head to head
vs
Guilty Gear X2vsSkullgirls
Guilty Gear X2 leans Execution (Grand Arena); Skullgirls leans Execution (Grand Arena).
Guilty Gear X2Skullgirls
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads8 vs 8
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Guilty Gear X2 leans harder on variance: Little randomness; outcomes driven by play
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.