How is lethality going to effect hybrid penetration?

Ralanr·Oct 21, 2016·1 votes·931 views

I tend to run hybrid penetration quints on Sion and was wondering how this would effect him since all armor pen runes are becoming lethality runes.

8 Comments

The MagykOct 21, 20161 votes

id imagine hybrid runes would become lethality and magic pen

RalanrOct 21, 20161 votes

But how does that effect early game? Lethality scales better with enemy champion level, so getting early pen seems weaker.

I may need to get new quints for Sion. This sucks.

The MagykOct 21, 20162 votes

0.4X + ((0.6X * Y)/18) =flat pen is the current formula, so depending on how much lethality the quints give, basing it on item 3142 giving 20 flat pen in live and 20 lethality in pbe we could guess its pretty much a 1-1 so about 5 lethality from the quints.

math time!

at level one it would be: 0.4(5) + ((0.6(5) * (1))/18) = 2.2 flat pen. at level 1 its nearly halved.

how about level 6?:

0.4(5) + ((0.6(5) * (6))/18) = 3 whelp, still alot worse... but does it get better?

level 18:

0.4(5) + ((0.6(5) * (18))/18) = 5. so nope, doesnt even equal what there is currently by max level.

seems lethality really needs to be stacked to have any benefit, you are probably going to need some new quints.

for shits lets see what kind of pen you get with max stacked lethality assuming the 1 to 1 for runes and the flat pen mastery

0.4(87.6) + ((0.6(87.6) * 18)/18) = 87.6 well thats ALOT of flat pen...

note, lethality = flat pen at level 18

RalanrOct 21, 20161 votes

Well...damn. That's gonna hurt my early.

Guess I'll have to invest in some %health quints or something.

The MagykOct 21, 20161 votes

unless they change the formula lethality is really a scalling stat now, like if you took something/level runes. cant see it being too great of a choice unless you're going to be stacking lethality like theres no tomorrow.

RalanrOct 21, 20161 votes

And since I won't (because I'm a tank, why would I?) I might as well go the health route.

The MagykOct 21, 20161 votes

well, sion is a good health stacker anyway ;) become the pinnacle of un-killable brute.

RalanrOct 21, 20161 votes

Yeah. Now I just need to buy those runes.

Sigh...I was saving for Talon.