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Thanatos HAND OF DEATH

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by xXCrossXx updated January 24, 2015

Smite God: Thanatos

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Thanatos Build

FULL BUILD EXAMPLE

Build Item Ninja Tabi Ninja Tabi
Build Item Witchblade Witchblade
Build Item Bloodforge Bloodforge
Build Item Jotunn's Wrath Jotunn's Wrath
Build Item Qin's Sais Qin's Sais
Build Item Deathbringer Deathbringer

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Build Item Death's Toll Death's Toll
Build Item Rage of the Gods Rage of the Gods
Build Item Boots Boots
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion

Thanatos's Skill Order

Death Scythe

1 X Y
Death Scythe
1 3 6 7 9

Scent of Death

2 A B
Scent of Death
4 15 16 18

Soul Reap

3 B A
Soul Reap
2 8 11 12 14

Hovering Death

4 Y X
Hovering Death
5 10 13 19
Death Scythe
1 3 6 7 9

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

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
2 8 11 12 14

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 10 13 19

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

Skills

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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1
Greenevers (105) | January 30, 2015 2:46pm
HammaSmite wrote:

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.
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Nothing Yet | January 25, 2015 12:34am
Needs some bbcoding, I'll send ya here for some help!!!
https://www.smitefire.com/smite/guide/code-blue-bbcoding-for-beginners-4537
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HammaSmite (7) | January 24, 2015 8:13pm
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
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