[GS] Rate the civs in the hands of the AI - elimination thread

[Akawashi]

1. Seondeok/Korea [20] (19+1) For sure the most consistent AI due to civ bonuses.
2. Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [18]
3. Frederick/Germany [17]
4. Amanitore/Nubia [16]
5. Tamar/Georgia [17]
6. Genghis Khan/Mongolia [16]
7. John Curtain/Australia [16]
8. Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
9. Peter/Russia [16]
10. Chandragupta/India [15]
11. Eleanor/France [15]
12. Eleanor/England [15]
13. Gandhi/India [15]
14. Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
15. Gorgo/Greece [15]
16. Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
17. Jadwiga/Poland [15]
18. Kristina/Sweeden [15]
19. Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [15]
20. Montezuma/Aztec [15]
22. Pachacuti/Inca [15]
21. Pedro/Brazil. [15]
23. Pericles/Greece [15]
24. Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
25. Catherine/France [15]
26. Cyrus/Persia [15]
27. Dido/Phoenicia [15]
28. Philip/Spain [12] (15-3) Don't know if it's just me, but Spain is hard trolling in my games by losing cities due to loyalty (probably wanting to settle another continent).
29. Poundmaker/Cree [15]
30. Qin Shi Huang/China [15]
31. Saladin/Arabia [15]
32. Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
33. Shaka/Zulu [15]
34. Tomyris/Scythia [15]
35. Trajan/Rome [15]
36. Victoria/England [15]
37. Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [12]
38. Lautaro/Mapuche [13]
39. Alexander/Macedon [12]
40. Robert the Bruce/Scotland [12]
41. Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
42. Harald Hardrada/Norway [9]
43. Mansa Musa/Mali [9]
44. Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
46. Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[The Highwayman]

1. Seondeok/Korea [21] (20+1) +3/+4 campuses at half cost plus Deity bonuses with the incentive to capitalize off uniques? She flies through the tech tree advancing eras quicker and flexing her advanced military might. A pain.
2. Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [18]
3. Frederick/Germany [17]
4. Amanitore/Nubia [16]
5. Tamar/Georgia [17]
6. Genghis Khan/Mongolia [16]
7. John Curtain/Australia [16]
8. Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
9. Peter/Russia [16]
10. Chandragupta/India [15]
11. Eleanor/France [15]
12. Eleanor/England [15]
13. Gandhi/India [15]
14. Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
15. Gorgo/Greece [15]
16. Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
17. Jadwiga/Poland [15]
18. Kristina/Sweeden [15]
19. Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [15]
20. Montezuma/Aztec [15]
22. Pachacuti/Inca [15]
21. Pedro/Brazil. [15]
23. Pericles/Greece [15]
24. Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
25. Catherine/France [15]
26. Cyrus/Persia [15]
27. Dido/Phoenicia [15]
28. Philip/Spain [12]
29. Poundmaker/Cree [15]
30. Qin Shi Huang/China [15]
31. Saladin/Arabia [15]
32. Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
33. Shaka/Zulu [15]
34. Tomyris/Scythia [15]
35. Trajan/Rome [15]
36. Victoria/England [15]
37. Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9] [12-3] Just a total pushover. Bad bonuses with poor start bias with no advantages when the AI sorely needs them - the early game. The AI can't take advantage of the emergency/diplo game Canada seemingly thrives upon. No uniquie district or unit for them to spam to make the human adjust his or her game.
38. Lautaro/Mapuche [13]
39. Alexander/Macedon [12]
40. Robert the Bruce/Scotland [12]
41. Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
42. Harald Hardrada/Norway [9]
43. Mansa Musa/Mali [9]
44. Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
46. Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[Bangau]

Based on my experience.I'd say...

1. Seondeok/Korea [21]
2. Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [19] (18+1) Is it the lack of religious play or the defensible terrain? Kongo is one of the few AI that has a decent more often than the others.
3. Frederick/Germany [17]
4. Amanitore/Nubia [16]
5. Tamar/Georgia [17]
6. Genghis Khan/Mongolia [16]
7. John Curtain/Australia [16]
8. Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
9. Peter/Russia [16]
10. Chandragupta/India [15]
11. Eleanor/France [12] (15-3) I have yet to see the AI play to her strengths properly. She is always mediocre in my games and often gets pushed over by a neighbor for a city or two.
12. Eleanor/England [15]
13. Gandhi/India [15]
14. Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
15. Gorgo/Greece [15]
16. Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
17. Jadwiga/Poland [15]
18. Kristina/Sweeden [15]
19. Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [15]
20. Montezuma/Aztec [15]
22. Pachacuti/Inca [15]
21. Pedro/Brazil. [15]
23. Pericles/Greece [15]
24. Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
25. Catherine/France [15]
26. Cyrus/Persia [15]
27. Dido/Phoenicia [15]
28. Philip/Spain [12]
29. Poundmaker/Cree [15]
30. Qin Shi Huang/China [15]
31. Saladin/Arabia [15]
32. Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
33. Shaka/Zulu [15]
34. Tomyris/Scythia [15]
35. Trajan/Rome [15]
36. Victoria/England [15]
37. Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
38. Lautaro/Mapuche [13]
39. Alexander/Macedon [12]
40. Robert the Bruce/Scotland [12]
41. Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
42. Harald Hardrada/Norway [9]
43. Mansa Musa/Mali [9]
44. Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
46. Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

I have to say, this is quite hard to argue over. A few are obviously stronger because the AI somehow manages to play their strengths decently, a few are obviously weak for eactly the opposite reason. But in my experience 80+% is 'in between' and mostly map dependent. Curious to see how this goes.

 

[Arithmion]

1. Seondeok/Korea [21]
2. Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [19]
3. Frederick/Germany [17]
4. Amanitore/Nubia [16]
5. Tamar/Georgia [17]
6. Genghis Khan/Mongolia [16]
7. John Curtain/Australia [16]
8. Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
9. Peter/Russia [16]
10. Chandragupta/India [15]
11. Eleanor/France [12] (15-3)
12. Eleanor/England [15]
13. Gandhi/India [15]
14. Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
15. Gorgo/Greece [15]
16. Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
17. Jadwiga/Poland [15]
18. Kristina/Sweeden [15]
19. Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [15]
20. Montezuma/Aztec [15]
22. Pachacuti/Inca [15]
21. Pedro/Brazil. [15]
23. Pericles/Greece [15]
24. Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
25. Catherine/France [12] (15-3) Cathy seems to get wiped off the map by the Industrial era in any game I play, and her unique bonuses aren't that fantastic to begin with IMHO.
26. Cyrus/Persia [15]
27. Dido/Phoenicia [15]
28. Philip/Spain [12]
29. Poundmaker/Cree [15]
30. Qin Shi Huang/China [16] (15+1) His agenda makes him really aggro against AI civs early on, and if he wins, he winds up with a lot of bonuses. By late game, he will often cover quite a bit of the map if you let him.
31. Saladin/Arabia [15]
32. Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
33. Shaka/Zulu [15]
34. Tomyris/Scythia [15]
35. Trajan/Rome [15]
36. Victoria/England [15]
37. Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
38. Lautaro/Mapuche [13]
39. Alexander/Macedon [12]
40. Robert the Bruce/Scotland [12]
41. Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
42. Harald Hardrada/Norway [9]
43. Mansa Musa/Mali [9]
44. Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
46. Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[Zdarg]

1. Seondeok/Korea [21]
2. Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [19]
3. Frederick/Germany [17]
4. Amanitore/Nubia [16]
5. Tamar/Georgia [17]
6. Genghis Khan/Mongolia [16]
7. John Curtain/Australia [16]
8. Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
9. Peter/Russia [16]
10. Chandragupta/India [15]
11. Eleanor/France [12] (15-3)
12. Eleanor/England [15]
13. Gandhi/India [15]
14. Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
15. Gorgo/Greece [16=15+1] - In my experience, only civ capable of winning culturally. Or, at least, regularly preventing me from winning culturally.
16. Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
17. Jadwiga/Poland [15]
18. Kristina/Sweeden [15]
19. Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12=15-3] Never saw him levying anything
20. Montezuma/Aztec [15]
22. Pachacuti/Inca [15]
21. Pedro/Brazil. [15]
23. Pericles/Greece [15]
24. Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
25. Catherine/France [12]
26. Cyrus/Persia [15]
27. Dido/Phoenicia [15]
28. Philip/Spain [12]
29. Poundmaker/Cree [15]
30. Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
31. Saladin/Arabia [15]
32. Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
33. Shaka/Zulu [15]
34. Tomyris/Scythia [15]
35. Trajan/Rome [15]
36. Victoria/England [15]
37. Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
38. Lautaro/Mapuche [13]
39. Alexander/Macedon [12]
40. Robert the Bruce/Scotland [12]
41. Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
42. Harald Hardrada/Norway [9]
43. Mansa Musa/Mali [9]
44. Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
46. Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[Loderingo]

I have put back in alphabetical order

Alexander/Macedon [12]
Amanitore/Nubia [16]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [15]
Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
Cyrus/Persia [15]
Dido/Phoenicia [15]
Eleanor/England [12] - 15-3 - One of my favourite leaders but the AI doesn't know how to use Court of Love. The AI struggles with Englanor as the other bonuses come in quite late.
Eleanor/France [12]
Frederick/Germany [17]
Gandhi/India [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [16]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [9]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
Jadwiga/Poland [15]
Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
John Curtain/Australia [16]
Kristina/Sweeden [15]
Lautaro/Mapuche [13]
Mansa Musa/Mali [9]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12]
Montezuma/Aztec [15]
Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [19]
Pachacuti/Inca [15]
Pedro/Brazil. [15]
Pericles/Greece [15]
Peter/Russia [16]
Philip/Spain [12]
Poundmaker/Cree [15]
Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
Robert the Bruce/Scotland [12]
Saladin/Arabia [15]
Seondeok/Korea [21]
Shaka/Zulu [15]
Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
Tamar/Georgia [17]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
Tomyris/Scythia [15]
Trajan/Rome [16] - 15+1 - I generally see Rome do averagely but giving an up vote as he is a right pain if he is your neighbour on higher levels. Due to his agenda he is bound to hate you and his legions are formidable
Victoria/England [15]
Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[Beaver79]

Alexander/Macedon [12]
Amanitore/Nubia [16]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [15]
Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
Cyrus/Persia [15]
Dido/Phoenicia [15]
Eleanor/England [12]
Eleanor/France [12]
Frederick/Germany [17]
Gandhi/India [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [16]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [6] = 9 - 3 I don't know how many times I've seen him with no land units and a lake full of boats while his land is being ransacked by barbarians.
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
Jadwiga/Poland [15]
Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
John Curtain/Australia [16]
Kristina/Sweeden [15]
Lautaro/Mapuche [14] = 13 +1 If I'm in a golden age this is the only guy I fear to go to war with. He can near one-shot your same tech level unit early on.
Mansa Musa/Mali [9]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12]
Montezuma/Aztec [15]
Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [19]
Pachacuti/Inca [15]
Pedro/Brazil. [15]
Pericles/Greece [15]
Peter/Russia [16]
Philip/Spain [12]
Poundmaker/Cree [15]
Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
Robert the Bruce/Scotland [12]
Saladin/Arabia [15]
Seondeok/Korea [21]
Shaka/Zulu [15]
Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
Tamar/Georgia [17]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
Tomyris/Scythia [15]
Trajan/Rome [16]
Victoria/England [15]
Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[Leucarum]

Alexander/Macedon [12]
Amanitore/Nubia [16]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [15]
Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
Cyrus/Persia [15]
Dido/Phoenicia [15]
Eleanor/England [12]
Eleanor/France [12]
Frederick/Germany [17]
Gandhi/India [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [16]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [6]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
Jadwiga/Poland [15]
Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
John Curtain/Australia [16]
Kristina/Sweeden [15]
Lautaro/Mapuche [14]
Mansa Musa/Mali [6] (9-3) So often I find him and he's been reduced to a single city by other AI correcrly detecting early weakness...
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12]
Montezuma/Aztec [15]
Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [20] (19+1) Not focussing on religion makes him surprisingly good. The bonus GWAM points mean he can be annoying on two fronts if you're aiming for culture.
Pachacuti/Inca [15]
Pedro/Brazil. [15]
Pericles/Greece [15]
Peter/Russia [16]
Philip/Spain [12]
Poundmaker/Cree [15]
Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
Robert the Bruce/Scotland [12]
Saladin/Arabia [15]
Seondeok/Korea [21]
Shaka/Zulu [15]
Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
Tamar/Georgia [17]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
Tomyris/Scythia [15]
Trajan/Rome [16]
Victoria/England [15]
Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[kaspergm]

Alexander/Macedon [12]
Amanitore/Nubia [16]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [15]
Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
Cyrus/Persia [15]
Dido/Phoenicia [15]
Eleanor/England [9] (12-3) Seems pretty incapable of using her bonuses.
Eleanor/France [12]
Frederick/Germany [17]
Gandhi/India [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [16]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [6]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
Jadwiga/Poland [15]
Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
John Curtain/Australia [16]
Kristina/Sweeden [15]
Lautaro/Mapuche [14]
Mansa Musa/Mali [6]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12]
Montezuma/Aztec [15]
Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [15]
Pedro/Brazil. [15]
Pericles/Greece [16] (15+1) There are other choices, but surprised no-one has thrown a vote after the ultimate culture-runaway yet.
Peter/Russia [16]
Philip/Spain [12]
Poundmaker/Cree [15]
Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
Robert the Bruce/Scotland [12]
Saladin/Arabia [15]
Seondeok/Korea [21]
Shaka/Zulu [15]
Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
Tamar/Georgia [17]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
Tomyris/Scythia [15]
Trajan/Rome [16]
Victoria/England [15]
Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[Archon_Wing]

Alexander/Macedon [12]
Amanitore/Nubia [16]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [16] 15+1 He rushes his UU a lot and makes a big empire.
Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
Cyrus/Persia [15]
Dido/Phoenicia [15]
Eleanor/England [9]
Eleanor/France [12]
Frederick/Germany [17]
Gandhi/India [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [16]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [6]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
Jadwiga/Poland [15]
Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
John Curtain/Australia [16]
Kristina/Sweeden [15]
Lautaro/Mapuche [14]
Mansa Musa/Mali [6]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12]
Montezuma/Aztec [15]
Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [15]
Pedro/Brazil. [15]
Pericles/Greece [16]
Peter/Russia [16]
Philip/Spain [12]
Poundmaker/Cree [15]
Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
Robert the Bruce/Scotland [12]
Saladin/Arabia [15]
Seondeok/Korea [21]
Shaka/Zulu [15]
Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
Tamar/Georgia [17]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
Tomyris/Scythia [15]
Trajan/Rome [16]
Victoria/England [12] 15-3 I have never seen her AI ever do anything. She always tries to spread out her empire and fails due to loyalty. Even in Vanilla she was already potato
Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[Dotsworthy]

Alexander/Macedon [12]
Amanitore/Nubia [17] 16 + 1 Always likely to both hate you right out of the gate and have scary early UU archers to attack you.
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [16]
Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
Cyrus/Persia [15]
Dido/Phoenicia [15]
Eleanor/England [9]
Eleanor/France [12]
Frederick/Germany [17]
Gandhi/India [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [16]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [3] 6 - 3 Basically a settler farm for barbs and the player due to his obsession to build nothing but boats.
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
Jadwiga/Poland [15]
Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
John Curtain/Australia [16]
Kristina/Sweeden [15]
Lautaro/Mapuche [14]
Mansa Musa/Mali [6]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12]
Montezuma/Aztec [15]
Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [15]
Pedro/Brazil. [15]
Pericles/Greece [16]
Peter/Russia [16]
Philip/Spain [12]
Poundmaker/Cree [15]
Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
Robert the Bruce/Scotland [12]
Saladin/Arabia [15]
Seondeok/Korea [21]
Shaka/Zulu [15]
Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
Tamar/Georgia [17]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
Tomyris/Scythia [15]
Trajan/Rome [16]
Victoria/England [12]
Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[Hokie Fan]

Alexander/Macedon [12]
Amanitore/Nubia [17]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [16]
Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
Cyrus/Persia [15]
Dido/Phoenicia [15]
Eleanor/England [9]
Eleanor/France [12]
Frederick/Germany [17]
Gandhi/India [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [16]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [3]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
Jadwiga/Poland [15]
Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
John Curtain/Australia [16]
Kristina/Sweeden [15]
Lautaro/Mapuche [14]
Mansa Musa/Mali [3] [6-3] - Seems to get steamrolled by other civilizations early too often due to slow starts. I had a hilarious game where Mansa Musa lost about 5 cities to Alexander, Alexander couldn't hold them due to loyalty, but Mansa Musa didn't have enough loyalty to flip them back. Free cities ended up with a ~5 city empire and Mansa had ~2.
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12]
Montezuma/Aztec [15]
Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [15]
Pedro/Brazil. [15]
Pericles/Greece [16]
Peter/Russia [16]
Philip/Spain [12]
Poundmaker/Cree [15]
Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
Robert the Bruce/Scotland [12]
Saladin/Arabia [15]
Seondeok/Korea [22] (21+1) - The simplicity of automatically getting a +4 campus negates the AI's total incompetence in placing districts.
Shaka/Zulu [15]
Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
Tamar/Georgia [17]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
Tomyris/Scythia [15]
Trajan/Rome [16]
Victoria/England [12]
Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[fantsu]

Alexander/Macedon [12]
Amanitore/Nubia [17]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [16]
Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
Cyrus/Persia [15]
Dido/Phoenicia [15]
Eleanor/England [9]
Eleanor/France [12]
Frederick/Germany [17]
Gandhi/India [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [16]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [3]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
Jadwiga/Poland [15]
Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
John Curtain/Australia [16]
Kristina/Sweeden [15]
Lautaro/Mapuche [15] (14+1) This guy takes city state and flips other AIs isolated city to himself, and suddenly he is larger than others. This has happened multiple times.
Mansa Musa/Mali [6]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12]
Montezuma/Aztec [15]
Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [15]
Pedro/Brazil. [15]
Pericles/Greece [16]
Peter/Russia [16]
Philip/Spain [12]
Poundmaker/Cree [15]
Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
Robert the Bruce/Scotland [12]
Saladin/Arabia [15]
Seondeok/Korea [21]
Shaka/Zulu [15]
Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
Tamar/Georgia [17]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
Tomyris/Scythia [15]
Trajan/Rome [16]
Victoria/England [9] (12-3) Love her as a neighbor, nothing ever happens unless I want it.
Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

This is really hard btw.

 

[Hokie Fan]

The above poster and I posted at about the same time such that Fantsu's votes didn't include mine. The below list has been updated to fix that.

Alexander/Macedon [12]
Amanitore/Nubia [17]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [16]
Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
Cyrus/Persia [15]
Dido/Phoenicia [15]
Eleanor/England [9]
Eleanor/France [12]
Frederick/Germany [17]
Gandhi/India [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [16]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [3]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
Jadwiga/Poland [15]
Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
John Curtain/Australia [16]
Kristina/Sweeden [15]
Lautaro/Mapuche [15]
Mansa Musa/Mali [3]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12]
Montezuma/Aztec [15]
Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [15]
Pedro/Brazil. [15]
Pericles/Greece [16]
Peter/Russia [16]
Philip/Spain [12]
Poundmaker/Cree [15]
Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
Robert the Bruce/Scotland [12]
Saladin/Arabia [15]
Seondeok/Korea [22]
Shaka/Zulu [15]
Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
Tamar/Georgia [17]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
Tomyris/Scythia [15]
Trajan/Rome [16]
Victoria/England [9]
Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[bengalryan9]

Alexander/Macedon [12]
Amanitore/Nubia [17]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [16]
Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
Cyrus/Persia [15]
Dido/Phoenicia [15]
Eleanor/England [9]
Eleanor/France [12]
Frederick/Germany [17]
Gandhi/India [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [16]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [3]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
Jadwiga/Poland [15]
Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
John Curtain/Australia [16]
Kristina/Sweeden [15]
Lautaro/Mapuche [15]
Mansa Musa/Mali [3]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12]
Montezuma/Aztec [15]
Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [15]
Pedro/Brazil. [16] (15+1) A lot of human players overlook Pedro because they are addicted to chopping. The AI doesn't chop (or at least, not that much), so all that jungle is going to give him very good adjacency bonuses on most of his districts - every time I see him he is among the leaders in science and culture. I've seen his AI win a cultural victory (admittedly, I had just picked up the game and was learning to the mechanics) and I've seen his AI become a science powerhouse. He's one of those leaders that when I see I know I am in for a challenge, and I'm guessing he'll end up being overlooked in this thread.
Pericles/Greece [16]
Peter/Russia [13] (16-3) Peter has the tools to make him a strong opponent, but the AI is so bad at taking advantage of them. Consider the following: 1) Half price Lavras means that he is practically guaranteed to be the first to found a religion. This should be a huge advantage as he can choose beliefs like Feed the World (which his tundra bias desperately calls for), Jesuit Education, or Choral Music... but the AI will always, always, ALWAYS take Warrior Monks, and that basically gimps him from the start. Even in the unlikely event that someone founds a religion before he does, he'll just take Divine Inspiration which, again, he is not likely to benefit that much from. 2) Those half price Lavras mean that he will hog most of the GWAMs. This can be a pain to the player for sure, but most of Peter's GWAMs will just stand around inside of his territory with nowhere to put there great works, because Peter doesn't seem to care all that much about actually making use of them. If his AI prioritized buildings with great work slots he'd be scary, but it doesn't. 3) Half priced Lavras and his guaranteed religion means Peter will be wasting a ton of resources chasing a religious victory that an AI has very little chance at actually pulling off. I groan when I see Peter in my games because he can be an annoyance, but he's rarely any kind of threat to actually win.
Philip/Spain [12]
Poundmaker/Cree [15]
Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
Robert the Bruce/Scotland [12]
Saladin/Arabia [15]
Seondeok/Korea [22]
Shaka/Zulu [15]
Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
Tamar/Georgia [17]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
Tomyris/Scythia [15]
Trajan/Rome [16]
Victoria/England [9]
Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9] While I don't think the AI is necessarily good with him, I wouldn't say they are bad either. No AI will *ever* declare war on him meaning at the very least he is guaranteed to be able to spread unchecked. If he spawns with a lot of room to settle he can become a nuisance, and there are plenty of others on this list who can't even make that claim.
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[kryat]

Alexander/Macedon [12]
Amanitore/Nubia [17]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [16]
Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
Cyrus/Persia [15]
Dido/Phoenicia [15]
Eleanor/England [9]
Eleanor/France [12]
Frederick/Germany [17]
Gandhi/India [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [17] (16+1) A leader who knows what he wants. I often see him steamroll neighbors, especially poor Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [3]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
Jadwiga/Poland [15]
Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
John Curtain/Australia [16]
Kristina/Sweeden [15]
Lautaro/Mapuche [15]
Mansa Musa/Mali [3]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12]
Montezuma/Aztec [15]
Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [15]
Pedro/Brazil. [16]
Pericles/Greece [16]
Peter/Russia [13]
Philip/Spain [12]
Poundmaker/Cree [15]
Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
Robert the Bruce/Scotland [9] (12-3) I think Scotland is powerful in human hands, but AI Scotland always seems to be lacking in city count. If they’re geographically isolated, they do tend to lead science, but that’s more rare.
Saladin/Arabia [15]
Seondeok/Korea [22]
Shaka/Zulu [15]
Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
Tamar/Georgia [17]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
Tomyris/Scythia [15]
Trajan/Rome [16]
Victoria/England [9]
Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9] While I don't think the AI is necessarily good with him, I wouldn't say they are bad either. No AI will *ever* declare war on him meaning at the very least he is guaranteed to be able to spread unchecked. If he spawns with a lot of room to settle he can become a nuisance, and there are plenty of others on this list who can't even make that claim.
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[Nassim]

Alexander/Macedon [12]
Amanitore/Nubia [17]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [17] : 16+1 aggressive neighbor, strong religion game and strong early unit : pretty much the 3 things I would rather avoid in my games
Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
Cyrus/Persia [15]
Dido/Phoenicia [15]
Eleanor/England [9]
Eleanor/France [12]
Frederick/Germany [17]
Gandhi/India [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [17]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [3]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
Jadwiga/Poland [15]
Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
John Curtain/Australia [16]
Kristina/Sweeden [15]
Lautaro/Mapuche [15]
Mansa Musa/Mali [0] eliminated : it's not only early game weakness, even when he lasts longer (due to being isolated for instance) the AI doesn't use the gold or faith potential that well either
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12]
Montezuma/Aztec [15]
Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [15]
Pedro/Brazil. [16]
Pericles/Greece [16]
Peter/Russia [13]
Philip/Spain [12]
Poundmaker/Cree [15]
Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
Robert the Bruce/Scotland [9]
Saladin/Arabia [15]
Seondeok/Korea [22]
Shaka/Zulu [15]
Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
Tamar/Georgia [17]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
Tomyris/Scythia [15]
Trajan/Rome [16]
Victoria/England [9]
Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[The Highwayman]

Alexander/Macedon [12]
Amanitore/Nubia [17]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [17]
Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
Cyrus/Persia [15]
Dido/Phoenicia [15]
Eleanor/England [9]
Eleanor/France [12]
Frederick/Germany [14] [17-3] I've seen Freddy's fellow AI give him a real hard time in many games, including all out elimination. Other games, he may only have 2 or 3 cities from getting bullied. Can't properly take advantage of Hansa placement or extra district.
Gandhi/India [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [17]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [3]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
Jadwiga/Poland [15]
Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
John Curtain/Australia [17] [16+1] One of the better AI civs after Korea. Can get stupid science with breathtaking appeal. The few AI's that push science hard accelerate the mid to late eras, making golden age chaining more difficult.
Kristina/Sweeden [15]
Lautaro/Mapuche [15]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12]
Montezuma/Aztec [15]
Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [15]
Pedro/Brazil. [16]
Pericles/Greece [16]
Peter/Russia [13]
Philip/Spain [12]
Poundmaker/Cree [15]
Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
Robert the Bruce/Scotland [9]
Saladin/Arabia [15]
Seondeok/Korea [22]
Shaka/Zulu [15]
Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
Tamar/Georgia [17]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
Tomyris/Scythia [15]
Trajan/Rome [16]
Victoria/England [9]
Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[Kmart_Elvis]

Alexander/Macedon [12]
Amanitore/Nubia [17]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [17]
Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
Cyrus/Persia [15]
Dido/Phoenicia [16] (15+1) One time I was playing Eleanor and had Phoenicia on the same continent as me. The AI actually built all her cities on the coast, so i wasn't able to loyalty flip her. It actually impressed me.
Eleanor/England [9]
Eleanor/France [12]
Frederick/Germany [14]
Gandhi/India [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [17]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [3]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
Jadwiga/Poland [15]
Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
John Curtain/Australia [17]
Kristina/Sweeden [15]
Lautaro/Mapuche [15]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12]
Montezuma/Aztec [15]
Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [12] (15-3) Ever seen an AI Inca build its entire empire away from mountains? It's just sad to see.
Pedro/Brazil. [16]
Pericles/Greece [16]
Peter/Russia [13]
Philip/Spain [12]
Poundmaker/Cree [15]
Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
Robert the Bruce/Scotland [9]
Saladin/Arabia [15]
Seondeok/Korea [22]
Shaka/Zulu [15]
Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
Tamar/Georgia [17]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
Tomyris/Scythia [15]
Trajan/Rome [16]
Victoria/England [9]
Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]

 

[Loderingo]

Alexander/Macedon [12]
Amanitore/Nubia [17]
Catherine/France [12]
Chandragupta/India [17]
Cleopatra/Egypt [15]
Cyrus/Persia [15]
Dido/Phoenicia [16]
Eleanor/England [9]
Eleanor/France [12]
Frederick/Germany [14]
Gandhi/India [15]
Genghis Khan/Mongolia [17]
Gilgamesh/Sumeria [9]
Gitarja/Indonesia [15]
Gorgo/Greece [16]
Harald Hardrada/Norway [3]
Hojo Tokimune/Japan [15]
Jadwiga/Poland [15]
Jayavarman/Khmer [12]
John Curtain/Australia [17]
Kristina/Sweeden [15]
Lautaro/Mapuche [15]
Matthias Corvinus/Hungary [12]
Montezuma/Aztec [15]
Mvemba a Nzinga/Kongo [20]
Pachacuti/Inca [12]
Pedro/Brazil. [16]
Pericles/Greece [16]
Peter/Russia [13]
Philip/Spain [12]
Poundmaker/Cree [16] - 15+1 - Always builds a good solid empire due to the Mekawap and often in contention for SV or CV
Qin Shi Huang/China [16]
Robert the Bruce/Scotland [9]
Saladin/Arabia [15]
Seondeok/Korea [22]
Shaka/Zulu [15]
Suleiman/Ottomans [15]
Tamar/Georgia [17]
Teddy Roosevelt/America [16]
Tomyris/Scythia [15]
Trajan/Rome [16]
Victoria/England [6] - 9-3 - Tries to expand to other continents and loses cities to loyalty. No bonuses to the early eras
Wilfrid Laurier/Canada [9]
Wilhelmina/Netherlands [12]