Hellgate Battles

Meta trends over the last 4 full weeks (Sep 21 – Oct 18, UTC), week by week. Hover a chart point for its value.

Weapons in real use34-8 vs previous week · higher = more varied metaWeek of Sep 21: 33Week of Sep 28: 32Week of Oct 5: 41Week of Oct 12: 34
Top-5 weapons' share of picks39.2%+2.5 vs previous week · higher = narrower metaWeek of Sep 21: 42.1%Week of Sep 28: 42.8%Week of Oct 5: 36.7%Week of Oct 12: 39.2%
  1. Redemption StaffRedemption Staff14.3%+1.4
  2. Heavy MaceHeavy Mace7.0%+2.0
  3. WarbowWarbow6.7%+4.2
  4. Rotcaller StaffRotcaller Staff5.8%-2.2
  5. CarrioncallerCarrioncaller5.4%+3.9
Sample, last week1445-man sides · 719 weapon picks

Weapons

📈 Climbing

Pick share clearly up over the 4 weeks.

  • WarbowWarbow1.0% → 6.7% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 1.0%Week of Sep 28: 0.0%Week of Oct 5: 2.5%Week of Oct 12: 6.7%
  • Holy StaffHoly Staff0.3% → 1.8% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 0.3%Week of Sep 28: 0.6%Week of Oct 5: 0.3%Week of Oct 12: 1.8%
  • BloodletterBloodletter0.2% → 1.1% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 0.2%Week of Sep 28: 0.3%Week of Oct 5: 0.0%Week of Oct 12: 1.1%
  • Whispering BowWhispering Bow0.8% → 2.1% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 0.8%Week of Sep 28: 2.3%Week of Oct 5: 1.0%Week of Oct 12: 2.1%

📉 Falling

Pick share clearly down over the 4 weeks.

  • Dagger PairDagger Pair1.4% → 0.1% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 1.4%Week of Sep 28: 0.5%Week of Oct 5: 1.4%Week of Oct 12: 0.1%
  • Great Arcane StaffGreat Arcane Staff2.7% → 1.0% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 2.7%Week of Sep 28: 3.7%Week of Oct 5: 2.4%Week of Oct 12: 1.0%

✨ New & returning

First seen in this mode since the month's second week, or back after 2+ empty weeks.

Nothing new — every weapon in use was already here.

🔁 Player migrations

Main weapon in the first 2 weeks → last 2 weeks, 2+ players.

Not enough regular players switched weapons.

💪 Overperformers

Win rate reliably above 52% over the last 2 weeks.

No weapon wins reliably above average.

🪤 Trap picks

Popular (1.5%+ of picks) but reliably below 48% wins.

  • LongbowLongbow17% win rate (range 8–32%) · 2.1% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 28% winsWeek of Sep 28: 27% winsWeek of Oct 5: 17% winsWeek of Oct 12: 17% wins
  • WarbowWarbow33% win rate (range 24–45%) · 4.3% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 0% winsWeek of Oct 5: 33% winsWeek of Oct 12: 33% wins

Teams

🚀 Rising lineups

Exact 5-weapon teams gaining share of sides.

  • Redemption StaffWarbowWarbowWarbowWarbowRedemption Staff · Warbow · Warbow · Warbow · Warbow0 → 12 sides · 0.0% → 8.3% · 33% winsWeek of Sep 21: 0.0%Week of Sep 28: 0.0%Week of Oct 5: 3.1%Week of Oct 12: 8.3%

🔻 Falling lineups

Exact 5-weapon teams losing share of sides.

  • BowGreat HammerRedemption StaffRootbound StaffRotcaller StaffBow · Great Hammer · Redemption Staff · Rootbound Staff · Rotcaller Staff32 → 0 sides · 5.5% → 0.0% · 74% winsWeek of Sep 21: 5.5%Week of Sep 28: 1.0%Week of Oct 5: 5.7%Week of Oct 12: 0.0%

Activity

🕒 Peak hours

Share of a week's battles by weekday and hour (UTC), averaged over the 4 weeks. Hover a cell for its value.

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fewermore battles

Busiest 3-hour window by week (UTC)

  • Week of Sep 2117:00–20:0041% of that week's battles
  • Week of Sep 2818:00–21:0050% of that week's battles
  • Week of Oct 518:00–21:0041% of that week's battles
  • Week of Oct 1219:00–22:0058% of that week's battles

shifted The busiest window moved 2 hours later since the first week.

All figures are shares (of weapon picks or of 5-man sides), because weekly battle volume depends on data collection. A weapon or lineup is "climbing" or "falling" when its first and last week differ by a significant margin (z ≥ 2.5), the move holds across the month rather than being a one-week spike, and it reached 1% of picks (lineups: 10 sides in a week). Win rate ranges are 95% confidence intervals. "Weapons in real use" is the effective number of weapons (exp of the pick entropy): how many equally popular weapons would give the same variety.