Building comparison
head to head
Iron HarvestvsWarcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Iron Harvest
Optimization · Grand Arena
Diesel-punk CoH-style RTS with mechs and infantry cover.
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Optimization · Grand Arena
Blizzard's hero-centric RTS where build-order theory meets surgical unit micro against humans.
Iron Harvest leans Optimization (Grand Arena); Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos leans Optimization (Grand Arena).
Iron HarvestWarcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Iron Harvest
squad micro and cover
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Micro of heroes and units decides fights
Reads6 vs 7
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Iron Harvest
MP flanks vs humans
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Scouting and out-guessing a human opponent's tech
Variance2 vs 3
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Iron Harvest
fog of war
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Creep routes and item drops add randomness
Optimization7 vs 8
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Iron Harvest
build orders and unit comps
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Build orders, creeping routes, and matchup theory run deep
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.