head to head
vs
Element TD 2vsFire Emblem: Three Houses
Element TD 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Element TD 2Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Element TD 2 leans harder on execution: Light micro on tower placement timing, minimal twitch
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans harder on variance: Hit rates and crit RNG affect runs
Optimization9 vs 9
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.