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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).

EXECUTION9 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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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.

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