head to head
vs
Age of Empires II: Definitive EditionvsStarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition leans Optimization (Grand Arena); StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty leans Execution (Grand Arena).
Age of Empires II: Definitive EditionStarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 9
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty leans harder on execution: APM, macro, micro-control under pressure
Reads7 vs 8
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty leans harder on reads: 1v1 ladder vs adaptive humans modeling you
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 8
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.