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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. 44 The SMITE Community Magazine Issue #4 The GameOn Magazine