Olden Era Meta Pulse — Oct 26: Hive Leads Classic at 61%
By OldenEra.gg Staff
The Oct 26, 09:35 UTC snapshot keeps the same names at the top of all three ladders, but the faction pages carry the sharper story: Hive posts a 61% win rate in Classic on the fifth-largest pick share, and Necropolis posts 57% in Single Hero on the mode's smallest share of picks, tied with Hive.
Classic
PINOKEW holds first on the Classic ladder at 2,310 rating with a 44-3 record, a 94% win rate and five straight wins, unmoved on the day and over the week. PODPIVKOVICH sits second at 2,236, and SHELVETAL moved up one place to third. EGOIST is tenth on a 14-0 record, after a weekly move of #66 → #10 (▲56); ILKblblo has the largest weekly climb in the top 25, #121 → #25 (▲96). BOLGARICH gained the most places on the day inside the top 25, #40 → #24 (▲16).
Among the Classic movers, ROLAND gained 52 places and 93 rating points, the largest rating gain of the listed climbers, while XXBANDICO_OTXX fell 34 places with a 43-point loss.
Map meta
| Template | Games | Share | Avg days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jebus Cross | 5,102 | 72% | 6.3 |
| Jebus Tournament | 1,192 | 17% | 6.7 |
| Arcade | 91 | 1% | 4.8 |
| Universe | 84 | 1% | 7.6 |
| Infinity | 69 | 1% | 9.8 |
| Last Fortress | 31 | 0% | 10.9 |
In the share trend, Jebus Cross reads 71% at this snapshot against 64% at the Oct 25 07:13 reading, with Jebus Tournament at 21% against 25%. More on the Classic map meta.
Factions
From the 4,444 Classic games with both factions recorded (Classic factions):
| Faction | Pick share | Win rate | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 26.1% | 52% | 1,206-1,117 |
| Temple | 22.3% | 48% | 953-1,030 |
| Necropolis | 20.5% | 48% | 876-943 |
| Grove | 13.2% | 47% | 551-624 |
| Hive | 13% | 61% | 704-453 |
| Schism | 4.8% | 36% | 154-277 |
Hive has the highest win rate of the six and Schism the lowest. The most played pair is Dungeon against Temple, 434-361 over 795 games (55% for Dungeon), followed by Dungeon against Necropolis, 347-312 over 659 (53%). Hive's best-recorded pair is against Schism, 47-18 over 65 games (72%). On Universe, which carries 66 recorded games, Grove is 22-2 over 24 games; Hive (8 games) and Schism (8 games) are too thin to rank there.
Streaks and rivalries
PODPIVKOVICH and PREHISTORIC are tied for the longest current win streak at 16 each; PINOKEW's best streak of 18 is the longest listed. YAKRUTISH leads YARO 12-0 over 12 games. ДЕПУТАТ tops activity with 205 games — see the Classic stats.
Arena
SOLISORA stays first on the Arena ladder at 2,600 with a 99-27 record. 布布 jumped #22 → #9 (▲13) on the day and is new to the board on the week, and 青铜战士 climbed #53 → #20 (▲33). DAIMONSBET TWITCHTV dropped #3 → #18 (▼15), and ЧАЙКА ЯРОСЛАВ holds #19 on an LLLLL form line.
Arena is played on one map, so the Arena meta reports totals only: 33,377 games, an average rating of 1,596, with HD1O1 the top performer. Among the Arena movers, ZELDRIS added 193 rating points over 75 places, while ДУХ АНКОРИДЖА lost 101 places. JUSTANOOB carries the longest current streak at 15 in the Arena stats; LDXHEISI leads 青铜战士 40-32 over 72 games, the most played pair.
Single Hero
FEEDER took first on the Single Hero ladder at 2,507, up from #3 on the week, ahead of RAINBOW at 2,300. IHABDARAWSHY.97 made the largest weekly move in the top 25, #148 → #18 (▲130). In the Single Hero movers, CKORAXX gained 89 places and ATAKAMRAKA 121 rating points, while JAYSONX fell 79 places.
Exodus dominates the Single Hero map meta with 16,316 games, a 69% share and an average length of 13.4 in-game days; Sprint follows at 1,793 games and 8%, Outcast Tournament at 1,760 and 7%.
Factions
From the 17,567 games with both factions recorded (Single Hero factions):
| Faction | Pick share | Win rate | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon | 22.8% | 49% | 3,896-4,125 |
| Temple | 21.7% | 46% | 3,482-4,130 |
| Grove | 19.7% | 50% | 3,478-3,446 |
| Schism | 16.4% | 54% | 3,124-2,628 |
| Necropolis | 9.7% | 57% | 1,952-1,462 |
| Hive | 9.7% | 48% | 1,635-1,776 |
Necropolis and Hive are tied on pick share at 9.7%, but Necropolis has the mode's highest win rate and Temple the lowest. The most played pair is Dungeon against Temple, 1,144-1,094 over 2,238 games (51%); Necropolis against Temple runs 562-343 over 905 games (62%). On Exodus, Necropolis is 1,449-865 over 2,314 games (63%). WEEAKED and MYDEARLY2.0 share the longest current streak at 14 in the Single Hero stats.
What players are asking
A Steam thread ranking all six factions, "Faction rankings after a win with each one", includes a reply asking whether a ladder exists with official rankings; the faction pages above are built from recorded ladder games rather than personal rankings. Another Steam discussion, "Dungeon is the weakest faction. Or not?", collects tips on Trogs, Onyx Dancers and Minotaurs — Dungeon is the most picked faction in both Classic and Single Hero in the recorded games. A fresher Steam thread on an untargetable Dungeon tier 2 unit under Shadow Cloak is the current balance talking point, and a Schism week 1 clear question asks about early creeping on Jebus Cross.
Data: ladder snapshot 2026-10-26 09:35 UTC, from the Classic, Arena and Single Hero ladders.