1. Genji (Popularity 100%, Win Rate 52.63%)

2. Greymane (Popularity 98.48%, Win Rate 37.50%)

3. Hanzo (Popularity 92.42%, Win Rate 59.46%)

4. E.T.C. (Popularity 75.76%, Win Rate 66.67%)

5. Lucio (Popularity 69.70%, Win Rate 43.33%)

6. Abathur (Popularity 59.09%, Win Rate 60.00%)

7. Malthael (Popularity 54.55%, Win Rate 70.59%)

8. Rehgar (Popularity 54.55%, Win Rate 40.00%)

9. Dehaka (Popularity 51.52%, 51.61%)

10. Arthas (Popularity 50.00%, Win Rate 42.31%)

11. Muradin (Popularity 50.00%, Win Rate 38.71%)

12. Li-Ming (Popularity 46.97%, Win Rate 40.00%)

13. Leoric (Popularity 43.94%, Win Rate 56.00%)

14. Uther (Popularity 42.42%, Win Rate 80.77%)

15. Sonya (Popularity 40.91%, Win Rate 37.50%)

16. Anub'arak (Popularity 39.39%, Win Rate 71.43%)

17. Tyrael (Popularity 39.39%, Win Rate 40.00%)

18. Tychus (Popularity 34.85%, Win Rate 66.67%)

19. Gul'dan (Popularity 33.33%, Win Rate 57.14%)

20. Malfurion (Popularity 28.79%, Win Rate 50.00%)

Honorable Mentions

NA Region

EU Region

KR Region

Hey all, the stats are finally in for almost all the regions. I am still working through HGC China as it is still running at the typing of this article, but I will put out a separate regional section for China whenever I can get everything pulled together. Below is the top 20 Heroes based on popularity from HGC in Week 1 and I'll pick one standout from each region that may not be getting the high numbers in the other regions. With no more ado, here is the list.Everyone that follows HGC has seen that Genji had 100% Popularity over the weekend through EU and NA. Adding KR to the mix, didn't change that any. Genji met the ban stick in almost every match over the course of the weekend. Out of 66 matches, Genji was banned 47 times and played in 19 matches. Of those 19 matches, he squeaked out 10 wins. 11 of his matches were in the Korean region.Greymane was another hero that was seen in almost every match over Week 1. Unlike Genji, who was banned in almost every match, Greymane was picked in 56 of the 66 matches and only brought in 21 wins. He was banned in 9 matches and didn't get selected in one.The other Shimada brother, Hanzo, was about as popular as Genji across the three regions. He was picked in 37 of 66 matches and banned in another 24 matches. Of his 37 matches, he pulled in 22 wins with his best win rate coming in Korea at 66.67%.E.T.C. has been a mainstay in the HGC scene since it's inception. He is a very strong main tank that gives great crowd control and can set up a lot of kills for his team. Out of 66 matches, E.T.C. was played in 30 matches and banned another 20 times. Out of his 30 matches played, E.T.C. had 20 wins, with his highest popularity and win rate coming out of the NA region.Lucio was an enigma this week across the HGC. He was picked in 30 of 66 matches and banned 16 times. In the NA and EU region, he had a win rate around 60%, but in Korea he was unable to find a win in the 9 games he was played. Korea really brought down the win rate of Lucio as he had a very poor showing in that region. .Abathur's stats are somewhat skewed by what little time he actually saw play across the three regions. In 66 games, Abathur was banned 34 times and only picked 5 times. He was banned the most in the Korean region (14 times) and pulled in a win from each region.Malthael had success in all regions in Week 1. He was banned in 19 matches and picked in 17 and brought 12 wins. His lowest win rate was in Europe where he had a 60% win rate and only went up in the other regions.Rehgar is still a very popular support across the regions in HGC. His win rate doesn't show how much he brings to the table. His popularity is 90.48% in Europe while only bringing in 20.83% popularity in NA. KR had the highest win rate at 58.33% while the other regions were substantially lower.Dehaka is still a very popular hero for his global capabilities as well as his good solo lane role. He was picked in 31 of 66 matches and won 16 of those. He was only banned 3 times across the three regions. His lowest win rate was in NA where he pulled in a 46.67% win rate.Arthas is still one of the higher selected tanks. He was selected in 26 of 66 matches with 11 wins and 7 bans. His worst win rate was in Korea where he pulled in a stellar 12.50% win rate, only winning 1 of the 8 matches that he was picked in.Muradin is a popular pick for some of the teams in the Korean region. KR picked Muradin in 12 of their 21 matches and only won 3 of them. His 25% winrate in the region drug down his overall win rate in HGC. He also saw the most action in KR being picked 12 times while the NA region only picked him 10 times.Li-Ming still has a place in all three regions. Each region picked her almost the same number of times while KR struggled with her as a pick and she was only able to bring in a 25% win rate in the region. EU brought in the highest win rate with 50%. Li-Ming was picked in 25 of the 66 matches and had 10 wins.Leoric is popular for EU and NA while lacking a presence in the KR region. In NA he was picked 11 times and in EU he was picked 10 times while only wining 4 times and 6 times respectively. In KR he was only picked 4 times but won in each of those 4 games.Uther was a strong support to have in Week 1. He was picked in 26 of 66 matches and pulled in an astonishing 21 wins. He had a 100% win rate in EU over 5 games and won 13 of 16 games in KR. He was very popular in KR, being played in 16 of 21 games.Sonya is known to be your solo lane off tank and apparently in Week 1, everyone has figured out how to handle her. Sonya was picked in 24 of 66 matches and only won 9 of them. She had a strong presence in the KR region, being picked in 16 of 21 games however was unable to find much luck there as she had a 31.25% win rate.Anub'arak saw a majority of his play in the KR region, but had some luck in EU as well. His only downfall in terms of wins was in NA. He was picked in 21 of 66 matches and won 15 of those, while being banned 5 times.Tyreal was played in 15 of 66 matches and got 6 wins. His numbers were pretty standard amongst the regions with no region being a real standout. He was also banned 11 times.Tychus was a surprise hero to make it into the meta over the first week of HGC. The NA and KR regions picked up on this, picking Tychus in 21 of 66 matches and getting him 14 wins. Tychus was not picked or banned in a single match in EU.Gul'dan was a popular mage pick for the first week of HGC. He was picked 14 times over 66 matches with 8 wins and 8 bans. EU region had the highest win rate at 60%, but the other two regions were close behind with 50%.Malfurion was a very popular support for the EU region this time around. He saw 12 picks in the region with 7 wins. Overall he was picked in 18 of 66 matches with 9 wins and 1 ban.The honorable mention for NA is E.T.C. E.T.C. had a 95% popularity in NA and won 13 of the 16 games he was selected for ending the week with 81.25% win rate for the region.I would select Dehaka for the honorable mention from the EU region. He was picked with a 42.86% popularity but he pulled in a 62.50% win rate. He was selected in 8 of 21 matches and won 5 matches.The honorable mention for the KR region is easily Anub'arak. Anub'arak had a 71.43% popularity with being picked in 12 of 21 games and winning 11 of those games with 3 bans. His winrate was 91.67% in the region and I would guess you'll see him in the coming weeks.