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Heroes of the Storm cover artvsStrife cover art

Heroes of the StormvsStrife

Heroes of the Storm leans Reads (Mind & Math); Strife leans Optimization (Mind & Math).

EXECUTION5 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Heroes of the StormStrife

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads7 vs 6

Heroes of the Storm leans harder on reads: Team-fight cooldown trading is prediction

Variance3 vs 2

Heroes of the Storm leans harder on variance: Map objectives and merc camps vary

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.

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