Pyro + Yotaru

Pyro + Yotaru (with Aleera and Abyssal Lightbearer) is part of the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Gold · Crystal; with these talents it is tier B at Celeste · Legend, A at Gold · Crystal and S at Bronze · Silver. Midrange deck in Shadow, estimated elimination in 7.1 turns; first Tox to aim for: Poison on turn 2.

IntermediateMidrangeShadow

BTier71.6% · Relative indexv1.23

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendBGold · CrystalABronze · 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
Replace : Punching BagT8
to buy
toxReplaceable

Yotaru, Leafguard

Nature · Common

ProtectabilityDeck core
EarthguardabilityDeck core
BoostguardabilityDeck core

Pyro

Fire · Common

ConflagrationabilityDeck core
Free slotT2
to buy
Free slotT4
to buy

Abyssal Lightbearer

Water · Epic

HazardoabilityDeck core
BeaconabilityDeck core
Free slotT6
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 openings196 Spamtons generated+33.6% 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 · 43 SpamtonsPoison
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 90 SpamtonsBerserk
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 141 SpamtonsFireheart
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 196 SpamtonsFireheart

Poison

Pyro · Common

+12.3%

Berserk

Pyro · Rare

+9.4%

Fireheart

Abyssal Lightbearer · Rare

+4.4%

Fireheart

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater · Epic

Replace : Punching Bag

+7.4%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +4.8% → +0.6%

Avoid for this deck

Bomba · Natureheart · Earthheart · Heart Resistance · Eternity · Freeze · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Optimisation · Phoenix · Taunt · Revenge · Ancient Healing · Temporality · Tenacity

Theoretical score12,528

Estimated elimination7.1 turns

Effective HP3,091

Healing0

Spamtons / turn20

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 +1.2% · 7.3 turnsSecond -1.2% · 7.5 turns

Fragile deck+13%5.7 turns · strength
Tank deck-23.6%9.8 turns · weakness
Resists Fire-9.6%7.8 turns · weakness
Resists Water-7.2%7.6 turns · weakness
Resists Earth0%6.8 turns
Resists Nature0%6.8 turns
Resists Shadow-11.4%8.1 turns · weakness
Resists Light-7.2%7.6 turns · weakness

Strengths

Eliminates the opponent in 7.1 turns.
Has control effects.

Weak spots

Struggles against a deck resisting Shadow: elimination in 8.1 turns.
Struggles against a deck resisting Fire: elimination in 7.8 turns.
No healing.

How the game goes

Turn 1: first bonuses (Pyro).
Turn 4: first big hit, Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).
Turn 6: damage peak (1,278).
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

F/W-Shield

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater

Fire resistance (+25%) Water resistance (+25%)

Recommended

Shared Shield

Yotaru, Leafguard

Increases the elemental resistances of all allied cards by (+10%).

Recommended

Crit Sphere

Pyro

Increases this card's critical chance by (+2%) each turn

Recommended

Increasing Error

Abyssal Lightbearer

Each time this card attacks, a random enemy card loses 3% accuracy

Recommended

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Pyro (+7 Fire). First bonuses on turn 1.

Damage

Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater): 60% of the damage; Conflagration (Pyro): 31% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 7.1 turns.

Survival

No healing: with 3,091 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 174 damage

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

ConflagrationPyro

51 damageFire +1

HazardoAbyssal Lightbearer

23 damage

02Turn 2167 damage

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

ConflagrationPyro

92 damageFire +1

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

52 damage

HazardoAbyssal Lightbearer

23 damage

See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns

03Turn 3124 damage

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

ConflagrationPyro

101 damageFire +1

HazardoAbyssal Lightbearer

23 damage

04Turn 4902 damage

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

581 damage

BeaconAbyssal Lightbearer

145 damage

ConflagrationPyro

153 damageFire +1

HazardoAbyssal Lightbearer

23 damage

05Turn 5191 damage

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

ConflagrationPyro

168 damageFire +1

HazardoAbyssal Lightbearer

23 damage

06Turn 61,278 damage

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

1,021 damage

ConflagrationPyro

234 damageFire +1

HazardoAbyssal Lightbearer

23 damage

07Turn 7212 damage

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

ConflagrationPyro

189 damageFire +1

HazardoAbyssal Lightbearer

23 damage

08Turn 8273 damage

EarthguardYotaru, Leafguard

ProtectYotaru, Leafguard

BoostguardYotaru, Leafguard

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

273 damage

09Turn 9Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.