Greeks Strategy Guide

Learn how to conquer Humankind on the highest difficulty with our comprehensive Greeks strategy guide. Master early game FIMS bonuses, combat, and expansion.

This guide provides strategies for playing the Greeks in Humankind, focusing on beating the game on the highest difficulty. It details the AI bonuses on Humankind difficulty and how to counter them, along with optimal map settings.

AI Bonuses on Humankind Difficulty:

• +3 Food per Farmer
• +3 Industry per Worker
• +3 Money per Trader
• +3 Science per Researcher
• +60 Stability
• +2 Combat Strength on all Units

These bonuses are flat and scale less effectively in the late game, giving players an advantage as the game progresses. The combat bonus is significant early on, making early war inadvisable.

General Strategy:

1. Avoid early war (until Classical era at the earliest).
2. Establish trade for luxury resources.
3. Choose Agrarian and Builder cultures early, and scale into the late game. Build wide rather than tall.
4. Focus on acquiring stars/fame. Do not immediately transcend cultures if it means missing out on era stars.
5. Trigger the end game condition, typically via the science ending or by eliminating/vassalizing other cultures if conquest is advanced.

Optimal Map Settings:

• World Size: Huge (allows for more expansion and minor cultures).
• World Shape: Large Pangea (facilitates scouting and trade).
• Land Percentage: 70-80% (balances land for expansion with enough water for trade routes).
• Climate: New World (ensures specific geographical features).

The guide emphasizes leveraging late-game AI FIMS bonus scaling and strategic expansion to overcome early-game disadvantages.