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Thanatos
SkinArt Thanatos Default
Summary
Title: Hand of Death
Pantheon: NewUI Pantheon Greek Greek
Type: Melee,Physical
Class: NewUI Class Assassin Assassin
Pros: High Sustain
Difficulty: Average
Release date: September 18, 2013
Favor: (Free) 0 Favor
Gems: (Free) 0 Gems
Voicelines: Thanatos voicelines
Voice actor: Scott Freeman
Stats
Health: 546 (+79)
Mana: 240 (+38)
Speed: 370 (+0)
Range: 12 (+0)
Attack/Sec: 1 (+1.7%)
Basic Attack
Damage: 39 (+ 2.3)
+ 100% of Physical Power
Progression: 1/.75/1.5x damage and swing time, hitting in an AoE on the final blow
Protection
Physical: 20 (+3.1)
Magical: 30 (+1.6)
Regen
HP5: 8 (+0.67)
MP5: 4.4 (+0.38)
*Numbers in parentheses are the amount gained at each level

"Reap souls and gain life force. The scent of death draws you to the next victim."

Thanatos is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

Lore[ | ]

Inevitably, all mortals must die. They cling to life with fevered desperation, for death is a cold unknown, filled with uncertainty and bleak, everlasting finality. Some accept fate with grace, others are dragged, kicking and screaming, though in truth, no mortal would go to Hades willingly. They are reaped by the nightmarish God of Death, whose grim visage strikes strange against the gleeful satisfaction he feels at performing his work. Thanatos is the very face of death.

Yet, to Thanatos, Mortals are easy prey. Their end is preordained, harvesting them but a game to pass the eons, but a God, a being beyond the mortal coil, now there is a creature Thanatos eyes with greedy longing. He despises the immortality other Gods covet. To him, it is a perversion and defiance of his very purpose.

But can a God truly die? As the Heavens clash and immortal blood spills on the Earth, Thanatos hungers to find out. War is but the preamble to death, a battlefield of souls rent from their bodies, listlessly waiting to be taken by the God of Death. A war between Gods, a war of this magnitude can mean only one thing. Thanatos is about to be very, very busy.

Abilities[ | ]

Passive - Harvester of Souls
Enemy gods within his ultimate's execute Health threshold are revealed to Thanatos. Dealing the killing blow to enemies also empowers Thanatos, healing him based on the max HP of his target and reducing his active cooldowns. Additionally, all of Thanatos' abilities cost Health and Mana to use. Notes:
 Bullet Doesn't reveal stealthed gods.
 Bullet If Thanatos casts an ability while below 4 or 8% of his current hp depending of the ability chosen, the cost will not kill him.
 Bullet HP Restore (Gods): 15% of target's max HP  Bullet HP Restore (Minions): 7% of target's max HP
 Bullet Cooldown Reduction (Gods): 5s  Bullet Ability Type: Buff

Ability Video

1st Ability - Death Scythe
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. Notes:
 Bullet Heals for 50/85/120/155/190 health when hitting non-god sources.
 Bullet Damage: 100/170/240/310/380 (+60% of your Physical Power)  Bullet Bonus Damage (Gods): 10% of max HP
 Bullet Healing: 50% of damage dealt  Bullet Slow: 20%
 Bullet Ability Type: Line, Slow, Damage  Bullet Range: 70
 Bullet Cost: 25/35/45/55/65 mana  Bullet Cooldown: 12 seconds

Ability Video

2nd Ability - Scent of Death
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. Notes:
 Bullet Gains 20/30/40/50/60% Movement Speed when moving towards targets below the execute threshold.
 Bullet Penetration: 10/15/20/25/30  Bullet Move Speed: 10/15/20/25/30%
 Bullet Bonus Speed (Low Health): 10/15/20/25/30%  Bullet Ability Type: Buff
 Bullet Cost: 20/25/30/35/40 mana  Bullet Cooldown: 13 seconds

Ability Video

3rd Ability - Soul Reap
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. Notes:
 Bullet Its hitbox sweeps right to left in a cone in front of Thanatos.
 Bullet Damage: 100/150/200/250/300 (+70% of your Physical Power)  Bullet Silence Duration: 1s
 Bullet Ability Type: Cone, Silence, Damage  Bullet Range: 35
 Bullet Cost: 25/30/35/40/45 mana  Bullet Cooldown: 14 seconds

Ability Video

Ultimate - Hovering Death
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. Notes:
 Bullet The bonus Movement Speed buff is affected by Scent of Death's low health target boost.
 Bullet The execute from this ability also ignores shields, Starter TheAlternateTimeline T2 The Alternate Timeline, Kumbhakarna's and Persephone's passive abilities and Khepri's ultimate.
 Bullet Thanatos is immune from crowd control effects while using this ability.
 Bullet If there is no valid landing location, Thanatos will land at the closest valid point near the targeter.
 Bullet Damage: 110/145/180/215/250 (+80% of your Physical Power)  Bullet Kill HP Threshold: 24/28/32/36/40%
 Bullet Stun Duration: 1.5s  Bullet Bonus Move Speed: 150%
 Bullet Ability Type: Circle, Stun, Damage  Bullet Range/Radius: 55/15
 Bullet Cost: 40/50/60/70/80 mana  Bullet Cooldown: 90 seconds

Ability Video

Videos[ | ]

God Reveal[ | ]

Achievements[ | ]

Achievement Combat Thanatos ReaperofSouls
Reaper of Souls
As Thanatos silence fifteen enemies out of their abilities.
Achievement Combat Thanatos DeathFromAbove
Wrecking Ball
As Thanatos execute three or more enemies in a single match using Hovering Death.


Trivia[ | ]

General[ | ]

God Skins[ | ]

  • Every Thanatos skin above Tier 2 changes his ultimate ability targeter.
  • T Thanatos Mech IconReaper Tech
  • T Thanatos DarkAngel IconFinal Boss
  • This skin takes inspiration on the character Sephiroth from the game Final Fantasy VII.
  • There was a teaser for this skin was drawn by community artist Karulox, made to resemble Yoshitaka Amano's work.
  • T Thanatos T3Rose Icon T Thanatos T2Rose IconRuby Rose/Classic Ruby Rose
  • T Thanatos Mizkif IconMizkif
  • This skin is based on the Twitch streamer Mizkif.
  • T Thanatos Atraxa IconAtraxa
  • T Thanatos JacktheReaperJack the Reaper
  • T Thanatos GrimReaper IconGrim Reaper
  • T Thanatos CyberScythe IconCyber Scythe
  • T Thanatos ValkyriesRage IconValkyrie's Rage
  • T Thanatos Thanatoast IconThanatoast
  • T Thanatos WingedDeath IconWinged Death
  • T Thanatos DraconicDevastator IconDraconic Devastator
  • T Thanatos AngelofDeath IconAngel of Death
  • T Thanatos SWC Challenger IconSWC Challenger
  • T Thanatos Archon IconArchon
  • T Thanatos DemonicRecolor IconDemonic
  • T Thanatos DeathyChibi IconDeathy Chibi

Skins[ | ]

Default
Default Skin card Release Date September 18, 2013
Type Standard
Cost Free
Requirements
Voicelines Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information

Soul Harvester
Soul Harvester Skin card Release Date September 18, 2013
Type Standard
Cost 100 Gems or 9500 Favor
Requirements
Voicelines Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information

Reaper Tech
Reaper Tech Skin card Release Date March 1, 2016
Type Standard
Cost 400 Gems
Requirements
Voicelines Reaper Tech Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Final Boss
Final Boss Skin card Release Date March 1, 2017
Type Standard
Cost 400 Gems
Requirements
Voicelines Final Boss Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Obey
Obey Skin card Release Date May 9, 2017
Type Promotional
Cost 400 Gems (Obey Bundle)
Requirements
Voicelines Final Boss Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.

Ruby Rose
Ruby Rose Skin card Release Date November 12, 2019
Type Crossover
Cost None
Requirements
Voicelines Ruby Rose Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin was earned as a final reward from the premium track in the RWBY Battle Pass.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Classic Ruby Rose
Classic Ruby Rose Skin card Release Date November 12, 2019
Type Crossover
Cost None
Requirements
Voicelines Ruby Rose Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin was earned as a final reward from the prestige track in the RWBY Battle Pass.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Mizkif
Mizkif Skin card Release Date June 14, 2022
Type Crossover
Cost 1500 Gems (Mizkif Bundle)
Requirements
Voicelines Mizkif Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the Mizkif bundle.

Atraxa
Atraxa Skin card Release Date January 24, 2023
Type Crossover
Cost 1500 Gems
Requirements
Voicelines Atraxa Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin could only be obtained by as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.
 Bullet This skin was part of the Magic: The Gathering Event.

Jack the Reaper
Jack the Reaper Skin card Release Date October 16, 2013
Type Exclusive
Cost 400 Gems (Halloween Chest)
Requirements
Voicelines Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Grim Reaper
Grim Reaper Skin card Release Date October 10, 2017
Type Exclusive
Cost 400 Gems (Halloween Chest)
Requirements
Voicelines Grim Reaper Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Cyber Scythe
Cyber Scythe Skin card Release Date September 17, 2018
Type Exclusive
Cost 600 Gems
Requirements
Voicelines Cyber Scythe Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin was part of the Hera's Odyssey event.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Valkyrie's Rage
Valkyrie's Rage Skin card Release Date April 9,2019
Type Exclusive
Cost 750 Gems (Council of the Gods)
Requirements
Voicelines Valkyrie's Rage Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin is part of the Council of the Gods event.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Thanatoast
Thanatoast Skin card Release Date September 17, 2019
Type Exclusive
Cost None
Requirements
Voicelines Thanatoast voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin could only be obtained by achieving level 6 in the Odyssey Underworld event.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Winged Death
Winged Death Skin card Release Date September 8, 2020
Type Exclusive
Cost 750 Gems
Requirements
Voicelines Winged Death Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin was part of the Odyssey: Reckoning event.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Draconic Devastator
Draconic Devastator Skin card Release Date August 24, 2021
Type Exclusive
Cost 200 Gems (Odyssey: Perilous Seas Chest)
Requirements
Voicelines Draconic Devastator Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

Angel of Death
Angel of Death Skin card Release Date January 25, 2022
Type Exclusive
Cost None
Requirements
Voicelines Angel of Death Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin was earned as a final reward from the premium track in the Hellfire Syndicate Battle Pass.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

SWC Challenger
SWC Challenger Skin card Release Date December 13, 2022
Type Exclusive
Cost None
Requirements
Voicelines Final Boss Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin could only be obtained from the SWC Twitch Drop.

Intergalactic Harvester
Intergalactic Harvester Skin card Release Date November 14, 2023
Type Exclusive
Cost 1500 Gems
Requirements
Voicelines Intergalactic Harvester Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin was part of the ColorForge: Worlds Collide event.

Archon
Archon Skin card Release Date December 17, 2014
Type Limited
Cost None
Requirements
Voicelines Archon Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin has an animated loading screen card.
 Bullet This skin changes appearance when Thanatos levels up to 5, 10 and 15.
 Bullet This skin could only be obtained by unlocking all the items from the Odyssey 2015 before January 9, 2015.

Demonic
Demonic Skin card Release Date January 30, 2018
Type Unlimited
Cost 8000 Gems
Requirements
Voicelines Demonic Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin can only be obtained by reaching level 32 in the Season Ticket 2018.

Deathy Chibi
Deathy Chibi Skin card Release Date March 23, 2021
Type Unlimited
Cost 1920 Gems
Requirements
Voicelines Deathy Chibi Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
 Bullet This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
 Bullet This skin could only be obtained by obtaining all the content from the Sand Dunes Chest of the Talons of Tyranny event or via. direct purchase after the event ends.

Golden
Golden Skin card Release Date December 5, 2013
Type Standard
Cost 200 Gems or 9500 Favor
Requirements God Rank 1
Voicelines [[]]
In Game Model
Extra Information

Legendary
Legendary Skin card Release Date December 5, 2013
Type Standard
Cost 300 Gems or 12500 Favor
Requirements God Rank 5
Voicelines [[]]
In Game Model
Extra Information

Diamond
Diamond Skin card Release Date August 19, 2014
Type Standard
Cost 400 Gems or 15000 Favor
Requirements God Rank 10
Voicelines [[]]
In Game Model
Extra Information

Changelog[ | ]

SMITE Version 11.2.7915.6 (March 5, 2024)

  • Icons Thanatos A02Scent of Death
  • Decreased Penetration from 15/20/25/30/35 to 10/15/20/25/30

SMITE Version 10.3.7494.12 (March 28, 2023)

  • General
  • Decreased Health cost from abilities from 5% to 4%
  • Ulti – 10% to 8%
  • Icons Thanatos PassiveHarvester of Souls
  • Decreased HP Restore (Gods) from 20% of target’s max HP to 15%
  • Decreased HP Restore (Minions) from 10% of target’s max HP to 7%
  • Icons Thanatos A01Death Scythe
  • Decreased Cooldown from 13s to 12s
  • Decreased Healing from 75% of damage dealt to 50%
  • Icons Thanatos A03Soul Reap
  • Decreased Cooldown from 15s to 14s
  • Icons Thanatos A04Hovering Death
  • Increased base Damage from from 90/125/160/195/230 to 110/145/180/215/250
  • Increased Stun Duration from 1s to 1.5s

SMITE Version 6.12.5745.1 (November 12, 2019)

  • Icons Thanatos A04 Hovering Death
  • Fixed an issue where Thanatos was not properly executing Kumbhakarna and Persephone through their passive abilities.

SMITE Version 5.9.4788.8 (June 1, 2018)

  • General
  • Fixed a few crash issues with this god.

SMITE Version 5.7.4730 (April 24, 2018)

  • General
  • Fixed an issue where Thanatos could get into a state where he can't attack Jungle Camps.

SMITE Version 3.20.3702.3 (October 25, 2016)

  • General
  • Abilities now cost % of current Health, not % of total Health.
  • Icons Thanatos A03 Soul Reap
  • Adjusted Silence duration from .5/.75/1/1.25/1.5s → 1s at all ranks.

SMITE Version 3.11.3462 (June 21, 2016)

  • Icons Thanatos A03 Soul Reap
  • Scaling increased from 60% → 70%.

SMITE Version 3.4.3299 (March 15, 2016)

  • General
  • Increased base physical protection from 11 → 14.
  • Increased base attack power from 37 → 39.

SMITE Version 2.7.2766 (June 2, 2015)

  • Icons Thanatos Passive Harvester of Souls
  • Fixed an issue where the heal was granted for the previously killed target instead of the last.

SMITE Version 2.4.2684.1 (April 15, 2015)

  • Icons Thanatos A04 Hovering Death
  • Added timer on the ground targeter indicating when the ability will expire and Thanatos will be forced to land.

SMITE Version 2.2.2636 (March 18, 2015)

  • General
  • Fixed description cutoff at Progression.

SMITE Version 2.0.2574 (February 2, 2015)

  • General
  • Fixed an issue where Thanatos’ passive was not granting minimap vision on the new Conquest.

SMITE Version 1.0.2529.2 (January 14, 2015)

  • link Scent of Death
  • Fixed the bonus speed not applying when facing an executable target.
  • Icons Thanatos A04 Hovering Death
  • Fixed the default skin playing Archon voice over on execution.
  • Fixed basic attack animations not properly syncing after landing.

SMITE Version 1.0.2247 (August 5, 2014)

  • Icons Thanatos A04 Hovering Death
  • Changed “pounce” to “dive” in his tooltip. Boom.

SMITE Version 1.0.2135.1 (May 14, 2014)

  • Icons Thanatos A04 'Hovering Death
  • Fixed an issue with getting stuck after firing Aegis before ascending.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1988.3 (February 19, 2014)

  • Icons Thanatos A04 Hovering Death
  • Increased casting time from 1.2 to 1.5s.
  • Fixed an issue where Thanatos did not ignore slows while flying.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1968 (February 6, 2014)

  • Icons Thanatos A01 Death Scythe
  • Recovery time reduced from 0.8 to 0.1.
  • Icons Thanatos A03 Soul Reap
  • Recovery time reduced from 0.5 to 0.1.
  • Cast time increased from 0.4 to 0.6. (original timing)
  • Damage scaling reduced from 80% to 60%.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1949 (January 31, 2014)

  • General
  • Temporarily reverted the last patch’s post-hit delay reduction. In a future patch, we will re-instate the post-hit delay but were working on new pre-hit delay animations to better balance out his timings.
  • Icons Thanatos A01 Death Scythe
  • Post-Hit delay returned to 0.8 from 0.1.
  • Icons Thanatos A03 Soul Reap
  • Post-Hit delay returned to 0.5 from 0.1.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1948 (January 29, 2014)

  • Icons Thanatos A01 Death Scythe
  • Reduced the width of the ground targeter to better match that of the projectile.
  • Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.8 to 0.1.
  • Icons Thanatos A03 Soul Reap
  • Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.5 to 0.1.
  • Icons Thanatos A04 Hovering Death
  • Fixed an issue where gods could sometimes survive the instant kill with enough damage reduction %.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1918.2 (January 8, 2014)

  • Icons Thanatos A01 Death Scythe
  • Angled the preview mesh in the targeter fx for the standard and Jack the Ripper skins to match that of the projectile.
  • Minor projectile fx cleanups.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1868.3 (December 5, 2013)

  • Icons Thanatos A01 Death Scythe
  • Increased healing on successful hit from 50% of damage dealt to 75%.
  • Icons Thanatos A04 Hovering Death
  • Bonus move speed while flying increased from 100% to 150%.
  • Fixed an issue with his landing animation playing twice.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1850 (November 20, 2013)

  • Icons Thanatos Passive Harvester of Souls
  • Now correctly indicates that this also grants 5s Cooldown Reduction when delivering the killing blow to enemy gods.
  • Icons Thanatos A01 Death Scythe
  • Adjusted the projectile FX to better fit the collision radius of the projectile.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1838.1 (November 13, 2013)

  • General
  • Fixed an issue where his basic attack progression animations could sometimes get out of sync with the hits

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1774 (October 9, 2013)

  • Icons Thanatos A01 Death Scythe
  • The health cost for using this ability has been reduced from 10% to 5%.
  • Icons Thanatos A04 Hovering Death
  • The health cost for using this ability has been reduced from 15% to 10%

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1764.2 (October 2, 2013)

  • linkl= Soul Reap
  • The amount of time between firing this ability and the damage occurring has been reduced from 0.6s to 0.4s.
  • Icons Thanatos A04 Hovering Death
  • The amount of time between firing this ability and flying into the air has been reduced from 1.5s to 1.2s.
  • Thanatos can now see through the fog of war when he is flying during his ultimate.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1740 (September 25, 2013)

  • General
  • Fixed an issue in which Thanatos could go invisible.
  • Fixed an issue in which the heartbeat sound could persist after a player restores his health.
  • Icons Thanatos A01 Death Scythe
  • Tooltip corrected to reflect that it deals dmg based on max hp instead of current hp.
  • Icons Thanatos A04 Hovering Death
  • Fixed an issue in which Thanatos could get stuck in his ultimate.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1739.1 (September 19, 2013)

  • General
  • Fixed an issue in which Thanatos could go invisible.
  • Fixed an issue in which the heartbeat sound could persist after a player restores his health.
  • Icons Thanatos A01 Death Scythe
  • Tooltip corrected to reflect that it deals dmg based on max hp instead of current hp.
  • Icons Thanatos A04 Hovering Death
  • Fixed an issue in which Thanatos could get stuck in his ultimate.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1738 (September 18, 2013)

  • Thanatos has been added to the game.


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