head to head
vs
Mega Man Battle Network 2vsMount & Blade: Warband
Mega Man Battle Network 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Mount & Blade: Warband leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Mega Man Battle Network 2Mount & Blade: Warband
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Mega Man Battle Network 2 leans harder on execution: Grid dodging in real time while queuing chips demands quick hands
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Mega Man Battle Network 2 leans harder on variance: Random chip draws shape each turn's options
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.