head to head
vs
Lineage 2vsToribash
Lineage 2 leans Optimization (Mind & Math); Toribash leans Reads (Mind & Math).
Lineage 2Toribash
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 2
Lineage 2 leans harder on execution: Auto-attack systems limit individual twitch expression
Reads5 vs 7
Toribash leans harder on reads: Predicting a human's next joint commitments
Variance3 vs 1
Lineage 2 leans harder on variance: Drop rates and spoil variance are historically brutal
Optimization7 vs 7
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.