Ranking ALL 25 Factions! | Twilight Imperium

Today, I'm ranking my favorite factions in Twilight Imperium 4th Edition, including all factions/upgrades from the base game, Prophecy of Kings, and the Codex.

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00:00 - Intro
01:10 - List Breakdown
02:30 - Tier List Creation
40:20 - Final List
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[CardboardCrashCourseTI]

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Text version of tier list (+ timestamps)

[T1] Absolute Favorite: Winnu
[T2] Consistent Fun: Mahact Gene Sorcerers, Naaz-Rokha Alliance, Federation of Sol, Xxcha Kingdom, Argent Flight, Vuil'Raith Cabal, Nekro Virus, Embers of Muaat, Ghosts of Creuss
[T3] Will Choose Regularly: L1Z1X Mindnet, Yssaril Tribes, Universities of Jol-Nar, Naalu Collective, Titans of Ul, Arborec, Emirates of Hacan
[T4] Will Choose Sometimes: Barony of Letnev, Empyrean, Council Keleres, Yin Brotherhood, Nomad
[T5] Pay to Play: Mentak Coalition, Clan of Saar, Sardakk N'orr

2:43 Arborec: Will Choose Regularly [T3]
4:03 Argent Flight: Consistent Fun [T2]
5:19 Barony of Letnev: Will Choose Sometimes [T4]
6:45 Cabal (Vuil'Raith Cabal): Consistent Fun [T2]
8:13 Empyrean: Will Choose Sometimes [T3]
9:33 Ghosts of Creuss: Consistent Fun [T2]
10:49 Hacan (Emirates of Hacan): Will Choose Regularly [T3]
11:59 Jol-Nar (Universities of Jol-Nar): Will Choose Regularly [T3]
13:34 Keleres (Council Keleres): Will Choose Sometimes [T4]
15:17 L1Z1X Mindnet: Will Choose Regularly [T3]
16:13 Mahact Gene Sorcerers: Consistent Fun [T2]
18:26 Mentak Coalition: Pay to Play [T5]
20:08 Muaat (Embers of Muaat): Consistent Fun [T2]
21:53 Naalu Collective: Will Choose Regularly [T3]
23:12 Naaz-Rokha Alliance: Consistent Fun [T2]
25:23 Nekro Virus: Consistent Fun [T2]
27:13 Saar (Clan of Saar): Pay to Play [T5]
29:00 Nomad: Will Choose Sometimes [T4]
30:19 Sardakk N'orr: Pay to Play [T5]
32:34 Sol (Federation of Sol): Consistent Fun [T2]
34:40 Titans of Ul: Will Choose Regularly [T3]
36:06 Xxcha Kingdom: Consistent Fun [T2]
38:06 Yin Brotherhood: Will Choose Sometimes [T4]
39:26 Yssaril Tribes: Will Choose Regularly [T3]
40:32 Winnu: Absolute Favorite [T1]

[andrewhoffman]

A power meta would be interesting.

I'm pretty sure my playgroups is very different than the actual meta.

Also, I'm glad to see a tier-list that doesn't just abuse the top tier section, and just putting everything up there if it's even only, say, an 8/10.

[davidemaj]

A vid on meta list!! Best ranking video about TI4 out there

[charleshixon]

Oh man Barony is the best. Can’t believe you feel that way! The trade good changes to barony that POK brought were absolutely insane. Their ground game with the mech felt powerful, but the best is that their constantly riding this battle of tradegoods. They need tradegoods to constantly deploy mechs, they need it to use their rerolls, but every sustain damage brings tg back. You ride a wave of power when your are successful, but sudden stark poverty causes you to drop significantly in power.

[heinrichbernstrom]

A power level Tier List would be great!

[jasoncrews]

The last game I played I was the Winnu. I was the weakest militarily but I had made a strong allegiance with one of my neighbors. I took Mecatol round 2, started racking up points from controlling it, and just when the other players thought they had stopped me I popped my commander’s ability to use Imperialism to score the last two points I needed to win.

[faberson]

This weekend we are playing Twilight Imperium with 7 players. Argent (me), Naaz-Rokha, Empyrean, Creuss, Xxcha, Sardaak and Mahact.
First time we play TI4. Some of us played TI3 before. I'm looking forward to the new game.

[Emanon...]

Favourites for me:
Naaz-Rokha, Argent, Empyrean, Ghosts, Muatt.
Granted, Ireally enjoy the loopy factions that aren't necessarily the most powerful, but if they work, it's a hell of a ride!

Least favourite:
Vuul-Raith, Saar, Arborec, Yin, Mentak

[enderblazefuision]

I would love to hear your takes on the meta lists

[coltonward]

When you make a power list:
Show overlays for components, like when you say “mirror computing” or “the jol nar hero ability”, if I don’t know what you’re talking about already I’ve got to go look it up. Thanks!

[sergeigen]

How about a video where you describe a few styles of play, and then talk about wich factions pull that off the best

[SilverDragonAcademy]

I think my list would be vastly different. I'm much more of the diplomatic / shady playstyle. Very much "Littlefinger" energy with less backstabbing.

The social aspect of the game is my favorite.

[BillHarvat]

When you put Mentak at the bottom I knew your list was not for me. They are absolutely awesome. Mirror Computing is only really something you get in the final turns. If you do get it early you're going to be singled out as a bad guy. Their Ambush ability rules. And having lots of cruiser pirate ships is a blast. Absolutely in my top 3. Mentak is great especially if you have a Hacan player to steal from consistently.
Overall your list was fun to listen to. It shows just how different game groups can be. And how differently people feel about factions.

[ImperialGit]

Played with the new Xxcha hero once, and we considered it to be very very broken. Might have to give it another go, but that one game scared us all quite a bit XD

[oliverb]

How do you have only 8k subs? Underrated channel! Comon Youtube algorithm :P

[Kangstor]

So far loving the content due to circumstances me and my friend always wanted to play TI but couldn't find it in here until I ordered it from local amazon along with expansion. So far only one game I manage to play a 3 player one where we got L1z1x, muaat and Cabal (we choose a smaller pool of factions for draft and others were Jol-nar, Sardak and Naalu). I got the Cabal and won the game with a close call (points were literally 10, 9, 8) I will have next game tomorrow (literally in 12 hours) to set it before hand we decided on map and draft with a random generator. It will be a 5 player game with Sol, Argent, Titans, Ghosts (me) and whatever last player choose among remaining 6 faction in pool (yin, Arborec, Muaat, Mentak, Letnev, Cabal) Hopefully we will have some aggressive fun like last time :P I am very interested in Necro but it didn't come up in our pool of choices yet still I am glad I tried Cabal. (I want to play Necro because they feel like Borg from star trek with the technology steal and what not and in a sense with the capture mechanic Cabal were also a bit like Borg)

[pacmanly]

If you ever do another Tier list, do you think it would be possible to use the "faces" of each faction, instead of the token symbol? I have trouble remembering faction sigils. Also, it would be cool if you started with the base game factions, built a tier list for the base game without PoK, then rearrange them for PoK, and then add the new factions. My group got into this game playing the base game, and so much content for the base game seems a little dated

[InternetGoSchool]

Definitely I did like to hear about the meta list

[RaK]

Can't wait to make my own Tier List in 15 years after I've finally played all factions! :D