Tactics for Rampart.

I have a few questions.
For example, when playing as Necropolis, Dungeon, Fortress, Stronghold, there is confidence in which faction to start with.
In Rampart, there is no clear opinion on which faction to start with.

1. Advise which faction is best to start with and why?

I watched a tutorial video. Even the author, after buying and upgrading Elves, reaching the Inferno city, said: "Well, that's it! From now on, I will play as Inferno! It's better."

When playing as Rampart, I didn't feel any particular advantages in the game. On the contrary, slow Dwarves and Treants, expensive and slow Unicorns, etc. But I read that Rampart is praised as the best city.

2. So, teach me what to do there? Because the Rampart video didn't impress me.

Rampart is an easy and straightforward city, perfect for beginners, but it is definitely not the best:confused: - neither in SOD nor in WoG. So what if Dwarves and Treants are slow - they are tough, and one of the best tank units (or cover for archers) in the game! Building is quite simple (except for Draconians), and even they can be added to the first-level army (if you don't upgrade anyone and use a tanky build). What to do? Build Elves and preferably upgrade them - and move on to Unicorns. There are exotic options (usually for Kirrh - when there are not enough Elves at the start) with upgrading Centaurs to level 111 and having an excellent speed of 8, second only to Swamp. There are usually many speed units in the grass - there is enough money in most cases for many things.