Olden Era Meta Pulse — Oct 8: DREEAMHUNTER Takes Single Hero Top
By OldenEra.gg Staff
The Oct 8, 05:00 UTC snapshot puts a new name at the top of Single Hero: DREEAMHUNTER moved from #3 to #1 on a 2,110 rating. Classic and Arena kept their leaders, but both saw large jumps further down the top 25.
Classic
PINOKEW holds #1 on the Classic ladder with a 2,042 rating, a 27-2 record and a 93% win rate, unmoved in both the day and week readings. PREHISTORIC (1,900) and SSCAISS (1,894) follow. MR YUDIN at #5 and BLOODKEEPER at #6 are both unbeaten, 16-0 and 14-0.
The day's biggest climb inside the top 25 belongs to ДЕПУТАТ, #56 → #24 (▲32) on a 36-35 record and a WWWWW form string. KRAJEK9O went #50 → #26 (▲24), and MAMA_STIFFLERA jumped #30 → #14 (▲16) on just 6 games, too few to read much into. On the Classic movers page, EVLKO is the steepest faller, #14 → #104 with a 299-point rating loss, while JAMES GANDOLFINI gained 66 places and 246 rating points.
In Classic stats, BLOODKEEPER carries the longest current win streak at 18, matching his best; MR YUDIN sits on 14. The most-played rivalry is TZXXIX against UFO, 0-10 over 10 games.
Map meta
Across 2,850 recorded Classic games, Jebus Cross accounts for 69% (Classic meta). Its snapshot share read 67% on Oct 8 against 77% at the Oct 7 reading, with Jebus Tournament at 18% after 16%, and Universe at 3% after 1%.
| Template | Games | Share | Avg rating | Avg days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jebus Cross | 1,967 | 69% | 1298 | 6.4 |
| Jebus Tournament | 485 | 17% | 1365 | 6.8 |
| Arcade | 40 | 1% | 1354 | 5 |
| Infinity | 38 | 1% | 1282 | 10.5 |
| Universe | 33 | 1% | 1375 | 9 |
| Last Fortress | 15 | 1% | 1203 | 7.5 |
Games with no recorded template make up 251 games, and the pick-and-ban phase 21. Top performers: ДЕПУТАТ on Jebus Cross, YAKRUTISH on Jebus Tournament, YARO on Arcade, MITCHAV3 on Infinity.
Factions
From the 1,670 Classic games with both factions recorded (Classic factions):
| Faction | Pick share | Record | Win rate | Avg days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 24.7% | 427-397 | 52% | 6.6 |
| Temple | 23.7% | 367-423 | 46% | 6.7 |
| Necropolis | 20% | 326-343 | 49% | 6.4 |
| Grove | 13.7% | 234-225 | 51% | 6.8 |
| Hive | 13% | 250-184 | 58% | 6.3 |
| Schism | 4.9% | 66-98 | 40% | 6.9 |
Hive has the highest win rate of the six and Schism the lowest. The most-played pair is Dungeon against Temple, 173-138 over 311 games (56% for Dungeon), then Dungeon against Necropolis, 110-94 over 204. On Jebus Cross alone, Hive is 197-140 (58%) over 337 games; on Jebus Tournament, Temple is 59-98 (38%) over 157.
Arena
SOLISORA leads the Arena ladder at 2,472 with a 50-6 record and a current win streak of 20, the longest in Arena's streak list. HD1O1 (2,200) and MISTERN (2,073) complete the top three.
Movement was heavy: 123456 went #41 → #8 (▲33), ГУСЬ #44 → #19 (▲25) and HELLSQ #35 → #14 (▲21). Across the whole ladder, SLKLEON climbed 166 places to #28 with a 296-point rating gain, the largest climb on the Arena movers page; СОБАКА-КУСАКА dropped 95 places to #141.
Arena is played on the single Arena map, so there is no template split: 12,405 games recorded, an average rating of 1420, and FOKYSNIK as top performer. FOKYSNIK is also the most active player with 171 games and holds the most-played rivalry, 26-14 against 泰坦的冬天 over 40 games (Arena stats).
Single Hero
Behind DREEAMHUNTER (50-10, 83%) on the Single Hero ladder, L rose #5 → #3 at 2,012 on a 27-1 record, and carries a current win streak of 25, the longest in any mode's streak list. COLGREAVANCE slipped #2 → #4 and FEEDER #4 → #5. LARSENY made the largest top-25 jump, #61 → #21 (▲40), followed by STYGIANONE at #42 → #23 (▲19). On the Single Hero movers list, MYADEAWER gained 94 places and HOEJ lost 96.
Exodus covers 68% of the 8,031 recorded games at an average of 13.9 in-game days, with Sprint at 8% (11.7 days) and Outcast Tournament at 7% (9.5 days); Vendetta, Blitz and Helltide follow at 4%, 3% and 2% (Single Hero meta). The Exodus snapshot share read 64% on Oct 8 against 67% at the Oct 7 reading. DREEAMHUNTER is top performer on Exodus, RAINBOW on Sprint, GRAGON on Outcast Tournament.
Factions
From the 5,335 Single Hero games with both factions recorded (Single Hero factions):
| Faction | Pick share | Record | Win rate | Avg days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 24.4% | 1,264-1,335 | 49% | 12.9 |
| Temple | 21.4% | 1,015-1,266 | 44% | 13.3 |
| Grove | 18.6% | 999-984 | 50% | 13.2 |
| Schism | 15.6% | 921-744 | 55% | 13.5 |
| Hive | 10.1% | 509-565 | 47% | 12.9 |
| Necropolis | 10% | 627-441 | 59% | 12.6 |
Necropolis has the highest win rate here and Temple the lowest, and Necropolis against Temple is the most lopsided of the larger pairs at 190-116 over 306 games (62%). The most-played pair is Dungeon against Temple, 372-342 over 714 games (52%). On Exodus, Necropolis is 465-262 (64%) over 727 games.
What players are asking
A long-running Steam faction ranking thread has players ordering the factions by feel after playing each one, and a pair of favourite-faction threads (one, two) ask much the same question. The ladder's answer for picks is Dungeon in both modes that record factions, at 24.7% of Classic picks and 24.4% in Single Hero, while Schism's share differs sharply between them: 4.9% in Classic against 15.6% in Single Hero.
Newer players asking in a Steam thread about standard settings and PvP preparation may find the mode game lengths useful: Classic's busiest template averages 6.4 in-game days, Single Hero's Exodus 13.9.
Data: ladder snapshot 2026-10-08 05:00 UTC, from the Classic, Arena and Single Hero ladders.