Favorite Unrestricted Leader Combo

[RockTheCazbah87]

Point taken. If you want early rushes, then thats your combination. But, Roman Boudica or Greek Boudica seem to be your best bet.

 

[TheLastOne36]

and another reason why i use greek boudica over roman boudica is because most multiplayer games ban boudica of rome.

 

[RockTheCazbah87]

That's a tad harsh, eh? They shouldn't ban Boudica of Rome, they need to find a combination as strong or possibly even stronger. Axe-rushing isn't everything!

 

[TheLastOne36]

well particularly in teamer games on multiplayer they do. Why? they don't want an 8 Str. huge HP block of steel coming there way.

 

[RockTheCazbah87]

Well... neither would I. Point taken.

 

[bigbaddru]

fave combos include:
curchill + native americans, for instant drill 3/4 crossbows
any ORG leader + HRE, for little or no upkeep thanks to the UB
Darius + any civ, let's face it, Darius is the man

 

[Tlalynet]

Boudica of the Zulu, -20% Maintanence early game makes up a bit for her weak economy, plus -70% maintenence with Code of Laws is almost as good as Holy Roman Empire. Zulu UB by far beats HR UB because its only 5% weaker and can be built right off the bat.

 

[LuckyAC]

Darius of the Persians. Immortals completely dominate the AI for massive early conquest, which you can actually support with cottages and low maintenance costs. Once you get some decent land area, there is no way anyway can keep up with your tech power.

 

[Nay]

Ragnar of the Carthagians is something i need to try.

Aggressive is one of my favourite traits, Financial needs no discussion, and Cothon is my Favourite UB so far.
Financial Civ with +1 Trade route ftw (ok, Hannibal has that too), but the keypoint here is Aggressive to deliver some beatings.

 

[Mesousa]

Ragnar of the Carthagians is something i need to try.

Aggressive is one of my favourite traits, Financial needs no discussion, and Cothon is my Favourite UB so far.
Financial Civ with +1 Trade route ftw (ok, Hannibal has that too), but the keypoint here is Aggressive to deliver some beatings.

Not that Hannibal's Charismatic is that much worse at helping with the beatings, especially since it benefits Carthage's UU too.

 

[afa2000]

Darius of the HRE = cheat
Pericles of Arabia = science and culture
Boudica of Summeria = the fastest domination victory ever seen. Lots of powerfull vultures plus very early courthouses ( ziggurats )
Huyana Capac of the dutch at archipelago map = cheat. Industrial = cheap forges plus 50 % wonder production [plus copper] = colossus. Colossus + financial + dike = good in everything.

 

[Elros]

You would have to win before modern to use the Hyuana Capac of the dutch combo to it's full potential. When you have to research astronomy your economy's gonna take a massive blow.

Right now I'm having fun with Ramesses of the Chinese. Nothing particularly spectacular strategy wise, but I love having Spiritual, Industrious and Cho Ko Nus.

 

[Mattzc7]

Just played a game as Pericles of the Ethiopians, great for a culture victory, with the Stele's +25% culture and the phi/cre traits of pericles work well.

Boudica of the Romans sounds OP.....

 

[Papa Smurf]

"Boudica of Rome"...thats not even funny

 

[CiverDan]

I agree about Darius of the HRE. It's the closest you can get to REX ala Civ 3. Overpowered UB+Fin+Org. The UB is half cost to boot. Rails in 300 turns on the lower levels at Marathon speed

 

[the Intricacy]

If she were Boudica of the Mayans, she wouldnt need copper or iron at all.

and another reason why i use greek boudica over roman boudica is because most multiplayer games ban boudica of rome.

I guess if this thread is devolving into a "Booty+?" one, it would be worth pointing out the med III + woodsman III gambit shown on other threads:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=237733

The conclusion being that booty + aztecs will give you a 40% healer with one GG on a jag, which is pretty sweet. And yeah, jags are much better at rushing and choking resources (if there's still woods left) than holkians.

But I think any of these financial combos are going to beat any of these booty combos, assuming they don't get killed pre-medieval.

 

[weafking]

H'okay so...I was bored one day and I went through and checked out the leader/civ mixes and tried to come up with some combos that deal with their traits and the special buildings. What I would like is if some of you could test out these combos and see how they match up. As of now my favorite is Washington of Ottomans .

Leader-Civ
Japan-Celtia
Dutch-China, Byzantine
Carthage-Greece, Maya
Portugal-Inca
Celtia-India
Bismarck-Mali
Washington-Ottomans
Maya-Persia, Babylonia
Victoria-Rome
Korea-Spain
Sumeria-Native America

If I did units, I think a nice combo would be Pacal II of India, b/c the expansive pumps out fast workers who can build cottages to bring up the economy.

In advance for the people who try this out, thanks a bunch!

 

[Sjaramei]

In my opinion Napoleon of Rome is better than Boudica of Rome. Agg and Cha is overkill on Praets, they rock the world anyway. Organized to instant whip courthouses everywhere and keep the war going is much more important. I got my first 200000+ score domination win with this combo at emperor. It's insane, trust me

 

[kokomo]

I'm playing now as Darius of the Byzantine. Never had to lower my tech rate from 80% throughput the whole game on Noble vs 14 AI

 

[Jedoc]

The saddest thing about unrestricted games is when you run into Monty of Germany or America. Because you know that he's never going to get anywhere near his UU or UB. It's a good thing he's such a jerk, or else it might be really poignant.