How viable is turtling with India (Varus)? I see a lot of talk about offensive wars but not a lot on defense. I played a public game tonight so I'm not sure how this would stack up against better players.
I played a random-shuffle-standard map and rolled India. I expanded out to a total of 4 cities, snagged the first great general, and took one of germany's cities.
I then hunkered down with Great General + Varu with Ranged defense promotion + Defender of the Faith + Apostle w/ Medic. Germany eventually quit the game when they couldn't get their city back.
It felt pretty strong for turtling through the early-mid game as each varu had the effective combat strength of a musketmen. Once i secured my borders I just expanded out and went for late Theater Districts and managed a culture win.
Are there other civs that could play an effective defensive game? Defender of the Faith feels very strong for securing your borders alone, but the Varu feels like a slow moving wall.
I played a random-shuffle-standard map and rolled India. I expanded out to a total of 4 cities, snagged the first great general, and took one of germany's cities.
I then hunkered down with Great General + Varu with Ranged defense promotion + Defender of the Faith + Apostle w/ Medic. Germany eventually quit the game when they couldn't get their city back.
It felt pretty strong for turtling through the early-mid game as each varu had the effective combat strength of a musketmen. Once i secured my borders I just expanded out and went for late Theater Districts and managed a culture win.
Are there other civs that could play an effective defensive game? Defender of the Faith feels very strong for securing your borders alone, but the Varu feels like a slow moving wall.
