Marathoner
Warlord
I think Just War is underrated. Take a GP with you and convert before you attack, 20% bonus. That is equivalent if not better than the Ethiopia's UA.
1 - Defender of the Faith: +20% Combat near friendly Cities that follow this Religion
How often do I do that? At the beginning of the game when this isn't used.
4 - Holy Order: Missionaries and Inquisitors cost 30% less Faith
Good option to spread your religion if none of the best two are left
5 - Itinerant Preachers: Religion spreads to cities 30% further away
Great for spreading in almost any situation
1 - Just War: +20% Combat near enemy Cities that follow this Religion
So, without any other helper to get my religion to other places, I need to convert all the cities I'm interested in, or the most difficult to take... before the war. Might work with a very close neighbour
2 - Messiah: Prophets 25% stronger and earned with 25% less Faith
We're still not talking about a large number of prophets, although the deduction for some of them will seam to mean quite a lot
1 - Missionary Zeal: Missionary conversion strength +25%
But there still are only 2 conversions; they're best used at the beginning of the game, when cities aren't that huge, so it doesn't really make a difference
5 - Religious Texts: Religion spreads 34% faster (68% with Printing Press)
The other great one; works fantastic when there's lots of cities; it just gets quite frustating, when the "other side" is 11 fields away
2 - Religious Unity: Religion spreads to friendly city-states at double rate
If they're close, I probably have it under control; if they're far away there are bigger problems
0 - Reliquary: Gain 50 Faith each time a Great Person is expended
Ehm... yay? So I'm the last one to enhance
Am I missing something? Some people think Reliquary is awful and I agree with them. How is 50 faith back for a GP good when I can often get that much faith in a single turn in some of my games?
As an example, each city provides +2 pressure on Marathon, meaning RT doesn't even take effect until Printing Press.
2 - Itinerant Preachers: Lazy man's way to spread religion.
2 - Religious Texts: Lazy man's way to spread religion.
I... what? How? You spread religion with no effort, causing a postive feedback loop, and that makes them bad?