head to head
vs
Super Smash Bros.vsX-Men: Mutant Academy
Super Smash Bros. leans Execution (Competitive PvP); X-Men: Mutant Academy leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Super Smash Bros.X-Men: Mutant Academy
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads7 vs 6
Super Smash Bros. leans harder on reads: Edgeguard and tech-chase guessing against adapting humans decides stocks.
Variance2 vs 1
Super Smash Bros. leans harder on variance: Item spawns add randomness; tournament rules strip most of it.
Optimization4 vs 4
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.