Civilization 5 Deity Strategy Guides - Civilization Choice

[@LarfleezeOrangestein]

Its like you are French, Japanese, German, and Russian together

[@frederikalbl2620]

He speaks english pretty well, but his accent and pronounciation are terrible. That, to me, is kinda weird, because for example, i would not be able to speak so fluently the whole video, but i have much better english accent and pronounciation. On the other hand, i dont mind his style of speaking. I can actually understand the words better, than i understand american/british speakers:)

[@Neu-Arnshalde.Psycho]

he ia maybe polish

[@SkiDaBird]

Most generic American accents are easy to understand. New York, Boston, and Southern accents are a pain in the ass. Brittish accents, don't get me started.

[@docklikeable9264]

MPrime also Native

[@beauty2licious371]

and Italian

[@jcpoly3205]

You sounded so happy when you talked about Poland.

[@kylord20001]

3:05 im not going to make 30 minut long videos that you possebly cant memorize.... 34:06 long video XD

[@Marbozir]

kylord20001 Haha ;) Yeah, so much for that!

[@whatheduck97]

***** Sand+rivers makes lots of flood plains so lots of Polders

[@FatManTap]

It's funny having a video on recommended civilizations with Washington in the thumbnail

[@NetherPrime]

Liam Thorpe i've done diety as america, sorry i fail to see your point which i've seen across youtube in plenty of videos. Why does everyone seem to hate the american civ?

[@goclbert]

NetherPrime Minutemen are cool and all but but that is about all America has going for it. Sure purchasing tiles at half price is nice but it isn't anything game changing. They got worse with the release of the Shoshone who just have a far better version of America's ability.

[@Birkarl_]

NetherPrime people dont hate it, its just plain out bad. or not as good as the ones marbo listed here.

[@NetherPrime]

goclbert Thank you.

[@FatManTap]

NetherPrime The America civ is not as good as most other civs because it's fairly vanilla. Its two unique units are just slightly stronger versions of normal units which aren't as much of an upgrade as Keshiks, Longbowmen or Janissaries for example. Its ability is not as useful as most other civs' abilities and, as goclbert says, it's just a worse version of the Shoshone's ability. Washington isn't bad, he just doesn't add much to the base civilization, meaning that he's one of the less desirable civs. Unlike the Iroquois, who are literally worse than the base civ because of their unique building

[@shady4091]

For having such a thick accent, you're very well spoken in english.

[@luiscallirgos5127]

30:10 Just one thing, the Siege Tower is a replace for catapults, not trebuchets. After many games/wins, I think one of the best civs on deity wins too is England, 2 spies is just insane to catching up in techs, and Longbowman is just too good for the medieval push, u can get 1 or 2 capitals and then upgrade them all the way to bazookas. And do I have to mention Ships of the line?. :) Good vid Marbs, keep the great work!

[@Marbozir]

Luis Callirgos Yeah, you're right about the Siege Tower. As for England, it's one of the stronger choices for sure - if I were to redo this video, I would've at least mentioned them briefly.

[@redwire2155]

HAHAHA The spamming algorithm interpreted "Diety" as diet, and issued the correct spam

[@minaenkeksinimea7337]

one year ago when I had just started playing civ I was here to learn some things to improve, but now im trying to win my first deity game. :) thanks marb.

[@Rin-zn9bo]

I'm so so sorry, but that voice crack 17:48 was to hard to ignore and not comment on. Great video by the way, rather insightful!

[@Bubblox]

how do you guys not understand him, he speaks very clearly

[@LordofFullmetal]

Because his accent is very strong. I can understand him quite well with a bit of effort, but I can completely see how someone may not.

[@paulvanbrakel]

MushroomTip46 Easy to understamd lmao

[@jacobdavis6056]

I know I'm late. But the more you watch the more his accent stops mattering and you hear him clearly

[@WiccaRobin]

Thanks for starting this series, as I get older I find that many things I know slip away, this type of guide will allow me to easily keep myself at a higher level of play, then just playing the game. Because more an more games are becoming just flat out of reach, with this help I'll be able to play Civ5 longer.

[@frogstamper]

Wicca Robin I'm not alone then...:)

[@Dushku]

I was surprised that the Mayans weren't mentioned. UB that provides early science, free great people, and an Archer that doesn't require Archery makes early game defense only require a little gold.

[@Nearly_Quality]

Holy shoot, your accent. It's so relaxing, yet understanderble

[@alex5623]

This series has been quite useful so far for me Also, props to your amazing English skills, albeit your accent not sounding too British or anything of a native speaker, you otherwise show amazing skill on explaining things properly in the English language Thank you so much for making this guide series

[@SteeIdevil]

I've only beat Diety 5-6 times so I appreciate the video Marbozir!

[@SunRunn3r]

Damn bro, and here am I throwing a party for finally beating Emperor hahah

[@FFHannibal]

Thank you for the amazing explanation. I'm looking forward to the next one(s), even though I'm just starting to get into King and Emperor difficulty this comes in really handy. I love strategy games, but I usually find myself losing quite easily (and stupidly) because I can't really seem to concentrate and get bored easily. I stopped playing for a bit, but I recently started watching your videos again (X-Com especially) and either Civ 5 and X-Com are getting easier or I'm getting better :) I find myself thinking a lot more about the decisions I make and while I thought it would take the fun out of the game because it would take some time to weigh all the possible options, I'm having way more fun, so thanks!

[@brenosulzbacher]

Nice one, Marb! I really learned A LOT from your gameplays on deity. I'll be glad if you make a video explaining the aspects of combat on Civ5, because I struggle a lot when I have to conquer cities and fight AI units... And by that I mean explaining the uses of movement points, the promotions, flanking bonuses and all that stuff. Again, nice video! Hope you continue this series!

[@TheJoshanator242]

Glad you're doing a series like this, I've wanted to see one for a while!

[@SpawnSterr]

Really cool idea, as much as I love watching you play, a lot of the fun is when you explain why you do certain things, I'm sure I'll be re-watching these.

[@Mrvictorvm]

Ow! This series have so much potential. Gonna watch it all.

[@JoeyJoeJoeJunior22]

OH MARBS, YOU'RE FINALLY UTLISING YOUR EXPERT KNOWLEDGE AND MAKING GUIDES!! PRAISE BE THE LORD!

[@Antagonises21]

Really good guide, keep it up Marbz! Watching your videos was what taught me how to beat deity in the first place. I certainly think Maya and Shoshone are fantastic entry level all-rounder civs for deity as well.

[@Bomstep]

Assyria needs more love, my last assyria domination (deity) game i stole >15 technologies, and didnt complete NC until turn 250 (epic).

[@TheMoroPL]

I'm never going to play on deity but still I really enjoyed this video.

[@WiccaRobin]

Moreaux why not its fun, even if you get kicked in the teeth, you can still get better playing that way too.

[@theobirkholz]

Moreaux Iosef Vissioronivich Dzugashvilli, amirite?

[@TheMoroPL]

Theo Birkholz Shhh, comrade... You're going to sell us away!

[@WiccaRobin]

oh well in the dark I will remain

[@happytimeharry9ll]

great series, love hearing the "why" you choose things you choose. Deity here i come

[@Warchief1521]

I would prefer longer videos because I always like more content. More content = better content. Thank you marb. It would be great to see another EU4 series soon, like an achievement run :)

[@MrRitzi]

Excellent! Though I've learned a whole lot from watching your vids (I was pretty bad at it, now thanks to you I can beat immortal consistently) there is always room for more :)

[@mickeydusk]

Great idea for a series Marb. I usually play on Immortal but due to this series im gonna give Deity a try! :)

[@nathandaniel5451]

I love the concept of this guide! I am an immortal player.

[@TappedOutCY]

I was about to start a new game in Civ5. Then I thought that every game I seem to end up just warmongering regardless of setup choices. Then I thought there must be SOME episode in Marb's Civ5 vids where he explains how to pursue other types of gameplay/win conditions. Then ... this!!

[@clarksoulburn9993]

You're a walking encyclopaedia for civ5. Thank you very much!

[@iwersonsch5131]

I'm gonna have to play a few random civ 1v1 Deity games on the basegame (19 civs with Mongols), but my Impressions on the best basegame civs are French (faster social policies and don't have to worry about getting city tiles) and Egyptians (build the Great Library faster, get even more satisfaction from their temple replacement). In my build order, I recommend: - Opening with Tradition and staying on 1 city - Building the Great Library before turn 50 (doesn't work against China, Germany, or Egypt, in that case you've got a pretty bad matchup) - Using the free technology to unlock Civil Service - this will unlock 1 extra Food from any Farm built near a River - Building the National High School, then starting to care about Settlers - Following up with Piety. While science is important, satisfaction is more critical for early expansion, and Piety unlocks 2 satisfaction per city if you build the culture Buildings So far this works for me on Immortal and got me healthy in the middle of a Deity 1v1 on Tiny. In the Deity game, I was lucky to get French.

[@offshore33]

Thanks for this. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

[@ramronquillo8756]

Always been a fan. These tips are amazing. I'm currently trying to beat King. :| It is half an hour video, contrary to what you said early in the video. Props and kudos Marbozir

[@Calibrownsfan]

A few things I would add here. 1. to really take advantage of Arabia and Mongolia's unique units build chariot archers early, which are cheap and easy to build, and then pay gold to instantly upgrade them to the unique units upon discovering chivarly. This is normally not a good idea with other civs because chariots upgrade to knights and also lose the usefulness of any ranged promotions. However, with Arabia and Mongolia because they upgrade to ranged units instead of knights the chariots are a great early unit to build. Normally you would build archers or comp bows but not with these civs. 2. England can be very strong on deity. Their unique units are both amazing. The longbows having extra range means you can attack cities from beyond city shot range, and also can attack opposing units that cannot attack back. With the right terrain this ability can be overpowering. Also the ship of the lines are incredible naval units. A few of them can wipe out entire enemy fleets due to the massive ranged attack power. Combined with the +2 movement for all their ships, coastal cities don't stand a chance vs England. Lastly them getting an extra spy means you can steal twice as many technologies. This really helps catch up with the AI on deity. 3. Don't forget to bribe the AIs to fight each other early. You need them to not come after you for the first 100-150 turns while you are trying to catch up. Also early caravans or cargo ships can really help your science since the AIs will be anywhere from 5-10 technologies ahead of you for the first 100-200 turns. 4. whenever possible, try to take a worker from your nearest AI neighbor to slow them down.(and to save yourself using production time building one) If all you do is take the one worker and make peace soon after, its almost like nothing ever happened. They will often even ask for friendship declaration soon after. If you kill a bunch of their units or settle a city right on top of them their attitude will not be as friendly though. 5. I like to take at least 1 worker from a city state preferably not cultured or mercantile. You can leave the war open and take multiple workers if you wish, but usually 1 city state worker plus one AI worker is enough at the beginning. It can also be useful to leave the war open to farm experience for ranged units (especially if they will later be upgraded to a unique unit) Be sure to not declare war on any city state for a 2nd time, including the one you stole a worker from, or you will permanently lose influence with some city states and any new ones you meet after the 2nd war declaration will not give you any gold upon first contact.

[@PyroManiac637]

William + Sandstorm = so much fun. Especially with desert folklore.

[@AdmiralPieDog]

yayyyyyy this series is for me i still can't beat the immortal difficulty, this should be fun thanks for your great work !

[@onethreeify]

I love all of your videos! Thank you so much for your hard work and I absolutely love your commentary, both these guides and in general on your "Let's play" videos of Civ 5! Thanks a lot for every video! Subbed!

[@helyc8230]

I have to admit, whenever Marbozir does his intro I crack up because of how fast it is.

[@kyg538]

Beat deity easy. play 1 v 1 against venice with no city states.

[@奶茶熊-p9l]

If you were Attila much more easy😇

[@timeforvintagepancakes9751]

Sure and you can beat the world heavyweight MMA champion by buying a gun and picking the lock on his door while he's asleep, but it makes you an asshole. lol

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Wow nice! I hope you consider playing Gal Civ 3 campaign, It release this month and Stardock always do really good camps.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Also perhaps we will see a couple multiplayer games of civ? :D

[@joshuanelsen8602]

PotatoMcWhiskey As long as he doesn't join the Polish Coalition (ACIU, Tank, Yorrus).

[@nopenope5192]

Finally a Marbozir Beyond the Monument.

[@WU6AJohnald]

I was hoping for a new Civ V Let's Play, but, this will do! I haven't won Deity yet despite watching all of your LP's and using your tips, but give me a break, I had Korea go full tradition and rationalism on my first run as well as Assyria with full rationalism! :) You should add some music to the background also

[@ilamgarek3739]

This will be a great series! Thank you Marbozir :D Did you consider to do a kind of Tutorial on Twitch? With the chat for questions? Get yourself a funny co-host who is also passionate about Civ 5 and that would be amazing :D

[@TheRealSlobo]

Oh mannnn ..4k tv 65'.bose theatre and marb talking strategies. .and and and coffeeee and chocolate. .priceless

[@Datan1234]

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AGREES ATTILA IS BROKEN. also very insightful, thank you very much.

[@samrajasingam626]

I actually got my First Deity win with with Arabia. Extra gold from Bazaar and trading extra luxuries for gold/tempting other civs to declare war works so well.

[@pitthepig]

30k+ views! Surely, this series has started strong!

[@Hellparadiseneutralmage0proof]

yay learning how to play imortal and diety cant wait for more

[@hasandib3720]

the best civ 5 video ever ..on youtube thank you very much you are the best

[@worstpiloteu1645]

I think England should also get a mention on the "specific map type" -category! Their 2 UUs are awesome and the fact that you get 2 spies instead of 1 allows you to catch up faster. Obviously England works better on a water-based map (

[@WeirdViking]

"These videos will be considerably shorter than my normal videos. I'm not gonna talk to you half an hour about some strategy" -- Checked the time, 34min :D

[@beltagy]

I was looking around for some interesting mods on Steam Workshop when I stumbled upon the immense mod that is SUPER POWERS. I downloaded it and didn't know where to start. So, I thought of you. SUPER POWERS is to Civilization 5 like what Long War is to XCOM. Almost a new game. I would really like to see it first through your channel. It is a handful, but I know you're the best one to show us the ins and outs of this huge mod. Please give us a SUPER POWERS Let's Play.

[@noman7202]

Looking forward to this series!

[@klankungen7794]

kamehameha is a good pick on an island map. you will find most of the city states first to boost your gold and you will get a few techs from some of all the ruins you find. and I tried it! I found a lot! found 3 techs before maths! i think I got 7 techs in total. a lot of pop and gold to!!!

[@calebreynolds9183]

The irony isn't lost on me with how Poland is a god tier civ....

[@Thethreestories]

I like how Washington of all people is in the thumbnail for this video. Good one, Marb. ;)

[@ghtyy2]

Bowman is 7/9 and archer is 5/7 so bowman is stronger in both melee and ranged. Otherwise great video.

[@samsandel7184]

Thanks for this video. It was very helpful and I'm looking forward to more of this series :D

[@SoDeepSoFineCOD]

England seems insane to me. One extra spy usually means 3 or even more extra technologies and catching up with te IA is the most important part of the game. Ship of the line are stupidly broken having 2 extra movements and +5 combat power being able to wipe out a coastal capital which usually means game over for the IA. The longbow is pretty decent to defend yourself. I don't know but I think that England is tier 1 for sure.

[@Rage_WinterchiIl]

YES! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR ONE OF THESE FOREVER!

[@roborovskihamster5425]

So if Atilla is an AI on deity, is part of his bonus irrelevant since all deity AI's start with animal husbandry unlocked?

[@Alexandruwwwww]

+Siberian Medved he probably starts with one tech more than the AI since he already has animal husbandry researced.

[@goneriam]

I think i was expecting him to mention Shaka of The Zulu's on Domination

[@mahmoudgamal3376]

this is an excellent idea.thank you Marbozir

[@Bedgod]

Am i just drunk, or is Marbs literally the best?

[@VivaTorf]

Since you are making some sort of comeback in 2021, you could complete this series!

[@diamondmeeple]

"I will sell my wife and daughter, and buy a Tank!" :-D

[@Berg787]

Great choice for a series and long overdue!!! :D

[@MirekHeikkila]

Fun to watch and very professionaly done! great job, your onto to something here! :)

[@IvanDogovich]

Amazing Marb! Wow! Cheers, Ivan :D

[@sc-gaming3023]

Ivan Dogovich Perfect series for him, huh?

[@IvanDogovich]

Yep, though I think he's a little frustrated with the time it takes to put these together. Its like 6x the effort to make an LP episode. Its just hard to convey all that awesome knowledge rapidly! ;) Cheers, Ivan :D

[@sc-gaming3023]

Ivan Dogovich You are right, bro. Massive amount of work went into this video and it really shows. Seems like these are the type of videos that have a much longer shelf life than just a regular LP. Hopefully people keep coming back to these videos over and over again.

[@IvanDogovich]

SC-Gaming Yeah, I agree. These are the things that should be enshrined in guides in prominent places like Civfanatics and /r/civ and Firaxis etc. Cheers, Ivan

[@jfkgoodfren216]

Ivan Dogovich dude you should make a story out of this series as well, like you do in the lets plays!

[@jancis122]

You are the real MVP! Thx, Marbs.

[@kellyzhang6425]

Yeah! Looking forward to the next topics :)

[@maxwellgarrison6790]

I played a game as the Aztecs and got the Fountain of Youth very close to my start location.

[@hakangencer2409]

wow i wasnt expecting this ! thank you marb :)

[@MardecGames]

Wow this got tons of view, gratz marbs, i think i will be a good series ;)

[@zanestratton7991]

I am totally in love with your accent

[@LupineLoonatic]

I'm just gonna go ahead and point this out. When I played Korea (which is my best civ) their ability allowed me to eventually be 2 eras ahead of everyone else and get my ideology almost 100 turns before everyone else.

[@nathanashby4918]

YEESSSS!!! Been waiting for this.

[@MikMogus]

Yes, it's here!

[@Tanninen93]

The +1 movement for Mongolia doesn't apply to Keshiks or Chariot Archers. The units that count as mounted units are Horseman, Knight, Lancer and Cavalry.

[@fawazalhoqail4846]

Nice accent. I always like to listen to someone with an accent, it's interesting, makes me focus more.

[@ljgalletta8872]

your accent is BADASS dude. also thanks for the tips :)

[@sc-gaming3023]

Epicness!! Can't wait to get home and check this our :) Appropriate amount of hype, bro, btw ;)

[@fredf_afonso]

Great! Please, do continue this serie!! (:

[@mc25a]

Thanks Marb! Great series.

[@SquidySaurus]

I found this video to be quite enjoyable.

[@frogstamper]

Excellent vid, looking forward to more...

[@orangesya4714]

on highlands map as inca i had a terrace farm that gave 7 food 2 production. every tile adjacent but one was a mountain

[@S4MJ4M]

Just a correction, the siege tower of Assyria is a replacement for the catapult, no trebuchets.

[@derekmitchell7435]

Thanks fellow General.

[@Alarsonen]

What a wonderful accent. Made my day.

[@Aschilon]

One thing you didn't mention about Assyria's UA is that the free techs can be acquired from CS as well as other Civs

[@phitabarna1099]

Nice! Civs for culture victory. Barbarian!! (like Brazil )

[@wolfcrushp]

So I've had civ 5 since the steam sale (I tend to be good at civ games plus have watched a lot of your games, at least through middle ages so I know how to start) and I have been playing on king. I've lost interest in games at certain points so I've decided to start a game as poland on deity, going for a science victory. So far I haven't been raped like I figured I would, helps I'm on my own continent but missed out on the science buffs from neighbor. Turn 160 or so, eight techs behind average about to enter midieval Era, two nations are renaissance already so I'm spying on persia with a size 20 city already. Just decided to share my first game

[@donaldduck6791]

Great pilot episode!

[@battlebots1]

I know you have a lot to cover just with these guides, but it would be awesome to give guides (or even just play a game or two) with diety on the core game (no BNW or GK). I don't have either expansion and you use a lot of spies and trade routes, which aren't in the other games. I've won before but with low scores.

[@boassunrise9947]

Thank you for making this guide!

[@Kis121]

Awesome series thx mabozir :D But 1 thing, the keshiks doesn't have the +1 movement from Mongolia UA, because their not mounted units but archery units. So the base movement from keshik is 5

[@urtebusk]

This is great! Although you didn't mention Polynesia on archipelago :)

[@PaperCutCity]

urtebusk Poly is better on terra ;)

[@-xrampagex-1465]

great stuff marb !

[@Tribble6hatch]

what a timing^^ i played deity today , couple times ... think ma game is broken, the AIs liked to team up against me, and i´m not a warmonger... at least not a big one^^