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DuskersvsFor the King

Duskers leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); For the King leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE8 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
DuskersFor the King

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Duskers leans harder on execution: Typing commands quickly matters only in emergencies

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance8 vs 7

Duskers leans harder on variance: Unknown ship layouts and unseen creatures dominate

Optimization7 vs 7

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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