Olden Era Meta Pulse — Oct 17: LEXIAV Takes Single Hero Top Spot
By OldenEra.gg Staff
The Oct 17, 00:23 UTC snapshot puts a new name at the top of Single Hero: LEXIAV moved up one place to #1. Classic and Arena kept their leaders, but both saw heavy traffic behind them.
Classic
PINOKEW sits at #1 on 2,210 rating with a 40-3 record, a 93% win rate over 43 games and a WWWWW form line, unmoved on the day and over the week on the Classic ladder. YAKRUTISH climbed to #2 (2,100), and SHELVETAL slipped one place to #3 while holding a week move of #11 → #3. MR YUDIN is 22-0 at #4, one of two unbeaten records in the top 25 alongside UTKATILTUET at 9-0 from nine games.
On the Classic movers board, REFAUTER gained the most places and the most rating, going #113 → #50 with +121 points. The largest drop in places was ||||||||||||||||| at #114 → #136.
In Classic stats, MR YUDIN holds the longest current win streak at 20, with PREHISTORIC on 15 and nANKA on 12. The most one-sided of the most-played pairs is YAKRUTISH over YARO, 12-0 across 12 games.
Map meta
| Template | Games | Share | Avg days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jebus Cross | 3,950 | 73% | 6.2 |
| Jebus Tournament | 873 | 16% | 6.7 |
| Arcade | 76 | 1% | 4.7 |
| Universe | 58 | 1% | 8.5 |
| Infinity | 56 | 1% | 9.2 |
| Last Fortress | 23 | 0% | 10.7 |
Full detail is on the Classic meta page. In the share trend, Jebus Cross reads 79% at the Oct 17 00:23 snapshot against 73% at Oct 16 03:57. ДЕПУТАТ is the top performer on Arcade and the most active player with 159 games.
Factions
From the 3,168 Classic games with both factions recorded (Classic factions):
| Faction | Pick share | Record | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 25.9% | 840-799 | 51% |
| Temple | 22.9% | 692-756 | 48% |
| Necropolis | 20.2% | 625-655 | 49% |
| Hive | 13.2% | 509-329 | 61% |
| Grove | 13.2% | 389-445 | 47% |
| Schism | 4.7% | 113-184 | 38% |
Hive and Grove are tied on pick share at 13.2%. The most played pair is Dungeon against Temple, 321-273 over 594 games (54%); Hive's best-recorded pair is 138-75 against Necropolis over 213 games (65%).
Arena
SOLISORA held #1 on the Arena ladder at 2,600 rating, 99-27 over 126 games. CASSANDERR jumped #12 → #3 with a WWWWW form line, and GOOZJC climbed #57 → #8. LDXHEISI fell #6 → #15.
Arena is played on a single map, so Arena meta reports totals only: 24,018 games at an average rating of 1,530, with 泰坦的冬天 as top performer. On the Arena movers list, JUSTANOOB gained the most places at #191 → #79, while RESIDUDE added the most rating, +163. ALANBAKH lost the most, #85 → #171 and -85 rating. KAMEN and JUSTANOOB are tied on the longest current streak at 12 in Arena stats, and the most-played rivalry is 屁屁墩 over 泰坦的冬天, 27-18 across 45 games.
Single Hero
LEXIAV leads at 2,219 (54-14, 79%), ahead of FEEDER at 2,182 on the Single Hero ladder. TWITCH:TVIDREEAMHUNTERR moved #129 → #6 on the day with a 27-1 record over 28 games, and took the largest rating gain on the Single Hero movers board at +239. SORAS dropped #6 → #19.
TWITCH:TVIDREEAMHUNTERR and DREAMHUNTER are tied on the longest current streak at 20 in Single Hero stats. LEXIAV and FEEDER are also the most-played pair, 12-8 to LEXIAV over 20 games.
Exodus dominates the Single Hero meta with 11,678 games and a 68% share at an average of 13.7 in-game days, ahead of Outcast Tournament (1,371 games, 8%, 9.5 days) and Sprint (1,337 games, 8%, 12.1 days). Vendetta, Blitz and Helltide follow at 4%, 3% and 2%.
Factions
Across the 12,308 games with both factions recorded (Single Hero factions), Dungeon leads the picks at 23.2% with a 48% win rate, followed by Temple (21.5%, 45%), Grove (19.1%, 50%), Schism (16.3%, 55%), Necropolis (10.1%, 57%) and Hive (9.7%, 48%). The most played pair is Dungeon against Temple, 813-768 over 1,581 games (51%); Necropolis is 410-267 against Temple over 677 games (61%). On Exodus alone, Necropolis is 1,033-629 from 1,662 games (62%).
Data: ladder snapshot 2026-10-17 00:23 UTC, from the Classic, Arena and Single Hero ladders.