0:00 - How to attack cities
0:27 - Scout around your target
1:43 - Putting a city under siege and zone of control
3:54 - Planning for loyalty problems
4:26 - Planning your attack units
4:56 - Kiting ranged units out of cities
5:14 - Attacking cities without walls
5:40 - Attacking cities with walls
6:50 - Using a meat shield
8:18 - Be selective about your last unit to attack and take the city

In this video, we delve into the essential strategies for attacking and capturing cities in Civilization VI, a critical aspect of the game that you'll encounter regardless of your victory condition. Here’s a comprehensive guide to make every city attack successful:

1. Scouting and Preparation:

Scout the Area: Start by examining the city's surroundings, including terrain, nearby cities, and encampments.
Avoid Dangerous Hexes: Identify hexes that might expose your units to multiple attacks and avoid them.
Assess City Strength: Check the city's combat strength and compare it to your military units. Ensure you have comparable or stronger units.
Walls Status: Observe if the city has walls (blue bar) or is building them (visible construction).
2. Troop Requirements:

Sufficient Troops: Ensure you have enough troops considering difficulty level, enemy power, and city defenses. Higher difficulties require more units.
Positioning Troops: Place troops on hexes with defense bonuses like hills, forests, and jungles. Plan to put the city under siege to prevent it from healing.
3. Understanding City Siege and Zone of Control:

City Siege Mechanics: A city under siege won't heal at the end of the turn, indicated by a red heart next to the city name.
Zone of Control (ZOC): Limits enemy unit movement. Melee units apply ZOC to their hex and surrounding hexes, siege units to their own hex, and ranged units to their hex (with a promotion extending this).
Rivers and ZOC: Rivers break ZOC, affecting melee units on the opposite sides.
4. Executing the Siege:

Implementing ZOC: Surround the city with a combination of melee, ranged, siege units, and boats to put it under siege.
Strategic Considerations: Plan your attacks and think about post-capture actions like managing loyalty if you plan to keep the city.
5. Battle Strategy:

Mix of Units: Use siege weapons against walled cities, supported by ranged and mounted units.
Engagement: Draw out and eliminate ranged units first to reduce damage to your attacking forces.
Without Walls: If the city lacks walls, use ranged units first, followed by melee. Maintain pressure until the city is captured.
6. Addressing City Walls:

Siege Weapons: Utilize battering rams and siege towers for early walls. Siege towers bypass walls, attacking the city's health directly.
AI Attack Patterns: Use melee units as a 'meat shield' to protect ranged and siege units from AI attacks.
7. Tactical Tips:

Defensive Terrain: Always position units on defensive terrain like mountains, forests, or jungles.
Final Attack Considerations: When the city is about to fall, use a damaged but capable unit to capture it, ensuring it is protected from enemy units.
8. Additional Tips:

Consider the benefits of different units in the final capture to maximize strategic advantages.
Keep your units fortified and use the AI’s attack patterns to your advantage to minimize damage.
This guide covers the fundamentals of city attacks in Civ 6, helping you to master the art of siege and capture. If you have any questions or need further tips, drop them in the comments below!

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