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BastionvsGauntlet Legends

Bastion leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Gauntlet Legends leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
BastionGauntlet Legends

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Gauntlet Legends leans harder on execution: Kiting endless spawners while shooting is the moment-to-moment test

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Bastion leans harder on optimization: Weapon and idol builds reward planning.

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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