head to head
vs
NidhoggvsThief Town
Nidhogg leans Reads (Competitive PvP); Thief Town leans Reads (Pure Mind Games).
NidhoggThief Town
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 4
Nidhogg leans harder on execution: Sword-height changes and dive-kicks need quick hands
Reads8 vs 8
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 3
Thief Town leans harder on variance: Crowd of identical NPCs hides players, adding uncertainty
Optimization3 vs 2
Nidhogg leans harder on optimization: Small toolkit, little to solve beyond fundamentals
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.