head to head
vs
SWAT 4vsWar Wind
SWAT 4 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); War Wind leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
SWAT 4War Wind
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
SWAT 4 leans harder on execution: precise aim and careful movement required
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
War Wind leans harder on optimization: Economy, build orders and racial tech are the solvable core
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.