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ARK: Survival of the Fittest cover artvsPokémon UNITE cover art

ARK: Survival of the FittestvsPokémon UNITE

ARK: Survival of the Fittest leans Optimization (Mind & Math); Pokémon UNITE leans Reads (Mind & Math).

EXECUTION5 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
ARK: Survival of the FittestPokémon UNITE

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads6 vs 7

Pokémon UNITE leans harder on reads: Team-fight engagement timing is prediction

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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