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Blade & SoulvsWorld of Warcraft

Blade & Soul leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); World of Warcraft leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION6 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Blade & SoulWorld of Warcraft

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Blade & Soul leans harder on execution: Action combat combos and ani-cancels demand real input precision

Reads4 vs 3

Blade & Soul leans harder on reads: Arena PvP duels reward predicting human escapes and counters

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 9

World of Warcraft leans harder on optimization: Gear, talents, and rotation are mathematically solved

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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