head to head
vs
ARMSvsFight Night Round 4
ARMS leans Reads (Competitive PvP); Fight Night Round 4 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
ARMSFight Night Round 4
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Fight Night Round 4 leans harder on execution: Stick-based punch timing and blocking are physically demanding
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.