head to head
Mortal Kombat TrilogyvsSoulCalibur V
Mortal Kombat Trilogy leans Execution (Competitive PvP); SoulCalibur V leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Mortal Kombat TrilogySoulCalibur V
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads6 vs 7
SoulCalibur V leans harder on reads: Versus humans, conditioning and throw-versus-mid guessing decides rounds
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
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.

