Olden Era Meta Pulse — Oct 18: RAINBOW Takes Single Hero Top Spot
By OldenEra.gg Staff
The Oct 18, 00:22 UTC snapshot puts RAINBOW at the head of the Single Hero ladder after a #7 → #1 jump, while the top two places in Classic read #1 → #1 and #2 → #2 since the previous snapshot.
Classic
PINOKEW holds #1 on the Classic ladder at 2,210 rating with a 40-3 record and a 93% win rate, with the day and week columns both reading #1 → #1. YAKRUTISH is second at 2,070. The clearest upward move inside the top 25 belongs to RUSSIAN_FEDERATION_PUTIN, #11 → #6 on the day and #21 → #6 on the week, with PODPIVKOVICH up #6 → #3. The rating bands list one player at 2150+ and 369 below 2000, on a ladder of 199 places.
On Classic movers, @SvPre SASQUATCH gained 73 places and 228 rating, the largest climb listed; BROEL is the biggest faller at 27 places lost. EGOIST left the board from last rank 18.
In Classic stats, PREHISTORIC carries the longest current win streak listed at 15, ahead of RUSSIAN_FEDERATION_PUTIN on 12. The most-played rivalry is ДЖО БАЙДЕН against МОНТАЖНИК, 12-8 over 20 games, while YAKRUTISH leads YARO 12-0 over 12.
Map meta
Across 5,639 games in the Classic meta:
| Template | Games | Share | Avg days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jebus Cross | 4,109 | 73% | 6.2 |
| Jebus Tournament | 908 | 16% | 6.7 |
| Arcade | 76 | 1% | 4.7 |
| Universe | 61 | 1% | 8.3 |
| Infinity | 57 | 1% | 9.1 |
| Last Fortress | 23 | 0% | 10.7 |
The share trend has Jebus Cross at 80 on Oct 17 and 75 on Oct 18, with Jebus Tournament moving from 14 to 17 between the same two readings. Separately, 355 games carry no recorded template and 50 sit in the pick-and-ban bucket.
Factions
From the 3,296 games with both factions recorded on the Classic factions page, Dungeon is the most picked at 25.8% pick share with a 52% win rate, followed by Temple (22.8%, 48%) and Necropolis (20.3%, 48%). Hive's 62% over 871 games is the highest win rate of the six, and Schism's 38% over 312 games the lowest. The most played pairing is Dungeon against Temple, 331-282 over 613 games for a 54% Dungeon win rate; Hive leads Necropolis 140-77 over 217 games (65%).
Arena
SOLISORA stays #1 → #1 on the Arena ladder at 2,600 rating, 99-27. DAIMONSBET TWITCHTV is second at 2,269. HD1O1 climbed #18 → #5 on the day, and KAYRUN shows a weekly move of #198 → #8.
Arena movers are led by PROG:., up 159 places and 313 rating, against YURIY, down 85 places. Arena is played on one map, so Arena meta reports 25,238 games at an average rating of 1,540, with 泰坦的冬天 the top performer. In Arena stats, JUSTANOOB holds the longest current streak listed at 14; the heaviest rivalry is 屁屁墩 against 泰坦的冬天, 27-18 over 45 games.
Single Hero
RAINBOW tops the Single Hero ladder at 2,222 rating with a 106-35 record and five straight wins, ahead of LEXIAV at 2,219. TWITCH:TVIDREEAMHUNTERR sits #4 after a #29 → #4 day move and leads Single Hero movers with a 473-point rating gain. DREAMHUNTER owns the longest current win streak in the Single Hero stats at 20.
Map meta
Exodus dominates the Single Hero meta with 12,197 of 17,973 games (68%) at 13.7 average in-game days, ahead of Outcast Tournament (1,433 games, 8%, 9.5 days) and Sprint (1,387 games, 8%, 12.1 days). Vendetta, Blitz and Helltide follow at 4%, 3% and 2%. Exodus's share reads 65 on Oct 17 and 71 on Oct 18.
Factions
Across 12,885 recorded games on the Single Hero factions page, Dungeon leads the picks at 23.3% with a 48% win rate, then Temple (21.5%, 46%) and Grove (19.2%, 50%). Necropolis, at 10% pick share, has the best record of the six, 1,485-1,096 for 58%, and reaches 63% over 1,722 games on Exodus; Hive is the least picked at 9.8% with a 48% win rate. Schism sits at 16.2% and 55%. The top matchup is Dungeon against Temple, 859-812 over 1,671 games (51%), while Necropolis leads Temple 423-274 over 697 (61%).
Data: ladder snapshot 2026-10-18 00:22 UTC, from the Classic, Arena and Single Hero ladders.