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GRIMEvsKatana ZERO

GRIME leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Katana ZERO leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
GRIMEKatana ZERO

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Katana ZERO leans harder on execution: One-hit-death slashing and deflects demand precision

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

GRIME leans harder on optimization: Trait builds and absorbed abilities reward system mastery.

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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