God Build Guides for Smite Play
Cost: 1200 (2500) 
+50 Physical Power
+10% Movement Speed
PASSIVE – Melee basic attacks decrease an enemy's Physical Protection by 10, and increase your Physical Protection by 10 for 3s (max 3 Stacks).
NOTE: Can only be used by Physical Melee gods.
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So how exactly does this work?
They WILL affect the Pyro, Gold Fury, Fire Giant, and Titan.
The nice thing about SCS is that, if you get jumped while you're clearing a camp or hitting minions, you'll have built up your protections so start off with that advantage, even before you hit the enemy god.
May have just been my imagination. Need to double check.
https://smite.gamepedia.com/Minions
"Minions deal physical damage, and they grow stronger as time goes by, gaining bonus defenses. Minions do not have magical and physical defenses like gods do. Instead they have damage reduction that reduces all damage taken, including true damage, that increases over time. This means that a god's penetration stat has no impact on how much damage they deal to the minions, and caps the lifesteal that can be taken from a basic minion. Lane minions will reward an additional 5 Experience and .5 Gold every 3 minutes and these rewards accumulate over time."
Still not worth it though.
I must have mixed him with