When should you buy this item?

The enemy frontline mixes armor, magic resistance, and long fight duration. Your champion is already built around on-hit or repeated procs over time. Most fights are played front-to-back rather than through instant burst.

hybrid-penetration Patch 7.0d

Champion examples

Ashe

Irelia

Vayne

Kaisa

Bruiser

Terminus

Terminus is a strong front-to-back item for on-hit carries that need to punch through beefy targets without giving up the fluidity of their trades.

The item becomes excellent when the game forces you to hit bruisers or tanks stacking multiple layers of resistance for long periods. Its value is that it does not answer armor or magic resistance in isolation: it gives on-hit profiles a credible tool when the enemy frontline mixes defensive stats with fight duration.

It is a mid-build purchase for ADCs or on-hit duelists that can maintain steady DPS. It is far less appealing on pure crit profiles or in games where the real problem is reaching targets rather than killing them once contact is made.

Cost: 3300Category: DamagePatch: 7.0dTiming: Mid Game · Late Game

on-hitpenetrationanti-frontline

Buy when The enemy frontline mixes armor, magic resistance, and long fight duration.

Avoid when You are on a crit or poke profile that prefers range, burst, or more direct penetration.

Signature Penetration

Strategic summary

Terminus is a strong front-to-back item for on-hit carries that need to punch through beefy targets without giving up the fluidity of their trades.

Meta snapshot

Power windowMid Game · Late Game

Draft cueArmor And Mr Enemy

Looking forOn Hit

On HitFront To BackArmor And Mr EnemyMid Game · Late Game

Special family

Penetration

Buy when

The enemy frontline mixes armor, magic resistance, and long fight duration.
Your champion is already built around on-hit or repeated procs over time.
Most fights are played front-to-back rather than through instant burst.

Avoid when

You are on a crit or poke profile that prefers range, burst, or more direct penetration.
Priority targets are squishy and die before the item can show its true value.
You still need to solve access, kiting, or survival before optimizing your frontline DPS.