head to head
vs
Age of EmpiresvsWarcraft Rumble
Age of Empires leans Optimization (Mind & Math); Warcraft Rumble leans Optimization (Mind & Math).
Age of EmpiresWarcraft Rumble
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 3
Age of Empires leans harder on execution: APM and micro under pressure
Reads6 vs 5
Age of Empires leans harder on reads: Scouting and countering human strategies
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
Age of Empires leans harder on optimization: Build orders and eco timing dominate
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.