Today we've gathered a variety of Ultimatum Statistics that we're excited to show you. How often are people successfully completing each wave of an encounter? How many Mirrors of Kalandra were generated as rewards but missed out on? Are Stone Circle encounters noticeably more difficult than the others? Let's get to answering these questions and more!

As a preface, these statistics were gathered from all leagues combined on PC. We've separated the statistics out across three area level brackets, levels 2-72, level 73-77, and levels 78 and above. All of the following tables will have area levels 2 to 72 in the leftmost table, area levels 73 to 77 will be the centermost table and area levels 78 and above will be in the rightmost table.

First, let's take a look at the total number of Ultimatum encounters started as well as the completion rate of each wave. For clarity, each of the following wave completion statistics show how many players completed that wave upon starting it. For example, if wave 9 had a completion rate of 90%, it means that 90% of players who got all the way up to and then chose to start wave 9 completed it.

2-72

73-77

78+

Encounters Started

123,702,434

Encounters Started

18,860,117

Encounters Started

50,930,619

Wave #	Completion Rate	Wave #	Completion Rate	Wave #	Completion Rate
Wave 1	94.60%	Wave 1	96.45%	Wave 1	96.77%
Wave 2	96.07%	Wave 2	97.53%	Wave 2	98.20%
Wave 3	95.96%	Wave 3	97.22%	Wave 3	97.95%
Wave 4	95.21%	Wave 4	96.48%	Wave 4	97.38%
Wave 5	95.18%	Wave 5	96.31%	Wave 5	97.17%
Wave 6	95.02%	Wave 6	95.51%	Wave 6	96.60%
Wave 7	94.38%	Wave 7	94.47%	Wave 7	95.90%
Wave 8	93.68%	Wave 8	93.49%	Wave 8	95.25%
Wave 9	92.56%	Wave 9	92.12%	Wave 9	94.32%
Wave 10	N/A	Wave 10	N/A	Wave 10	60.35%

In total, we can see that 193,493,170 Ultimatum encounters have been started across all area levels. In general, we can see that for any given wave, the completion rate is roughly 95% across all levels. When we compare wave completion rate based on area level, we generally see that the higher the area level, the more likely someone is to complete a given wave. The only exception to this is Wave 8 and 9 at levels 73 to 77 is ever so slightly lower than at levels 2 to 72. This could be a result of characters still being in the gearing stages at these levels, though it's difficult to say with any certainty.

It's worth noting that The Trialmaster (wave 10) can only start showing up at area levels 78 and above, hence why it's missing until levels 78+. That said, the completion rate of the Trialmaster encounter is only 60%! Part of this could be attributed to the fact that players may have only fought him a few times and are still learning the encounter as they go, though the Trialmaster is a fairly difficult encounter for most, as many of his abilities can be extremely dangerous, particularly when you factor in map modifiers and Ultimatum modifiers.

Next, let's move on and take a look at completion rate by encounter type.

Encounter Type	Completion Rate	Encounter Type	Completion Rate	Encounter Type	Completion Rate
Defeat Monsters	82.68%	Defeat Monsters	82.18%	Defeat Monsters	84.88%
Survive	80.62%	Survive	81.05%	Survive	82.79%
Stone Circles	76.34%	Stone Circles	77.40%	Stone Circles	75.86%
Defend the Altar	82.18%	Defend the Altar	84.19%	Defend the Altar	86.83%

So, the first thing you'll likely have noticed is the completion rate of Stone Circle encounters. It has the lowest completion rate of any of the encounter types and it's not even close. This encounter type either forces players to stand still for brief periods of time or can last a long time if players are running quick paths through the Stone Circles, giving more time for something to go wrong and lead to an untimely death.

The easiest encounter type is the Defend the Altar encounter. This is fairly expected as not all of the monsters are trying to kill you; they're instead trying to destroy an altar, giving you a bit of extra breathing room during the encounter.

As with wave completion rates, for the most part we see increasing completion rates for each encounter type as the area level gets higher.

Now, let's take a deep dive into the failure rate based on which modifiers are active at the time of failing an encounter. For clarity, failing an encounter is defined as either dying (such that the encounter ends entirely) or running out of the encounter area for too long.

Modifier Name	Failure Rate	Modifier Name	Failure Rate	Modifier Name	Failure Rate
Ailment and Curse Reflection	17.01%	Ailment and Curse Reflection	14.87%	Ailment and Curse Reflection	12.99%
Blistering Cold	7.73%	Blistering Cold	6.40%	Blistering Cold	5.63%
Blistering Cold II	7.53%	Blistering Cold II	7.18%	Blistering Cold II	6.47%
Blistering Cold III	12.05%	Blistering Cold III	12.17%	Blistering Cold III	11.39%
Bonus Chaos Damage	15.18%	Bonus Chaos Damage	16.36%	Bonus Chaos Damage	13.30%
Buffs Expire Faster	13.23%	Buffs Expire Faster	13.81%	Buffs Expire Faster	12.62%
Choking Miasma	7.63%	Choking Miasma	6.14%	Choking Miasma	5.20%
Choking Miasma II	6.35%	Choking Miasma II	5.91%	Choking Miasma II	4.83%
Choking Miasma III	9.06%	Choking Miasma III	9.21%	Choking Miasma III	8.24%
Escalating Damage Taken	18.88%	Escalating Damage Taken	21.76%	Escalating Damage Taken	20.16%
Escalating Monster Speed	15.11%	Escalating Monster Speed	14.79%	Escalating Monster Speed	12.67%
Hindering Flasks	15.45%	Hindering Flasks	13.28%	Hindering Flasks	9.24%
Less Cooldown recovery	15.94%	Less Cooldown recovery	17.49%	Less Cooldown recovery	17.02%
Lessened Reach	15.70%	Lessened Reach	16.25%	Lessened Reach	14.78%
Lightning Damage from Mana Costs (1000%)	13.54%	Lightning Damage from Mana Costs (1000%)	12.14%	Lightning Damage from Mana Costs (1000%)	11.08%
Lightning Damage from Mana Costs (200%)	10.98%	Lightning Damage from Mana Costs (200%)	N/A	Lightning Damage from Mana Costs (200%)	N/A
Lightning Damage from Mana Costs (50%)	11.72%	Lightning Damage from Mana Costs (50%)	N/A	Lightning Damage from Mana Costs (50%)	N/A
Limited Arena	9.82%	Limited Arena	10.14%	Limited Arena	8.91%
Limited Flasks	18.02%	Limited Flasks	21.12%	Limited Flasks	23.37%
Occasional Impotence	16.62%	Occasional Impotence	18.56%	Occasional Impotence	17.51%
Raging Dead	8.71%	Raging Dead	6.64%	Raging Dead	6.23%
Raging Dead II	7.07%	Raging Dead II	6.52%	Raging Dead II	6.35%
Raging Dead III	15.11%	Raging Dead III	14.05%	Raging Dead III	14.07%
Random Projectiles	15.21%	Random Projectiles	15.11%	Random Projectiles	13.41%
Razor Dance	6.89%	Razor Dance	5.61%	Razor Dance	4.31%
Razor Dance II	5.01%	Razor Dance II	4.68%	Razor Dance II	3.78%
Razor Dance III	6.99%	Razor Dance III	7.68%	Razor Dance III	7.27%
Reduced Recovery	13.09%	Reduced Recovery	12.95%	Reduced Recovery	11.46%
Restless Ground	8.85%	Restless Ground	7.15%	Restless Ground	5.76%
Restless Ground II	8.99%	Restless Ground II	8.93%	Restless Ground II	7.16%
Restless Ground III	12.02%	Restless Ground III	12.65%	Restless Ground III	9.94%
Ruin	7.17%	Ruin	5.98%	Ruin	4.91%
Ruin II	5.06%	Ruin II	5.01%	Ruin II	4.04%
Ruin III	11.06%	Ruin III	11.22%	Ruin III	9.68%
Siphoned Charges	17.40%	Siphoned Charges	15.93%	Siphoned Charges	14.16%
Stalking Ruin	8.87%	Stalking Ruin	6.41%	Stalking Ruin	5.23%
Stalking Ruin II	6.80%	Stalking Ruin II	5.13%	Stalking Ruin II	4.20%
Stalking Ruin III	12.13%	Stalking Ruin III	9.96%	Stalking Ruin III	8.85%
Stormcaller Runes	8.19%	Stormcaller Runes	7.85%	Stormcaller Runes	7.92%
Stormcaller Runes II	8.17%	Stormcaller Runes II	10.70%	Stormcaller Runes II	12.48%
Stormcaller Runes III	13.37%	Stormcaller Runes III	18.05%	Stormcaller Runes III	20.17%
Totem of Costly Might	14.82%	Totem of Costly Might	13.81%	Totem of Costly Might	12.13%
Totem of Costly Potency	15.84%	Totem of Costly Potency	14.45%	Totem of Costly Potency	12.62%
Treacherous Auras	13.20%	Treacherous Auras	12.93%	Treacherous Auras	11.83%
Unlucky Criticals	N/A	Unlucky Criticals	13.02%	Unlucky Criticals	11.48%

Let's first look at the least dangerous modifiers. Among these, we can see Razor Dance, Razor Dance II, Ruin, Ruin II, Stalking Ruin, Stalking Ruin II, Choking Miasma and Choking Miasma II. This mostly holds true across all area levels, though Raging Dead II makes a showing in the area levels 2 to 72 bracket, and Blistering Cold shows up in the area levels 73 to 77 bracket.

Let's now do the opposite, what are the most dangerous modifiers? Of the more common modifiers, a notable standout is Stormcaller Runes III. These have the ability to overlap and deal extremely high damage when triggered, potentially leading to stuns, which can cause a swift death. The most dangerous modifiers seem to be Limited Flasks (using a flask cancels the effects of all other flasks) and Escalating Damage Taken (particularly if given enough time to reach its maximum effect of 50% increased damage taken). Occasional Impotence appears to be quite dangerous as well; who knew that being unable to deal damage 25% of the time could be a hindrance!

Now, let's take a look at the percentage of Trialmaster encounters that were generated but were never started. Buckle up, this one is shockingly high.

Percentage of Trialmaster encounters not started (area level 78 or higher)

64.39%

As you can see, 64.39% of all generated Trialmaster encounters were never even started. What this means is that players either failed an encounter prior to wave 10, took their rewards prior to wave 10 or didn't start the Ultimatum encounter altogether. When we look at the best case scenario where the Trialmaster spawns 1 time in 50 maps and then factor in the realised encounter rate (35.61%), we see that the average player in level 78 or higher maps is actually fighting the Trialmaster 1 time in 140 maps. Some players have said that they feel the Trialmaster is too rare. Our investigation while generating these stats showed that those players are often not playing through to wave 10, failing encounters, or not even starting the encounter to begin with.

Let's now look at how often players are failing Inscribed Ultimatums.

Percentage of Inscribed Ultimatums Failed

18.00%

Percentage of Inscribed Ultimatums Failed

23.46%

Percentage of Inscribed Ultimatums Failed

21.65%

So, across all area levels, we're seeing roughly a 20% failure rate for any given Inscribed Ultimatum. As with wave 8 and wave 9 completion rates, we again see the most struggle in the levels 73 to 77 bracket.

Finally, let's round up these stats with something that might sting a little, but provides even more encouragement to push yourself to complete as many waves as you possibly can, as you never know what you might be missing out on if you bail early!

Mirrors of Kalandra generated as Rewards	173
Mirrors of Kalandra received as Rewards	70
Headhunters generated as Rewards	403
Headhunters received as Rewards	164

Rewards are generated at the start of the sequence of Ultimatums for an area. 173 Mirrors of Kalandra were generated as rewards, yet only 70 of those were actually received as rewards. Unfortunately, this means that 103 were missed out on, either due to failing the encounter or taking rewards before completing all of the waves. Ouch!

We see a similar story with Headhunter unique belts, where 403 were generated as rewards but only 164 were actually received. In both cases, it seems that only 40% of the generated rewards were actually received.

Well, that wraps up this batch of Ultimatum Statistics. What did you find interesting or surprising here? Do your experiences differ from what we've presented here? Are you one of the unlucky few that might have failed an Ultimatum encounter on a wave that rewarded a Mirror of Kalandra of Headhunter? Let us know!

If you're craving more statistics, you won't need to wait long, as we have a batch of Atlas Passive statistics coming in the near future, so look out for that!