Quick Summary

The Olden Era Arena leaderboard finally has a new king by the end of 4th of July.

After more than a month of the top two spots being held by GARRUNAH and OLDEN-ERA.COM, ROLD has climbed to rank #1 with 2761 rating.

The lead is as close as it gets: ROLD is ahead by exactly +1 rating point.

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Arena Is a Different Kind of Ladder

Arena is very different from other Olden Era PvP modes, Classic and Single Hero.

The matches are fast, the matches played volume is high, and top players can play hundreds of games in a relatively short time. For the leading Arena players, match counts are often measured not in dozens, but in hundreds.

Tip

Currently there is no proper ELO system in place, so losing to a lower rating opponents is not punishing hard. That makes Arena a very specific ladder environment. It rewards consistency and volume, the good old grind fest.

The Long Reign of GARRUNAH and OLDEN-ERA.COM

For more than a month, the Arena leaderboard was dominated by two players:

  1. GARRUNAH - 2760
  2. OLDEN-ERA.COM - 2748

Both players reached the top very quickly, each playing 200+ Arena matches during the early period of the ladder.

After that, their positions became extremely hard to challenge. They stayed at the top for weeks without playing any matches at all! While the rest of the field had to slowly climb toward ratings that were already established early.

Early Ladder Advantage and Rating Lock

This situation shows one of the interesting problems of early competitive ladders.

When a mode launches, the rating system is still settling. In the first weeks, active players can gain many points quickly because the ladder is fresh, opponents are not fully separated by skill yet, and rating inflation can happen faster.

That does not mean the early leaders did anything wrong. They played the system that existed at the time and climbed extremely efficiently.

But it does create a possible rating lock effect: early high-volume players reach the top, stop playing, and become very difficult to overtake unless someone else grinds a long and consistent winning streak.

For more than a month, that is exactly what happened in Arena.

ROLD Finally Breaks Through

Now, ROLD has finally broken the lock.

With 2761 rating, ROLD passed GARRUNAH by just +1 point and became the new Arena leaderboard leader. Kudos to ROLD!

  1. ROLD - 2761
  2. GARRUNAH - 2760
  3. OLDEN-ERA.COM - 2748

Track the Arena Leaderboard

You can follow the current Olden Era standings on TownPortal: