game instead. In addition, 'Swift Hawk' is laughably terrible. Not only is the bonus itself very unimpactful, but its design goes against the whole point of 'Toqui': if you're fighting Civs in golden ages, you won't be able to flip their cities with loyalty issues; but if you fight Civs in dark ages in order to utilise the loyalty play, you won't get the +10 combat boost! All in all, unless you're lucky enough that your neighbour enters a golden age precisely when you want them to, Lautaro plays like a vanilla Civ.
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [22]
Montezuma/Aztec [19]
Pachacuti/Inca [13]
Pedro/Brazil [13]
Pericles/Greece [9]
Peter/Russia [10]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [23]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [9]

 

[kryat]

Alexander/Macedon [20]
Amanitore/Nubia [19]
Catherine/France [11]
Chandragupta/India [16]
Cyrus/Persia [17]
Eleanor/England [9] (12-3) I think workshop of the world is a fantastic bonus. But it’s better suited for builder-style gameplay. Victoria excels because of redcoats.
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18] (17+1) Another example of someone who is great in the early game, then has bonuses keeping him ahead for the rest of the game. More land means more room for ziggurats, which are dead simple to build and don’t require too much from the terrain. More ziggurats means earlier jets and robots to mop up the last of those who stand against.
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [16]
Lautaro/Mapuche [11]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [22]
Montezuma/Aztec [19]
Pachacuti/Inca [13]
Pedro/Brazil [13]
Pericles/Greece [9]
Peter/Russia [10]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [23]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [9]

 

[Leucarum]

Alexander/Macedon [20]
Amanitore/Nubia [19]
Catherine/France [11]
Chandragupta/India [16]
Cyrus/Persia [17]
Eleanor/England [6] (9-3) Eleanor is a lot of fun but realistically not a top tier domination civ.
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15] Oh no.This thread is giving me Deja-vu
Kupe/Maori [16]
Lautaro/Mapuche [11]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [22]
Montezuma/Aztec [20] (19+1) Can amass a reliable combat bonus though I'm not convinced about the eagle warrior on higher difficulties. Always being able to rush districts can help not fall behind if there's nothing to chop.
Pachacuti/Inca [13]
Pedro/Brazil [13]
Pericles/Greece [9]
Peter/Russia [10]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [23]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [9]

 

[Solver]

Alexander/Macedon [20]
Amanitore/Nubia [20] (19 + 1) I still haven't voted for Amanitore, time to do so. Nubian domination is straightforward - Pitatis should be able to conquer 2 civs before walls come up, and from there is just snowballs.
Catherine/France [11]
Chandragupta/India [16]
Cyrus/Persia [17]
Eleanor/England [6]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [16]
Lautaro/Mapuche [11]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [22]
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [13]
Pedro/Brazil [13]
Pericles/Greece [9]
Peter/Russia [10]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [23]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [6] (9 - 6) Why is she still here when Cleo isn't? The only thing the Dutch have going for domination is a good UU but it's naval so highly situational. Her big strength is trade. Good contended for a culture victory, okay for science, but the worst conqueror (with Eleanor) out of those that remain.

 

[TCBB]

Alexander/Macedon [20]
Amanitore/Nubia [20]
Catherine/France [11]
Chandragupta/India [16]
Cyrus/Persia [17]
Eleanor/England [6]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [17] (16+1) The extra wildcard slot allows you huge flexibility in your early warfare. You don't need to choose between Agoge or Maneuver – just run both! Or maybe you want to run Strategos to get an early great general? Or maybe you want to keep Discipline to harvest barbs for culture? And Thermopylae means your snowball soon becomes unstoppable. You kill barbarians/other civs, which propels you along the civic tree, which gets you to corps insanely quick, which means you kill more enemies, which means you get to armies & fascism, which means you kill more enemies, etc. etc. With the exception of Alexander (and sort-of Norway), no other Civ has this feedback loop of rewarding conquest with direct yields. It's very powerful.
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [16]
Lautaro/Mapuche [11]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [22]
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [10] (13-3) This is more a question of playstyle than anything. You can definitely do conquest as Pachacuti: assuming you spawn in the mountains as intended (not always guaranteed), you'll probably have defensible, high production cities and a solid series of +4 or 5 campuses. With this basis, you can build an army in safety and then crash out of the hills onto your neighbours. But why would you bother? Nothing else in his design shouts 'domination', and it's far easier to sit in the mountains sim-citying your way to a peaceful victory.
Pedro/Brazil [13]
Pericles/Greece [9]
Peter/Russia [10]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [23]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [6] Am not going to bother with an upvote, but I will say: she has the potential for insanely powerful industrial zones very early in the game, just by placing them next to a river (i.e. without the need for dams & aqueducts, although you'll definitely want to build them to make your IZs even better). With that production, she can build a huge army and initiate mid-game land conquest very well. IMO, this puts her ahead of Cleo, Engleanor, or several others still remaining.

 

[Arithmion]

Alexander/Macedon [20]
Amanitore/Nubia [20]
Catherine/France [11]
Chandragupta/India [16]
Cyrus/Persia [18] 17+1 Another civ that's literally built around the premise of conquering others, and as a bonus, you don't have to have one of those silly "reason" things for starting a war. In fact, you get a bonus if you don't have one!
Eleanor/England [3] 6-3 Fun to play as, but I would imagine you would win a culture victory by accident long before you intentionally won a domination victory.
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [17]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [16]
Lautaro/Mapuche [11]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [22]
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [10]
Pedro/Brazil [13]
Pericles/Greece [9]
Peter/Russia [10]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [23]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [6]

 

[Kmart_Elvis]

Alexander/Macedon [20]
Amanitore/Nubia [20]
Catherine/France [11]
Chandragupta/India [17] (16+1) Surprised he's not higher. The Varu is already a well-regarded UU, but his can be 45 strength, 4 movement monstrosities. That's practically a Knight in the classical era! Also India's civ Ability has been improved to give 1 amenity per religion in a city. That's a great counter to war weariness.
Cyrus/Persia [18]
Eleanor/England [3]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [17]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [16]
Lautaro/Mapuche [11]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [22]
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [10]
Pedro/Brazil [13]
Pericles/Greece [6] (9-3) Greece itself isn't that great for domination. Gorgo gets rewards from fighting, but Perry incentivizes peaceful, city-state play. I would say that domination is definitely the weakest victory route for him; the other 4 victories are much better options.
Peter/Russia [10]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [23]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [6]

 

[Jewelrunna]

Alexander/Macedon [20]
Amanitore/Nubia [20]
Catherine/France [12] (11 + 1): Catherine is deceptively competent at domination victories. Her leader ability basically guarantees her a +3 CS bonus (at minimum) over any Civ opponent provided you use it properly, which is something that shouldn't go underrated. The France civ ability also allows for some pushes at mid-game wonders that'll help your military game (Alhambra, Forbidden City, Ruhr Valley, and Venetian Arsenal are just a few that spring to mind). And though culture isn't the most important thing for a domination game, the chateau can situationally help with unit upkeep and push towards Civics like Nationalism, but this part of France's domination game is mostly superfluous. Is France secretly an amazing domination Civ? No. Are they better than a good number of the Civs left? Certainly, in my opinion.
Chandragupta/India [17]
Cyrus/Persia [18]
Eleanor/England [3]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [17]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [16]
Lautaro/Mapuche [11]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [22]
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [7] (10 - 3): Pachacuti on the other hand, I think is the weakest domination leader we have left. He's really designed similar to Kongo, in that he's supposed to just play sim-city and keep to himself; expansionism is not his game. He has a very underrated unique unit, but it has a practicality I would describe as obtuse. The best thing I can say about Eleanor's domination game (as England) is that it's at least more geared to it than Pachacuti.
Pedro/Brazil [13]
Pericles/Greece [6]
Peter/Russia [10]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [23]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [6]

 

[The Highwayman]

Alexander/Macedon [20]
Amanitore/Nubia [20]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [17]
Cyrus/Persia [18]
Eleanor/England [3]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [17]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [17] [16+1] Kupe's strong advantages with exploration, production, settling untouchable cities, and economy in the early game lend themselves to a strong game in all phases. The lack of reliance on obnoxious iron spawns strengthens the Toa's reliability in warfare.
Lautaro/Mapuche [8] [11-3] Time to address the very situational Doms. On Deity, the AIs can consistently get a golden thanks to their starting bonuses. After that? Not often enough. And when they don't, you have nothing to help with the conquest. A nice pillaging unit doesn't cut it and Swift Hawk is one of the worst abilities in the game.
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [22]
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [7]
Pedro/Brazil [13]
Pericles/Greece [6]
Peter/Russia [10]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [23]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [6]

 

[enKage]

Alexander/Macedon [20]
Amanitore/Nubia [20]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [17]
Cyrus/Persia [19] 18+1 I don't like immortals, they are pretty much overrated IMO, but all the rest of Persian set is awesome. +2 movement on demand, decent culture and gold from UI, better roads and strongly improved domestic trade, no penalties on ocupation. Love him, love him, love him!
Eleanor/England [3]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [17]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [17]
Lautaro/Mapuche [8]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [22]
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [7]
Pedro/Brazil [10] 13-3 Choosing between him and Wilhelmina, I would prefer Wilhelmina. Netherlands has earlier UU and is better civ in general and bonus ammenity on entertainment project is not enough
Pericles/Greece [6]
Peter/Russia [10]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [23]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [6]

 

[pjotroos]

Alexander/Macedon [20]
Amanitore/Nubia [20]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [18] (17+1) Spreading the upvotes between my favourite warmongers. Chandra's ability gives you nice extra edge with the bonus combat power, significant boost to speed, and a lot of free era score on top to keep you in the golden age permanently. Leave some cities to your neighbors and you can guarantee near-100% up-time on it, too.
Cyrus/Persia [19]
Eleanor/England [3]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [17]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [17]
Lautaro/Mapuche [8]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [22]
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [7]
Pedro/Brazil [10]
Pericles/Greece [6]
Peter/Russia [10]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [23]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [3] (6-3) On the flipside, this is a second downvote for Wilhelmina from me, but I really don't see the arguments for her. Spending several turns to build Industrial Zone, just so you can claim back two extra production out of it towards future units once it's done is hardly a massive edge. De Zeven Provincien are nice if you happen to be going after coastal cities at the time, but even on continents huge chunk of your conquest will be happening further inland. It's between her, Pericles and Eleanor at the moment, Pericles has extra wildcard that's immediately useful and bunch more culture that gets you to Oligarchy, Nationalism and all that faster, and Workshop of the World is more consistently useful than anything Netherlands offer. That both Greece and England have another leader better suited for conquest doesn't make Wilhelmina stronger than either of those.

 

[bengalryan9]

Alexander/Macedon [20]
Amanitore/Nubia [20]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [18]
Cyrus/Persia [19]
Eleanor/England [3]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [17]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15] Yes, clearly it's deja vu when he's sitting at the starting score...
Kupe/Maori [17]
Lautaro/Mapuche [8]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [22]
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [7]
Pedro/Brazil [10]
Pericles/Greece [6]
Peter/Russia [11] (10+1) The first civ I'm (surprisingly) going to have to upvote a second time, because he's way too low. He has hands down the best faith economy in the game and as soon as he hits theology he can bury you with sheer numbers. Besides that, he's also virtually guaranteed to get his pick of pantheons, meaning you can snag an extra settler to help expand early on, God of the Forge to help build an early army, or God of War to ensure that his faith-bought armies are coupling with his Lavras in every city to bring in even more faith to buy even more units. Way too good to be sitting at 10 points already!
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [23]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [eliminated] (3-3) Her UU is one of my favorites in the game and if you happen to be lucky enough to see a bunch of coastal cities you can do some damage with her, but that is situational. Pedro is a similar case, but at least his UU has longer range to reach further inland and is available earlier than what it replaces.

 

[SaboteurINT]

Alexander/Macedon [20]
Amanitore/Nubia [20]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [18]
Cyrus/Persia [19]
Eleanor/England [3]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [17]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [17]
Lautaro/Mapuche [5] (8-3) He is poor, the strongest one about +10 Combat during Golden ages is situational
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [22]
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [7]
Pedro/Brazil [10]
Pericles/Greece [6]
Peter/Russia [11]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [24] (23 +1) - Each of Uxxx are towards Domination and towards nothing else. Each is very strong. The best is not much noticeable here : "Conquered cities do not loose population (and gain +1 Amenity + 4 Loyalty)" Each population give yields, please multiply this by number of conquered cities for example on Large/Huge Maps. It gives you 30-40% bigger yields than any other player in conquered cities. And you usually have much more conquered cities than founded by you. Any other Civ when conquering is lost on these yields. You do not.
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]

 

[Francel]

Alexander/Macedon [20]
Amanitore/Nubia [20]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [18]
Cyrus/Persia [19]
Eleanor/England [0] (3-3) - Not geared for war at all. Perhaps the weakest here. Designed to flip cities with great works. Buffs to fighting come much later in the game when they are not nearly as important (early game).
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [17]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [17]
Lautaro/Mapuche [5]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [23] (22+1) - Wow, I did not realize how strong this man is until today. I spawned close to him and Arabia. First, he killed Arabia. Then, he killed me. His levied units kept killing me even when I thought I was safe due to the +2 movement. His armies were huge and substantially buffed. I could not peel any of his suzerainities away. His black armies finished me off ultimately (I was too far behind in tech).
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [7]
Pedro/Brazil [10]
Pericles/Greece [6]
Peter/Russia [11]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [24]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]

 

[Josephias]

Alexander/Macedon [21] (20+1) Did not upvote him yet, as I have other preferred domination civs, but it should be recognized a civilization with bonuses to sustained war, and that gets bigger bonuses from developed city conquering is, indeed, a civilization designed for domination.
Amanitore/Nubia [20]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [18]
Cyrus/Persia [19]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [17]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [17]
Lautaro/Mapuche [5]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [23]
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [7]
Pedro/Brazil [7] (10-3). Out of the remaining ones you have civs with important UU, additional policy slots, high science or production potential, and of course outright military bonuses. Pedro can offer a Unique battleship (good, but as commented, except in archipielago maps, you'll need to wage land war), and increased options to GG (not bad either, but probably a minor bonus in comparison to what other leaders remaining in the list offer)
Pericles/Greece [6]
Peter/Russia [11]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [24]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]

 

[Lily_Lancer]

Alexander/Macedon [21]
Amanitore/Nubia [20]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [15=18-3] Actually not better than Gandhi. Why Gandhi is not here but this one is here? The UA doesn't synchronize with Varu in timing, and is very situational, I'd rather play Gandhi.
Cyrus/Persia [19]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [17]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [17]
Lautaro/Mapuche [5]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [23]
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [7]
Pedro/Brazil [7]
Pericles/Greece [7=6+1] Similar strength to Gorgo actually. While you're dominating other Civs you're sure to liberate some CSs and earn a lot of envoys from building UD in captured cities as side effects. Also, eliminating the original suzerain means you need much less envoys to suzerain CSs.
Peter/Russia [11]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [24]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]

 

[JimmyLex]

Alexander/Macedon [21]
Amanitore/Nubia [21] +1. Having an army of fully promoted archers before anyone has walls is nuts.
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [15]
Cyrus/Persia [19]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [17]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [15]
Kupe/Maori [17]
Lautaro/Mapuche [2] -3. Hoping your enemy reaches a golden age isn’t a Powerful strategy
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [23]
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [7]
Pedro/Brazil [7]
Pericles/Greece [7]
Peter/Russia [11]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [24]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [13]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]

 

[Drivingrevilo]

Alexander/Macedon [21]
Amanitore/Nubia [21]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [15] @Lily_Lancer , is it really necessary to explain why Chandragupta is better than Gandhi at domination? A little something called ‘+2 movement and +5 combat strength from wars of territorial expansion’. Stop complaining about a civ that was democratically voted off ages ago, and using that to downvote one who clearly deserves to be here.
Cyrus/Persia [19]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [17]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [16] (15+1) I’ll be the one to repair his standing a little. Very easy to have permanent +100% production for almost the whole game, either by coercing the AI to declare war on you or marching around liberating whichever of the many city states / cities have been conquered at some point in the AI’s violent past. Plus, Diggers are very powerful, and since they require no oil you can rush straight for them in the tech tree.
Kupe/Maori [17]
Lautaro/Mapuche [2]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [23]
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [7]
Pedro/Brazil [7]
Pericles/Greece [7]
Peter/Russia [11]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [24]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [10] (13-3) For home continent domination, look no further. But once you’ve wiped out whichever poor Civ had the bad luck to spawn next to you, you’re much better switching to a peaceful tourism / diplomacy victory as Teddy.
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]

 

[Equilin]

Alexander/Macedon [21]
Amanitore/Nubia [21]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [15]
Cyrus/Persia [19]
Frederick/Germany [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [21]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [18]
Gitarja/Indonesia [17]
Gorgo/Greece [17]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [16]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
John Curtin/Australia [16]
Kupe/Maori [17]
Lautaro/Mapuche [-1] ELIMINATED (2-3) situational combat bonuses, and as another poster noted, cannot have loyalty gimmick and vs golden age gimmick online at the same time
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [24] (23+1) Just Realized I haven't vote him yet. Hopping Amani around with his ability allows much more troops to be utilized, and they can be upgraded for much cheaper cost too!
Montezuma/Aztec [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [7]
Pedro/Brazil [7]
Pericles/Greece [7]
Peter/Russia [11]
Philip/Spain [16]
Saladin/Arabia [16]
Seondeok/Korea [17]
Shaka/Zulu [20]
Simón Bolívar/Gran Colombia [28]
Suleiman/Ottomans [24]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [10]
Tomyris/Scythia [17]
Trajan/Rome [17]
Victoria/England [16]