It is nice to see different strategies being represented at the top of the Leaderboard. Turnip is still strong but we see Triple Nut and Feather as well. Triple Owl is also somewhere up there.
With Meta Morph, it opens more opportunities for strategies and for getting the perfect combinaiton of cards for the team. I am excited to see how Meta Morph may lead to some new strategies as the Season continues.
tldr:
Turnip still the most dominant at the top
Triple Nut, Feather, Triple Owl also seen at the top
Player Base Statistics
Rank # Players Rankings
Challenger 390 1-390
Dragon 2285 391-2675
Tiger 8407 2676-11082
Bear 5488 11083-16570
Wolf 5647 16571-22217
Boar 11055 22218-33272
Hare 26461 33273-59733
Chick 16883 59734-76616
Egg 11433 76617-88049
Just under 400 players got the Challenger so far but only 11 players are above 2000 VStar at the time of writing. At this point we already see a very clear "Tiger peak" which is a good sign that a significant number of players are playing enough to get to Tiger. Another 10k players joined Origins in the past week and we can getting close to 90k total players already in the Rare Era.
Archetype Usage
Overall archetype usage
Turnip is still at the top but this time we see Triple Nut, Feather, as well as a Topaz Turnip team ("Multiple archetype" in the plot) at 2100+ VStar. We also see Triple Owl making an appearance at 2000-2100 VStar. Next up at 1900-2000 we start to see Poison, Fury Aggro, Jinx, Anemone, Sponge, and Sustain.
Archetype Win Rates and Matchups
Overall Archetype Win Rates
The teams at the very top are certainly doing very well. The archetype win rate matches the info in the archetype usage. One thing notable is the Anemone does not seem to be doing too well and will be difficult to climb further.
Archetype Matchups
In terms of matchup spread, Triple Nut seems to be the one that looks pretty good across the board. Sustain, Feather, and Sandal can be tough matchups but not unwinnable. Similar can be said for Jinx and Anemone but of course this is for overall matchup spread for players above 1500 VStar, so things can be quite different at the very top (though there is not enough data at the very top to conclude much).
Conclusion
This Rare Era seems to be a more balanced one compared to last Season but Turnip is still very strong after the nerf. Another notable things is that we are seeing some collectable Axies at the top of the Leaderboard thanks to Meta Morph. I personally think it is a nice feature from a player point of view as it allows players to access combinations of Cards that are not available due to the lack of Axies with specific Card combinations. It opens up more opprtunities in terms of strategies. I am excited to see how the Epic Era will shape up.
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Additional Data
# Matches Played in Days 10-12
2100+ 58
2000-2100 733
1900-2000 1988
1800-1900 16101
1700-1800 22705
1600-1700 32011
1500-1600 48618
