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Children of Morta cover artvsLichdom: Battlemage cover art

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Children of Morta leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Lichdom: Battlemage leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Children of MortaLichdom: Battlemage

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Lichdom: Battlemage leans harder on execution: First-person spell aiming and dodging carry combat

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Children of Morta leans harder on variance: Procedural floors and drops add modest swing.

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.

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