Armadillo Warrior + Aleera

Armadillo Warrior + Aleera (with Arctic Crystal Serpent and Apprentice of Death) is part of the SPAM 1.28.1 tier list at Bronze · Silver; with these talents it is tier B at Celeste · Legend, S at Gold · Crystal and S at Bronze · Silver. Aggro deck across 4 elements, estimated elimination in 5.8 turns; first Tox to aim for: Poison on turn 2.

IntermediateAggro / burstShadowWater
BTier79.1% · Relative indexv1.28.1

By rank, with these talentsCeleste · LegendBGold · 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 BagT4
    to buy
  3. toxReplaceable

Arctic Crystal Serpent

Water · Epic

  1. Snowflake DanceabilityDeck core
  2. Mist DanceabilityDeck core
  3. toxDeck core

Armadillo Warrior

Earth · Rare

  1. SandstormabilityDeck core
  2. toxDeck core
  3. Free slotT2
    to buy

Apprentice of Death

Fire · Rare

  1. Nocturnal BurnabilityDeck core
  2. toxReplaceable
  3. toxDeck 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 openings205 Spamtons generated+17.3% 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 · 51 SpamtonsPoison
  2. T4Luck 4 · 156 SpamtonsBerserk
  3. T6Luck 6 · 205 Spamtonsskip
T2

Poison

Armadillo Warrior · Common

+11.4%
T4

Berserk

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater · Rare

Replace : Punching Bag

+5.9%

Expected value of a random purchase, before → after this plan: +2.2% → +0.4%

Avoid for this deck

AoE · Camouflage · Lightheart · Natureheart · Heart Resistance · Eternity · Freeze · Inversion · Shapeshifter · Optimisation · Taunt · Revenge · Temporality · Tenacity · Avenger

Theoretical score13,972
Estimated elimination5.8 turns
Effective HP3,345
Healing0
Spamtons / turn24

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% · 6.7 turnsSecond +2.4% · 6.1 turns

Strengths

  • Eliminates the opponent in 5.8 turns.
  • Has control effects.

Weak spots

  • Struggles against a deck resisting Shadow: elimination in 6.9 turns.
  • No healing.

How the game goes

  1. Turn 4: first big hit, Word-Chew (Aleera, Nightmare-Eater).
  2. 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

F/W-Shield

Aleera, Nightmare-Eater

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

Recommended

Crit Bag

Arctic Crystal Serpent

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

Recommended

Aquatic Field

Armadillo Warrior

Water bonus (+7).

Recommended

Hardening

Apprentice of Death

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

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): 33% of the damage; Nocturnal Burn (Apprentice of Death): 29% of the damage. 3,040 useful damage, opponent eliminated in 5.8 turns.

Survival

No healing: with 3,345 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 158 damage
Armadillo Warrior
SandstormArmadillo Warrior
58 damage
02Turn 2404 damage
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
192 damage
Arctic Crystal Serpent
Snowflake DanceArctic Crystal Serpent
93 damage
Armadillo Warrior
SandstormArmadillo Warrior
59 damage
Arctic Crystal Serpent
Mist DanceArctic Crystal Serpent
60 damage
See the rest of the planCollapse the plan+8 turns
03Turn 3287 damage
Apprentice of Death
Nocturnal BurnApprentice of Death
226 damage
Armadillo Warrior
SandstormArmadillo Warrior
61 damage
04Turn 4909 damage
Aleera, Nightmare-Eater
Word-ChewAleera, Nightmare-Eater
665 damage
Arctic Crystal Serpent
Snowflake DanceArctic Crystal Serpent
102 damage
Arctic Crystal Serpent
Mist DanceArctic Crystal Serpent
79 damage
Armadillo Warrior
SandstormArmadillo Warrior
63 damage
05Turn 5397 damage
Apprentice of Death
Nocturnal BurnApprentice of Death
315 damage
Armadillo Warrior
SandstormArmadillo Warrior
82 damage
06Turn 6546 damage
Apprentice of Death
Nocturnal BurnApprentice of Death
222 damage
Arctic Crystal Serpent
Snowflake DanceArctic Crystal Serpent
173 damage
Arctic Crystal Serpent
Mist DanceArctic Crystal Serpent
151 damage
07Turn 7Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

08Turn 8Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

09Turn 9Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.

10Turn 10Simulation complete.

Simulation complete.