head to head
vs
Guild Wars 2vsKingdom Under Fire: Heroes
Guild Wars 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Guild Wars 2Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 3
Guild Wars 2 leans harder on reads: WvW and structured PvP feature real adaptive opponents
Variance3 vs 2
Guild Wars 2 leans harder on variance: Loot RNG is present but secondary to skill expression
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.