head to head
vs
Mortal Kombat 1vsStreet Fighter X Tekken
Mortal Kombat 1 leans Execution (Grand Arena); Street Fighter X Tekken leans Execution (Grand Arena).
Mortal Kombat 1Street Fighter X Tekken
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads8 vs 7
Mortal Kombat 1 leans harder on reads: Adaptive opponents bait pokes and wakeups.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.