Every league we take a look at a wide range of player data to help us plan future content. We like to share some of this data with the community, as it also provides a nice snapshot of a league's metagame and may be of interest to you. Today's post includes how many challenges have been completed and which unique items and skills are being used most commonly.



This graph shows what percentage of players have how many challenges and only includes accounts that have completed at least one challenge.

• 29.71% of players have completed 12 challenges and earned the Harbinger Challenge Eyes.
• 5.26% of players have completed 24 challenges and have earned the Harbinger Challenge Crown
• 0.47% of players have completed 36 challenges and have earned the Harbinger Character Effect

Today we're discussing the most used unique items and primary skills in the Harbinger Leagues by character at level 80 or higher. Let's take a look at the Standard Harbinger uniques:


Atziri's Promise remains the most-used unique item by high-level players regardless of league. Belt of the Deceiver and Kaom's Roots also make a strong showing in all leagues. Devoto's Devotion appears high up in Standard Harbinger alone, while Bisco's Collar remains the go-to amulet for many wealth-driven players. The appearance of the Fight for Survival threshold jewels were a surprise, and stand out on Standard variants of Harbinger only.


On Hardcore Harbinger variants we see Rise of the Phoenix in high use. This is a pretty strong indicator of Righteous Fire's dominance in the current meta. The prominence of threshold jewels in the SSF variant is unsurprising as they're available from quests. Notably, Tabula Rasa makes an appearance on both the Standard and Hardcore SSF variants of Harbinger, and does not appear at all in leagues where players can trade.




Ancestral Warchief, which provides a strong DPS boost as well as another body to draw the attention of foes, is unilaterally the most popular non-utility skill. This makes sense in the context of a melee-driven meta (note the popularity of both Cyclone and Sunder) as an affordable and reliable way to add a little damage and range to your melee build.

Righteous Fire is extremely popular in both Standard and Hardcore trade-enabled leagues. It's worth noting that, although Rise of the Phoenix isn't one of the top items in Standard Harbinger, Righteous Fire is approximately as popular as it is in the Hardcore variant anyway.

Despite Fight For Survival's popularity in Standard Harbinger, Frost Blades isn't one of the top-used skills. Neither is Frostbolt, despite Frozen Trail taking a spot in almost every other list.

This indicates that the most popular high-level builds at the moment don't require specific unique items to function. We see similar patterns early in almost every league, though it is unusual for these early-league builds to be melee-oriented.