Aleera + Apprentice of Death

Aleera + Apprentice of Death (with Ephial and Cloudy Rodent) is part of the SPAM 1.26 tier list at Bronze · Silver; with these talents it is tier B at Celeste · Legend, A at Gold · Crystal and S at Bronze · Silver. Midrange deck in Shadow and Light, estimated elimination in 7.2 turns; first Tox to aim for: Berserk on turn 2.

Advanced collectionMidrangeShadowLight
BTier79% · Relative indexv1.26

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

  1. Word-ChewabilityDeck core
  2. Replace : Punching BagT6
    to buy
  3. toxReplaceable

Ephial

Light · Legendary

  1. Astral TackleabilityDeck core
  2. Planet HealabilityReplaceable
  3. Replace : ResetT2
    to buy

Apprentice of Death

Fire · Rare

  1. Nocturnal BurnabilityDeck core
  2. Replace : GraveyardT8
    to buy
  3. Replace : AvengerT4
    to buy

Cloudy Rodent

Light · Common

  1. LightningabilityDeck core
  2. toxDeck 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 openings308 Spamtons generated+24.7% 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 · 71 SpamtonsBerserk
  2. T4Luck 4 · 146 SpamtonsBerserk
  3. T6Luck 6 · 225 SpamtonsBrutal
  4. T8Luck 8 · 308 SpamtonsBerserk
T2

Berserk

Ephial · Common

Replace : Reset

+5%
T4

Berserk

Apprentice of Death · Rare

Replace : Avenger

+8.4%
T6

Brutal

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater · Rare

Replace : Punching Bag

+3%
T8

Berserk

Apprentice of Death · Epic

Replace : Graveyard

+8.2%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +0.9% → +0.1%

Avoid for this deck

Bomba · Waterheart · Earthheart · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Optimisation · Phoenix · Revenge · Punching Bag · Tenacity

Theoretical score14,102
Estimated elimination7.2 turns
Effective HP4,839
Healing283
Spamtons / turn34

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 -3.4% · 7.7 turnsSecond +3.4% · 6.9 turns

Strengths

  • Eliminates the opponent in 7.2 turns.
  • 283 healing over the game.

Weak spots

  • Struggles against a deck resisting Shadow: elimination in 8.3 turns.
  • Relies on Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).

How the game goes

  1. Turn 4: first big hit, Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).
  2. Turn 6: damage peak (1,329).
  3. 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

Hardening

Apprentice of Death

Increases this card’s elemental resistances by (+10%).

Recommended

L-Shield

Cloudy Rodent

Shadow resistance (+25%) Light resistance (+25%)

Recommended
Adapt in the workshop

How it wins

Generation

No ability generates bonuses: the deck relies on its talents and starting Tox.

Damage

Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater): 65% of the damage; Nocturnal Burn (Apprentice of Death): 21% of the damage. 2,960 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 7.2 turns.

Survival

283 healing over the game, mostly from Ephial. 4,839 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 2264 damage
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
216 damage
Cloudy Rodent
LightningCloudy Rodent
48 damage
See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns
03Turn 3226 damage
Apprentice of Death
Nocturnal BurnApprentice of Death
226 damage
04Turn 4772 damage
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
565 damage
Ephial
Astral TackleEphial
66 damage
Cloudy Rodent
LightningCloudy Rodent
141 damage
05Turn 50 damage
Ephial
Planet HealEphial
+283
06Turn 61,330 damage
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
841 damage
Apprentice of Death
Nocturnal BurnApprentice of Death
271 damage
Cloudy Rodent
LightningCloudy Rodent
218 damage
07Turn 7194 damage
Apprentice of Death
Nocturnal BurnApprentice of Death
194 damage
08Turn 8537 damage
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
537 damage
09Turn 9Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.