head to head
vs
Castlevania: Symphony of the NightvsChampions Online
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Champions Online leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Castlevania: Symphony of the NightChampions Online
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night leans harder on execution: Forgiving action combat
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Champions Online leans harder on optimization: Freeform power builds are the real game to solve.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.