head to head
vs
Mortal KombatvsStreet Fighter EX3
Mortal Kombat leans Reads (Competitive PvP); Street Fighter EX3 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Mortal KombatStreet Fighter EX3
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads8 vs 7
Mortal Kombat leans harder on reads: Human opponents adapt; conditioning and counter-guessing rule
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Mortal Kombat leans harder on optimization: Frame data and matchup study converge to known answers
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.