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ARMSvsFatal Fury 2

ARMS leans Reads (Competitive PvP); Fatal Fury 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
ARMSFatal Fury 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Fatal Fury 2 leans harder on execution: Special-move inputs and punish timing decide exchanges

Reads7 vs 7

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

ARMS leans harder on variance: Minor stage and item randomness

Optimization4 vs 4

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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