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Smite God: Thanatos

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Thanatos Build

Initial Buy

Death's Toll

Hidden Dagger

First Back

Combat Boots

Hand Of The Gods (Old)

Main Build

Warrior Tabi

Rage

Qin's Sais

Asi

Deathbringer

Situation Items

Weakening Curse

Jotunn's Wrath

Titan's Bane

Thanatos's Skill Order

Death Scythe

1 X

2 7 10 14 15

Scent of Death

2 A

3 8 16 18 19

Soul Reap

3 B

1 4 6 11 12

Hovering Death

4 Y

5 9 13 17 20

2 7 10 14 15

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: 95 / 165 / 235 / 305 / 375 (+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: 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12s

3 8 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: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25
Move Speed: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30%
Bonus Speed (Low Health): 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30%
Cost: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40
Cooldown: 13s

1 4 6 11 12

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

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

Pros / Cons

+High single target damage
+Can kill enemy gods at 60% health easy
+Good movement speed
+Can ult into towers
+Scythe throw does massive damage
+Soul Reap is easy to hit and does big damage
-Low defense
-Not very good in team fights
-Scythe throw is hard to hit, and can get caught on minions if trying t gank lanes
-Missed abilities will get you killed
-If health is low you can't use your abilities
-Squishy early game

Creeping / Jungling

The best way to jungle with Thanatos is to start with the yellow buff then go blue then go standard xp camps. After that you will be very busy ganking lanes so just take what camps you can get.

Team Work

Helping your team not die and preventing enemy gods from getting fed is very important. Try to help your gods that are being push back to their own towers the most. Even if you can't kill the enemy gods hitting both of your abilities should make them back and give your laning gods some breathing room.

Summary

This is a very hard god to play, but when you master him he can single handedly change the tide of battle and lead your team to an early victory.

This is my first build I have posted so sorry if I missed anything. Any feedback is welcome.

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Good build but I think it is better to max ur death scythe first than ur soul reap cause of the amazing dmg that it does and the huge lifesteal that you get from hit squishies. Overall nice build.
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I won't criticize your build but I miss a Skill and Item section
I also miss bbcoding and some parts can be extended.

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Table of Contents

Pros / Cons

Creeping / Jungling

Team Work

Summary

Thanatos

Smite God: Thanatos

Thanatos Build

Initial Buy

First Back

Main Build

Situation Items

Thanatos's Skill Order

Death Scythe

Scent of Death

Soul Reap

Hovering Death

Pros / Cons

Creeping / Jungling

Team Work

Summary

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