Oct 23, 2016 Civilization 6 Tier List 1.0. Germany as Frederick Barbarossa. Greece as Pericles. Greece as Gorgo. Rome as Trajan. Brazil as Pedro II. Japan as Hojo Tokimune. Kongo as Mvemba a Nzinga. Russia as Peter. Arabia as Saladin. China as Qin Shi Huang. Scythia as Tomyris.
Pano1g's Civ 6 Deity Tier List (Rise & Fall, Spring 2018)
Hello everyone! I'm back once again to compile my tier list of the strongest civs in singleplayer deity, this time in the first expansion for Civ 6: Rise & Fall! If you'd like to read my pre-expansion tier list you can do so here:
First of all, I’d like to preface everything by saying that I’m loving this expansion so far! I’m enjoying all the new mechanics and how they influence the gameplay. Also, most of the new civs are quite good so that’s always a plus. While conquest still is and probably always will be the surest path to victory vs the Deity AI, peaceful gameplay and building tall are better than ever before and that’s great! Most of the civs are fairly well balanced now in this expansion as well so there are actually very few “weak” civs. That said, they can’t all be winners and some civs are still easier to win Deity with than others. So without further ado, let’s get to the list:
S Tier
1)Cyrus (Persia)
2) Gilgamesh (Sumeria)
3) Amanitore (Nubia)
4) Alexander (Macedon)
5) Saladin (Arabia)
6) Seondeok (Korea)
7) Frederick Barbarossa (Germany)
8) Montezuma (Aztec)
9) John Curtin (Australia)
10) Trajan (Rome)
A Tier
11) Shaka (Zulu)
12) Hojo Tokimune (Japan)
13)Tomyris (Scythia)
14) Peter (Russia)
15) Gitarja (Indonesia)
16) Robert The Bruce (Scotland)
17) Teddy Roosevelt (America)
18) Gorgo (Greece)
19) Pericles (Greece)
20) Genghis Khan (Mongolia)
21) Poundmaker (Cree)
22) Cleopatra (Egypt)
23) Catherine de Medici (France)
24) Jadwiga (Poland)
B Tier
25) Victoria (England)
26) Chandragupta (India)
27) Lautaro (Mapuche)
![May May](http://i.imgur.com/NgQeZjj.jpg)
28) Mvemba a Nzinga (Kongo)
29) Qin Shi Huang (China)
30) Wilhelmina (Dutch)
31) Phillip II (Spain)
32) Gandhi (India)
C Tier (In need of buffs)
33) Pedro II (Brazil)
34) Jayavarman VII (Khmer)
35) Harald Hardrada (Norway)
36) Tamar (Georgia)
I went about making this tier list differently than usual. The number of civs in the game has grown a lot and many more playstyles have become viable in Rise & Fall. Domination is still the best victory type, with science coming in close second and with religion being much better than ever. Cultural victory is now the weakest victory type since heavy investment into tourism is the most inflexible and is the hardest recover from in a losing game. As such, what I did this time was assign point values to each victory type and ranked each civ at how good they are at each victory type. Domination victory was worth most points and Cultural victory was worth the least. I then added all the points each civ accumulated in each victory type and ranked them on the tier list based on their total score. In cases of a tie I ranked them based on personal opinion. In certain cases, I did award a few points above the threshold for a certain victory type if that particular Civ was unusually good at it. These civs were Korea for science victory, Kongo for cultural victory and Arabia and Russia for religious victory. I did not award extra points for excellence at Domination victory since there are many civs that are excellent at it in different ways in the current iteration of the game.
You will notice that I only have a few civs in the C Tier this time around and that’s because the game feels more balanced than ever. Some civs however do still feel like they need buffs to be competitive against the Deity AI so I put them in C tier. I do have thoughts about potential changes for each of these civs to bring them up to speed so if anyone is interested in hearing about those feel free to ask or message me or something.
Thank you for taking the time to read this list. I put a lot of game hours and research into putting it together. It is my hope that it can serve as a good resource for players learning to play the game at higher difficulty levels.
*After reading comments and further playtesting I decided to make the following changes:
John Curtin (Australia) moved up from number 16 to number 9 on the tier list.
Hojo Tokimune (Japan) moved down from number 8 to number 12 on the tier list.
Harald Hardrada (Norway) moved up from number 36 to number 35 on the tier list.
![Civ 6 Tier List Civ 6 Tier List](https://i.redd.it/vbclp24etgx01.jpg)
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
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2 | God Tier | All bonuses are strong, consistent and come early. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strong Tier | Bonuses are strong, but less consistent and/or come later into the game. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average Tier | Have some bonuses that are strong but others that are inconsequential or unreliable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Below Average Tier | Have some strong/mediocre bonuses but they are often unreliable or come too late. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weak Tier | All bonuses are either mediocre/weak, unreliable or they come too late into the game. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
*'Aggregate Tier List' is based on the average of all map types in single player on standard speed with 6-8 players on Deity difficulty. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
*'Coastal Map Tier List' is based specifically on the 'Island Plates' map. On this map players are much more likely to settle coastal cities, the cities will be more compact due to less available land, Civs will be more likely to start isolated from one another and will have much less access to fresh water sources (such as rivers, lakes and oasis) and mountains. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 | Germany | Rome | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Greece (Gorgo) | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Sumeria | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Russia | Greece (Gorgo) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | China | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Aztec | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Arabia | Aztec | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Greece (Pericles) | Sumeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scythia | Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Japan | Greece (Pericles) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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