How to win duel against AI on Monarch+ ?

[mattsaccount]

Just wanted to thank everyone for all the posts. I've been lurking here since Civ4 came out and have learned a lot in the past month as I've had some time off from school with nothing to do. I'm playing Civ4 Warlords / 2.08.

Anyhow, I've played numerous games on Noble and won via the space race. Not too much going on there...

A friend and I tried a game of 2 on 2 at Prince (us vs. AI). He's probably a weaker player than me, but I gave him a few "tips" and we ultimately won a conquest victory around the year 2150 (I kid you not, the game took place over two days and required ~10 hours of time in front of the computer since we had disabled all forms of victory except conquest). Needless to say, we let the AI get big before we decided to hit them.

So, I tried another game at Monarch, 1v1 duel map, I was Hatshepsut and used the standard "chariot rush" strategy others have written about to subjugate my only opponent by 25BC. I had never taken that approach to victory before, and have to admit, it's pretty easy, nor have I ever beaten the game on prince by myself. The entire game only took 45 minutes. If anyone wants a quick win on a "harder difficulty" like monarch, look into this approach. It's quite straightforward.

My question is: can a similar strategy work on emperor, e.g. Inca/Quecha rush? What options are there in beating a single AI/small map on a higher difficulty?

 

[50_dollar_bag]

Have you checked the strategy articles section? I'm sure there's a couple of articles in there if not more

 

[PMabey]

almost anyone can win with Rome on deity duel map if you have iron in capital ot close to it. Check out the strategy section or hall of fame.

 

[mattsaccount]

Excellent, thanks for the suggestions. I'll look into it

 

[futurehermit]

In a 1v1 or 2v2 duel against the AI the victory goal should be conquest and you should aim to hit an AI asap. If you're playing cooperatively with a friend, the goal should be to double-team first one, then the other AI. This makes things quite easy actually and you should be able to play above your normal difficulty.

If you're playing on a team, you should be sharing tech. Concentrate on military techs. One person researches bronze while the other does anhusb. Then one does iron while the other does construction. Mass a combined army and then go in and crush one of the AIs, hopefully starting with their biggest cities to cripple them quickly.

Same logic if you're playing by yourself. Research bronze-anhusb-wheel-iron or construction then the other. Secure military resources. Mass army. Go in for the kill starting with biggest cities first if possible. If you do have copper and biggest cities aren't easily accessible then wipe out fringe cities first while beelining construction for catapults then mop up.

When going for conquest: raze cities.