head to head
vs
Hyrule WarriorsvsSamurai Warriors 2
Hyrule Warriors leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Samurai Warriors 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Hyrule WarriorsSamurai Warriors 2
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Hyrule Warriors leans harder on execution: Combo strings and weak-point gauge timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Samurai Warriors 2 leans harder on variance: Sugoroku minigame and drops add light RNG
Optimization6 vs 6
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.