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Blackwake leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Splatoon 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Splatoon 2 leans harder on execution: aim and movement decide ink battles

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Blackwake leans harder on variance: Wind, seas and cannon spread add measured chaos

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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Splatoon 2