head to head
vs
Caladrius BlazevsCeleste
Caladrius Blaze leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Celeste leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Caladrius BlazeCeleste
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 10
Celeste leans harder on execution: Pixel-perfect dashes and wavedashes are the entire skill.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Caladrius Blaze leans harder on variance: Minimal randomness, fixed enemy patterns
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.