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Neon SpacevsRuiner

Neon Space leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ruiner leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Neon SpaceRuiner

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Ruiner leans harder on reads: Enemy waves are fixed patterns.

Variance1 vs 2

Ruiner leans harder on variance: First-run unknowns in arena compositions.

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.

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