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Natural Selection 2vsOverwatch

Natural Selection 2 leans Execution (Grand Arena); Overwatch leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION8 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Natural Selection 2Overwatch

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads6 vs 7

Overwatch leans harder on reads: Ult tracking, flanks, and baiting human teams

Variance2 vs 2

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.

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