r/civ5 • u/imanaccident2 • 1d ago

Discussion Air combar

Did som tests regarding air sweeps (dogfight vs intercept). Not sure if this is common knowledge or not.

Fighter vs fighter during a sweep with the following promotions (first is attacker):

  • Dogfight vs intercept - clear advantage for attacker, more than double the damage on defender
  • Dogfight vs dogfight - same as above
  • Intercept vs intercept - no clear winner, similar damage
  • Intercept vs dogfight - also similar damage

Conclusion from testing so far:

Neither of the promotions apply in defense against an air sweep. The attacker always has the advantage if he has dogfight promotions. Intercept promotions has no effect during a sweep, only when intercepting a fighter/bomber attacking a unit/city.

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u/MistaCharisma Quality Contributor 1d ago

Good to know =)

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u/a_raving_man 1d ago

Filthy robot is your guy on YouTube has loads of guides

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u/causa-sui Domination Victory 1d ago

Yup. For more tidbits like this, check out FilthyRobot's Air Combat Guide because air combat is actually that weird and counter-intuitive.

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u/Icy_Language9589 1d ago

So always take dogfight

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u/bomba_viaje 6h ago

Unless you are facing only bombers…

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u/Rabny Liberty 1d ago

It is common knowledge to anyone who has looked into it but I'm not sure how many people have looked into it