head to head
vs
Salt and SacrificevsWhere Winds Meet
Salt and Sacrifice leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Where Winds Meet leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Salt and SacrificeWhere Winds Meet
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Salt and Sacrifice leans harder on variance: Mage and material drops
Optimization7 vs 6
Salt and Sacrifice leans harder on optimization: Build crafting around hunted mages
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.