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Guilty Gear Strive leans Execution (Grand Arena); Skullgirls leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION9 /10READS9 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads9 vs 8

Guilty Gear Strive leans harder on reads: Adaptive opponents bait Roman Cancels and throws.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Skullgirls leans harder on optimization: Ratio team building and combo routing are extensively optimised by the community

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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