head to head
vs
PlayStation All-Stars Battle RoyalevsSplatoon 2
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Splatoon 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
PlayStation All-Stars Battle RoyaleSplatoon 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Splatoon 2 leans harder on execution: aim and movement decide ink battles
Reads6 vs 5
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale leans harder on reads: Super-only kills make baiting human opponents the core decision.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 6
Splatoon 2 leans harder on optimization: loadout and turf strategy solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.