head to head
vs
Dark Souls IIIvsPix the Cat
Dark Souls III leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Pix the Cat leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dark Souls IIIPix the Cat
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Dark Souls III leans harder on reads: PvP invasions exist but are optional
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Dark Souls III leans harder on optimization: movesets and builds are fully mappable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.