Olden Era Meta Pulse — Oct 15: Hive Leads Classic Faction Rates
By OldenEra.gg Staff
The Oct 15, 00:26 UTC snapshot puts Hive at a 62% win rate across 756 recorded Classic games, the highest of the six factions there, while Dungeon holds the largest pick share at 25.3%. Elsewhere, Arena saw ВРОТАРВ jump 22 places into third and Single Hero's DREAMHUNTER carries a 20-game win streak.
Classic
PINOKEW sits at 2,210 rating with a 93% win rate over 43 games and five straight wins, unmoved at #1 on the day and over the week. SHELVETAL climbed from #6 to #2 on the day (▲4) and from #12 over the week (▲10), with 55 wins and 19 losses. MR YUDIN is unbeaten at 19-0, and UTKATILTUET is 9-0 at #13. The week's biggest climb inside the Classic top 25 belongs to nANKA, up from #89 to #14 (▲75).
Map meta
Jebus Cross carries 72% of 5,007 recorded games. Its share in the share trend reads 77 at the latest snapshot, the same as the 2026-10-14 00:27 reading, while Jebus Tournament moved from 16 to 18 between those two snapshots.
| Template | Games | Share | Avg rating | Avg days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jebus Cross | 3,630 | 72% | 1,359 | 6.3 |
| Jebus Tournament | 803 | 16% | 1,410 | 6.7 |
| Arcade | 70 | 1% | 1,384 | 4.7 |
| Universe | 55 | 1% | 1,396 | 8.4 |
| Infinity | 53 | 1% | 1,300 | 9.4 |
| Last Fortress | 23 | 0% | 1,241 | 10.7 |
Outside the maps, 330 games have no recorded template and 43 sit in the pick-and-ban bucket.
Factions
From the 2,835 Classic games with both factions recorded, the Classic factions page shows Dungeon most picked and Hive best by win rate.
| Faction | Pick share | Record | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 25.3% | 743-693 | 52% |
| Temple | 22.5% | 597-676 | 47% |
| Necropolis | 20.5% | 574-588 | 49% |
| Grove | 13.6% | 356-417 | 46% |
| Hive | 13.3% | 465-291 | 62% |
| Schism | 4.8% | 100-170 | 37% |
The most played pair is Dungeon against Temple, 278-221 over 499 games for a 56% Dungeon win rate. Dungeon-Necropolis is level at 196-195 over 391 games. Hive's record against Necropolis is 130-69 over 199 games (65%).
Movers, streaks and activity
KAGAMI SUMIKA gained 81 places to #39 (+183 rating) in the Classic movers; ДЕПУТАТ fell 52 places to #84 (−109). In Classic stats, MR YUDIN's current streak of 17 is the longest, though PINOKEW's best of 18 tops the board for best streak. ДЕПУТАТ leads TZXXIX 10-2 over 12 games.
Arena
SOLISORA holds #1 at 2,498 rating, 92-26. ВРОТАРВ rose from #25 to #3 (▲22) on the day, and CEKATA_SENSEI climbed 109 places to #60 in the Arena movers, the largest climb listed there. KAYRUN is up from #130 to #5 over the week (▲125). HD1O1 slid from #3 to #13 on the day.
Arena is played on its single map, so there is no template split: Arena meta records 21,669 games at an average rating of 1,510, with FOKYSNIK as top performer. In Arena stats, KAMEN's current streak of 12 is the longest, and the most played rivalry is FOKYSNIK against 泰坦的冬天, 26-14 over 40 games. See the full Arena ladder for the rest of the top 25.
Single Hero
FEEDER leads at 2,183 with 79-26, while LEXIAV moved #11 to #2 (▲9) on five straight wins. DREAMHUNTER is 31-2 at #7 and holds a current win streak of 20, the longest in Single Hero stats. RAZOC gained 85 places to #61 in the Single Hero movers; NARXES dropped 93 places to #181.
Exodus covers 68% of 15,576 games at an average 13.7 in-game days, ahead of Outcast Tournament (1,228 games, 8%) and Sprint (1,219 games, 8%) in the Single Hero meta. Exodus share read 65 at the latest snapshot against 68 the snapshot before. A Steam discussion argues the one-hero ranked queue serves Exodus too often and asks for a map ban system — see the map ban thread; the share figures above are what the ladder records.
Factions
Across 10,907 recorded games on the Single Hero factions page, Necropolis posts the highest win rate at 57% (1,267-937) from a 10.1% pick share, with Schism at 55% (1,927-1,607). Dungeon is most picked at 23.4% with a 48% win rate, Temple 21.5% at 45%, Grove 19.2% at 51% and Hive 9.7% at 48%. The most played matchup is Dungeon against Temple, 724-691 over 1,415 games (51%); Necropolis against Temple runs 372-238 over 610 games (61%). On Exodus, Necropolis is 931-562 (62%) across 1,493 games.
A Steam thread on Necromancy feedback asks how raising actually works and whether it feels worthwhile — that discussion is still drawing replies.
Data: ladder snapshot 2026-10-15 00:26 UTC, from the Classic, Arena and Single Hero ladders.