Leader Ability Elimination Thread

1. Alexander - To The World's End [23]
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [13]
6. Cyrus - Fall of Babylon [9]
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [10]
17. John Curtin - Citadel of Civilization [8]
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [27]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [26 = 29 - 3] Overrated in my opinion. Saving you from building a couple workers over an entire game isn't that great.
30. Shaka - Amabutho [18]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33 = 32 + 1] Games are won and lost on deity in the early game when you have to fight back hordes of AI warriors. +5 vs injured units and healing on kills is amazingly good for that.
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [33]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [23+1=24] Not just war weariness, but every unit heals when you capture a city with a world wonder. Let the chumps build them and you go capture them. With the Heteroi, another feature of this LA.
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [13]
6. Cyrus - Fall of Babylon [9-3=6] Pretty strong but only lasts for 10 turns. Otherwise you have to abuse it. Loyalty bonus and surprise war penalties are ok, but something needs to be cut.
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [10]
17. John Curtin - Citadel of Civilization [8]
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [27]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [26]
30. Shaka - Amabutho [18]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [33]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [24]
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [13]
6. Cyrus - Fall of Babylon [6]
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [10-3=7]: I'm going to go apples to apples: This is more fun than Trajan's, but more limited and weaker in terms of culture generation.
17. John Curtin - Citadel of Civilization [8]
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [27]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [26]
30. Shaka - Amabutho [18]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [33+1=34] - Gets you to key civics faster than anyone.

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [24]
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [13]
6. Cyrus - Fall of Babylon [6]
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [7]
17. John Curtin - Citadel of Civilization [8]
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [27+1-28] +1 Combat Strength from each Luxury resource lasts throughout the entire game. If you start near another continent it gets even better. Plus 2 extra cities benefiting from 1 amenity is helpful.
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [26-3=23] Not one of the very best leader abilities. Builders contributing production to wonders doesn't last for most of the game and a single policy card, Feudalism, gives you 2 extra builder charges. You could also stick Liang in a city and very easily get a builder with 6 charges with her + Feudalism, literally doubling the amount of builder charges you get. Every Civ can do this, I don't know why people regard +1 builder charge as extremely special.
30. Shaka - Amabutho [18]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [34]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [24]
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [13]
6. Cyrus - Fall of Babylon [6-3=3] Too reliant on surprise wars, which I do, yes, but almost exclusively during the ancient era only.
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [7]
17. John Curtin - Citadel of Civilization [8]
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [23+1=24] Happy to see that my three favs are going strong; already supported Monty&Trajan, so it is time for Qin, for all the many reasons stated.
30. Shaka - Amabutho [18]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [34]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [24]
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [13]
6. Cyrus - Fall of Babylon [3]
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [7+1=8] I love how this ability lets early warfare easily transition into culture play. You don't even have to take cities; just holding off the AI's waves of units benefits you, and you don't have to invest into conquering.
17. John Curtin - Citadel of Civilization [8-3=5] I can't hate on any of these abilities, so I'm going to go with Curtin just because it requires others to do things and depending on spawns, you might not get that opportunity. Still good.
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [24]
30. Shaka - Amabutho [18]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [34]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [24]
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [13]
6. Cyrus - Fall of Babylon [3-3=ELIMINATED] Bonuses aren't really good
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [8]
17. John Curtin - Citadel of Civilization [5+1=6] Excellent for science victory
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [24]
30. Shaka - Amabutho [18]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [34]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [24-3=21] No war weariness is good, but a good player should make the war quick enough for it not to matter too much. Easy with the likes of Shaka, Monty or Tomyris.
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [13]
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [8]
17. John Curtin - Citadel of Civilization [6]
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [24]
30. Shaka - Amabutho [18+1=19] A pretty rad ability, with its own interesting niche
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [34]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End 21
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [10] 13-3 I mean, it's not bad, but what the heck is it still doing here?
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [8]
17. John Curtin - Citadel of Civilization [7] 6+1 So basically, try to stop Australia from snowballing, and you just make them stronger.... It's ridiculously easy to proc too in Rise and Fall
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [24]
30. Shaka - Amabutho 19
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [34]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [21 + 1 = 22] Set the game on easy mode. DOW your enemies and show no mercy. They will suffer war weariness, and you will not. Stacks well with the civ ability to get eureka and inspiration bonuses as well.
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [10]
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [8]
17. John Curtin - Citadel of Civilization [7 - 3 = 4] An interesting ability, but relies on the AI players to take city states to get the most benefit. If they don't take CS?
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [24]
30. Shaka - Amabutho [19]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [34]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [22]
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [10-3=7] Shouldn't be much higher than Genghis.
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [8]
17. John Curtin - Citadel of Civilization [4+1=5] Severely underrated, presumably by those that don't play the civ. 20 turns is HUGE and really not hard to achieve. The 10 turn boost defends your Civ from the overzealous early game ai and makes Australia one of only a few non domination Civs that can reliably hold their own in multiplayer. So strong many multiplayer arrangements ban Australia. At least let it beat Catherine.
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [24]
30. Shaka - Amabutho [19]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [34]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [22]
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [7]
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [8+1=9] interesting
17. John Curtin - Citadel of Civilization [5-3=2] gamey
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [24]
30. Shaka - Amabutho [19]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [34]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [22]
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [7]
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [9]
17. John Curtin - Citadel of Civilization [2-3, ELIMINATED] Time for coup-de-grace
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [24+1=25] Saving from building a couple of workers, er? Couple of dozens is closer to reality
30. Shaka - Amabutho [19]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [34]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [22]
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [7]
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [9-3=6] - Weakest left now.
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [25+1=26] - Very useful.
30. Shaka - Amabutho [19]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [34]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [22]
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [7-3=4] Should've gone ages ago. Nowhere near a top 10 ability.
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [6]
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [26]
30. Shaka - Amabutho [19]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [34+1=35] Really strong, flexible bonus from the very start of the game.

John Curtin deserved higher. Production is massive in civ 6 and getting a regular (yes, very easy to get it regularly) 100% bonus is ridiculous. And being able to build up your cities way faster is a lot of fun. How is it any more 'gamey' than other bonuses? How is it more gamey than an extra builder charge? Or a free building? That makes no sense.

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [22]
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [4+1 = 5] Some of the recent reasoning for down-votes was something like "there's no espionage victory", "if spies have impact on the result of the game, you play the game wrong". Oh, come on, if spies don't have impact on the game, you don't know how to use them. And there's also no economic victory, no diplomatic, no city-state related one, no trading one, no political one etc. There are so many features in the game that don't lead directly to a victory, but can support any other type of victory. All the remaining abilites (except for Trajan) ale militaristic. I know that conquest is the easiest victory type in Civ6 because of how bad the AI is in combat, but other playstyles can be more fun for a lot of people. And even if you want to kill everyone, why are people still forgetting that this ability also gives +3 combat strength against everyone, right from the start? Compare that to +5 CS for 10 turns after a specific war declaration.
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [6-3 = 3] Strong at the beginning, but later in the game not so much.
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [26]
30. Shaka - Amabutho [19]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [35]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [19] --- Although I was once gifted 2 cities in a very long running war due to opponent’s war weariness in which I was unable to take any territory, this took quite some time. And while generally useful, I rarely have serious problems with war weariness that I cannot mitigate and ultimately overcome with policy cards. Lost card slots yes. But I'd rather have Shaka's Amabutho. The healing with wonders is nice as well, but relative to Shaka, 63 strength knight corps don't take a whole lot of damage from mid game units.
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [5]
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [3]
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [26]
30. Shaka - Amabutho [20] --- As Weraptor said, with this you can war so fast that you’ll reset the war weariness counter (by eliminating the civ in its entirety) before it ever becomes a problem.
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [35]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [19-3=16] really nice bonus, but only for constant warring, which I rarely do.
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [5]
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [3]
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [26+1=27] see my earlier posts
30. Shaka - Amabutho [20]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [35]

 

1. Alexander - To The World's End [16]
3. Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [5]
12. Gorgo - Thermopylae [3-3=0] (ELIMINATED) - It is a nice cultural boost, but I'm afraid Catherine's spies offer more variety, from stealing other Empires finances and great works to destroying their industry and space projects.
19. Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
26. Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [27+1=28] - I would like to remind you that you'll use more leaders than other Civs as China. Don't forget that the Chinese have the great wall, and the amazing wonder rush ability. This bonus is thus a good bonus for any Civ and a perfect bonus for China. Also, I like rather tall games which involve a lot of developing, and this is a perfect ability for me.
30. Shaka - Amabutho [20]
33. Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
34. Trajan - Trajan's Column [35]

 

Alexander - To The World's End [16+1=17] Sometimes you can't eliminate civs really fast. This makes long drawn out wars go in your favor as your enemies' war weariness builds up. Plus you can open up multiple fronts and never accept peace.
Catherine - Catherine's Flying Squadron [5-3=2] Only down voting because everything else that remains is better.
Montezuma - Gifts for the Tlatoani [28]
Qin Shi Huang - The First Emperor [28]
Shaka - Amabutho [20]
Tomyris - Killer of Cyrus [33]
Trajan - Trajan's Column [35]