head to head
vs
Honor of KingsvsPaladins
Honor of Kings leans Execution (Grand Arena); Paladins leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Honor of KingsPaladins
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads7 vs 6
Honor of Kings leans harder on reads: Predicting human opponents' ganks and rotations is central.
Variance3 vs 2
Honor of Kings leans harder on variance: Some randomness in jungle camps and item variance.
Optimization7 vs 5
Honor of Kings leans harder on optimization: Itemization, lane theory, and macro strategy 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.