One would use @classmethod when he/she would want to change the behaviour of the method based on which subclass is calling the method. remember we have a reference to the calling class in a class method.
While using static you would want the behaviour to remain unchanged across subclasses
Example:
class Hero:
@staticmethod
def say_hello():
print("Helllo...")
@classmethod
def say_class_hello(cls):
if(cls.__name__=="HeroSon"):
print("Hi Kido")
elif(cls.__name__=="HeroDaughter"):
print("Hi Princess")
class HeroSon(Hero):
def say_son_hello(self):
print("test hello")
class HeroDaughter(Hero):
def say_daughter_hello(self):
print("test hello daughter")
testson = HeroSon()
testson.say_class_hello() #Output: "Hi Kido"
testson.say_hello() #Outputs: "Helllo..."
testdaughter = HeroDaughter()
testdaughter.say_class_hello() #Outputs: "Hi Princess"
testdaughter.say_hello() #Outputs: "Helllo..."