(Civ 6) 4 Domination Mistakes EVERYONE Makes In Civilization 6

[@alex2005z]

"If your opponent has field cannons and you are running around with bows and arrows you probably shouldnt fight" Byzantium: how about no

[@TheCivLifeR]

lol byzantium could walk in there with a couple slingers as long as they scream "DEUS VAULT" before battle

[@Stovetopcookie]

This me every game at chieftain I stuck at this game but I still enjoy it

[@Petq011]

@@TheCivLifeR "DEUS VULT"! 8:00 Also, is that thing with the palace a mod?

[@jonunciate7018]

I played a Diety game where I was going for a culture victory. After some early war things were mostly peaceful. I beelined flight for radio for seaside resorts and then thought why not grab advanced flight next? I forgot who I pissed off but they probably weren't expecting bombers backing up my crossbows when they declared war on me...

[@kyletitterton]

Great stuff man. Really incisive info and you've toned down the jpm (jokes per minute) whilst keeping your uniquely individual idiom. You're gonna be huge on here.

[@brad5204]

Cool it with the uayea (unnecessary abbreviations you explain anyways).

[@TheCivLifeR]

appreciate it!

[@nbaprince9330]

@@brad5204 ong 😂 I was like why use the abbreviation just to type the whole word 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@syntheticant8172]

@@brad5204 *initialism

[@brad5204]

@@syntheticant8172 Initialism is a form of abbreviation. My use of “abbreviations” was less specific, but not incorrect. Please check what you write before trying to correct somebody next time.

[@gabrielaganon3160]

Civ VI Deity Domination Strats In a Nutshell Most Players: play for the late game PotatoMcwhiskey: timing timing timing The chad CivLifeR: "hahaha early war go brrr" fr tho, the tip about army ratios gets overlooked great vid as always!

[@TheCivLifeR]

appreciate it! lol

[@alex2005z]

You dont need a bigger military, just an equal one most of the time. Use your ranged units on hills and just win. The AI is to stupid and will trowh their units at you in a better single file line than 1st graders

[@TheCivLifeR]

lmaoo, in an offensive game I wouldnt really take the chance though

[@alex2005z]

@@TheCivLifeR I completely would. You can get about 20 cs just from positioning

[@jimmym3352]

As an add-on to this advice, when you are roughly equal, delay attacking their cities. Let their units come to you, wipe out their army (as in the post above, archers/xbowmen on hills/melee in woods), and then your conquering can begin. You don't want to be handling city ranged attacks and their army at the same time.

[@wnchstrman]

@@jimmym3352 I agree. I like to wipe out the enemy army before laying siege to their cities. Set up your ranged in a killzone supported by fortified melee and cavalry on the flanks, then let them come to the slaughter.

[@ryanbeyer9078]

the AI is grossly incompetent at war on all difficulties. You don't need a huge military to take a city, I usually use a single attacking unit with a few ranged siege units until I get flight, then it's bombers and infantry all day

[@TheMelnTeam]

Promotions + generals (and later armies) are enough advantage in their own right. Artillery armies with balloons and promotions will shred AI mech infantry and such, but importantly can also blast walls away after moving from outside city range. Not as good as air, but if you're running siege in mid game you should have some pretty beefy hardware to use on a front. AI rarely does things like stack great general bonus with oligarchy/oligarchic legacy + fascism + surrounding bonuses, it is pretty easy to overwhelm AI deity bonuses with civic + generals + policy cards. Obviously you prefer a tech lead in addition to these things, but you can win w/o casualties and wipe AI armies at tech parity on deity if you really want/need to do it.

[@flipneleanor7370]

When an AI declares war on me in the early game I just turtle up with some slingers/archers and defensively farm the suicidal jihads of their ai units for xp. I never go on the offense because a few slingers and a warrior cant handle city combat, then being able to keep loyalty is another kettle of fish. Hope that helps!

[@thingonathinginathing]

Lol I'm the exact opposite. I immediately build up a small task force and hunt down the local threats, then proceed to wait for reinforcements to attack/destroy the source of units. I keep pillaging and moving on to more cities to combat the finances and loyalty LOL I have like 10 cities by turn 100 [on marathon, emperor dif]

[@dmitritelvanni4068]

Might sound weird but I was so sad when I went from 3 leveled scouts to 1. Now that mfer stays penned up until I can make him a ranger. Sure it sounds trivial, but the way my game was set up scouts were critical to get started. So they were all with me from the first 50 turns .

[@hydraph4843]

The comment about getting it to 69% for the memes was golden. Don't worry I am subscribed

[@TheCivLifeR]

lmao very noice

[@saketdhodapkar]

Bonus tip for domination wins : pick Byzantium -> get a religion -> get crusade -> enjoy

[@alex2005z]

Dont forget your scouts. They are super strong

[@TheCivLifeR]

D:

[@TheCivLifeR]

thats just easy mode tbh lol

[@alex2005z]

@@TheCivLifeR might as well go settler difficulty as well

[@matsiv5707]

there's the classic tech slingshot paradox: if you're not investing in tech early exept very few nodes, you get more time to get all the necessary eurekas. overall you getter better RoI due to cheaper districts and other goals achieved that makes exploding in the medieval age ahead of everyone if you get free inquiry

[@noodlechicken4169]

Some of these jokes are hilarious I came here looking for tips but stayed for the comedy

[@AwonGardino]

Ah, yes! More tips for finishing a Geneva Checklist

[@TheCivLifeR]

More to come!

[@pawaratharva6371]

Geneva convention ❎ Geneva suggestion ✅🗿

[@re_exist129]

your guides are so good mate

[@TheCivLifeR]

aii appreciate it!

[@drskittleshd839]

Great vid! I am just wondering in what order, besides one encampment first and then commercial hubs, would you put the rest of the districts?

[@TheCivLifeR]

Id actually go first encampment then spam campuses and commercial hubs mostly

[@drskittleshd839]

@@TheCivLifeR Alright, thanks for your answer and keep up the great work!

[@vis6954]

I thing a 3rd way to get an adventage could be using the crusade belief. It works well against civs that dont focus on religion much - most warmongers. It's super good in early game - plus 10 strenght in enemy city tiles following your religion - its like mapuche fighting against you in a golden age...

[@vastvideos7212]

Like the analogies always funny and informative

[@TheCivLifeR]

Glad you like them!

[@angelsanabria8497]

Love this channel just found it

[@james_bond1869]

You really watch your comments like a hawk don't you ;). Nice vid

[@TheCivLifeR]

lol you wanna reply you do 2 things: 1. be respectful 2. watch the video in the first 2 hours cause after that I gotta go get goatsied by college homework

[@Mark-se6nw]

​@@TheCivLifeR If I can ask what do you study?

[@microvoltron2088]

I'd love to see the dedicated big mac guide from you, or at least a good example of it. Scrolling through your vids rn for the most prominent examples of double border penetration.

[@Tay234.]

I’m stuck in a game where I have no resources, barbarian camps keep popping up, every civ ive met denounced me, and one declared a surprise war and they’re suzerain to a city right next to me. My warrior will be ready in 37 turns 😭

[@ProtonCannon]

Gorgo of Sparta can also make a fine Ancient Era war! So there, I said it!

[@jyutzler]

I wonder if the keyword spamming, click-bait titles, and meme thumbnails actually make a difference.

[@TheCivLifeR]

lol I hope so

[@majestichotwings6974]

It worked for me lol

[@AceCulture]

Man this commentary is amazing 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Alexj-kd7ew]

I was losing a game while going domination with 2 other friends in it so I thought I’ll just upgrade all my commercial hubs and somehow started getting 5k gold per turn base game, we decided it’s safe to say I won that game

[@ValunarTonix]

Then suddenly someone else sneaks in the religious victory right before you capture the last capital. Happened to me before

[@thingonathinginathing]

@@ValunarTonix I hate the damn religious Victory part of the game lmao I always turn it off and let my citizens enjoy the freedom of religion...while being a fascist empirical monster lol

[@alex2005z]

If you lose an early war then usually a bombard rush is a good strategy to come back, since you can just let them come to you since the AI cant face something that they cant just run at, so keep some units for its protection

[@TheCivLifeR]

exactly, although just going for planes at that point is probably the best idea tbh they are just so good

[@alex2005z]

@@TheCivLifeR Im to inpatient for that

[@danielalford3420]

if you lose a early war, you should play another game.

[@green7045]

After seeing all these videos there are a lot of tips I don't know.

[@TheCivLifeR]

lol true

[@kevinerskine3299]

Wait, What? People don't subscribe to your brilliance? That's crazy talk!

[@Chewbaccafruit]

My favorite domination game i had was when I got ivory and silver on one settle as Aztecs, and found Brazil very close to me. Two eagle warriors was all it took 💪

[@Manas-co8wl]

That’s how I won my first deity; I actually had 4 with three settlements. In hindsight maybe that was a really lucky run

[@bmyles1006]

The line @ 11:03 has me in dying 😂😂😂😂

[@handyandysautomotiveservic2118]

I DONT EVEN WATCH THE VIDEO OR LISTEN TO IT FOR THE STRAT. IM HERE FOR THAT DARK HUMOR . . .

[@spencer4685]

Encampments are no big deal if you have siege support units they’re very useful

[@nilloc8848]

I won a game with 3 knights, and 1 Man-at-arms 😂

[@TheCivLifeR]

lmao legend

[@ValunarTonix]

I won religion with a great luck to be all alone on my continent, settling a shit ton of cities and making them my religion over time, and then found the 3 other civs (tiny map) all sharing a damn tiny island, barely able of settling at all, so in the end I literally gifted my religious cities to have them be there majority. I purchased *zero* missionaries and *zero* apostles. The only apostles I got were from the world wonder that gives 2 of them, and there was no Jeruzalem. (I did have the belief that settled cities start with my religion) Tho ngl, I'm not doing deity at all. Just a casual settler game.

[@scottpankonin1068]

"I'm looking at you Varus..." pure gold. Insty-subscribe.

[@StavrosSideris]

You are my comfort youtuber.

[@jeffreyskinner8582]

Im curious for everyone’s opinion on which civ is the worst/most difficult to spawn next to when going for early war/domination?(dirty of course) I think India number one with aztecs close second? Thoughts??

[@TheCivLifeR]

pretty much

[@bosyber]

Only exception with Aztecs, when they have a weaker(looking) neighbour who they take on, I've managed to take their undefended cities (2 archers, 1 swordman, scout taking a builder to distract) needs plane to move in quickly and some luck).

[@norecuerdomisueno3468]

What you laughing at dominating in the ancient era for boy? I started a game as Babylon, and quickly conquered my nearby neighbors of Canada and Mapuche by pumping out a ton of Sabum Kibittum + Beowulf to back them up. I knocked them both out before they settled a 2nd city.

[@clappercl]

Is that the palace builder from Civ 1?! How do you get that?! Is it a mod or part of the game?! I must know!

[@TheCivLifeR]

thrones and palaces mod lol

[@johncenile8044]

The blacked joke made me subscribe 😂

[@thebattrells8515]

Like a guy who makes a lot of similes, this guy makes a lot of similes

[@RCMchannelandMORE]

Great vid, this will really help me. Just one question though: What map were you playing at the start?

[@TheCivLifeR]

tsl mediteranian

[@hariselezovic6-4]

Hi, are you the same person as locked on titans? Great stuff on civ6 and titans as well.

[@jarlGudmunder]

Actually what u said at the start of game sounds like a interesting strategy for a Dom/ culture victory

[@TheCivLifeR]

lol would be cool to try

[@SavedEight]

subbed for 69% goals

[@WilliFR]

a question: is it good to pillage a city that I am going to conquer? or it is better to capture it without pillage anything?

[@jyutzler]

Pillage as long as it doesn't cost you too much time. Each pillage gives you basically a whole turn of science or culture or a non-trivial amount of gold or faith. Repairing pillaged stuff is a bargain. That's the main reason to have cavalry as part of your army.

[@wnchstrman]

Scorched earth. Pillage literally everything, including farms for heals. The yields can be ridiculous (use the raid card!) and most cities you capture arent very useful to your empire for a while anyway due to occupation, war weariness, and so on. Also important to know that pillaged districts (all buildings AND the district itself) lowers the defense strength of the city).

[@wnchstrman]

@@jyutzler Yeah, lvl 2 light cavalry with depredation ability are literal pillaging machines.

[@ProtonCannon]

You should pillage as much as you can unless you are already taking cities so fast that pillaging would keep you back. In fact Norway is a civilization that is built around a pillage economy. Especially in the early game pillaging is the only way that your military can pay their cost back and help you get ahead. You are not only gaining resources you are also weakening the enemy (albeit the AI has such huge bonuses barely feels it.) But most important is that you gain resources whatever type it is, you need them to help your empire because you will be behind other Civs that didn't spend the early game with building up the military. Pillaging does not generate grievances either so technically there is no downside to it. Other reason, every active district a city has will give the city center +2 Combat strength, if you pillage the district fully that is -2 Combat strength for the city center so it makes it easier for you to capture it.

[@edwardcollins8102]

What about naval focused maps? What should your nave be? My suggestion would be Ancient/Classical Era: Don't bother. Even if you're Carthage or Norway (if you're Norway, you CAN go around pillaging coastal improvements, just don't expect to conquer anything), you don't have anything equivalent to Archers (Quadrimes are basically coastal slingers) to weaken cities. For the Medieval Era, still don't bother. Unless you're the Ottomans with the Privateer replacement, or Indonesia with the Frigate replacement. But even then, you'd still be relying on galleys to take cities. The Renaissance Era is where navies really start to shine. Caravels for taking cities and frigates for dealing damage. The Industrial Era doesn't really add anything except to upgrade your Caravels into Ironclads (unless you're Brazil, in which case you get Battleships an era earlier. Why Brazil I have no idea. First, they weren't the first "battleships" - depending on how you define a battleship, it could go all the way back to the 1890s with the pre-dreadnoughts. Then in 1906, the British commissioned Dreadnought, a battleship that revolutionized naval combat, although both Japan and the US had equivalent warships on the drawing board/drydock. Minas Girath was the 3rd class of dreadnoughts in construction, but still, third. Which brings me to point number 2. A lot of navies, basically those countries that weren't the US, Britain, Germany, France, and Russia, actually built their ships in foreign shipyards. The Minas Geraes class is no exception. They were built in British shipyards, so they weren't even built by Brazil. Enough of a sort of off-topic rant). Naval combat really doesn't change until the Atomic Era (you're just upgrading your navy) when you get the Aircraft Carrier. And you want a lot of carriers. The problem is they are hard to level, but their promotions are so useful (The flight deck line actually allows ONE carrier to transport up to 5 aircraft, more than even an airport Aerodrome).

[@Agent-Blaze]

You'd have a better chance playing as Indonesia for a naval map. Utilize as many "thoughts and prayers" to get you a massive fleet in 2 to 3 turns.

[@dioaloke]

What are the mods you're using? The one for deals and that.. palace?

[@LordJimsworth]

THIS QUESTION NEEDS ANSWERING!!!

[@alex2005z]

Arent eurekas 40%? Just saying since China gives you 10% extra and they get 50%

[@TheCivLifeR]

my mistake it is 40%, that makes my tip better then I thought

[@thingonathinginathing]

The best army to wage in Ancient is like 6 warriors lol add an archer and maybe a seige dude and you're basically Hitler

[@user-di7pj4ms6n]

Civilization 6 series

[@harlequin2280]

Your knowledge of civ is well founded and I enjoy you sharing it, but can you please use different titles/thumbnails? I understand that youtube is a clickbait platform, but your videos seldom directly address what you put in your thumbnails. It leaves a bad impression on otherwise good videos. Not hating, just an honest attempt at constructive criticism hoping to help your channel grow.

[@TheCivLifeR]

appreciate it, and didnt think it was that bad lol, fixed

[@harlequin2280]

@@TheCivLifeR I'm not kidding, i really enjoy your game analysis. But these days it's so refreshing to have a title that directly corresponds to something in the video. Kind of like the inverse of when a movie references its own title in the dialogue. The former is as enjoyable as the latter is cringe.

[@jeffreyskinner8582]

There is no worse scenario in all of civ6 then spawning next to Gandhi when going for a dom game😫 Varu spam and double war wariness… might aswell hit restart at first meet zero chance😂 atleast if your still half noob like me lol

[@ValunarTonix]

It might not be as bad, but I decided to do a TSL earth game as Canada (A friend random picked from the list) and spawned next to Rough Rider Teddy... Safe to say I had to reroll that.

[@collinklein6022]

What is that screen that pops up where you change the look of what I think is your city center? You did it right when you switched to Cyrus.

[@thingonathinginathing]

I always unleash my inner Hitler, every game.

[@steriopticon2687]

If somebody declares war on me and I keep a city or two of theirs which I capture, everyone else thinks I'm a warmonger and hates me. Is this good or bad?

[@TheCivLifeR]

not the worst thing but they'll hate you for 50 ish turns

[@wnchstrman]

Only bad if you need friends for trade deals, but for domination you really dont need more than 1 friend (military alliance).

[@servusdedurantem]

while I am in renaissance era enemy already have giant death robots I am doing something wrong I guess

[@thomasstewart2590]

Whats the ratio for giant death robots? 😂

[@tanmaytikle8521]

Gilgamesh is way too OP

[@thrash512]

What is this blitz Craig you speak of. Why is Craig blitzed. Is it the weed or the henny?

[@SkynetNeuralink]

Glad to know the computer program has alot more shit and deals going on then the playstaion feel like I got jiped

[@MidnightBreezey]

Next video "Why you should NEVER play civilization 6."

[@octotitan4574]

What is Catherine Riding ?

[@TheCivLifeR]

look it up

[@sld1776]

According to her enemy Frederick the Great, horses. What she actually liked riding was handsome young men, most often military officers in their mid-20s.

[@jamesclouse9947]

Wow wait what was that civ 3 palace shit I saw? Where can I get that I miss that from civ 3

[@TheCivLifeR]

thrones and palaces mod

[@12fishcake]

"and I'm not talking about BDSM" whoops, guess I'm in the wrong place 👀

[@Deathbytrudeau]

Is this the same guy from true north lol??

[@ThickerPlanes]

“And no, I’m not taking about bdsm” -a true legend

[@MS-tm2yz]

The video bears no relation to the audio.............???

[@Cwany.Kangur]

czyli mam teraz sprzedać alty, które pospadały 93%?

[@janusz3454]

i know em tho

[@TheCivLifeR]

ur a genius lol

[@Funny-Cobra]

Why does nobody give tips about multiplayer ?

[@toppersundquist]

No, don't blitz Craig!

[@TheCivLifeR]

lol

[@alex2005z]

Am I the only one that thinks that byzantium is stronger than babylon?

[@TheCivLifeR]

idk bro babylonian planes at turn 100 are pretty op

[@alex2005z]

@@TheCivLifeR getting them takes a lot of production and you still need to land strategics. And with byzatium they dont last until turn 100, since you can rush with horsemen and be able to take out walls

[@jyutzler]

Overall I'd say probably but it is more complicated to manage your religion than it is to just stockpile eurekas and money.

[@alex2005z]

@@jyutzler just kill people

[@jyutzler]

@@alex2005z Isn't the whole point of Byzantium attacking cities that have converted to your religion? I'm not saying it is hard, just more complicated.

[@TinTran-ir1de]

Please subtitle 🥺

[@Myparentsplace]

Omfg 😂

[@jadoncochrane9998]

FIRST?

[@TheCivLifeR]

very noice

[@themissingmile]

Why do you crack so many jokes? It’s so distracting and tiresome. 😩😩

[@jackwilson8275]

Some bad advice here

[@fuckshitfuck69]

The expansion packs dont even work 1 turn without crashing, could you gift me a laptop or a pc?

[@TheCivLifeR]

lol im not that rich sry

[@fuckshitfuck69]

@@TheCivLifeR ahh come on just give me 1-10 million Euros, a Lamborghini Diablo, a mansion and 100k worth of stocks and I will shut up. Like that costs about 2-3 Euros