They all poise problems but Chandragupta’s unique ability will help them stabilize against them. Mongolia and Scythia all field faster ranged armies. The Khmer are well suited as they will be in on the religious game and likely provide your empire with much beneficial follower beliefs. Persia should also have their fair share of problems with India now as well. Gandhi was always adept at staving off China, but they should be able to easily neutralized now. They have China to the East, Khmer to the Southeast, Persia to the West, Scythia to the Northwest, and Mongolia to the Northeast. TSL Maps will pose an interesting challenge for India. Chandragupta will flourish on most map types, being hindered only by maps heavy on islands and mountains. With one leader ability, you have turned a passive and religious nation into a domination master. This will help the Varu led army to quickly pounce on neighboring civilizations.Ĭhandragupta allows you to play India far more aggressively than you ever have been. Once Chandragupta does so his units will get 2 additional movement and a combat bonus during the first 10 turns after it is declared. Once unlocked, you can declare a War of Territorial Expansion. He can use India’s Stepwell to help his conquered cities grow.Ĭhandragupta’s leader ability is Arthashastra which is dependent on unlocking the Military Training Civic. Something that stacks for each adjacent Varu. Not only are they powerful, but they inflict a -5 strength on adjacent enemy units.

It has higher strength at 40 at the cost of half the movement at 2. He will use India’s Varu unique unit to do so. For Chandragupta it is just a benefit to the grand conquests he will want to undergo. This helps a normally passive India expand their religion and all around be friendlier to everyone else. This means that India welcomes other religions, just not too much of them. Which states that India gets the follower belief of any religion with at least one follower present in their cities. Click this link to see the announcement video.Īs an additional leader, he will still get India’s Dharma ability. You can read about Korea, The Dutch, and Mongolia by clicking the links. Chandragupta will also lead India with the new expansion, and he does things quite a bit differently from Gandhi.

The next leader I will discuss, is another leader for an existing Civ. We have most of the Civilizations announced that are coming out with the Rise and Fall expansion for Civilization 6.

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