Olden Era Meta Pulse — Oct 21: Hive Leads Classic Faction Win Rates
By OldenEra.gg Staff
The Oct 21, 00:18 UTC snapshot keeps PINOKEW clear at the top of Classic, and the faction tables behind it put Hive at 61% in Classic and Necropolis at 57% in Single Hero.
Classic
PINOKEW sits at 2,210 rating with a 40-3 record and five wins in the latest form string, unmoved at #1 over both the day and the week on the Classic ladder. SHELVETAL moved #4 → #2 (▲2) on 2,076, ahead of YAKRUTISH at 2,070 and PODPIVKOVICH at 2,067. The longest weekly climb inside the top 25 belongs to KORI_PIB, #63 → #24 (▲39), with KAGAMI SUMIKA next at #55 → #22 (▲33).
Among the listed Classic movers, ХОРОШИЙ ПАРЕНЬ gained the most places, 167 → 104, while EGOIST added the most rating at 136 points. КНЯЗЬМОРДОВСКИЙ fell 36 → 106 and shed 146 rating. In Classic stats, PREHISTORIC carries a current streak of 16, the longest listed; PINOKEW's best streak of 18 is the highest best figure there. The most lopsided of the most-played rivalries is YAKRUTISH over YARO, 12-0 across 12 games.
Map meta
Jebus Cross holds 73% of 6,193 recorded Classic games in the Classic meta; its share trend reads 69% at the Oct 20, 14:07 snapshot and 72% at Oct 21, 00:18, with Jebus Tournament at 22% then 14%.
| Template | Games | Share | Avg rating | Avg days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jebus Cross | 4,502 | 73% | 1,379 | 6.3 |
| Jebus Tournament | 1,000 | 16% | 1,434 | 6.7 |
| Arcade | 85 | 1% | 1,408 | 4.9 |
| Universe | 71 | 1% | 1,398 | 7.7 |
| Infinity | 59 | 1% | 1,303 | 9.1 |
| Last Fortress | 27 | 0% | 1,243 | 11 |
Outside the maps, 389 games have no recorded template and 60 sit in the pick-and-ban bucket.
Factions
From the 3,755 Classic games with both factions recorded on the Classic factions page:
| Faction | Pick share | Win rate | Record | Avg days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 26% | 52% | 1,007-942 | 6.6 |
| Temple | 22.5% | 48% | 810-878 | 6.5 |
| Necropolis | 20.5% | 48% | 745-797 | 6 |
| Grove | 13.2% | 46% | 457-533 | 6.6 |
| Hive | 13.1% | 61% | 606-380 | 6.4 |
| Schism | 4.7% | 37% | 130-225 | 6.9 |
The most played pair is Dungeon against Temple, 370-307 over 677 games for Dungeon (55%). Hive's biggest sample is against Dungeon, 201-136 over 337 (60%). On Jebus Cross alone, Hive is 484-304 over 788 games (61%) and Schism 78-156 over 234 (33%).
Arena
SOLISORA leads the Arena ladder at 2,600 with a 99-27 record, unmoved at #1 on the day and the week. Behind, MISTERN took #3 → #2 and XIAOHU #8 → #3 (▲5). The day's largest jump in the top 25 is DEMONMERI, #61 → #20 (▲41), who is also the biggest weekly climber there at #112 → #20 (▲92); ZURIN went #55 → #18 (▲37). DAIMONSBET TWITCHTV slid #2 → #9 (▼7).
Among the Arena movers, A3B7CS climbed 189 → 102 for 111 rating, and ДУХ АНКОРИДЖА lost the most rating at 112 points. Arena is played on its single map, and the Arena meta records 28,445 games at an average rating of 1,562, with HD1O1 as top performer. Arena stats show 942 games on Oct 19 and 729 on Oct 20, JUSTANOOB on a current streak of 15, and LDXHEISI 32-22 over 青铜战士 in 54 games, the most played pair.
Single Hero
RAINBOW holds #1 at 2,352 with a 120-38 record after a #5 → #1 (▲4) week on the Single Hero ladder. HAWK and FEEDER are tied on 2,292 at #2 and #3, HAWK after a #7 → #2 (▲5) day. 大盗摸你傻 made the day's biggest top-25 move at #47 → #11 (▲36). In the Single Hero movers, IHABDARAWSHY.97 climbed 148 → 62 for 133 rating.
Exodus takes 68% of 20,274 games in the Single Hero meta at 13.6 average in-game days, with LYONEL as top performer; Outcast Tournament (1,572 games) and Sprint (1,552) follow. The share trend reads Exodus 73% at Oct 20, 14:07 and 70% at Oct 21, 00:18, with Sprint 6% then 9%. FRODO holds a current streak of 15 in Single Hero stats.
Factions
Across the 14,748 games with both factions recorded on the Single Hero factions page:
| Faction | Pick share | Win rate | Record | Avg days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 23.1% | 48% | 3,270-3,532 | 12.5 |
| Temple | 21.5% | 46% | 2,923-3,427 | 13.1 |
| Grove | 19.4% | 50% | 2,843-2,882 | 12.7 |
| Schism | 16.5% | 55% | 2,673-2,187 | 13.3 |
| Necropolis | 9.8% | 57% | 1,657-1,225 | 12.3 |
| Hive | 9.8% | 48% | 1,382-1,495 | 12.5 |
Necropolis and Hive are tied on 9.8% pick share. The most played pair is Dungeon against Temple, 958-934 over 1,892 games (51%); Necropolis against Temple is 471-300 over 771 (61%). On Exodus, Necropolis is 1,210-717 over 1,927 games (63%).
What players are asking
A Steam discussion on Temple changes has the original poster unhappy with the faction's new hymns. The ladder numbers above are what the recorded games show for Temple in each mode. A Steam factions tier list thread ranks Dungeon above Schism, Temple, Necropolis, Hive and Grove; in the Classic data Dungeon is the most picked faction at 26% pick share, while Hive posts the mode's highest win rate. A separate Steam thread on a Dungeon tier 2 unit reports targeting problems; the ladder data records factions, not units, so it has nothing to add there.
Data: ladder snapshot 2026-10-21 00:18 UTC, from the Classic, Arena and Single Hero ladders.