Aleera + Ephial

Aleera + Ephial (with Apprentice of Death and Faerylia) is the 4th deck with an advanced collection in the SPAM 1.23 tier list at Celeste · Legend (tier S) and keeps that tier in all three ranks with these talents. Aggro deck in Shadow and Light, estimated elimination in 5.8 turns; first Tox to aim for: Berserk on turn 2.

Advanced collectionAggro / burstShadowLight
STier91.7% · Relative indexv1.23

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendSGold · 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 BagT2
    to buy
  3. toxReplaceable

Ephial

Light · Legendary

  1. Astral TackleabilityDeck core
  2. Planet HealabilityDeck core
  3. Replace : ResetT4
    to buy

Apprentice of Death

Fire · Rare

  1. Nocturnal BurnabilityDeck core
  2. toxReplaceable
  3. toxDeck core

Faerylia

Shadow · Epic

  1. Global AimabilityReplaceable
  2. Offensive AimabilityDeck core
  3. MultiboostabilityDeck core

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.

3 shop openings189 Spamtons generated+15.9% 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 · 59 SpamtonsBerserk
  2. T4Luck 4 · 122 SpamtonsBerserk
  3. T6Luck 6 · 189 Spamtonsskip
T2

Berserk

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater · Common

Replace : Punching Bag

+3.5%
T4

Berserk

Ephial · Rare

Replace : Reset

+12.4%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +0.6% → +0.9%

Avoid for this deck

Bomba · Waterheart · Lightheart · Earthheart · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Optimisation · Phoenix · Taunt · Revenge · Temporality · Tenacity · Vampirism · Avenger

Theoretical score14,832
Estimated elimination5.8 turns
Effective HP4,792
Healing387
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 -2.4% · 7.1 turnsSecond +2.4% · 6.5 turns

Strengths

  • Eliminates the opponent in 5.8 turns.
  • 387 healing over the game.
  • Has control effects.

Weak spots

  • Struggles against a deck resisting Shadow: elimination in 8.5 turns.
  • Struggles against a deck resisting Fire: elimination in 6.8 turns.
  • Only one generator: Faerylia.

How the game goes

  1. Turn 3: first bonuses (Faerylia).
  2. Turn 4: first big hit, Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).
  3. Turn 6: damage peak (1,600).
  4. Turn 6: 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

Ephial

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

Recommended

Hardening

Apprentice of Death

Increases this card’s elemental resistances by (+15%).

Recommended

Multi Start

Faerylia

Gain (+3) in each element.

Recommended
Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Faerylia (+6 everywhere). First bonuses on turn 3.

Damage

Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater): 72% of the damage; Nocturnal Burn (Apprentice of Death): 22% of the damage. 2,920 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 5.8 turns.

Survival

387 healing over the game, mostly from Ephial. 4,792 effective HP at the start.

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 2294 damage
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
261 damage
Faerylia
Offensive AimFaerylia
33 damage
See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns
03Turn 3331 damage
Faerylia
MultiboostFaerylia
All +3
Apprentice of Death
Nocturnal BurnApprentice of Death
331 damage
04Turn 4953 damage
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
809 damage
Ephial
Astral TackleEphial
99 damage
Faerylia
Offensive AimFaerylia
45 damage
05Turn 50 damage
Ephial
Planet HealEphial
+452
06Turn 61,600 damage
Faerylia
MultiboostFaerylia
All +3
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
1,233 damage
Apprentice of Death
Nocturnal BurnApprentice of Death
367 damage
07Turn 7Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

08Turn 8Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

09Turn 9Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.