Preslav (Civ6)

Preslav is a militaristic city-state in Civilization VI. 
== Strategy ==
Under the vanilla ruleset, the Suzerain of Preslav gains 5 Combat Strength for their light and heavy cavalry units when fighting on Hills tiles. A bonus cannot get any more conditional than that. Considering in Civilization VI, the site of the battle is where the defender stands, your cavalry units basically gain a net Combat Strength of 2 when attacking into Hills tiles (since the defender will gain 3 Combat Strength from the terrain modifier). Of course, this bonus makes your cavalry units a bit sturdier when they defend on Hills, but all the enemy needs to do is to avoid attacking these unit classes when they end their turn on Hills tiles. Overall, no one should go through troubles to vie for the Suzerainty of this city-state to receive a bonus that will be nullified if the enemy uses common sense.
Considering how inconsequential Preslav's bonus is in vanilla, it is quite unbelievable that somehow Rise and Fall manages to rework it to be even worse. The only time you'll notice Loyalty bonuses being useful is when your cities are in danger of revolting, so you won't go out of your way to build Encampments just to increase your Loyalty per turn. Also, if you really need the extra Loyalty, the turns needed to build and develop an Encampment in that city will likely be more than the turns until it revolts. Therefore, whether this bonus becomes useful in conquest depends on whether your enemies build Encampments with buildings in their cities, not whether you do.
No matter what ruleset you're playing under, Preslav competes for one of the worst Suzerain bonuses of any city-state. It is recommended to avoid sending s to it (unless it's the only city-state you can get for Era Score, visibility, levying units, or other strategic reasons). While Mogadishu, another city-state known to be almost useless, has some value on certain water-heavy maps, the only amazing thing about Preslav is how it can stay consistently trivial across every game setting and ruleset despite a major overhaul to its bonus and many changes to the landscape of the game over the years.
== Civilopedia entry ==
== Trivia ==
* Preslav's symbol is most likely based on the Pliska rosette.
== See also ==
* Preslav (Civ6)/Vikings, Traders, and Raiders!
* Preslav in other games
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