head to head
vs
StarwhalvsStreet Fighter
Starwhal leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Street Fighter leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
StarwhalStreet Fighter
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Starwhal leans harder on execution: Precise momentum-based positioning to land the heart strike decides duels
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Starwhal leans harder on variance: Physics are deterministic; little hidden randomness
Optimization2 vs 2
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.