head to head
vs
Kingdom Under Fire: HeroesvsWhere Winds Meet
Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Where Winds Meet leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Kingdom Under Fire: HeroesWhere Winds Meet
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 2
Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes leans harder on reads: Online battles add human prediction; campaign AI is scripted
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.