Olden Era Meta Pulse — Oct 19: RAINBOW Takes Single Hero #1
By OldenEra.gg Staff
The Oct 19, 00:22 UTC snapshot puts RAINBOW on top of the Single Hero ladder after a three-place climb, while Classic and Arena keep their leaders in place.
Classic
PINOKEW holds #1 on the Classic ladder at 2,210 rating with a 93% win rate across 43 games and a WWWWW form line. PODPIVKOVICH moved #5 → #3 on the day and #11 → #3 over the week, at 2,051 with 36 wins and 5 losses. SHELVETAL slipped a place to #4, and MR YUDIN to #5.
Among the week's risers inside the top 25, UTKATILTUET came from #92 to #16 on a 9-0 record (9 games, too few to rank against the established names), and DEZER went #57 → #23.
Map meta
| Template | Games | Share | Avg length (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jebus Cross | 4,256 | 73% | 6.3 |
| Jebus Tournament | 936 | 16% | 6.7 |
| Arcade | 76 | 1% | 4.7 |
| Universe | 66 | 1% | 8.1 |
| Infinity | 58 | 1% | 8.9 |
| Last Fortress | 27 | 0% | 11 |
In the share trend, Jebus Cross reads 72 at the Oct 19 snapshot against 74 at the Oct 18 one; Jebus Tournament reads 14 against 18. Full breakdowns sit on the Classic meta page.
Factions
Across the 3,441 Classic games with both factions recorded, Dungeon leads the picks. Details on the Classic factions page.
| Faction | Pick share | Record | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 25.8% | 920-856 | 52% |
| Temple | 22.8% | 753-815 | 48% |
| Necropolis | 20.5% | 675-734 | 48% |
| Hive | 13.2% | 558-347 | 62% |
| Grove | 13.1% | 413-487 | 46% |
| Schism | 4.7% | 122-202 | 38% |
The most played pair is Dungeon against Temple, 348-289 over 637 games (55% for Dungeon). Hive against Dungeon runs 179-126 over 305 games, and Hive against Necropolis 148-81 over 229 games, a 65% Hive win rate.
Movers, streaks and rivalries
DARTDUCKER gained 82 places, from #195 to #113, on 146 rating points — the largest climb in the Classic movers. INDIVIDUALIST fell 38 places to #183. In Classic stats, PREHISTORIC carries a current streak of 15, his best; GODLIKE sits on 12. YAKRUTISH leads YARO 12-0 over 12 games, the only shutout among the listed rivalries.
Arena
SOLISORA holds #1 on the Arena ladder at 2,600 rating, 99-27 over 126 games. LDXHEISI climbed #15 → #4 on five straight wins, and 屁屁墩 — listed as 屁屁墩 — went #21 → #6. The steepest top-25 drop of the day belongs to 泰坦的冬天, #7 → #17.
Arena is played on the single Arena map, with 26,366 games recorded, an average rating of 1,548 and HD1O1 as top performer; see the Arena meta. In Arena movers, ЖЕЛДАК gained 270 rating points while climbing #108 → #26, and ЗУБ lost 108 places. JUSTANOOB holds a 15-game current streak in the Arena stats.
Single Hero
RAINBOW tops the Single Hero ladder at 2,231 rating, 108-36 over 144 games, after moving #4 → #1. LEXIAV and FEEDER follow at 2,219 and 2,200; their head-to-head stands 8-12 to LEXIAV over 20 games. KOING made the day's biggest top-25 jump, #48 → #22.
Exodus holds 68% of 18,806 games at 12,788 played and an average length of 13.6 in-game days, ahead of Outcast Tournament (1,492 games, 8%, 9.5 days) and Sprint (1,446 games, 8%, 12.1 days). See the Single Hero meta. DREAMHUNTER carries a 20-game current streak, the longest current streak in the Single Hero stats.
Factions
From 13,424 games with both factions recorded (Single Hero factions):
| Faction | Pick share | Record | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 23.1% | 2,990-3,213 | 48% |
| Temple | 21.6% | 2,666-3,137 | 46% |
| Grove | 19.2% | 2,557-2,592 | 50% |
| Schism | 16.4% | 2,422-1,977 | 55% |
| Necropolis | 9.9% | 1,526-1,128 | 57% |
| Hive | 9.8% | 1,263-1,377 | 48% |
Dungeon against Temple is the most played pair at 891-848 over 1,739 games. Schism against Dungeon runs 725-521 over 1,246 games (58%), and Necropolis against Temple 432-284 over 716 games (60%). On Exodus specifically, Necropolis is 1,108-659 over 1,767 games.
What players are asking
A Steam discussion asking whether Dungeon is the weakest faction has drawn a long reply thread. The ladder data shows Dungeon as the most picked faction in both Classic (25.8%) and Single Hero (23.1%), with a 52% win rate in Classic and 48% in Single Hero. Another Steam thread arguing Temple should be buffed lines up with Temple's 48% in Classic and 46% in Single Hero. Schism, the subject of a thread on Week 1 map clears on Jebus Cross, is the least picked faction in Classic at 4.7% with a 122-202 record, but takes 16.4% of Single Hero picks at 55%. A faction ranking thread is still worth measuring against those splits.
Data: ladder snapshot 2026-10-19 00:22 UTC, from the Classic, Arena and Single Hero ladders.