Quick Summary

Patch 11 brought both balance changes and a new map pool rotation to Olden Era Single Hero - and players reacted immediately.

We collected 1,339 matches from the first two days of the patch, which already gives us a strong early look at how the mode is changing.

The biggest takeaway is clear:

Exodus is big but less than 50% of population.

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Exodus Finally Loses Its Monopoly

Important

Before Patch 11, Exodus template was obligatory option during draft phase. Now the whole draft pool is random.

The biggest shift in the first two days is that two newly introduced templates immediately captured 28% of all matches played. That is a huge share for completely fresh additions to the rotation.

And that share came mostly at the expense of Exodus.

Please welcome:

  1. Outcast tournament - 18%
  2. Helltide - 10%

What This Might Mean for the PvP Scene

It is still early, but the first signal is very promising.

If these numbers hold, Patch 11 may become the update that finally breaks the “Exodus by default” pattern in Single Hero. That would be a big deal for the PvP scene.

A more diverse template pool means:

  • more strategic variety;
  • more room for different factions and hero types;
  • less repetition in ladder play;
  • more meaningful map-specific preparation.

For now, this is still an early sample - just the first two days of the patch. But 1,339 matches is already a serious amount of data, and the direction is hard to ignore.