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An early, unofficial community consensus on what the strongest strategies are likely to be immediately following a game update, before real data confirms it.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"The meta draft everyone agreed on day one turned out completely wrong once the actual win-rate data came in."
LORE & ORIGIN
Named as the speculative, pre-confirmation phase distinct from the settled patch meta once real match data comes in.
FIRST SEEN
2018
PEAK POPULARITY
2018-2026 (Gaming Strategy Vocabulary)
CURRENT STATUS
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Related To:Patch MetaStrategy DraftBuff Rotation
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