Yesterday, I played against a player I respect, who unfortunately left the forum: his Red Rampart against my Dungeon. Once again, I was convinced that Rampart's weakness lies in its strength: the Elves. They are really weak, while the strategy of using Mass Slow and Expert Marksman is usually focused on them. I think one of the reasons he offered me a draw was the significant loss of these Elves, which also made clearing the treasure more difficult and reduced the advantage against my stompers (I got lucky: Lorelei arrived on the first week, and Shaktie had 2 stacks - Tamika arrived with 1 skeleton, and I managed to develop her to about 500 by the end of the game; I can imagine what Gosha can do with a starting Necropolis on the second week, if even I, with my first skeleton, developed so well:). The Elves definitely can't rush him:smile27: ).

500 skeletons are certainly strong, :D but this only happens with a favorable setup (many small monsters and few ranged units), and even then, it's usually closer to the end of the month when an explosion of 1500-2000 is quite possible, and even 50 ducks aren't that strong. Also, Necropolis is in serious trouble without a large number of conveniently located small monsters, and if they have access to them on the second week, I'm 80-90% sure they're doomed when rushed. Their early-level troops are easily defeated by the corresponding Rampart units, and an extra 100-150 skeletons might not even help. And how much more delicious loot Kirra can gather if she's allowed to develop is even scarier to imagine; 500 skeletons will simply be laughable against that. And Rampart's strength is not always in the Elves; it's not worth making the main bet on them, IMHO. So, overall, Rampart is a very strong Castle, I wouldn't say it's definitely the strongest, but it's very, very serious in experienced hands.
P.S. Have you played against Loy? ;)