ARTICLE
PHYSICAL PENETRATION: THE
EXECUTIONER AND FRIENDS EXPLAINED
By Ashley Eaton-Jephcote
Hello readers, in this article I will be looking to show you the ways of The Executioner. I will begin by looking
how it fares against Titan’s Bane, granting they allow penetration/reduction but do it differently.
I will then explain how it pairs up
with Qin’s Sais well, as well as any
unique instances and uses of the
item The Executioner overall.
The Executioner (TE):
Qin’s Sais (QS):
I’ll be abbreviating the items
* Direct Stats: +30 Physical
* Direct Stats: +30 Physical
from here on out for the majority
Power & +25% Attack Speed
Power & +25% Attack speed
of the article, so note that the
* Passive: Basic attacks against
* Passive: On basic attack hits,
following are now changed:
an enemy reduce your target’s
deal physical damage equal to
The Executioner (TE), Titan’s
Physical Protections by 8%
5% of the target’s maximum
Bane (TB) and Qin’s Sais (QS).
and an additional 6 points for
health. This only affects gods.
3 seconds (max 3 stacks).
I thought about throwing some
So unlike last edition’s article
spanners in the works with various
relating to Magical Penetration
graphs and apparently meaningful
items, the focused item that
stat showings, BUT I then realised
is The Executioner is actually
this is complexity explained simply
now a common item to pick up
Titan’s Bane (TB):
during this time. What made
* Direct Stats: +30 Physical Power
this occur you say? Well, whilst
So these items I’m looking at,
* Passive: All of your
you’ve just been told what TE
what do they actually do?
Physical attacks gain +33%
does, the old passive was that
Physical Penetration
basic attacks would reduce
so I’ll spare you readers the horror.
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