Aleera + Paguroniyx

Aleera + Paguroniyx (with Ameru and Cloudy Rodent) is the 3rd deck with an accessible collection in the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Celeste · Legend (tier A); with these talents it is S at Bronze · Silver and S at Gold · Crystal. Midrange deck in Shadow and Light, estimated elimination in 7.3 turns; first Tox to aim for: Berserk on turn 2.

AccessibleMidrangeShadowLight
ATier85.2% · Relative indexv1.23

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendAGold · CrystalSBronze · SilverS

Ideal setup: the abilities to keep and the Tox to aim for, slot by slot. You don’t need them all: the purchase plan gives the priority order.

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater

Shadow · Common

  1. Word-ChewabilityDeck core
  2. Replace : Punching BagT8
    to buy
  3. Replace : ShadowheartT4
    to buy

Paguroniyx

Shadow · Common

  1. BurrowabilityDeck core
  2. Venomous ShearsabilityDeck core
  3. toxReplaceable

Ameru

Light · Rare

  1. Smoky DreamabilityDeck core
  2. Replace : SmokeT2
    to buy
  3. toxReplaceable

Cloudy Rodent

Light · Common

  1. LightningabilityDeck core
  2. toxDeck core
  3. toxReplaceable

Tox priorities

The advised buying order, opening by opening, and the slot for each Tox. Draws stay random and high rarities come late. “Deck core” lines are only replaced by the same Tox in a better rarity.

4 shop openings348 Spamtons generated+22.8% Plan potential

Shop openings

At each opening: the odds of each rarity given the deck’s Luck on that turn, the Spamtons generated so far, and the advised purchase. One purchase per opening.

CommonRareEpicLegendary

  1. T2Luck 2 · 81 SpamtonsBerserk
  2. T4Luck 4 · 166 SpamtonsBerserk
  3. T6Luck 6 · 255 Spamtonsskip
  4. T8Luck 8 · 348 SpamtonsBerserk
T2

Berserk

Ameru · Common

Replace : Smoke

+6.7%
T4

Berserk

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater · Rare

Replace : Shadowheart

+9%
T8

Berserk

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater · Epic

Replace : Punching Bag

+7.1%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +0.8% → +0.5%

Avoid for this deck

Bomba · Fireheart · Natureheart · Earthheart · Eternity · Freeze · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Mimicry · Optimisation · Phoenix · Taunt · Revenge · Punching Bag · Spamland · Temporality · Tenacity

Theoretical score14,091
Estimated elimination7.3 turns
Effective HP5,463
Healing0
Spamtons / turn39

Opponent profiles

Score averaged over nine theoretical opponents, as no real meta can be observed: neutral, fragile, tank and six decks resisting one element, each played first and second. Score gap against the neutral profile, the one used for the displayed gameplan.

Play orderFirst -3.7% · 7.9 turnsSecond +3.7% · 7.1 turns

Strengths

  • Eliminates the opponent in 7.3 turns.

Weak spots

  • Struggles against a deck resisting Shadow: elimination in 10.4 turns.
  • No healing.
  • Only one generator: Ameru.

How the game goes

  1. Turn 3: first bonuses (Ameru).
  2. Turn 4: first big hit, Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).
  3. Turn 6: damage peak (1,565).
  4. Turn 8: opponent eliminated.

Model ranking

0% = average random deck. 100% = best deck found. This score is not a win rate.

Understanding the scores

Talents

Resilience

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater

While this card's HP is below 50%, its elemental resistances increase by (+25%).

Recommended

Soul Vitality

Paguroniyx

Whenever a card on the field dies, this card's HP and max HP increase by (+200)

Recommended

Cavalry

Ameru

Increases the max HP of all other allied cards by (+100)

Recommended

L-Shield

Cloudy Rodent

Shadow resistance (+25%) Light resistance (+25%)

Recommended
Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Ameru (+8 Light, +8 Water, +8 Shadow). First bonuses on turn 3.

Damage

Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater): 62% of the damage; Lightning (Cloudy Rodent): 26% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 7.3 turns.

Survival

No healing: with 5,463 effective HP, the deck has to win before it wears down.

The gameplanTheoretical analysis

Turn by turn, what the engine plays with this deck. The first two turns are unfolded.

01Turn 1Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

02Turn 2339 damage
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
256 damage
Cloudy Rodent
LightningCloudy Rodent
45 damage
Paguroniyx
Venomous ShearsPaguroniyx
38 damage
See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns
03Turn 366 damage
Ameru
Smoky DreamAmeru
66 damageLight +4 · Water +4 · Shadow +4
04Turn 4867 damage
Paguroniyx
BurrowPaguroniyx
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
645 damage
Cloudy Rodent
LightningCloudy Rodent
161 damage
Paguroniyx
Venomous ShearsPaguroniyx
61 damage
05Turn 5Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

06Turn 61,564 damage
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
1,057 damage
Cloudy Rodent
LightningCloudy Rodent
292 damage
Ameru
Smoky DreamAmeru
116 damageLight +4 · Water +4 · Shadow +4
Paguroniyx
Venomous ShearsPaguroniyx
99 damage
07Turn 7Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

08Turn 8305 damage
Paguroniyx
BurrowPaguroniyx
Cloudy Rodent
LightningCloudy Rodent
305 damage
09Turn 9Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.