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Bloody Roar leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Ultimate Chicken Horse leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Bloody RoarUltimate Chicken Horse

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads7 vs 6

Bloody Roar leans harder on reads: Human opponents adapt; conditioning and counter-guessing decide matches

Variance1 vs 2

Ultimate Chicken Horse leans harder on variance: Block placement creates novel layouts each round

Optimization4 vs 4

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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