head to head
vs
CastleStormvsWhere Winds Meet
CastleStorm leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Where Winds Meet leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
CastleStormWhere Winds Meet
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Where Winds Meet leans harder on execution: Parry and dodge timing in martial-arts duels rewards hands
Reads3 vs 2
CastleStorm leans harder on reads: Multiplayer castle duels reward predicting human pushes
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.