Olden Era Meta Pulse — Oct 6: Jebus Cross Share Hits 70%
By OldenEra.gg Staff
The Oct 6, 00:23 UTC snapshot has Jebus Cross at 70% share in Classic's share trend, up from 69% at the Oct 5 reading, while YAKRUTISH jumped eleven places to #2 behind a 15-game win streak. Arena and Single Hero both saw triple-digit rank climbs.
Classic
PINOKEW holds #1 at 1,964 with a 92% win rate over 24 games, unmoved on both the day and week readings. YAKRUTISH is the day's headline on the Classic ladder, rising #13 → #2 (▲11) at 1,885 with 24 wins and 3 losses. BLOODKEEPER moved #31 → #8 (▲23) at 10-0, and BLACK BUTTERFLY climbed #43 → #12 (▲31) from a 5-0 record — a sample too small to rank against the board.
The steepest fall inside the top 25 belongs to EVLKO, #7 → #19 (▼12). Among all Classic movers, THHEO gained 124 places (154 → 30) and 389 rating, the largest climb listed; BROEL lost 101 places (89 → 190).
Map meta
Of 2,210 Classic games in the Classic meta, Jebus Cross accounts for 1,501.
| Template | Games | Share | Avg days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jebus Cross | 1,501 | 68% | 6.4 |
| Jebus Tournament | 379 | 17% | 6.3 |
| Arcade | 33 | 1% | 4.7 |
| Infinity | 32 | 1% | 9.4 |
| Universe | 21 | 1% | 9.7 |
| Last Fortress | 15 | 1% | 7.5 |
Infinity's duration trend moved from 15 average in-game days on Oct 4 to 11.6 on Oct 5, the longest of the tracked templates on both days. A further 213 games sit in the Unknown bucket and 16 in the pick-and-ban phase; neither is a map.
Factions
Across the 1,259 Classic games with both factions recorded on the Classic factions page, Dungeon leads the picks.
| Faction | Pick share | Record | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 24.8% | 325-299 | 52% |
| Temple | 24.5% | 284-332 | 46% |
| Necropolis | 19.8% | 244-254 | 49% |
| Grove | 13.3% | 173-161 | 52% |
| Hive | 12.9% | 186-140 | 57% |
| Schism | 4.8% | 47-73 | 39% |
The most played pair is Dungeon against Temple, 139-102 over 241 games for Dungeon (58%). Dungeon is also 80-71 over 151 against Necropolis, and Necropolis is 80-69 over 149 against Temple. On Jebus Cross alone, Hive is 148-106 across 254 games.
A Steam discussion asks for Necropolis alternatives to Sleep-spell attrition, with talk of Skeleton Archer week 1 clears — see the Necropolis thread. Another thread covers Schism's squishy early units and Communion tips: the Schism week 1 thread.
Arena
SOLISORA stays #1 on the Arena ladder at 2,249, the only player in the 2150+ rating band, with 42 wins and 6 losses. GAFFARIM produced the biggest single climb in the data, #155 → #13 (▲142) with 399 rating gained, followed by ВРОТАРВ at #150 → #16 (▲134) and RDY at #140 → #25 (▲115). On the fallers side of the Arena movers, SLKLEON dropped 155 places from #39 to #194.
Arena is played on the single Arena map: 9,370 games, average rating 1,384, with FOKYSNIK the top performer, per the Arena meta. The longest rivalry in Arena stats is FOKYSNIK against 泰坦的冬天, 26-14 over 40 games. XIAOHU carries the mode's longest current win streak at 13.
A Steam discussion asks how Arena rating works and whether a low start can reach the 1600 cutoff: the Arena leaderboard thread.
Single Hero
COLGREAVANCE took #1 (#3 → #1) at 2,039, with FEEDER at 2,027. SKIV climbed #88 → #6 (▲82) and SALTUS #141 → #21 (▲120), the largest climb in the Single Hero movers. L holds the mode's longest current win streak at 18.
Exodus covers 4,088 of 5,911 games in the Single Hero meta at 69% share and 14 average in-game days; Sprint has 502 games, Outcast Tournament 433, Vendetta 207, Blitz 161 and Helltide 116. In the share trend, Exodus moved from 70% on Oct 5 to 67% at this snapshot, while Sprint went 9% to 10%.
Factions
From 4,554 games with both factions recorded on the Single Hero factions page:
| Faction | Pick share | Record | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 24.3% | 1,082-1,135 | 49% |
| Temple | 21.5% | 852-1,106 | 44% |
| Grove | 18.9% | 867-851 | 50% |
| Schism | 15.1% | 776-601 | 56% |
| Necropolis | 10.1% | 540-384 | 58% |
| Hive | 10% | 437-477 | 48% |
Dungeon versus Temple is the most played pair at 325-297 over 622 games (52%). Necropolis is 165-96 over 261 against Temple (63%), the highest win rate among pairs with at least 150 games, and on Exodus Necropolis is 406-228 across 634 games.
A Steam thread asks whether a single-hero army is viable; the mode's ladder is the place to check: the single-hero army thread.
Data: ladder snapshot 2026-10-06 00:23 UTC, from the Classic, Arena and Single Hero ladders.