One-tile island city - how??

[Cybuch]

I am sure that somebody had to ask before, but can't really find the answer. How to capture city built on one-tile island??

 

[basta]

Bombard it with several naval units, keep an embarked melee unit just out of the city's own bombardment range, and attack with it when the city's defenses redline.

But frankly these cities are so marginal that they're almost always not worth the trouble, unless they block a channel or have strategic value for you.

 

[Cybuch]

Bombard it with several naval units, keep an embarked melee unit just out of the city's own bombardment range, and attack with it when the city's defenses redline.

But frankly these cities are so marginal that they're almost always not worth the trouble, unless they block a channel or have strategic value for you.

Thanks! Never really assumed that embarked units have amphibious attack ability. I know there is one special civ unit, but I cannot build them.

Of course these cities are not important, but I want to finish off that civ. Just to see more accurate values as "worst" in "Demographics".

 

[basta]

Thanks! Never really assumed that embarked units have amphibious attack ability. I know there is one special civ unit, but I cannot build them.

Many units have an amphibious promotion, but you don't really need it if you wear down the city to its redline--they're usually very weak with no walls or other defenses--and the unit should survive the attack even with the penalty.

 

[brasaelal]

Unless the city has plenty of resources, including whales or pearls, I woudn't waste turns to take them.

 

[SarutobiSasuke]

Unless the city has plenty of resources, including whales or pearls, I woudn't waste turns to take them.

There are situations when the city is in between your navy and a capital. In that case the city can be used to station a siege unit and a ship, that much firepower can screw you over if you try to ignore it.

An easy way to take out a city like that is to use battleships which have good range and do decent damage. Also use the Amphibious promotion for your embarked units.

If the city has a few ships around it feel free to nuke it, the resource tiles won't be effected by the fallout but the nearby units will be.

Early on you can use the logistics promotion and simply flood the city with naval units each doing 1 damage until the city's hp is down to 1, then you use any embarked unit to capture it.