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
	Tower
	Inferno
	Necropolis
	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

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

Rampart
Rangers
Mephala
Ufretin
Jenova
Ryland
Thorgrim
Giselle
Ivor
Clancy
Kyrre
Gelu
Druids
Coronius
Uland
Elleshar
Gem
Malcom
Melodia
Alagar
Aeris
Towns

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

Creatures

Rampart creatures
Level 1
Centaur
Centaur Captain
Level 2
Dwarf
Battle Dwarf
Level 3
Wood Elf
Grand Elf
Level 4
Pegasus
Silver Pegasus
Level 5
Dendroid Guard
Dendroid Soldier
Level 6
Unicorn
War Unicorn
Level 7
Green Dragon
Gold Dragon
Towns

Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	Dmg-	Dmg+	HP	Spd	Grw	AI Val	Cost		Special
Centaur  Centaur		1	5	3	2	3	8	6	14	100	70
Centaur Captain  Centaur Captain		1+	6	3	2	3	10	8	14	138	90
Dwarf  Dwarf		2	6	7	2	4	20	3	8	138	120		Resistance +20%
Battle Dwarf  Battle Dwarf		2+	7	7	2	4	20	5	8	209	150		Resistance +40%
Wood Elf  Wood Elf		3	9	5	3	5	15	6	7	234	200		Ranged (24 shots)
Grand Elf  Grand Elf		3+	9	5	3	5	15	7	7	331	225		Ranged (24 shots), Double attack
Pegasus  Pegasus		4	9	8	5	9	30	8	5	518	250		Flying, Magic damper
Silver Pegasus  Silver Pegasus		4+	9	10	5	9	30	12	5	532	275		Flying, Magic damper
Dendroid Guard  Dendroid Guard		5	9	12	10	14	55	3	3	517	350		Binding
Dendroid Soldier  Dendroid Soldier		5+	9	12	10	14	65	4	3	803	425		Binding
Unicorn  Unicorn		6	15	14	18	22	90	7	2	1806	850		Blind, Aura of Resistance +20%
War Unicorn  War Unicorn		6+	15	14	18	22	110	9	2	2030	950		Blind, Aura of Resistance +20%
Green Dragon  Green Dragon		7	18	18	40	50	180	10	1	4872	2400	1	Dragon, Flying, Breath attack, 1-3 lvl spells immunity
Gold Dragon  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.
• Dendroids and Battle Dwarves are very good meatshields, often becoming useful in long fights. Use them to block pathways or to defend your elves. These troops benefit a lot from a simple Haste (three to five hexes additional movement per turn) spell.
• 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 among the best level level 1 creatures.
• It is beneficial to build and upgrade Homestead prior to all the other dwellings.
• At sieges when the wall is breaced, 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 cumultive.
• Grand Eleves 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 slow armies down.