Rampart

Fully built Rampart, as seen on the adventure map Fully built Rampart, as seen on the adventure map. (HotA)	Towns
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	Rampart
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	Dungeon
	Stronghold
	Fortress
	Conflux
	Cove
	Factory

The Rampart town is a good alignment town type with Ranger and Druid hero classes. Ramparts are built by creatures in allied defense of the unspoiled wilderness regions of Enroth. With two slow creature types, Dwarves and Dendroids, rampart armies may be best suited to defensive tactics. Most of these creatures, however, have enemy hampering abilities that can be used to turn the tide against many opponents—especially those dependent on magical attacks. Rampart represents AvLee.

Rampart's native terrain is grass.

Structures

Halls		Fortifications		Miscellaneous		Mage Guilds		Banned spells
Village Hall	Village Hall (existing)	Fort	Fort 20 20 5000	Tavern	Tavern   5             500	Mage Guild level 1	Mage Guild level 1   5     5         2000
File:Town Hall large.gif	Town Hall 2500	Citadel	Citadel 5 2500	Marketplace	Marketplace   5             500	Mage Guild level 2	Mage Guild level 2   5   4   5   4   4   4   1000
City Hall	City Hall 5000	Castle	Castle 10 10 5000	Resource Silo	Resource Silo ()       5         5000	Mage Guild level 3	Mage Guild level 3   5   6   5   6   6   6   1000
Capitol	Capitol 10000			Blacksmith	Blacksmith 5 1000 link={{{smith}}} link={{{smith}}}	Mage Guild level 4	Mage Guild level 4   5   8   5   8   8   8   1000
						Mage Guild level 5	Mage Guild level 5   5   10   5   10   10   10   1000
Total Common Buildings:					45     40         37000	Total Mage Guild:	15   10   15   10   10   10   4000   20   18   20   18   18   18   5000   25   28   25   28   28   28   6000

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Rampart Specific Buildings

• Dendroid Saplings (Dendroid horde building, +2/week)
• Dwarven Treasury (increases the amount of gold you have at the beginning of each week by 10%)
• Fountain of Fortune (+2 luck to garrisoned heroes)
• Miners' Guild (Dwarf horde building, +4/week)
• Mystic Pond (produces 1–4 of a random resource except gold on the first day of every week)
• Spirit Guardian (Grail building for the Rampart, +2 luck of all own heroes on the map, 5000 gold each day, 50% additional creature growth)

Rampart creature dwellings:

• Centaur Stables
• Dwarf Cottage
• Homestead
• Enchanted Spring
• Dendroid Arches
• Unicorn Glade
• Dragon Cliffs

Rampart town seen from inside

Resource	Basic	Upgrades	All
	35000	31000	109000
	50	25	127
	60	35	142
	34	31	95
	14	11	45
	4	6	30
	4	6	30
Troop cost/week:		26620 + 4

Heroes

Name	Class		Specialty		Skill 1		Skill 2		Spell
Clancy	Ranger		Unicorns		Basic Resistance		Basic Pathfinding
Clancy	Ranger		Unicorns		Basic Interference		Basic Pathfinding
Ivor	Ranger		Elves		Basic Archery		Basic Offense
Jenova	Ranger		Gold		Advanced Archery
Kyrre	Ranger		Logistics		Basic Archery		Basic Logistics
Mephala	Ranger		Armorer		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Ryland	Ranger		Dendroids		Basic Leadership		Basic Diplomacy
Thorgrim	Ranger		Resistance		Advanced Resistance
Thorgrim	Ranger		Resistance		Advanced Resistance
Ufretin	Ranger		Dwarves		Basic Resistance		Basic Luck
Ufretin	Ranger		Dwarves		Basic Interference		Basic Luck
Gelu	Ranger		Sharpshooters		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Giselle	Ranger		Interference		Advanced Interference
Aeris	Druid		Pegasi		Basic Wisdom		Basic Scouting		Protection from Air
Alagar	Druid		Ice Bolt		Basic Wisdom		Basic Sorcery		Ice Bolt
Coronius	Druid		Slayer		Basic Wisdom		Basic Scholar		Slayer
Coronius	Druid		Slayer		Basic Wisdom		Basic Scholar		Slayer
Elleshar	Druid		Intelligence		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Curse
Gem	Druid		First Aid		Basic Wisdom		Basic First Aid		Summon Boat
Gem	Druid		First Aid		Basic Wisdom		Basic First Aid		Summon Boat *
Malcom	Druid		Eagle Eye		Basic Wisdom		Basic Eagle Eye		Magic Arrow
Melodia	Druid		Fortune		Basic Wisdom		Basic Luck		Fortune
Uland	Druid		Cure		Advanced Wisdom		Basic Ballistics		Cure
Uland	Druid		Cure		Basic Wisdom		Basic Ballistics		Cure

Creatures

Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	Dmg-	Dmg+	HP	Spd	Grw	AI Val	Cost		Special
Centaur		1	5	3	2	3	8	6	14	100	70
Centaur Captain		1+	6	3	2	3	10	8	14	138	90
Dwarf		2	6	7	2	4	20	3	8	138	120		Resistance +20%
Battle Dwarf		2+	7	7	2	4	20	5	8	209	150		Resistance +40%
Wood Elf		3	9	5	3	5	15	6	7	234	200		Ranged (24 shots)
Grand Elf		3+	9	5	3	5	15	7	7	331	225		Ranged (24 shots), Double attack
Pegasus		4	9	8	5	9	30	8	5	518	250		Flying, Magic damper
Silver Pegasus		4+	9	10	5	9	30	12	5	532	275		Flying, Magic damper
Dendroid Guard		5	9	12	10	14	55	3	3	517	350		Binding
Dendroid Soldier		5+	9	12	10	14	65	4	3	803	425		Binding
Unicorn		6	15	14	18	22	90	7	2	1806	850		Blind, Aura of Resistance +20%
War Unicorn		6+	15	14	18	22	110	9	2	2030	950		Blind, Aura of Resistance +20%
Green Dragon		7	18	18	40	50	180	10	1	4872	2400	1	Dragon, Flying, Breath attack, 1-3 lvl spells immunity
Gold Dragon		7+	27	27	40	50	250	16	1	8613	4000	2	Dragon, Flying, Breath attack, 1-4 lvl spells immunity

Strategy

• Silver Pegasi are among the fastest creatures in the game, which often offers chance to act first in the combat. However, they are quite fragile and should be used with caution.
• Gold Dragons' spell immunity is a double edged sword, their skills cannot be enhanced but nor can they be diminished. Useful in tactical manuver called Dragogeddon.
• Dwarves and Dendroids are tough and useful in shielding Elves (or other shooters).
• The Grand Elf is a nice shooter, but often blinded (or damaged through spells) by the AI. Thus, protecting this ranged attacker with Double attack by anti magic spells like Anti-Magic (4th or 5th level spells only, up to spell immunity) or Magic Mirror (20% to 40% chance of reflecting spells back to the enemy and then target a random stack) can be useful.
• The Centaurs and Centaur Captains are some of the best level 1 creatures.
• It is beneficial to build and upgrade Homestead prior to all the other dwellings.
• At sieges when the wall is breached, it is possible to use Dendroids to bind enemies in the moats.

Pros

• Several Dwarven Treasuries can become extremely powerful in longer games as every treasury's 10% bonus is cumulative.
• Grand Elves are fast ranged units that can be acquired early in the game.
• Several units with high speed rating can form a very potent force in the late game.
• Rampart produces the most hit points per week of all towns.
• Many creatures with magic resistance or spell immunity capabilities.

Cons

• Only 1 shooter (The Wood Elf/Grand Elf)
• Four 2-hex units make for very easy targets for multi-hex attacks/spells
• Dendroid Guards/Dendroid Soldiers and dwarves/battle dwarves slow armies down.