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Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Starwhal leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 8

Starwhal leans harder on execution: Precise momentum-based positioning to land the heart strike decides duels

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Starwhal leans harder on variance: Physics are deterministic; little hidden randomness

Optimization3 vs 2

Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout leans harder on optimization: Small roster and shallow systems cap the study layer

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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