Aleera + Squall

Aleera + Squall (with Floral Giraffe and Paguroniyx) is the 7th deck with an intermediate 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, estimated elimination in 7.3 turns; first Tox to aim for: Berserk on turn 2.

IntermediateMidrangeShadow

ATier84.5% · 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

Word-ChewabilityDeck core
toxDeck core
Replace : ShadowheartT6
to buy

Floral Giraffe

Nature · Rare

Sylvan RebirthabilityDeck core
Replace : Punching BagT4
to buy
Free slotT2
to buy

Paguroniyx

Shadow · Common

BurrowabilityDeck core
Venomous ShearsabilityDeck core
toxDeck core

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares

Shadow · Rare

Cosmic FlamesabilityDeck core
Cosmic LightabilityDeck core
Replace : BerserkT8
to buy

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 openings260 Spamtons generated+25.5% 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

T2
100 %
Luck 2 · 59 SpamtonsBerserk
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 122 SpamtonsBerserk
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 189 SpamtonsShadowheart
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 260 SpamtonsBerserk

Berserk

Floral Giraffe · Common

+6.3%

Berserk

Floral Giraffe · Rare

Replace : Punching Bag

+10.6%

Shadowheart

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater · Rare

Replace : Shadowheart

+4%

Berserk

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares · Epic

Replace : Berserk

+4.6%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +0.6% → +0%

Avoid for this deck

AoE · Bomba · Brutal · Waterheart · Natureheart · Earthheart · Vanish · Erosion · Eternity · Smoke · Freeze · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Multiplier · Optimisation · Phoenix · Poison · Taunt · Reset · Revenge · Punching Bag · Tenacity · Vampirism · Avenger

Theoretical score14,013

Estimated elimination7.3 turns

Effective HP6,026

Healing0

Spamtons / turn28

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 -3.2% · 8.2 turnsSecond +3.2% · 7.5 turns

Fragile deck+10.9%5.6 turns · strength
Tank deck-41.6%11.8 turns · weakness
Resists Fire-2.4%7.2 turns
Resists Water0%6.9 turns
Resists Earth0%6.9 turns
Resists Nature0%6.9 turns
Resists Shadow-36.8%11.1 turns · weakness
Resists Light-2.4%7.2 turns

Strengths

Eliminates the opponent in 7.3 turns.

Weak spots

Struggles against a deck resisting Shadow: elimination in 11.1 turns.
No healing.
Only one generator: Squall, Emissary of Nightmares.

How the game goes

Turn 3: first bonuses (Squall, Emissary of Nightmares).
Turn 4: first big hit, Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).
Turn 6: damage peak (1,475).
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

Cavalry

Floral Giraffe

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

Recommended

Soul Vitality

Paguroniyx

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

Recommended

One Man Army

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares

Each time another card on the field dies, the base damage and base healing of all this card's attacks increase by (+5).

Recommended

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares (+6 Fire, +6 Light). First bonuses on turn 3.

Damage

Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater): 85% of the damage; Venomous Shears (Paguroniyx): 5% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 7.3 turns.

Survival

No healing: with 6,026 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 2337 damage

Sylvan RebirthFloral Giraffe

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

291 damage

Venomous ShearsPaguroniyx

46 damage

See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns

03Turn 3112 damage

Cosmic FlamesSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

56 damageFire +3

Cosmic LightSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

56 damageLight +3

04Turn 4785 damage

BurrowPaguroniyx

Sylvan RebirthFloral Giraffe

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

724 damage

Venomous ShearsPaguroniyx

61 damage

05Turn 5Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

06Turn 61,475 damage

Sylvan RebirthFloral Giraffe

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

1,191 damage

Cosmic FlamesSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

103 damageFire +3

Cosmic LightSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

103 damageLight +3

Venomous ShearsPaguroniyx

78 damage

07Turn 7Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

08Turn 8743 damage

BurrowPaguroniyx

Sylvan RebirthFloral Giraffe

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

743 damage

09Turn 9Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.