head to head
vs
Mortal Kombat: DeceptionvsStreet Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams
Mortal Kombat: Deception leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Mortal Kombat: DeceptionStreet Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams leans harder on execution: Motion inputs, links and Alpha Counters demand clean hands
Reads7 vs 7
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Mortal Kombat: Deception leans harder on optimization: Combo routes and hazard positioning are lab work
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.