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The Leader Pass for Civilization 6 expanded the legendary strategy title with over a dozen new leaders, and began with the Great Negotiators Pack. The Great Negotiators Pack introduced the brand-new Leaders Nzinga Mbande and Abraham Lincoln to Civilization 6, along with the alternate Sultan Saladin Persona for Arabia's existing Leader.

Sultan Saladin represents the military and strategic genius of Saladin, the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty and first sultan of Egypt and Syria. Saladin's defeat of the European Crusaders, both through religious and military might, is represented in his unique Leader ability, The Victorious.

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Sultan Saladin's Features and Abilities

Civilization 6 Sultan Saladin Loading Screen

As an alternate Persona for the original Saladin who launched with Civilization 6, Sultan Saladin shares all the other Arabian features, including the Civilization Ability, Unique Unit, and Unique Infrastructure. What makes Sultan Saladin different is his The Victorious bonus, which is useful in all forms of conflict.

Name

How It Works

Leader Ability

The Victorious

  • +100% Flanking and Support bonus to all Combat and Religious units

Civilization Ability

The Last Prophet

  • Automatically receive the final Great Prophet when the second-to-last has been claimed
  • +1 Science per foreign City following Arabia's Religion

Unique Unit

Mamluk

  • Unique Arabian Medieval Era Heavy Cavalry unit
  • Unlocked by the Stirrups Technology
  • Replaces the Knight
  • Heals at the end of every turn, even if it has moved or attacked
  • 4 Movement, 2 Sight
  • 50 Melee strength
  • 3 Gold upkeep (4 in Gathering Storm)

Unique Infrastructure

Madrasa

  • Unique Arabian Classical Era Infrastructure
  • Unlocked with the Theology Civic, one Era earlier than the University
  • Replaces the University
  • +5 Science (1 more than the University)
  • Provides Faith equal to its Science adjacency bonus

How to Play as Sultan Saladin

Civilization 6 Sultan Saladin Flanking Bonus

While the original Saladin's Leader ability allowed players to translate their Religious focus into versatile boosts to other yields, Sultan Saladin is all about conflict, both military and religious. After players have researched Military Tradition, Flanking and Support bonuses trigger whenever a pair of friendly units are adjacent to each other and to the target enemy unit. A Flanking bonus is granted to raise the attack strength if one of the friendly units attacks the enemy, while a Support bonus raises defense if the enemy attacks one of the friendly units. These bonuses can stack multiple times, and can easily turn the tide of a battle when boosted by Sultan Saladin's The Victorious ability.

The universal strength of The Victorious means that Sultan Saladin players can dominate in both military and religious conflict, allowing them to pursue a Domination or a Religious Victory depending on the situation. It's also worth remembering that all of Arabia's other abilities play into these strengths. A group of Mamluk can be near unstoppable with their self-healing and +100% Flanking and Support bonus, while The Last Prophet and Madrasa will guarantee that a Sultan Saladin player secures a strong Religion even if they focus on military units in the early game.

Civilization 6 is available for iOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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