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 use62-0 vs previous week · higher = more varied metaWeek of Sep 21: 56Week of Sep 28: 60Week of Oct 5: 62Week of Oct 12: 62
Top-5 weapons' share of picks23.8%-0.5 vs previous week · higher = narrower metaWeek of Sep 21: 28.3%Week of Sep 28: 24.5%Week of Oct 5: 24.3%Week of Oct 12: 23.8%
  1. Redemption StaffRedemption Staff9.7%+0.5
  2. Rotcaller StaffRotcaller Staff4.1%-0.7
  3. LongbowLongbow3.4%+0.7
  4. HallowfallHallowfall3.4%+0.6
  5. Hellspawn StaffHellspawn Staff3.3%-0.8
Sample, last week1,7105-man sides · 8,539 weapon picks

Weapons

📈 Climbing

Pick share clearly up over the 4 weeks.

  • Fire StaffFire Staff0.6% → 1.5% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 0.6%Week of Sep 28: 1.0%Week of Oct 5: 1.4%Week of Oct 12: 1.5%
  • LongbowLongbow2.2% → 3.4% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 2.2%Week of Sep 28: 2.3%Week of Oct 5: 2.8%Week of Oct 12: 3.4%
  • CarrioncallerCarrioncaller1.7% → 2.7% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 1.7%Week of Sep 28: 1.5%Week of Oct 5: 1.8%Week of Oct 12: 2.7%
  • Carving SwordCarving Sword1.3% → 1.8% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 1.3%Week of Sep 28: 1.4%Week of Oct 5: 1.2%Week of Oct 12: 1.8%

📉 Falling

Pick share clearly down over the 4 weeks.

  • Rotcaller StaffRotcaller Staff6.3% → 4.1% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 6.3%Week of Sep 28: 4.7%Week of Oct 5: 4.7%Week of Oct 12: 4.1%
  • Rootbound StaffRootbound Staff4.2% → 2.5% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 4.2%Week of Sep 28: 3.8%Week of Oct 5: 2.5%Week of Oct 12: 2.5%
  • Arclight BlastersArclight Blasters2.3% → 1.3% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 2.3%Week of Sep 28: 2.3%Week of Oct 5: 1.8%Week of Oct 12: 1.3%
  • Great HammerGreat Hammer4.0% → 3.0% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 4.0%Week of Sep 28: 3.3%Week of Oct 5: 3.1%Week of Oct 12: 3.0%
  • Blight StaffBlight Staff2.5% → 1.7% of picksWeek of Sep 21: 2.5%Week of Sep 28: 2.1%Week of Oct 5: 2.1%Week of Oct 12: 1.7%

✨ New & returning

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

  • Great Cursed StaffGreat Cursed Staff returningback since Oct 12 · 26 picksWeek of Sep 21: 2 picksWeek of Sep 28: 0 picksWeek of Oct 5: 0 picksWeek of Oct 12: 24 picks

🔁 Player migrations

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

  • Redemption Staff→Blight StaffRedemption Staff → Blight Staff3 players switched their main weapon
  • Rootbound Staff→Stillgaze StaffRootbound Staff → Stillgaze Staff2 players switched their main weapon
  • Phantom Twinblade→PolehammerPhantom Twinblade → Polehammer2 players switched their main weapon

💪 Overperformers

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

  • Arclight BlastersArclight Blasters71% win rate (range 64–77%) · 200 picksWeek of Sep 21: 60% winsWeek of Sep 28: 65% winsWeek of Oct 5: 76% winsWeek of Oct 12: 67% wins
  • Great HammerGreat Hammer62% win rate (range 58–67%) · 405 picksWeek of Sep 21: 62% winsWeek of Sep 28: 56% winsWeek of Oct 5: 64% winsWeek of Oct 12: 61% wins
  • Blight StaffBlight Staff63% win rate (range 57–69%) · 246 picksWeek of Sep 21: 62% winsWeek of Sep 28: 68% winsWeek of Oct 5: 61% winsWeek of Oct 12: 64% wins
  • Twin SlayersTwin Slayers66% win rate (range 57–74%) · 114 picksWeek of Sep 21: 36% winsWeek of Sep 28: 26% winsWeek of Oct 5: 69% winsWeek of Oct 12: 65% wins
  • BowBow59% win rate (range 52–65%) · 249 picksWeek of Sep 21: 55% winsWeek of Sep 28: 60% winsWeek of Oct 5: 49% winsWeek of Oct 12: 63% wins
  • Rotcaller StaffRotcaller Staff56% win rate (range 52–60%) · 577 picksWeek of Sep 21: 59% winsWeek of Sep 28: 66% winsWeek of Oct 5: 57% winsWeek of Oct 12: 55% wins

🪤 Trap picks

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

No popular weapon loses reliably.

Teams

🚀 Rising lineups

Exact 5-weapon teams gaining share of sides.

No exact lineup is clearly gaining.

🔻 Falling lineups

Exact 5-weapon teams losing share of sides.

  • BowGreat HammerBlight StaffRootbound StaffRotcaller StaffBow · Great Hammer · Blight Staff · Rootbound Staff · Rotcaller Staff24 → 0 sides · 1.8% → 0.0% · 75% winsWeek of Sep 21: 1.8%Week of Sep 28: 0.7%Week of Oct 5: 0.4%Week of Oct 12: 0.0%
  • DawnsongBlight StaffPolehammerStillgaze StaffRotcaller StaffDawnsong · Blight Staff · Polehammer · Stillgaze Staff · Rotcaller Staff14 → 0 sides · 1.0% → 0.0% · 88% winsWeek of Sep 21: 1.0%Week of Sep 28: 0.2%Week of Oct 5: 0.0%Week of Oct 12: 0.0%
  • Arclight BlastersRedemption StaffHeavy MaceRootbound StaffRotcaller StaffArclight Blasters · Redemption Staff · Heavy Mace · Rootbound Staff · Rotcaller Staff11 → 0 sides · 0.8% → 0.0% · 36% winsWeek of Sep 21: 0.8%Week of Sep 28: 0.0%Week of Oct 5: 0.0%Week of Oct 12: 0.0%
  • Great HammerRedemption StaffWhispering BowRootbound StaffRotcaller StaffGreat Hammer · Redemption Staff · Whispering Bow · Rootbound Staff · Rotcaller Staff13 → 1 sides · 1.0% → 0.1% · 69% winsWeek of Sep 21: 1.0%Week of Sep 28: 0.0%Week of Oct 5: 0.2%Week of Oct 12: 0.1%
  • Arclight BlastersHeavy MaceBlight StaffRootbound StaffRotcaller StaffArclight Blasters · Heavy Mace · Blight Staff · Rootbound Staff · Rotcaller Staff10 → 0 sides · 0.7% → 0.0% · 69% winsWeek of Sep 21: 0.7%Week of Sep 28: 0.1%Week of Oct 5: 0.5%Week of Oct 12: 0.0%
  • KingmakerHeavy CrossbowTombhammerRedemption StaffRootbound StaffKingmaker · Heavy Crossbow · Tombhammer · Redemption Staff · Rootbound Staff12 → 1 sides · 0.9% → 0.1% · 95% winsWeek of Sep 21: 0.9%Week of Sep 28: 0.4%Week of Oct 5: 0.1%Week of Oct 12: 0.1%

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 2119:00–22:0033% of that week's battles
  • Week of Sep 2819:00–22:0035% of that week's battles
  • Week of Oct 520:00–23:0035% of that week's battles
  • Week of Oct 1218:00–21:0030% of that week's battles

The busiest window held steady over the month (moved less than 2 hours).

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.