head to head
vs
Monday Night CombatvsWarcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Monday Night Combat leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Monday Night CombatWarcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Monday Night Combat leans harder on execution: Third-person shooter aim and class mobility
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness leans harder on variance: Fog of war conceals enemy tech and armies
Optimization6 vs 7
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness leans harder on optimization: Refined build orders and upgrade timings are studyable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.