The Merciless Gauntlet has concluded, congratulations to Ben_ for taking the top spot! It was a blast watching the action, so we've prepared some statistics from the event in today's news post. Check them out!

Base Class Campaign Completion

Class	Characters	Entered Act 2	Entered Act 3	Entered Act 4	Entered Act 5	Entered Act 6	Entered Act 7	Entered Act 8	Entered Act 9	Entered Act 10	Entered Epilogue	% Campaign Completion
Marauder	197,221	31,715	25,300	21,905	14,612	12,424	9,837	9,159	8,506	6,862	6,016	3.05%
Ranger	116,297	8,888	5,338	4,567	2,702	2,309	1,830	1,627	1,394	976	684	0.59%
Shadow	81,443	12,842	8,866	7,729	4,684	4,115	3,196	2,855	2,533	1,947	1,501	1.84%
Witch	44,893	6,126	3,759	3,124	1,837	1,570	1,132	1,025	922	668	547	1.22%
Templar	41,766	4,723	3,352	2,857	1,941	1,718	1,261	1,141	1,020	740	614	1.47%
Duelist	40,715	9,379	6,269	5,473	3,423	3,025	2,533	2,269	1,963	1,509	1,225	3.01%
Scion	28,230	5,066	3,149	2,697	1,417	1,219	946	829	759	577	497	1.76%

Campaign Completion Rate by Ascendancy

Ascendancy Class	Completed Act 10
Ancestral Commander	5,974
Servant of Arakaali	1,381
Paladin	1,131
Scavenger	496
Polytheist	354
Whisperer	279
Herald	256
Daughter of Oshabi	222
Wildspeaker	206
Bog Shaman	191
Puppeteer	177
Surfcaster	114
Harbinger	106
Architect of Chaos	97
Aristocrat	75
Antiquarian	39
Blind Prophet	27
Gambler	22
Behemoth	19
Templar	3
Duelist	1
Scion	1
Witch	1
Marauder	0
Ranger	0
Shadow	0

Endgame Deaths by Area Level

Area Level	Total Deaths
68	358
69	298
70	683
71	359
72	425
73	477
74	510
75	537
76	376
77	437
78	287
79	593
80	203
81	281
82	243
83	905
84	159
85	35

Total Deaths by Character Level

Character Level	Total Deaths
1-4	286,698
5-9	33,760
10-14	19,569
15-19	13,131
20-24	6,001
25-29	11,019
30-34	3,023
35-40	4,737
40-45	10,860
45-49	5,408
50-54	4,025
55-59	3,489
60-64	1,767
65-69	2,407
70-74	3,157
75-89	1,737
80-84	1,619
85-89	1,810
90-94	1,593
95-99	564
100	31

Pinnacle Boss Encounters

Pinnacle Boss	Instances	Total Kills	Total Deaths	Kills With Deaths	Gave Up	Percent Deaths	Accounts	Characters
Uber Shaper	35	5	11	0	19	0.314	24	25
Uber Searing Exarch	18	8	5	0	5	0.278	8	9
Uber Eater of Worlds	22	4	6	0	12	0.273	10	11
Uber Maven	8	2	2	0	4	0.25	3	3
Quest Searing Exarch	773	413	191	0	169	0.247	634	659
Incarnation of Fear	82	69	13	0	0	0.159	48	56
Incarnation of Dread	58	44	9	0	5	0.155	44	48
Quest Incarnation of Dread	105	78	16	0	11	0.152	92	97
Uber Uber Elder	20	4	3	0	13	0.15	10	11
Quest Incarnation of Neglect	360	155	53	0	152	0.147	299	309
Maven	294	164	34	0	96	0.116	132	143
Uber Elder	124	107	13	0	4	0.105	90	101
Quest Infinite Hunger	2,068	1,367	206	0	495	0.1	1,721	1,750
Quest Black Star	1,846	1,462	183	0	201	0.099	1,720	1,741
Shaper	514	376	48	0	90	0.093	215	236
Searing Exarch	174	127	13	0	34	0.075	114	119
Quest Eater of Worlds	774	677	48	1	49	0.062	731	735
Quest Incarnation of Fear	126	107	6	0	13	0.048	112	113
Incarnation of Neglect	47	44	1	0	2	0.021	40	43
Eater of Worlds	252	239	5	0	8	0.02	152	160
Elder	576	567	8	1	1	0.014	248	271
Black Star	52	50	0	0	2	0	18	19
Infinite Hunger	58	41	0	0	17	0	33	37

Top Ten Deadly Monsters

Monster	Area	Total Deaths
Hillock	The Twilight Strand	158,017
Hillock's Maven	The Twilight Strand	28,203
Hillock's Zombies	The Twilight Strand	21,203
Fire Fury	The Coast	15,731
Sand Spitter	The Twilight Strand	12,732
Hailrake	The Tidal Island	9,979
Vaal Oversoul	The Ancient Pyramid	7,487
Trarthan Mercenary (Ranger)	The Mud Flats	6,086
Brutus	The Upper Prison	5,283
Water Elemental	The Submerged Passage	4,692