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Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Tekken leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION8 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads7 vs 8

Tekken leans harder on reads: Human opponent adapts; throws, lows, sidesteps form mixup mind-games

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Tekken leans harder on optimization: Frame data, punishes, and combo routing are studyable systems

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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