Olden Era Meta Pulse — Oct 20: Hive Tops Classic at 62%
By OldenEra.gg Staff
The Oct 20, 14:07 UTC snapshot keeps the Classic top four in place and puts Hive on a 62% win rate across 946 recorded games, the highest of the six factions in that mode, while Dungeon takes the most picks at 25.9%.
Classic
PINOKEW holds #1 on the Classic ladder at 2210 rating with a 40-3 record, a 93% win rate and five wins in the latest form string. YAKRUTISH sits second at 2070 and PODPIVKOVICH third at 2051 after a week move of #12 → #3 (▲9). MR YUDIN gained a place to #4 and SHELVETAL slipped one to #5. The largest single-day move inside the top 25 belongs to EGOIST, #66 → #24 (▲42), on a 6-0 record from 6 games — too few to read as a ranking of strength.
In the Classic movers table, DARTDUCKER climbed 93 places from 197 to 104 and added 174 rating, the biggest listed climb; BOLGARICH fell 51 places from 20 to 71 and shed 177 rating.
Map meta
| Template | Games | Share | Avg 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 |
SHELVETAL is the top performer on Jebus Cross and PODPIVKOVICH on Jebus Tournament. In the share trend on the Classic meta page, Jebus Cross moved from 74 at the Oct 18 snapshot to 72 at the Oct 19 snapshot, with Jebus Tournament going 18 to 14 over the same pair of readings. Non-map buckets cover 372 games with no recorded template and 54 pick-and-ban entries.
Factions
From the 3,581 Classic games with both factions recorded on the Classic factions page:
| Faction | Pick share | Win rate | Record | Avg days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 25.9% | 51% | 953-901 | 6.6 |
| Temple | 22.6% | 48% | 783-838 | 6.5 |
| Necropolis | 20.5% | 48% | 702-766 | 6 |
| Hive | 13.2% | 62% | 586-360 | 6.4 |
| Grove | 13.1% | 46% | 432-505 | 6.6 |
| Schism | 4.7% | 37% | 125-211 | 6.9 |
The most played pair is Dungeon against Temple, 356-300 over 656 games for a 54% Dungeon win rate, followed by Dungeon against Necropolis at 52% over 517 games. Hive's 71% against Schism over 51 games is the highest matchup win rate recorded in the mode.
Streaks and rivalries
PREHISTORIC leads the Classic stats with a current and best streak of 15, ahead of GODLIKE on 12 and NISTON on 11. PINOKEW's best streak of 18 is the highest best figure listed. In the rivalries, YAKRUTISH is 12-0 against YARO over 12 games.
Arena
SOLISORA stays top of the Arena ladder at 2600 with a 99-27 record and a 79% win rate. GGOO71 climbed #11 → #3 (▲8) on the day and #32 → #3 (▲29) over the week, HD1O1 moved #10 → #4, and DAIMONSBET TWITCHTV dropped #2 → #8 (▼6). 泰坦的冬天 fell #4 → #21 (▼17) across the week. Arena is played on a single map, so there is no template split: the mode records 26,366 games at an average rating of 1548, with HD1O1 as top performer.
Among Arena movers, 670965634 rose 134 places from 182 to 48, while SHIMBO posted the largest rating gain at 291 points. DCTCOMZ lost 96 places and 148 rating. JUSTANOOB holds the longest current Arena streak at 15 in the Arena stats, and the most played rivalry is 屁屁墩 over 泰坦的冬天, 27-18 across 45 games.
Single Hero
RAINBOW tops the Single Hero ladder at 2292 after a week move of #5 → #1 (▲4), with a 117-38 record and a 75% win rate. HAWK climbed #7 → #2 (▲5) and FEEDER holds #3. The biggest day climb in the top 25 is 大盗摸你傻 at #47 → #23 (▲24). DREAMHUNTER carries a current and best streak of 20, the longest in the data, with AMON on 19. On the Single Hero meta page, Exodus holds 68% of 18,806 games over 12,788 games at 13.6 in-game days, with Outcast Tournament and Sprint tied on 8% share. TREKK leads the Single Hero movers with 105 places gained.
Factions
From the 14,048 games with both factions recorded on the Single Hero factions page:
| Faction | Pick share | Win rate | Record | Avg days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 23.1% | 48% | 3,132-3,367 | 12.6 |
| Temple | 21.5% | 46% | 2,784-3,263 | 13.2 |
| Grove | 19.2% | 50% | 2,682-2,714 | 12.7 |
| Schism | 16.4% | 55% | 2,530-2,077 | 13.3 |
| Hive | 9.9% | 48% | 1,338-1,450 | 12.5 |
| Necropolis | 9.8% | 57% | 1,582-1,177 | 12.4 |
Necropolis has the highest win rate here despite the smallest pick share, and reaches 63% on Exodus over 1,839 recorded games. The most played matchup is Dungeon against Temple, 920-890 over 1,810 games, while Necropolis against Temple is the strongest result among the large pairs at 61% over 741 games.
What players are asking
A Steam thread ranking the factions after a win with each one puts Necropolis first and Hive last, and a replier asks whether a ladder exists to check it (Steam discussion). The ladder data above splits by mode: Necropolis has the top Single Hero win rate, while Hive leads Classic win rates and Necropolis sits at 48% there.
Another Steam thread asks whether Dungeon is the weakest faction and wants early-game advice (Steam discussion); Dungeon is the most picked faction in both Classic and Single Hero. A third asks how popular box maps are in PvP (Steam discussion): the Single Hero template table shows Exodus at 68%, with Outcast Tournament, Sprint and Helltide all recorded below it.
Data: ladder snapshot 2026-10-20 14:07 UTC, from the Classic, Arena and Single Hero ladders.