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SkullgirlsvsThe King of Fighters XIII

Skullgirls leans Execution (Grand Arena); The King of Fighters XIII leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION9 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
SkullgirlsThe King of Fighters XIII

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 10

The King of Fighters XIII leans harder on execution: HD Cancel loops and tight EX move timings set a brutally high execution ceiling

Reads8 vs 8

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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