head to head
vs
Helldivers 2vsLethal Company
Helldivers 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Lethal Company leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Helldivers 2Lethal Company
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 4
Helldivers 2 leans harder on execution: Recoil, stratagem inputs, friendly-fire aim
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 7
Lethal Company leans harder on variance: Moon layouts and monster spawns randomize.
Optimization7 vs 6
Helldivers 2 leans harder on optimization: Loadout and stratagem synergies deep
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.