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Persona 4 Arena leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Ultra Street Fighter IV leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION8 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Ultra Street Fighter IV leans harder on execution: One-frame links and FADC timing set a brutal hands ceiling

Reads8 vs 8

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Ultra Street Fighter IV leans harder on optimization: Frame data, matchups and option-selects form deep studied theory

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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