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Kingdom Under Fire: HeroesvsPyre

Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Pyre leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes leans harder on execution: Hero hack-and-slash control matters mid-battle

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes leans harder on optimization: Troop training, equipment economy and formation tactics carry campaigns

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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