head to head
vs
Age of Empires II: Definitive EditionvsAwesomenauts
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition leans Optimization (Grand Arena); Awesomenauts leans Execution (Grand Arena).
Age of Empires II: Definitive EditionAwesomenauts
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition leans harder on execution: micro and macro APM at high ladder
Reads7 vs 6
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition leans harder on reads: PvP ladder rewards adaptation
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 6
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition leans harder on optimization: civ build orders deeply mapped
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.