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Stormrise leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Warcraft: Orcs & Humans leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans leans harder on execution: Clunky unit micro and click speed still matter

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans leans harder on variance: Fog of war hides enemy composition

Optimization6 vs 7

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans leans harder on optimization: Build orders and economy timing dominate

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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