Another DLC pack from the Civilization VI Leader Pass is now available. The Great Builders Pack adds three new leaders to existing civilizations, though you need a separate DLC and the Rise & Fall expansion to gain access to all three new leaders.
Theodora is the new leader for the Byzantines and requires the Byzantium & Gaul DLC. Her leader ability is Restorer of Icons which does the following:
- Holy Sites provide Culture equal to their adjacency bonus
- Farms provide a Faith adjacency to Hippodromes and Holy Sites
The Byzantines can continue to be Faith-focused, but with Theodora this playstyle will give the civ an edge in Culture output as well, so expect to go for religious or cultural victory when playing as Theodora.
Sejong is the new leader that leads Korea, and requires the Rise & Fall expansion. His leader ability Hangul does the following:
- When you complete your first Technology from a new Era, you receive double your Science per turn as Culture
With Sejong as leader, your cultural output won’t lag behind as you continue to pursue the tech tree. One way of taking advantage of this is to spend that culture output to further improve Science output.
Ludwig II is the new leader that leads Germany. The “Mad King”‘s leader ability, Swan King, is rather interesting:
- Wonders, even if not finished, receive +2 Culture for each adjacent District
- All Culture adjacencies provide Tourism after discovering Castles
With Ludwig, you want to wonder hoard, and even if you fail at building them up, having the +2 Culture adjacency bonus can add up quick. It also favours more clumped-together clusters of cities to really get the most out of the leader bonus. And if you get them right, those bonuses will provide Tourism as well, setting Germany up for a cultural victory, which you don’t really see that civ do usually.
There will be one more Civilization VI Leader Pass DLC pack after this: Rulers Of England.
The Great Builders DLC, part of the Civilization VI Leader Pass, it out now on PC, Mac and iOS. It’s included in the Civilization VI Anthology Edition- which is the complete set of Civ VI with all DLCs and expansions.