It's like flat armor penetration (your physical damage ignores a part of the enemy's armor), but it scales with the level of your enemy. If your enemy is level 18, has 100 armor and you have 30 lethality, your physical damage will be as high as if your enemy had just 70 armor.
See lolwiki for instance.
If your enemy has low armor, Lethality is really effective. For instance, if your enemy has just 30 armor and you can "ignore" 15 with lethality, you'll do damage as if your enemy had only half of its armor. Because of that, once you notice your enemy buying lethality, it is a good strategy to buy a little bit of armor.
Lethality is a very important stat for AD casters and assassins but can also be found on AD bruisers. Bot lane marksmen tend to pick it up less and instead go for relative armor penetration given by
Last Whisper.
See lolwiki for instance.
If your enemy has low armor, Lethality is really effective. For instance, if your enemy has just 30 armor and you can "ignore" 15 with lethality, you'll do damage as if your enemy had only half of its armor. Because of that, once you notice your enemy buying lethality, it is a good strategy to buy a little bit of armor.
Lethality is a very important stat for AD casters and assassins but can also be found on AD bruisers. Bot lane marksmen tend to pick it up less and instead go for relative armor penetration given by
Last Whisper.
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Yeah the exact equation for Lethality's armor reduction is:
Flat Armor Penetration = LETHALITY × (0.6 + 0.4 × Target's level ÷ 18)
Basically, Lethality does more the higher level your enemy is. A general rule of thumb is this: if the enemy is stacking armor, % Armor Penetration is better ( Lord Dominik's Regards or Mortal Reminder; if the enemy is building very little armor, Lethality is best.
Flat Armor Penetration = LETHALITY × (0.6 + 0.4 × Target's level ÷ 18)
Basically, Lethality does more the higher level your enemy is. A general rule of thumb is this: if the enemy is stacking armor, % Armor Penetration is better (
Lord Dominik's Regards or Mortal Reminder; if the enemy is building very little armor, Lethality is best.
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