Editing Rampart

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'''Rampart''' is a good [[alignment]] [[town]] with the [[ranger]] and [[druid]] [[hero class]]es. Ramparts are built by creatures in allied defense of the unspoiled wilderness regions of [[Enroth]]. Rampart represents [[AvLee]].

Rampart's [[native terrain]] is [[grass]].

'''Rampart Creature Dwellings'''
* [[Rampart creature dwellings|Centaur Stables]]
* [[Rampart creature dwellings|Dwarf Cottage]]
* [[Rampart creature dwellings|Homestead]]
* [[Rampart creature dwellings|Enchanted Spring]]
* [[Rampart creature dwellings|Dendroid Arches]]
* [[Rampart creature dwellings|Unicorn Glade]]
* [[Rampart creature dwellings|Dragon Cliffs]]

'''Rampart Specific Buildings'''
*[[Dendroid Saplings]] - ([[Dendroid]] [[horde building]], +2/week)
*[[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)

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{{Common buildings|Rampart|First aid tent|+1 {{C}}}}

[[Image:Rampart-in.png|right|border|500px]]

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! <span title="Cost of building the Citadel, the Castle, and all base creature dwellings, including any associated prerequisites.">Basic</span>
! <span title="Cost of upgrading all creature dwellings, including any associated prerequisites.">Upgrades</span>
! <span title="All buildings built and fully upgraded.">All</span>
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|{{Gold}}||35000||31000||109000
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|{{Wood}}||50||25||127
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|{{Ore}}||60||35||142
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|{{Crystal}}||34||31||95
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|{{Gem}}||14||11||45
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|{{Mercury}}||4||6||30
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|{{Sulfur}}||4||6||30
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!colspan=2| Troop cost/week: !!colspan=2| 26620 {{Gold}} + 4 {{Crystal}}
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{{Hero table}}
{{Rampart hero table}}
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{{Creature table}}
{{Rampart creature table}}
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== Strategy ==
* With  two  slow  creature types,  [[Dwarf and Battle Dwarf|dwarves]]  and  [[Dendroid Guard and Dendroid Soldier|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.
* [[Silver Pegasus|Silver Pegasi]] are among the fastest creatures in the game, which often offers chance to act first in combat. However, they are quite fragile and should be used with caution.
* [[Gold Dragon]]s' [[spell immunity]] is a double edged sword, their skills cannot be enhanced but nor can they be diminished. Useful in tactical manuver called [[Dragogeddon]].
* [[Dwarf and Battle Dwarf|Dwarves]] and [[Dendroid Guard and Dendroid Soldier|Dendroids]] are tough and useful in shielding Elves (or other shooters). 
* The [[Grand Elf]] is a nice shooter, but often [[blind]]ed (or [[direct damage spells|damaged]] through spells) by the AI. Thus, protecting this [[ranged attack]]er 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.
* 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 [[Dendroid]]s to bind enemies in the moats.
* [https://www.celestialheavens.com/viewpage.php?id=446 Strategy Guide for Rampart von Jolly Joker on Celestial Heavens]

== Pros ==
* [[Centaur]]s and [[Centaur Captain]]s are among the best 1st level creatures.
* Several [[Treasury|Treasuries]] can become extremely powerful in longer games as every treasury's 10% bonus is cumulative.
* [[Grand Elf|Grand Elves]] are fast [[ranged attack|ranged units]] that can be acquired early in the game and, what is even more important, shoot twice.
* 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 anti-magic abilities of creatures. This includes [[Dwarf and Battle Dwarf|Dwarves']] resistance, ability of [[Pegasus and Silver Pegasus|Pegasi]] to increase cost of a spell casted by the enemy hero, [[Unicorn and War Unicorn|Unicorns']] aura of resistance, and finally [[Green Dragon and Gold Dragon|Green and Gold Dragons']] immunity to the majority of spells (Gold Dragons can be part of [[Dragogeddon]]).

== Cons ==
* Only 1 shooter (The [[Wood Elf]]/[[Grand Elf]]).
* [[Dendroid Guard]]s/[[Dendroid Soldier]]s and [[Dwarf|Dwarves]]/[[Battle Dwarf|Battle Dwarves]] slow armies down.
* [[Gold Dragon]]s can not be resurrected.

== See also ==
* [[List of creatures]]
* [[List of creatures (HotA)]]
* [[List of heroes]]
* [[List of heroes (HotA)]]

[[Category: Rampart]]
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