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Bastion cover artvsGenji: Dawn of the Samurai cover art

BastionvsGenji: Dawn of the Samurai

Bastion leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Genji: Dawn of the Samurai leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
BastionGenji: Dawn of the Samurai

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Genji: Dawn of the Samurai leans harder on execution: Kamui counters demand exact timing windows

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Bastion leans harder on variance: Minor loot variance.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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