head to head
vs
Guild Wars 2vsSupreme Commander 2
Guild Wars 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Supreme Commander 2 leans Optimization (Grand Arena).
Guild Wars 2Supreme Commander 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 6
Supreme Commander 2 leans harder on reads: Multiplayer rewards scouting and predicting a human's tech switches
Variance3 vs 2
Guild Wars 2 leans harder on variance: Loot RNG is present but secondary to skill expression
Optimization7 vs 8
Supreme Commander 2 leans harder on optimization: Economy ratios, build orders and research routing are deeply solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.