Smite Thanatos Build Guide: Straight Speed Thanny

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Smite God: Thanatos

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Thanatos Build

Notes Last item can vary. May want to build a protection. Personally, I prefer tacking on some more damage. I won't bother putting skill sequence. Tends to vary by player, but getting the death scythe up early may help as it can deliver a punishing critical.

Ninja Tabi

The Crusher

Heartseeker

Stone Cutting Sword

Hastened Katana

Bloodforge

Introduction

I came across this build simply by trying new things in arena, where it showed tremendous success. I then tried to use it in clash, where it again proved its worth. Yet to test it in modes like conquest and joust, but I have to imagine if it worked in clash it'll be just as effective in joust (bearing the other team doesn't go straight tank against you, though regardless of your build I think you'd be kind of screwed). First build I'm putting on here so hopefully some of you find it helpful.

Pros / Cons

Pros:
- Speed: Allows you to use your ultimate against players who aren't just on the brink of death and still have a high probability of getting a kill from just basic attacking.
- Moderate damage: Despite building mostly attack speed items, this build can still deliver some decent blows.

Cons:
- Moderate damage: Both a pro and a con. If you're a player who lives off of dealing big blows over quick hits, this build is not for you.
- "No Protections": As I state in the build, pending on your game maybe instead of going damage 6th item build a protection. This would make the damage con much more prominent. As with most assassins just make sure you're wisely choosing your battles.

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@Bran

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Eh, this isn't exactly troll. It's not efficient and has issues, but doesn't seem like the creator just threw items together. There's a bit of thought process going on here, but definitely some items need to be dropped.

As such, I'll take some time to explain the issues, and allow for the creator to respond.

FYI THENatDad, not sure if you're aware, but the common builds for Thana focus mostly on his ability damage. Granted, I've seen some good players use some unconventional items for him (e.g. ) and do well in teamfight modes. This would not be a suggested build for Conquest, though, to be clear.

Some inefficiencies come into play when you mix true ability items (e.g. ) with basic attack items (, .

When you do build crit (which is typically not suggested on Thana), you really always want to build at least 2 crit items and get your crit chance in the realm of 50%. This makes the crit at least semi-reliable. At only 20% (soon to be 15% when Season 6 hits in a couple of weeks), you're getting very little out of it in most situations. So, either build 2 crit, or not at all (suggest not at all).

I can see being functional (not preferred, but can work) in a mode like Conquest, since you'll have a chance to build stacks easily with jungle camps. In teamfight modes, you won't want to expose yourself in melee range (where it'll be very easy to hit you with a variety of abilities, especially AOE abilities), when you don't build any protections and every minion wave is contested. You likely just won't be able to safely build stacks there, unless you're playing against people that don't know what they're doing.

A typical build for Thana will involve the mace tree, with focus on power and sometimes/often CDR. Since his base damage and the damage built into his is so good (along with the fact he can execute enemies at lower health), he can build bruiser (with some protections) and remain effective. He also doesn't need much flat pen due to , but he'll benefit from some alternate forms of pen (either protection reduction such as via , or % pen from ). is also a decent one if you need magical protection, or you can also consider dual protections such as from .

So, in general, it would be suggested as a vanilla Thana build to get rid of HS and Katana, and replace with items such as those mentioned above...though you can add and to the list of functional items.

But if you really like the effect, then since you'll be dealing a decent amount of damage from up close, I do strongly suggest some protections to help your survivability. You might also consider the use of for a different form of pen.

To be honest Bran, it kind of in a way was a troll sort of. I just wanted to see for giggles what would happen if I built Thanatos straight speed, and it happened to work over multiple games. I absolutely agree a conventional build for Thanatos would be based around damage, but I wanted to against the grain and try something unique. I have since modified the build in little ways based on your comment. I sometimes substitute hastened katana for stone cutting sword allowing for a more damage packed build. Appreciate your feedback on my first build!

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Well hell, lol. I called that one incorrectly. So somewhat trolly basic attack Thana build...in which case...you really need prots. You can still poke with your throw (but have no CDR which means you can't poke often), but otherwise you're having to dive an enemy, which puts you in much greater danger due to close vicinity. And you're mostly using this in Arena/Clash, so it's constant teamfight. You might have more success 1v1, but in a bigger fight, I see you building like that, and I'm just going to tell the team to jump you any chance we get.

In which case...I feel needs to go. Big time. That's what I'd sub out for prots.

You can see the build edits now I believe. Per your recommendation I dropped poisoned star and I also decided to drop Jotunn's. I have replaced them with stone cutting sword and blood forged.

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