Squall + Aleera

Squall + Aleera (with Ephial and Cloudy Rodent) is part of the SPAM 1.28.1 tier list at Bronze · Silver; with these talents it is tier A at Celeste · Legend, A at Gold · Crystal and S at Bronze · Silver. Midrange deck in Shadow and Light, estimated elimination in 7.5 turns; first Tox to aim for: Berserk on turn 2.

Advanced collectionMidrangeShadowLight

ATier84.4% · Relative indexv1.28.1

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendAGold · 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.

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares

Shadow · Rare

Cosmic FlamesabilityReplaceable
Cosmic LightabilityReplaceable
toxReplaceable

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater

Shadow · Common

Word-ChewabilityDeck core
Replace : Punching BagT8
to buy
toxReplaceable

Ephial

Light · Legendary

Astral TackleabilityDeck core
Planet HealabilityReplaceable
Replace : ResetT2
to buy

Cloudy Rodent

Light · Common

LightningabilityDeck core
Replace : TauntT4
to buy
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 openings324 Spamtons generated+22.1% 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 · 75 SpamtonsBerserk
T4
80 %20 %
Luck 4 · 154 SpamtonsBerserk
T6
50 %45 %
Luck 6 · 237 Spamtonsskip
T8
27 %53 %20 %
Luck 8 · 324 SpamtonsBerserk

Berserk

Ephial · Common

Replace : Reset

+4.2%

Berserk

Cloudy Rodent · Rare

Replace : Taunt

+8.9%

Berserk

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater · Epic

Replace : Punching Bag

+9.1%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +1.3% → +0.4%

Avoid for this deck

Camouflage

Theoretical score14,648

Estimated elimination7.5 turns

Effective HP5,630

Healing443

Spamtons / turn36

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 -4% · 8 turnsSecond +4% · 7 turns

Fragile deck+8.1%6.3 turns · strength
Tank deck-20.7%9.9 turns · weakness
Resists Fire-0.1%7.1 turns
Resists Water0%7.2 turns
Resists Earth0%7.2 turns
Resists Nature-0.1%7.2 turns
Resists Shadow-8.3%8.2 turns · weakness
Resists Light-1.2%7.2 turns

Strengths

Eliminates the opponent in 7.5 turns.
443 healing over the game.

Weak spots

Struggles against a deck resisting Shadow: elimination in 8.2 turns.
Only one generator: Squall, Emissary of Nightmares.
Relies on Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).

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 (1,335).
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

Blue Whale

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares

Increases this card’s HP by (+200)

Recommended

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

Evolution

Cloudy Rodent

If possible, this card's original passives change rarity based on its HP: the lower its HP, the rarer they are. Thresholds at 75%, 50% and 25% HP.

Recommended

Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

Squall, Emissary of Nightmares (+8 Light, +8 Fire). First bonuses on turn 3.

Damage

Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater): 65% of the damage; Lightning (Cloudy Rodent): 24% of the damage. 3,040 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 7.5 turns.

Survival

443 healing over the game, mostly from Ephial. 5,630 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 2301 damage

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

237 damage

LightningCloudy Rodent

64 damage

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03Turn 3136 damage

Cosmic LightSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

68 damageLight +4

Cosmic FlamesSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

68 damageFire +4

04Turn 4920 damage

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

633 damage

LightningCloudy Rodent

204 damage

Astral TackleEphial

83 damage

05Turn 50 damage

Planet HealEphial

+443

06Turn 61,336 damage

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

893 damage

LightningCloudy Rodent

267 damage

Cosmic LightSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

88 damageLight +4

Cosmic FlamesSquall, Emissary of Nightmares

88 damageFire +4

07Turn 7Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

08Turn 8876 damage

Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater

572 damage

LightningCloudy Rodent

304 damage

09Turn 9Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.