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Death's Toll
Hand Of The Gods (Old)
Potion of Power
Warrior Tabi
Jotunn's Wrath
Hide of the Urchin
Titan's Bane
Rage
Deathbringer
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- Hi everyone, I'm NightOfTheWatch, and this is my Thanatos Guide. I worked hard to make this guide the best I could, and I would appreciate any and all feedback that you guys may provide. Thanatos is a very strong jungler in the current meta, with very high early game damage and good clean-up potential late game. - Thanatos has one of the best ganks in the entire game, despite his relative lack of proper cc. This is due to his immense early damage on his 1 and his ability to lock down targets with his 3. And I believe the Instakill on his ultimate speaks for itself :P. |
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+ Fantastic Early-Game + Innate Sustain + Low Mana Costs + Great Duelist + Long AOE Silence + Instakill Ultimate |
 Thanatos is a fantastic choice in Solo Que. His ganks are very strong thanks to his Soul Reap shutting down any mobility skill an enemy god may attempt to use, combined with his Death Scythe dealing massive damage to secure the kill. Thanks to his innate sustain from  Harvester of Souls and his low mana costs he can start with Death's Toll which is a much better item statwise compared to  Bumba's Mask and can stay in the jungle indefinately. Soul Reap also makes him a great duelist as it shuts down enemy abilities for up to 1.5 seconds. And you know Hovering Death.
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+ Abilities Fall Off Late-Game + Lack of Hard-CC + No Leap / Dash + Very Squishy Early-Game + Hard to Enter a Teamfight + Easily Focusable |
As per all champions, Thanatos has his strengths, and his weaknesses. Thanatos' late game can be considered subpar due his abilities besides Hovering Death falls off and he is left to deal damage with his AAs or clean up with his ult. This proves problematic as Thanatos can not simply waltz in a teamfight to AA without getting focused to death, making his reliant on proper initation from his teammates. Furthermore, Thanatos lacks immobilising CC and and escape mechanisms excluding his ultimate making positioning absolutely key.
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 Fist of the Gods:  Hand of the Gods is an absolute must for every single jungler in the entire game, if not for the faster clear speed it's mandatory to contest the mid camps. Upgrade it to Fist of the Gods for a free stun which synergieses with the rest of Thanatos' kit. |
 Combat Blink: This helps immensely with Thanatos' lack of mobility. It is practicaly a free Get Out of Jail card in any unfavorable situations you might find yourself in. It can also be used to avoid retaliation from the enemy team after Hovering Deathing on someone. |
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sprint: A great active as it provides combination of offense and defense. It can help you get out of bad situations by removing slows and boosting your speed, albeit not to the extent of Combat Blink. Furthermore, it helps stick to your targets with your AAs which are your main damage source late-game.
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Harvester Of Souls: This passive is absolutely fantastic as it basically gives Thanatos a built-in Bumba's passive. This allows us to do 2 things; to jungle for as long as you want without the limitations of health and mana, and to get Death's Toll as a starter item to boost Thanatos' stats and make him a larger threat early game. It also synergies very well with his Hovering Death, as it allows for you to dive tower to get the kill and get out safely with the health regeneration from Harvester of Souls.
Death Scythe: Death Scythe is what makes Thanatos such a high early game threat. This skill can take down a mage down to nearly 50% HP by only rank 2. It also slows the enemy which allows you to follow up with your other skills and lets your allies land their skills, which almost always ends in a kill, if you can land it. However, this may prove difficult as it is a relatively slow moving skill, which makes it hard to hit from long range. On a side note, Death Scythe will heal for 10% HP of the enemy hit, further boosting Thanatos' sustain. Death Scythe
Scent Of Death: A pretty simple but effective steroid. Scent of Death is both a movement and penetration boost which makes it perfect for initiating ganks, granting both additional power and sticking to the target. However, the movement speed increase on Scent of Death is pretty much all the mobility Thanatos gets meaning that it should not always be used offensively since it is also your only "escape mechanism" besides Hovering Death. Also, while chasing targets below the instakill threshold the movespeed increases which may help you get into range for your ult. Scent of Death before your abilities while ganking so that they can Hovering Death to multiply the movespeed increase. Scent of Death for riskier engagements as you may need the movespeed
Soul Reap: Death Scythe may be your main damaging skill and Hovering Death may be what people are afraid of but this skill right here is what makes Thanatos so damn powerful. The silence is invaluable as a jungler since it basically cripples the enemy, shutting down their escape mechanisms as you are your laner wail on them. And since it is an AOE skill the silence will affect anyone caught in its range, meaning you can silence up to 5 members on the enemy team in teamfight. Soul Reap also does quite a respectable amount of damage which makes it the most valuable skill in Thanatos' arsenal. Soul Reap first while ganking to cripple your victims escapability. Soul Reap immediatly after the large hit to remove the delay and improve
Hovering Death: Hovering Death is the most appropriately titled ability in the entire game. This ulitmate pretty much speaks for itself, a 24-40% instakill is mindblowing. If there is anyone who stays in lane with low health in close proximity, Hovering Death pretty much guarantees their deaths. Your ult is a huge part late-game presense as it allows for very easy clean-ups and secures. If Hovering Death hits enemies over the instakill threshold it will stun and do decent damge to the enemy which may be more valuable as a gank initiator early game. Keep in mind that is you absolutely have to Hovering Death serves as a great escape. Hovering Death can be avoided with leaps or dashes so make sure Hovering Death is rank 1, it may be smarter to go for the stun and Death Scytheand Soul Reap, as it does more damage.
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You want to max out Death Scythe because it is your main damage dealer. Then Soul Reap to further increase your AOE damage and lengthen the silence. Scent of Death is useful to level for bonus penetration and movespeed, however the leveling the other skills just offer so much more. Put points into Hovering Deathwhenever you can to substantially increase the instakill threshold.
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Warrior Tabi: This is the best boot choice for Thanatos. The base stats are very good for any assassin any Thanatos is no exception. The penetration boost from it's passive is also very valuable since your abilities scale very well with physical penetration.
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Jotunn's Wrath: This item gives you everything you need. Physical Power, Penetration and precious CDR. Since Thanatos relies on his abilities for damage early-mid game, every single stat given by this item synergieses with his playstyle, making Jotunn's Wrath a must-buy.
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Hide of the Urchin: The best item to increase your survivability thanks to the high amount of protections it provides. Thanatos needs to be up and close to land his abilities or use your AAs, and without protections you will get focused down very hard as such Hide of the Urchin proves invaluable.
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Titan's Bane: Now that you have high base physical penetration thanks to Warrior Tabi and Jotunn's Wrath, you need percentage based penetration. Titan's Bane works very well with your other items and boosts your damage immensely, both in terms of abilities and AAs.
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Rage: By the time you get Rage you have transitioned from a physical caster into an auto-attacker. This item will increase your AA damage and overall increase your DPS late game by providing aditional attack speed and critical strike chance.
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Deathbringer: We mainly get this item as final boost to our late game damage. As I have said many times Thanatos relies on AAs late-game, and getting this item in conjunction with Rage will skyrocket your damage, as the passives of these 2 items synergiese perfectly.
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Always start at the side with the solo lane. Solo your own buff using Hand of the Gods while your allies do the mid camps. Then help the solo laner get blue buff and stay in the solo lane until about level 3-4. Move on to the side camps and rotate to the mid camps as soon as they spawn. After Hand of the Godsing the mid harpies. Thanatos has a hit chain of 1/1/1.5 with the last strike hitting in a small AOE. This helps your jungle clear, however there is a noticable delay after the AOE strike. To have the maximum jungling speed do your hit chain, and right as the last hit connects use your Soul Reap to get rid of the delay time.
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Overall, Thanatos is a very strong jungler. Despite his many problems, his strenghts vastly outweight his weaknesses. With his high early game ability damage, good late game auto attack and clean-up potential, and his versitile AOE silence Thanatos is easily one of the most powerful gods at the moment. Hopefully, my guide has given you some insight in playing or building him. Thanks for reading <3
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A bit more gameplay would be good, but overall you explain everything well enough, so an up vote from me.
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+1 for u
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Other than that, there is nothing I can really say. I'm no Thanatos expert, but it seems like everything is spot-on. The BBCoding is absolutely perfect, the skills seem fine. All I have to say is that your build could be a little bit more flexible. Some situationals such as magi's blessig, witch blade etc.
But this guide is just fantastic. Keep up the good work. +1