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Hello everybody this is my guide for Thanatos. I'll be talking about
Thanatos jungle, one of my favorite rules in smite. I love jungle, because it gives you such an advantage and makes you feel damn well good once you gank your lane properly, but enough of that.
You do not know how many times I pressed publish by accident on this guide. ; ~ ;
Pros:
So as thanatos to me I like building him insanely risky, because hes quite hard, his skills use, health and his a get kills or get kills god, so why not rule the bets higher?
So I saw this build in a tournament, so I tryed it out and this works extremly with Thanatos with the
Hand of the Gods and the bumbas mask combo work really well with his passive. So now that you got these two items where are boots gunna fit? Well that's why you get Potion of Might aka Red Pot. This is insanely rishy, because with thanatos if hes shut down hes done and with this build he cannot be SHUT DOWN.
Now I like to get Ninja Tabi mainly, because you don't need to penetration from
Warrior Tabi since your already gunna have max penetration. Focused VoidBlade is just realy nice, because it gives you some nice protections and gives you a very, very nice amount of penetration you I like to get this for it's penetration and so I won't be as squishy. Your basic's combo'ed with
Scent of Death will do an quite alot of damage early game and with your
Death Scythe you'll be able to take out Tanks and Carries in no time. Now
Heartseeker is another part of my risky build it'll allow you do alot of damage plus your penetration? Who wouldn't wanna get this! Attack speed is almost not a big deal with this build. You just need to remember don't play too risky, because you don't wanna lose your stacks.
Now Blood Forge is so strong on Thanatos and he needs lifesteal late game, because his health cost can kill him in team fights and it'll really kill you if your teammates don't give the kills so you can regen. And your gunna need it when your skills are on cooldown, but with your
Scent of Death get ready to destroy everybody, even carries! Now
Rage is an item I don't really like on
Thanatos, but it seems the most popular so I went with it. I still am, in the process of trying to find a new item to change this with. But
Rage is still quite a nice item with your items and
Scent of Death. So,
Deathbringer is a most have on ANY ASSASSIN OR CARRIE. Giving you a very nice physical power boost and some crit chance while making them do more DAMAGE!The problem with is it's very pricy, but if your following the guide correctly you should be building it in no time.
Now this section will list, who will be your solo laner and who you'll be fighting againt in the jungle.
* = Easy
* = Medium
* = Hard
Junglers:
[ * ] Hun Batz: Now
Hun Batz is an insanely hard jungle to fight. He can easily counter jungle you with
Overhand Smash and with his 50% crit rate he can burst you down quite easily. You most avoid most of skills to actually fight him, because at any moment he can pop
Fear No Evil and easily change the entire fight.
[ * ] Arachne: She's a pretty hard jungle, but the recent patch they nerfed her hard, but that doesn't mean she can't destroy you. Aslong as she has
Drain Life she can easily change the tide of a battle, but if you can end the fight quickly with a silence from
Soul Reap and then finish off with
Death Scythe you can easily shut her down early in the jungle. Just abouse your
Hand of the Gods, because she can clear out camps easily with no effort.
[ * ] Fenrir:
Fenrir is a pretty scary jungle a little joke me and my friend call him is Baghoul, but that's not the point. If you try to fight him in the jungle you better get ready, because
Fenrir is one of the mobile gods in the game.
Fenrir can easily start a fight with
Brutalize and do decent, but you have the advantage, because you have a Silence so you can cancel it easily. His biggest deal is his
Seething Howl, because he gets damage and lifesteal so he can easily outlast you in battle, but you have penetration so you can kill this Bruiser with ease.
[ * ] Kali: So Kali can be defeated with the up most ease, because if you shut her down in the jungle she basicly done. A thing you most avoid is fighting her with her full combo, because she can do high burst with Blood Lash and do lots of damage over time with her attack speed and bleed outs, but you can shut her down with
Death Scythe when she uses Siphon Blood, but make sure to use
Soul Reap, before she can activate Kali Rage or
Frenzy.
Solo Laners:
[ * ] Chang'e: She's an amazing solo laner for you, because you gank the lane she can provide heals for you and a double stun if you gank with
Hovering Death. A pretty big thing is her ult, because once she sets it if you two will alot of damage most likely enough for you to use
Hovering Death(If you haven't used it, of course).
Chang'e can most likely hold off or win it, because of her
Moonlit Waltz and her low cooldown on
Crescent Moon Dance. Just remember to stay near her at all times when your ganking, because she can provide you with heals, protection, and mana.
[ * ] Odin: Now this guy quite amazing solo lane, because he can use
Ring of Spears and you come down
Hovering Death and you two just cause havoc! His attack speed buff is insanely good to you and the way you can slow and his jump can close the distance. Why wouldn't any solo laner pick this guy? Just remember sometimes his
Ring of Spears can kill you if hes not careful. Don't forgot that you two do insane damage and almost nobody escapes you two with your double slows and gap closers.
[ * ] Hercules Now this is another good one you two can get round up enemy's and bring them to CC city! Once he hits his combo with
Earthbreaker and
Driving Strike it's up to you to hit then with your
Soul Reap and then you two can finish enemys off easily with
Hovering Death, Death Scythe, and [[Excavate. He has built in tankiness and damage so he's an ideal solo lane.
Now pretty much a big thing you do as a jungler is Ganking Lanes. So the lanes you mainly wanna gank is Solo Lane and Mid Lane.(Hopefully your side should be carring nicely) So you should start a gank with hitting the carry with Death Scythe or using
Hovering Death to stun the carry and the tank. If you started a battle with
Death Scythe you should be able to clean up with
Hovering Death. A big thing is once you get
Soul Reap You can easily counter the mid, because hes most likely a mage, so if you have a team mate with some sort of stun or root this can make ganking INSANELY easy.
Coming soon >:O
Now as jungler Thanatos I most get this out of the way BLUE BUFF IS NOT FOR YOU, You most give it to your mid lane or solo lane reason being is as thanatos you don't look at your mana you look at your health at all times, because thanatos is not mana consuming at all. There's going to be almost never a time where you say "I'm low on mana". The main thing you need to keep track of is your health and skills. You need ask yourself these questions: "Will I have enough health to kill the target and get out safely?" "With my current health should I ult even though I lack proper health to most likely get out alive?" "Should I use some kind of skill to escape, or will it just quicken my death?". These are insanely important questions when your playing
Thanatos. What you most do is most be afraid and depend on minons, because you have
Hand of the Gods you can easily walk over to a group minions and kill up or even though your at low health you can most likely get the kill by quickly starting a fight with
Death Scythe. Now when your starting off activate your Potion of Physical Might right when the camp spawns tank it and tell your teammates for the last hits. Get your buff and then
Hand of the Gods at the last buff camp your at. Remember to always engage on a lane with
Death Scythe if you can't land it then you've most likely failed your gank and died. Remember don't just rushy in blindly with
Scent of Death wait for a perfect moment for like you need to keep pressure on the carry or to catch enemy's who are running away. When teamfights start you most have
Bloodforge so you can last in it, because your skills use health and you'll be aimed and no doubt about it when you ult in. Try to get the enemy's in a big group once you use
Soul Reap. Try to help get carries or casters with
Death Scythe, but if a tank gets in the way you can scare him with
Death Scythe and your amazing penetration and damaged based on health. Remember your a tank smasher so don't be afraid to fight them it's your job to help the team with
Soul Reap and hold off the tanks with
Death Scythe and
Hovering Death.
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I think it's great for an earlier guide.
I really do like this build.
Thank you, if you have any suggestions please let me know.
Not saying this is bad, it might just be me, but I've never understood the reasoning to buy potion of physical might in the beginning of the match. Wouldn't it be wiser to simply save the gold and use it to buy items earlier?
The reason why is so I can get an early start on
Oh this is the build that i went against early game :p it was strong early game but late game just fell off even when i was undefarmed i still beat the Thanatos.
How much deaths did he have, was he farming so he could get
Stalking, thank you for you feedback. I can't believe I over looked that I was even testing out the item's while looking at stats. I will change the Tabi to
Yeah I think hes meant to be focused on damage and a bit of attack speed, but also has room for special items because he can save a slot or two on pen. So quins blade is usable :)