head to head
vs
En Garde!vsMarvel's Spider-Man
En Garde! leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Marvel's Spider-Man leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
En Garde!Marvel's Spider-Man
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
En Garde! leans harder on execution: Parry timing, ripostes and environmental kicks demand real reflexes
Reads1 vs 0
En Garde! leans harder on reads: Guards telegraph from fixed movesets, never adapting
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 4
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.