head to head
vs
Company of HeroesvsWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Company of Heroes leans Execution (Grand Arena); Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II leans Execution (Grand Arena).
Company of HeroesWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads7 vs 7
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Company of Heroes leans harder on optimization: Resource point priority and doctrine selection are learnable systems
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.