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Melty Blood: Type Lumina leans Execution (Grand Arena); Super Smash Bros. Melee leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION9 /10READS9 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Melty Blood: Type LuminaSuper Smash Bros. Melee

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 10

Super Smash Bros. Melee leans harder on execution: Wavedashing, L-cancels, and tech-chasing set an extreme physical ceiling

Reads9 vs 9

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Super Smash Bros. Melee leans harder on variance: Stage hazard RNG and spawn positions add marginal chaos

Optimization6 vs 6

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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