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Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings leans Optimization (Grand Arena); League of Legends leans Reads (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION6 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads7 vs 8

League of Legends leans harder on reads: Lane and jungle constantly mind-game opponents.

Variance4 vs 3

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings leans harder on variance: Fog, map gen, civ matchups

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.

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