Aleera + Arctic Crystal Serpent

Aleera + Arctic Crystal Serpent (with Ephial and Ameru) is the 4th deck of the SPAM 1.28.1 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 7.5 turns; first Tox to aim for: Berserk on turn 2.

Advanced collectionMidrangeShadowLight
ATier89.8% · Relative indexv1.28.1

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. toxReplaceable
  3. toxReplaceable

Ephial

Light · Legendary

  1. Astral TackleabilityDeck core
  2. Replace : Planet HealT2
    to buy
  3. Replace : ResetT4
    to buy

Ameru

Light · Rare

  1. Smoky DreamabilityDeck core
  2. Replace : SmokeT8
    to buy
  3. toxReplaceable

Arctic Crystal Serpent

Water · Epic

  1. Snowflake DanceabilityDeck core
  2. Mist DanceabilityDeck 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 openings377 Spamtons generated+19.9% 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 · 77 SpamtonsBerserk
  2. T4Luck 4 · 158 SpamtonsBerserk
  3. T6Luck 6 · 243 Spamtonsskip
  4. T8Luck 8 · 377 SpamtonsBerserk
T2

Berserk

Ephial · Common

Replace : Planet Heal (ability)

+4.1%
T4

Berserk

Ephial · Rare

Replace : Reset

+10.1%
T8

Berserk

Ameru · Epic

Replace : Smoke

+5.8%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +4.1% → +0.7%

Theoretical score15,338
Estimated elimination7.5 turns
Effective HP6,718
Healing396
Spamtons / turn37

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 -2.3% · 7.5 turnsSecond +2.3% · 6.9 turns

Strengths

  • Eliminates the opponent in 7.5 turns.
  • 396 healing over the game.

Weak spots

  • Struggles against a deck resisting Shadow: elimination in 9 turns.
  • Only one generator: Ameru.
  • Relies on Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).

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 (1,410).
  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

Cavalry

Ephial

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

Recommended

Cavalry

Ameru

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

Recommended

Crit Bag

Arctic Crystal Serpent

Increases this card's critical chance by (+1%) each time it takes damage from an enemy card.

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): 65% of the damage; Mist Dance (Arctic Crystal Serpent): 15% of the damage. 3,040 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 7.5 turns.

Survival

396 healing over the game, mostly from Ephial. 6,718 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 2316 damage
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
208 damage
Arctic Crystal Serpent
Mist DanceArctic Crystal Serpent
55 damage
Arctic Crystal Serpent
Snowflake DanceArctic Crystal Serpent
53 damage
See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns
03Turn 367 damage
Ameru
Smoky DreamAmeru
67 damageLight +4 · Water +4 · Shadow +4
04Turn 4969 damage
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
725 damage
Ephial
Astral TackleEphial
83 damage
Arctic Crystal Serpent
Mist DanceArctic Crystal Serpent
87 damage
Arctic Crystal Serpent
Snowflake DanceArctic Crystal Serpent
74 damage
05Turn 50 damage
Ephial
Planet HealEphial
+396
06Turn 61,410 damage
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
1,077 damage
Ameru
Smoky DreamAmeru
89 damageLight +4 · Water +4 · Shadow +4
Arctic Crystal Serpent
Mist DanceArctic Crystal Serpent
131 damage
Arctic Crystal Serpent
Snowflake DanceArctic Crystal Serpent
113 damage
07Turn 7Abilities on cooldown.

Abilities on cooldown.

08Turn 8327 damage
Ephial
Astral TackleEphial
143 damage
Arctic Crystal Serpent
Mist DanceArctic Crystal Serpent
184 damage
09Turn 9Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.