head to head
vs
Black DesertvsMonster Hunter: World
Black Desert leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Monster Hunter: World leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Black DesertMonster Hunter: World
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Monster Hunter: World leans harder on execution: Deliberate weapon timing against huge movesets
Reads3 vs 1
Black Desert leans harder on reads: PvP siege battles reward reading opponents
Variance4 vs 3
Black Desert leans harder on variance: gear enhancement is heavily randomized
Optimization8 vs 8
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.