head to head
vs
DivekickvsMortal Kombat
Divekick leans Reads (Pure Mind Games); Mortal Kombat leans Reads (Competitive PvP).
DivekickMortal Kombat
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 7
Mortal Kombat leans harder on execution: Combo execution and punish timing
Reads9 vs 8
Divekick leans harder on reads: Pure spacing yomi against an adapting human is the entire game.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 5
Mortal Kombat leans harder on optimization: Frame data and matchup study converge to known answers
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.