What is the relationship between Penetration, Protections and Power?
When buying items, what is the relationship between power, protection and penetration, both physical and magical?
I am assuming that protection limits the amount of damage done through power, and that penetration nullifies protections, but is there a formula or easy way to work out how much penetration is needed to deal with protection, and how much power is taken away from protections? Does this differ from magical to physical?
Solution 1:
As from the Smite Wiki
Your Base Damage is Calculated as:
Base Damage + (Base Damage per lvl × God's lvl) + (100% of Physical Power OR 20% of Magical Power)
Then comes the Defence:
Damage = (100 × Unmitigated Damage)/(Protections + 100)
And the Penetration and Reduction:
Actual Defense = (Protection × (1-%Reduction) - Flat Reduction) × (1-%Pen) - Flat Pen
Where
- Percent Reduction. This will reduce a target's protection values by a percentage. For example, The Executioner will reduce a target's physical protection by 7% (per stack).
- Flat Reduction.. This will reduce a target's protection values by a specific amount. For example, Void Stone will reduce a target's magical protection by 15.
- Percent Penetration. This will reduce a target's protection values by a percentage. For example, Obsidian Shard will reduce a target's magical protection by 33%.
- Flat Penetration. This will reduce a target's protection values by a specific amount. For example, Warrior Tabi will reduce a target's physical protection by 15.
And to Answer your Question: There is no difference from magical and physical and there is no "simple" way :P