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 analysed2,032
Avg. gear value, top 100 7.6 HR 99 of 100 with priced gear
Most played buildMultiple Shot Amazon7.9% of characters
Most played builds
Archetype = class + main skill (the skill with the most points invested, utility and passives aside).
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Multiple Shot Amazon Who plays itavg 10.1 HR gear7.9%160No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 2
Fist of the Heavens PaladinGuideWho plays itavg 9.2 HR gear6%122No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 3
Whirlwind BarbarianGuideWho plays itavg 7.4 HR gear5.3%108No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 4
Arctic Blast DruidGuideWho plays itavg 6.3 HR gear4.3%87No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 5
Desecrate Necromancer Who plays itavg 10.2 HR gear4%82No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 6
Dragon Flight Assassin Who plays itavg 11.4 HR gear3.1%62No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 7
Chain Lightning Sorceress Who plays itavg 11.2 HR gear3%61No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 8
Mind Blast Assassin Who plays itavg 9.4 HR gear3%60No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 9
Frost Nova Sorceress Who plays itavg 8.8 HR gear3%60No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 10
Strafe Amazon Who plays itavg 10 HR gear2.8%57No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 11
Sacrifice Paladin Who plays itavg 7.8 HR gear2.6%53No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 12
Double Swing Barbarian Who plays itavg 7.6 HR gear2.6%52No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
Class distribution
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Paladin14.8%301No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 2
Amazon14.8%300No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 3
Barbarian14.6%297No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 4
Sorceress14.1%287No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 5
Assassin13.9%283No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 6
Druid13.9%282No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 7
Necromancer13.9%282No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
Top main skills
Share of characters with the skill among their two main skills.
- 1Multiple Shot Amazon avg 20 hard points8%162No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
- 2Fist of the Heavens Paladin avg 20 hard points6%122No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
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Holy Bolt Paladin avg 20 hard points6%121No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 4Whirlwind Barbarian avg 19.9 hard points5.4%109No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
- 5Sacrifice Paladin avg 18.7 hard points4.6%94No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
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Valkyrie Amazon avg 19.3 hard points4.5%92No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 7Desecrate Necromancer avg 20 hard points4.4%90No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
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Joust Paladin avg 15.9 hard points4.4%90No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 9
Charged Bolt Sorceress avg 20 hard points4.4%89No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 10Arctic Blast Druid avg 20 hard points4.3%87No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
Mercenaries
Hired mercenary type, as a share of all characters.
- 1Act 2 Desert Guard — Defensive Auras36%732No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
- 2Act 1 Rogue Scout — Fire Arrow29.4%597No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
- 3Act 5 Barbarian — Might9.4%191No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
- 4Act 3 Iron Wolf — Lightning Spells5.8%117No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
- 5Act 1 Rogue Scout — Cold Arrow4.4%90No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
- 6Act 3 Iron Wolf — Cold Spells4.3%88No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
- 7Act 2 Desert Guard — Offensive Auras3.7%75No earlier snapshot to compare with yet
- 8Act 1 Rogue Scout — Physical Arrow2%41No 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.
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Hellfire TorchUnique92.9%1,888No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 2
AnnihilusUnique83.4%1,695No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 3
Gheed's FortuneUnique65.8%1,338No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 4
Wisp ProjectorUnique24.3%494No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 5
Arachnid MeshUnique22.5%457No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 6Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band
Unique19.1%389No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 7Raven Frost
Unique17.8%362No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 8
Gore RiderUnique15%305No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 9
Highlord's WrathUnique14.9%302No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 10The Stone of Jordan
Unique13.4%272No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 11
War TravelerUnique13.3%270No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 12Mara's Kaleidoscope
Unique12.4%252No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 13
Soul DrainerUnique11.4%232No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 14
Siggard's StaunchUnique9.8%199No earlier snapshot to compare with yet - 15
Verdungo's Hearty CordUnique9.7%197No 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.