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Age of Wushu leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Smite leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Smite leans harder on execution: Third-person skillshots raise the aim floor.

Reads5 vs 7

Smite leans harder on reads: Jungle invades and ganks require opponent modeling.

Variance2 vs 3

Smite leans harder on variance: Buff timers and minor RNG only.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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