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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 HUGE especially considering it's based on Current HP. You can just about half health a mage 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 2 Warrior Tabi's. When you have full CDR this puts the cooldown at around 2 seconds, because the buff lasts for 6, and the cooldown is reduced to 8 seconds. 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's Berserker Barrage. Note, that this ability does go through walls, despite it looking like it shouldn't. It does. Normally people would take this ability first to clear jungle camps faster, but it's all down to preference. I take Death Scythe first rather than Soul Reap.
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 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
This ult makes one of the coolest noises ever. Anyways, Thanatos' ultimate can be dodged, it isn't very hard to do it. I mostly use this ult to pick up those guys who just BARELY have a life left in them, but I also use it for escaping. That being said, you can gank lanes by ulting, hovering to whatever lane diving down on your target, hitting your 1 for massive damage then your 3 for the silence. By then you teammates should be there to pick up the kill. That is, unless you pick it up.
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WHOAWHOAWHOAWHOA. Hold your horses boy!
Why Witchblade? That makes no sense, no Thanatos player in the right state of mind ever
getsthat. Jotunn's Wrath? Not needed, unless there's like 3 tanks or more....But make this into a real guide too. Just listing the skills and abilities doesn't make a guide. Until you update this and make it better, I'm giving this a F-. -Rep
I get the Witchblade not being a core item but Jotunn's Wrath? Come on now, I don't even play Thanatos that much but that's a staple item on him.
https://www.smitefire.com/smite/guide/code-blue-bbcoding-for-beginners-4537
Why Witchblade? That makes no sense, no Thanatos player in the right state of mind ever
getsthat. Jotunn's Wrath? Not needed, unless there's like 3 tanks or more....But make this into a real guide too. Just listing the skills and abilities doesn't make a guide. Until you update this and make it better, I'm giving this a F-. -Rep