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Mid-Season | 7.7 Update Notes (w/ 7.6 Bonus Balance)

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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by Branmuffin17 » June 26, 2020 10:51am | Report
It spreads out the build options while creating some potential conflict between protection reduction and % pen. To get the same penetration effect as before when just going Exe and maybe one flat pen item, you'll need to itemize differently and likely build inefficiency in w/ Exe + % pen, or skip Exe and go with flat and % pen items only.

A bit later today, I'll theorize with build combinations to build in decent pen.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by newbiemj » June 26, 2020 11:12am | Report
I mean most people were building exe and titans together anyways so actually doesn't the nerf to exe make the %pen from items not as inefficient? Since its takes less protections from exe and gaining that by the %pen?

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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by Branmuffin17 » June 26, 2020 1:06pm | Report
I don't think most were building Exe and Titan's together at this point. That's a popular combo for a Qin's build (late Titan's), but less so for a crit build.

But yes, a lower Exe % means less inefficiency for % pen items.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by silentshell » June 26, 2020 2:15pm | Report
Branmuffin17 wrote:

I don't think most were building Exe and Titan's together at this point. That's a popular combo for a Qin's build (late Titan's), but less so for a crit build.

But yes, a lower Exe % means less inefficiency for % pen items.


So, basically, even with the attack speed from The Executioner, when looking for what exe provides do you feel like Stone Cutting Sword is going to pick up a lot more usage? Exe is still going to have the attack speed as well....with the protections + the pen SCS still does have +7 movement speed, it seems like to me that will be the case. Maybe a case of overwhelmingly more pen plus the extra popularity is going to shunt exe to the side specifically for SCS? Until Serrated Edge gets price nerfed(which just looking at it, i don't know how it won't) Initially i am thinking that it plus SCS would be a pretty good pairing. At the point the patch goes live, which item do you think qin's will get the most benefit out of now?

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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by Kriega1 » June 26, 2020 2:17pm | Report
Branmuffin17 wrote:

I don't think most were building Exe and Titan's together at this point. That's a popular combo for a Qin's build (late Titan's), but less so for a crit build.



I mean, literally almost everyone at high level ranked and pro play was going a cookie cutter crit build that had both, especially because tanks were running spectral so the pen was even more necessary. Devos Ninja Exe Rage (previous 2 in either order) Wind Demon Poisoned Star Titans Bane.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by Kriega1 » June 26, 2020 2:19pm | Report
silentshell wrote:


So, basically, even with the attack speed from The Executioner, when looking for what exe provides do you feel like Stone Cutting Sword is going to pick up a lot more usage? Exe is still going to have the attack speed as well....with the protections + the pen SCS still does have +7 movement speed, it seems like to me that will be the case. Maybe a case of overwhelmingly more pen plus the extra popularity is going to shunt exe to the side specifically for SCS? Until Serrated Edge gets price nerfed(which just looking at it, i don't know how it won't) Initially i am thinking that it plus SCS would be a pretty good pairing. At the point the patch goes live, which item do you think qin's will get the most benefit out of now?



Stone Cutting is a melee only item, not really part of the question if we're considering hunter builds.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by Branmuffin17 » June 26, 2020 3:20pm | Report
Kriega1 wrote:

I mean, literally almost everyone at high level ranked and pro play was going a cookie cutter crit build that had both, especially because tanks were running spectral so the pen was even more necessary. Devos Ninja Exe Rage (previous 2 in either order) Wind Demon Poisoned Star Titans Bane.

Ahhh, I didn't realize they were doing this.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by silentshell » June 26, 2020 4:08pm | Report
Kriega1 wrote:




Stone Cutting is a melee only item, not really part of the question if we're considering hunter builds.


Sorry, was in a hurry when i typed, for warrior and assassin then?

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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by Kriega1 » July 1, 2020 6:37pm | Report
Updated PTS Changes for Mid Season: https://www.smitegame.com/news/mid-season-update-7-7-notes/#pts-balance-changes
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by xmysterionz » July 2, 2020 7:51am | Report
Well, ratatoskr crit was fun while it lasted

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