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Thanatos is a challenge to play. Though he can dish out INSANE amounts of damage, he is also one of the squishiest gods in SMITE. Adding onto that last statement, ALL of his abilities cost a percentage of his own HEALTH! That's right, it's not just a flat amount of health you're losing, it's a PERCENTAGE. In conclusion to this intro, if you are fighting with below 20% health, I would like to wish you the best of luck.
PROS
Harvester Of Souls (Passive)
Enemy gods within the execute threshold are shown to Thanatos. Dealing the killing blow to enemies gives Thanatos based upon the max HP of the enemy. Thanatos's abilities also cost both Health and Mana. When Thanatos kills an enemy god, his cooldowns decrease.
Cooldown Decrease : 5 seconds
HP Restore(Gods) : 20% of god's HP.
HP Restore(Minions) : 10% of minion's HP
Death Scythe (1)
Thanatos throws his scythe at the enemy, dealing damage and an additional 10% damage based on the target's current HP. Takes 5% of Thanatos' max HP.
Damage : 100/170/240/310/380
Bonus Damage(Gods) : 10% of current HP
Healing : 75% of damage dealt
Slow : 20%
Death Scythe Usage
This is going to be your main source of damage early game. At around levels 9-11 it's a massive nuke. Doing about 400-500 damage total. The 10% additional damage is tremendous especially considering it's based on Current HP. You can basically hit a mage down to half health with this ability.
Scent Of Death (2)
Thanatos senses death, it grants him immunity to slow effects, movement speed, and penetration for 6 seconds. His movement speed doubles when he is moving towards a god within the insta-kill threshold of his ultimate. Takes 5% of Thanatos' max HP when used.
Penetration : 15/20/25/30/35
Movement Speed :10/15/20/25/30%
Bonus Speed (Low Health) : 10/15/20/25/30%
Scent of Death Usage
This buff that Thanatos has is huge. Your movement speed increases by 30%, that doubles if someone is within the insta-kill threshold of your ult. You gain +30 Penetration, which is the same as 2 Warrior Tabi's. It can be used to chase, or get away from the fight.
Soul Reap (3)
Thanatos swings his scythe, dealing damage and silencing his enemeies. He moves at a reduced rate while he swings. Consumes 5% of Thanatos' max HP when used.
Damage : 100/150/200/250/300
Silence Duration : .5/.75/1/1.25/1.5
Soul Reap Usage
This is used to combo with your 1. Both of these abilities can do tons of damage. The silence is handy too. When you find that Fenrir is currently mauling your face you can also press 3 and stop the pain, same with Thor. Note, that this ability does go through walls. This ability can be used as an easier way to clear camps, but getting scythe first allows for early kills on enemy gods.
Hovering Death (4)
Thanatos takes flight and stays afloat for 5 seconds, unable to be hit, he can still be damage by DoTs while using his ultimate, which means Tornadoes and Vanish can still kill you. While airborn, he moves unimpeded at nearly twice the speed and can dive on the target location. Enemies within the insta-kill threshold are instantly killed, anyone else who isn't is stunned and gets damage dealt to them. Consumes 10% of Thanatos' max HP.
Damage : 90/125/160/195/230
Kill HP Threshold : 24/28/32/36/40%
Stun Duration : 1 second
Movement Speed : 150%
Hovering Death Usage
Thanatos' ultimate can be dodged. You should, for the most part, use this ult to pick off those guys who just have a slight amount life left in them, but also use it for escaping. That being said, you can help your other lanes by ulting in and slamming the opponents with his (1) Death Scythe
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Reasonably good guide, build makes sense given Thanatos's strong points and his built in penetration with Scent of Death. Only note would be that you may want to note when to buy Magi's Blessing in order to have more survivability as you begin engaging in teamfights, as well as just add a section explaining your item choices (ie: your choices make sense to me as someone who has played Thanatos, but may not to a less experienced player). Overall decent guide tho, good job.
Thank you very much for the review! As you can probably tell, this is my first guide. I will be sure to add a section about why I chose the items I did for this set. Thanks again!