League of Legends (LoL) Question: Hybrid or magic pen?
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Hybrid or magic pen?
Greater Mark of Hybrid Penetration
.9 armor pen / .62 magic pen
Total: 8.1 armor pen / 5.58 magic pen
Greater Mark of Magic Penetration
.87 magic pen
Total: 7.83 magic pen
So it's a difference of 2 magic pen, which is somewhat significant early game, but really falls off late. Wouldn't I rather have the 8.1 armor pen on a mage to make last-hitting easier in order to be able to snowball better? Is it something I should take for all mages, or mages that use autos as part of their combo, like
Lux and
Fizz?
.9 armor pen / .62 magic pen
Total: 8.1 armor pen / 5.58 magic pen

.87 magic pen
Total: 7.83 magic pen
So it's a difference of 2 magic pen, which is somewhat significant early game, but really falls off late. Wouldn't I rather have the 8.1 armor pen on a mage to make last-hitting easier in order to be able to snowball better? Is it something I should take for all mages, or mages that use autos as part of their combo, like


I guess these would be the ones to use them better?
2 MPen, which means you need to cast spells which cost precious mana and CD vs 8,1 ArP which means you need to auto attack which costs no mana and no CD.
Early game, auto attacks are OP, which gives you free poke power.
Late game, MPen is better since you will cast more spells than auto attack.
But, we are speaking about 2 MPen here, which will probably equal less than 1% more damage done.
And 8,1 ArP which equals probably around 5% damage done early game.
I think the choice is clear.
Though, hybrid marks are twice as expensive as normal MPen marks :P
Katarina doesn't really want to autoattack harass even if she Es to the enemy because of the nerfs to her W and E buff durations makes it much harder to get out if you waste precious time squeezing in an AA.
With a champ like Ahri, you should be able to AA though.
With Taric, the AA would be minimal :P
But like I said, hybrid marks cost twice as much, so if your not gonna AA, it is a real waste of your IP
Then again, his mid is
So not for Gragas or Kassadin :P