head to head
StarCraft II: Wings of LibertyvsWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty leans Execution (Grand Arena); Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War leans Reads (Grand Arena).
StarCraft II: Wings of LibertyWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 6
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty leans harder on execution: APM, macro, micro-control under pressure
Reads8 vs 7
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty leans harder on reads: 1v1 ladder vs adaptive humans modeling you
Variance2 vs 3
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War leans harder on variance: Relic capture variance and squad reinforcement timing add uncertainty
Optimization8 vs 7
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty leans harder on optimization: build orders, economy curves heavily solved
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

