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League of Legends leans Reads (Grand Arena); StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION6 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 9

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty leans harder on execution: APM, macro, micro-control under pressure

Reads8 vs 8

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

League of Legends leans harder on variance: Champion select and minor RNG only.

Optimization8 vs 8

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.

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