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Thanatos jungle or on lanes

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by Gerson270 updated April 25, 2016

Smite God: Thanatos

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Thanatos Build

Start for jungle (get multiple healing potions and multi potions)

Build Item Bumba's Mask Bumba's Mask
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
Build Item Multi Potion Multi Potion

Start on lane (just like for jungle you want them)

Build Item Death's Toll Death's Toll
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
Build Item Multi Potion Multi Potion

Final build

Build Item Ninja Tabi Ninja Tabi
Build Item Asi Asi
Build Item Jotunn's Wrath Jotunn's Wrath
Build Item Rage Rage
Build Item Deathbringer Deathbringer
Build Item Transcendence Transcendence

Item you might want just in case for high health tanks

Build Item Qin's Sais Qin's Sais
Build Item Demon Blade Demon Blade

Relics

Build Item Aegis Amulet Aegis Amulet
Build Item Heavenly Wings Heavenly Wings

Thanatos's Skill Order

Death Scythe

1 X Y
Death Scythe
2 8 11 12 14

Scent of Death

2 A B
Scent of Death
4 15 16 18 19

Soul Reap

3 B A
Soul Reap
1 3 6 7 10

Hovering Death

4 Y X
Hovering Death
5 9 13 17 20
Death Scythe
2 8 11 12 14

Death Scythe

1 X
Thanatos flings his scythe at an enemy, dealing damage and an additional 10% of the target's maximum health against enemy gods. Enemies hit are slowed for 3s and heal Thanatos based on damage dealt. Consumes 4% of Thanatos' current HP when used.

Ability Type: Projectile
Damage: 100 / 170 / 240 / 310 / 380 (+60% of your Physical Power)
Bonus Damage (Gods): 10% of Max HP
Healing: 50% of damage dealt
Slow: 20%
Cost: 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65
Cooldown: 12s
Scent of Death
4 15 16 18 19

Scent of Death

2 A
Thanatos senses death, gaining immunity to Slow effects and additional move speed and Physical Penetration for 6s. His speed bonus increases up to double when moving toward an enemy god within the instant kill health threshold of his Ultimate. Consumes 4% of Thanatos' current HP when used.

Ability Type: Buff
Penetration: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
Move Speed: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30%
Bonus Speed (Low Health): 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30%
Cost: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40
Cooldown: 13s
Soul Reap
1 3 6 7 10

Soul Reap

3 B
Thanatos swings his scythe, dealing Physical damage and Silencing enemies he hits. Thanatos moves at a reduced rate while swinging. Consumes 4% of Thanatos' current HP when used.

Ability Type: Cone, Silence, Damage
Damage: 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Silence Duration: 1s
Cost: 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45
Cooldown: 14s
Hovering Death
5 9 13 17 20

Hovering Death

4 Y
Thanatos flaps his wings and ascends for 5s, unable to be hit. While airborne, he moves unimpeded at an increased speed before diving to his target location, dealing damage. Enemies below a Health threshold are instantly killed. All others are Stunned. Consumes 8% of Thanatos' current HP when used.

Ability Type: Circle, Stun, Damage
Damage: 110 / 145 / 180 / 215 / 250 (+80% of your Physical Power)
Kill Health Threshold: 24 / 28 / 32 / 36 / 40%
Stun Duration: 1.5s
Bonus Move Speed: 150%
Radius: 15
Cost: 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80
Cooldown: 90s

This build is something I am used to. What Thanatos lacks in weak defense and using his life, he must make up with attack speed and life steal. Those two together and having critical chance with attack penetration is his greatest ally.

Something that you must always watch is his health if he is below at least 10% he won't be able to use his ultimate and makes it risky to use his other abilities. His ultimate is a risk/high reward chance.

He can handle most characters easily alone without friends backing you up but remember to always watch your back when alone and always watch your health.

His 1st and 3rd ability is your bff in the whole match. I'm pretty sure if you know how to play him you should know this but to new players who want to test him I'll tell you why. I'm going to explain his 2nd, ultimate, passive abilities on how they work just in case for the new players.

His first ability is a long range hit that takes 5% of your max hp but from your damage the you dealt to the target you get 75% of it to heal you.

His second ability is a buff which gives immunity to slow and additional movement speed and physical penetration. The movement speed is doubled when moving to an enemy God which is within his instant kill health threshold of ultimate. You can use this run the underworld away.

His third ability is a cone hit which cases silence on your target(s) and also takes 5% of your max hp.

His ultimate ability is his life saver and a risk taker. You can move while doing this so don't just stand still. With this you can save friends or stun you enemies if you can land the hit. This is an instant kill when they have a red skull on them and they are shown all over the map so it's useful when you are in a party with friends or with strangers.

Finally his passive is that whenever you deal the killing blow to your enemies he heals based on the enemies max hp (20% from gods and 10% from minions) and also reduces his active cooldowns.

Well I hope this helps you out and try to leave a review for cause I'm actually nervous that it sucks but oh well have fun and SMITE YOUR ENEMIES TO THEIR GRAVES FELLOW GODS OF DEATH!

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Sodsboy (10) | April 26, 2016 4:23am
The build is rather nice and simplistic for what it's offering but I'd much rather you'd probably be better off getting rid of health pots for mana pots or putting maybe a potion of physical might aswell to give you just that extra edge in the early game.
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Daelinn (25) | April 26, 2016 2:55am
Well, I suppose it could work overall aspecially given that it works for you- basically you're trying to compensate for the Thanatos falling off in the late game by focusing more on auto-attacks rather than pure abilities.

That being said, in the early game Thanatos is an absolute beast- and I think you should take advantage of that fact- I would suggest taking typical Warrior Tabi over Ninja Tabi (for additional power), and swapping Asi with Jotunn's Wrath in regard of purchase order. That way you'll be dealing tremendous ability damage in the early game, and later you can focus on auto-attacks more.
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Gerson270 | May 9, 2016 8:18pm
I tried out what you said and it's good I like it. Thanks man
1
Devampi (105) | May 11, 2016 12:00pm
I would have even said to put Transcendence more upfront instead of last jsut to boost the snowballing if you are snowballing.
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