Olden Era Meta Pulse — Oct 22: FEEDER Takes Single Hero Top Spot
By OldenEra.gg Staff
The Oct 22, 00:24 UTC snapshot hands the Single Hero crown to FEEDER, who climbs from #3 to #1 at 2342 rating, while Classic's PINOKEW and Arena's SOLISORA sit where they were a day and a week ago.
Classic
PINOKEW leads the Classic ladder at 2210 with a 93% win rate across 43 games and no rank move on the day or the week. PODPIVKOVICH is the day's riser near the top, going #4 → #2 (▲2) and #12 → #2 (▲10) over the week at 2098, carrying a current win streak of 11. 41 has the largest weekly gain inside the top 25, #80 → #22 (▲58), ahead of KORI_PIB at #45 → #19 (▲26).
In the Classic movers, ДОХЛЫЙ posted the biggest jump at 190 → 132 (58 places, +87 rating), while EGOIST took the largest rating gain among listed climbers at +136 (66 → 27). КНЯЗЬМОРДОВСКИЙ leads the fallers at 36 → 120 with -183 rating. Over in Classic stats, PREHISTORIC holds the longest current streak at 16, which is also their best; PINOKEW owns the highest best streak on the list at 18. The most-played head-to-head is ДЖО БАЙДЕН against МОНТАЖНИК, 12-8 over 20 games.
Map meta
From 6,360 recorded games in the Classic meta:
| Template | Games | Share | Avg rating | Avg days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jebus Cross | 4,628 | 73% | 1,380 | 6.3 |
| Jebus Tournament | 1,031 | 16% | 1,436 | 6.7 |
| Arcade | 85 | 1% | 1,408 | 4.9 |
| Universe | 73 | 1% | 1,400 | 7.6 |
| Infinity | 63 | 1% | 1,309 | 9.8 |
| Last Fortress | 27 | 0% | 1,243 | 11 |
In the share trend, Jebus Cross reads 76% at this snapshot against 73% at the Oct 21 snapshot, and Jebus Tournament 18% against 12%. Outside the maps, Unknown games account for 392 and the pick-and-ban phase for 61.
Factions
Across the 3,826 games with both factions recorded on the Classic factions page:
| Faction | Pick share | Win rate | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 26% | 52% | 1026-963 |
| Temple | 22.6% | 48% | 832-901 |
| Necropolis | 20.4% | 48% | 753-811 |
| Grove | 13.2% | 46% | 468-540 |
| Hive | 13.1% | 62% | 617-384 |
| Schism | 4.7% | 36% | 130-227 |
Hive has the highest win rate here and Schism the lowest. The most-played pair is Dungeon against Temple, 380-316 over 696 games (55% for Dungeon), followed by Dungeon against Necropolis, 287-267 over 554 (52%). Hive's best-documented edge is against Necropolis, 153-93 over 246 games (62%).
Arena
SOLISORA stays #1 on the Arena ladder at 2600 with a 99-27 record, unmoved on the day and the week. LDXHEISI moves #5 → #3 at 2281, while HD1O1 slides #4 → #9 and #2 → #9 over the week. DEMONMERI has the largest weekly climb in the top 25 at #139 → #20 (▲119).
Arena is played on one map, so the Arena meta reports totals only: 29,386 games, an average rating of 1,568, and HD1O1 as top performer. In the Arena movers, SMAILOO7 gained 106 places (182 → 76) and ILIAS1982 the most rating at +196. JUSTANOOB holds the longest current streak at 15 in the Arena stats, where LDXHEISI leads 青铜战士 34-22 over 56 games, the most-played rivalry in the data. The Top 1% line sits at 2231 and the median at 1605.
Single Hero
FEEDER takes #1 at 2342 (91-28) on the Single Hero ladder, with RAINBOW at #2 (2300) and HAWK at #3 (2292). KOING records the steepest daily slide in the top 25 at #12 → #25 (▼13). In Single Hero movers, IHABDARAWSHY.97 climbed 148 → 52 with +184 rating. FRODO tops the current streaks at 16 in Single Hero stats.
The Single Hero meta counts 20,985 games. Exodus holds 68% share over 14,373 games at an average of 13.6 in-game days, with LYONEL as top performer; Outcast Tournament (1,605 games, 8%) is the shortest of the listed templates at 9.5 days. The share trend puts Exodus at 76% in this snapshot against 70% at the Oct 21 snapshot.
Factions
From 15,117 games with both factions recorded, per the Single Hero factions page:
| Faction | Pick share | Win rate | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 23% | 48% | 3344-3598 |
| Temple | 21.5% | 46% | 2993-3515 |
| Grove | 19.5% | 50% | 2912-2969 |
| Schism | 16.6% | 55% | 2767-2250 |
| Hive | 9.7% | 48% | 1408-1535 |
| Necropolis | 9.7% | 58% | 1693-1250 |
Hive and Necropolis are tied on pick share at 9.7%, but Necropolis has the highest win rate in the mode and Temple the lowest. The most-played pair is Dungeon against Temple, 979-947 over 1,926 games (51%); Schism's largest sample is against Dungeon, 814-585 over 1,399 (58%). On Exodus alone, Necropolis is 1236-730 over 1,966 games (63%).
What players are asking
A Steam thread on commonly banned heroes in Exodus asks which factions to target in the draft and notes uncertainty about playing Schism. The ladder records no hero data, but on Exodus the faction split above shows Schism at 2181-1750 over 3,931 games and Necropolis at 63% across 1,966.
Another Steam post gives feedback on Temple changes in the beta patch, arguing the faction ability is weak early. In the recorded games, Temple sits at 46% in Single Hero and 48% in Classic.
Data: ladder snapshot 2026-10-22 00:24 UTC, from the Classic, Arena and Single Hero ladders.