What the ladder plays right now

Meta Report

Most played builds, skills, items and mercenaries among endgame ladder characters (level 80+), with each one's share and how it moved since last week. Built from our own daily ladder snapshots.

Snapshot of Nov 7 · this is the first snapshot, trends appear once the next ones are in.

Characters analysed282

Avg. gear value, top 25 6.2 HR 25 of 25 with priced gear

Most played buildDesecrate Necromancer29.1% of characters

Most played builds

Archetype = class + main skill (the skill with the most points invested, utility and passives aside).

1 Desecrate Necromancer Who plays itavg 10.2 HR gear29.1%82No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
2 Blood Golem Necromancer Who plays itavg 7.2 HR gear16.7%47No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
3 Raise Skeletal Mage Necromancer Who plays itavg 7.6 HR gear16.3%46No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
4Bone Spear NecromancerGuide Who plays itavg 4.8 HR gear14.9%42No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
5 Amplify Damage Necromancer Who plays itavg 6 HR gear12.8%36No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
6 Blood Warp Necromancer Who plays itavg 10.6 HR gear2.8%8No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
7 Dark Pact Necromancer Who plays itavg 8.3 HR gear2.1%6No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
8 Lower Resist Necromancer Who plays itavg 10.8 HR gear1.8%5No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
9 Raise Skeleton Necromancer Who plays itavg 9.9 HR gear1.8%5No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
10 Corpse Explosion Necromancer Who plays itavg 7.8 HR gear0.7%2No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
11 Bone Spirit Necromancer Who plays itavg 0.1 HR gear0.4%1No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
12 Clay Golem Necromancer Who plays itavg 6.3 HR gear0.4%1No earlier snapshot to compare with yet

Top main skills

Share of characters with the skill among their two main skills.

1Desecrate Necromancer avg 20 hard points31.9%90No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
2Blood Golem Necromancer avg 20 hard points19.5%55No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
3Raise Skeletal Mage Necromancer avg 20 hard points19.5%55No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
4Poison Nova Necromancer avg 20 hard points18.8%53No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
5Raise Skeleton avg 20 hard points18.1%51No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
6Bone Spirit Necromancer avg 20 hard points15.2%43No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
7Clay Golem Necromancer avg 20 hard points15.2%43No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
8Bone Spear Necromancer avg 20 hard points14.9%42No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
9Amplify Damage Necromancer avg 20 hard points12.8%36No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
10Poison Strike Necromancer avg 20 hard points9.6%27No earlier snapshot to compare with yet

Mercenaries

Hired mercenary type, as a share of all characters.

1Act 3 Iron Wolf — Lightning Spells23%65No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
2Act 1 Rogue Scout — Fire Arrow16.3%46No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
3Act 3 Iron Wolf — Cold Spells14.2%40No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
4Act 1 Rogue Scout — Cold Arrow12.8%36No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
5Act 2 Desert Guard — Defensive Auras12.1%34No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
6Act 5 Barbarian — Might8.9%25No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
7Act 1 Rogue Scout — Physical Arrow5%14No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
8Act 2 Desert Guard — Combat3.2%9No earlier snapshot to compare with yet

Top items & runewords

Share of characters wearing it (own equipment and charms, not the mercenary's). Badges show the current market value.

1Hellfire TorchUnique91.1%257No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
2AnnihilusUnique79.4%224No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
3Gheed's FortuneUnique60.6%171No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
4Arachnid MeshUnique49.6%140No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
5Trang-Oul's ClawsSet49.3%139No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
6Wisp ProjectorUnique36.2%102No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
7Trang-Oul's ScalesSet32.3%91No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
8Harlequin CrestUnique28.4%80No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
9GravepalmUnique26.2%74No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
10Trang-Oul's GirthSet21.6%61No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
11The Stone of JordanUnique21.3%60No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
12Bul-Kathos' Wedding BandUnique20.9%59No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
13MarrowwalkUnique20.2%57No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
14Trang-Oul's WingSet17.7%50No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
15Andariel's VisageUnique16.3%46No earlier snapshot to compare with yet

How this works: every day we take a snapshot of all crawled ladder characters (level 80+, with captured gear) per mode and class. A build is its class plus main skill; gear value sums the market median of every priced unique, set item and runeword a character wears. Want the individual characters? Ladder analytics has every one, and our guides explain how to play the builds above.