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Thanatos
Summary
Title: Hand of Death
Pantheon: Greek
Type: Melee,Physical
Class: Assassin
Pros: High Sustain
Difficulty: Average
Release date: September 18, 2013
Favor: (Free) 0
Gems: (Free) 0
Voicelines: Thanatos voicelines
Voice actor: Scott Freeman
Stats
Health: 390 (+75)
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: 14 (+2.9)
Magical: 23 (+1.3)
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:
  Doesn't reveal stealthed gods.
  If Thanatos casts an ability while below 4% or 8% of his current HP depending on the ability chosen, it will still consume Thanatos' HP however it cannot go below 1 HP.
  HP Restore (Gods): 15% of target's max HP   HP Restore (Minions): 7% of target's max HP
  Cooldown Reduction (Gods): 5s   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:
  Heals for 47.5/82.5/117.5/152.5/187.5 health when hitting non-god sources.
  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%
  Ability Type: Line, Slow, Damage   Range: 70
  Cost: 25/35/45/55/65 mana   Cooldown: 14/13.5/13/12.5/12 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:
  Gains 16/24/32/40/48% Movement Speed when moving towards targets below the execute threshold.
  Penetration: 5/10/15/20/25   Move Speed: 8/12/16/20/24%
  Bonus Speed (Low Health): 8/12/16/20/24%   Ability Type: Buff
  Cost: 20/25/30/35/40 mana   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:
  Its hitbox sweeps right to left in a cone in front of Thanatos.
  Damage: 100/150/200/250/300 (+70% of your Physical Power)   Silence Duration: 1s
  Ability Type: Cone, Silence, Damage   Range: 35
  Cost: 25/30/35/40/45 mana   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:
  The bonus Movement Speed buff is affected by Scent of Death's low health target boost.
  The execute from this ability also ignores shields, The Alternate Timeline, Kumbhakarna's and Persephone's passive abilities and Khepri's ultimate.
  Thanatos is immune from crowd control effects while using this ability.
  If there is no valid landing location, Thanatos will land at the closest valid point near the targeter.
  Damage: 110/145/180/215/250 (+80% of your Physical Power)   Kill HP Threshold: 24/28/32/36/40%
  Stun Duration: 1.5s   Bonus Move Speed: 150%
  Ability Type: Circle, Stun, Damage   Range/Radius: 55/15
  Cost: 40/50/60/70/80 mana   Cooldown: 110/105/100/95/90 seconds

Ability Video

Videos[]

God Reveal[]

Achievements[]

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


Trivia[]

General[]

  • Thanatos is Nyx's son and brother of Eris, Nemesis and Charon.
  • The actor who voiced Thanatos, Scott Freeman, also voiced Agni and Poolseidon/Coolseidon Poseidon.
  • One of Thanatos' jokes, ▶️"Don't look into the deadlights!" is a reference to the horror novel It by Stephen King.
  • One of Thanatos' death quotes, ▶️"Death is but a door, time is but a window, I'll be back...", is a reference to Vigo the Carpathian from the movie Ghostbusters II.
  • Thanatos, along with Achilles and Ao Kuang, are the only gods whose ultimate abilities execute gods under a health threshold.
  • Thanatos breaks the fourth wall in his victory pose. After disposing of two characters, he stares at the camera and then lunges at it in a rather comical jumpscare. Tapping on the screen, he makes a gesture to his wrist and then points to the player before his victory pose replays.

God Skins[]

  • Every Thanatos skin above Tier 2 changes his ultimate ability targeter.
  • Reaper Tech
  • Final 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.
  • Cosmic Executioner
  • Divine Retribution
  • Ruby Rose/Classic Ruby Rose
  • Mizkif
  • This skin is based on the Twitch streamer Mizkif.
  • Atraxa
  • Jack the Reaper
  • Grim Reaper
  • Cyber Scythe
  • Valkyrie's Rage
  • Thanatoast
  • This skin is based on an old community joke where people would misspell his name due to it sounding like Toast.
  • This skin shares its theme with Sunny Side Up Bacchus.
  • Winged Death
  • Draconic Devastator
  • Angel of Death
  • SWC Challenger
  • Archon
  • Demonic
  • Deathy 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 or 9500
Requirements
Voicelines Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information

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

Cosmic Executioner
Cosmic Executioner Skin card Release Date March 19, 2024
Type Cross-Gen
Cost 1200
Requirements
Voicelines Cosmic Executioner Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  This skin was part of the Immortal Honor event.

Divine Retribution
Divine Retribution Skin card Release Date September 3, 2024
Type Cross-Gen
Cost None
Requirements
Voicelines Divine Retribution Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  This skin could only be obtained as a final reward of the premium track from The Seraphim Cross-Gen Pass.

Obey
Obey Skin card Release Date May 9, 2017
Type Promotional
Cost 400 (Obey Bundle)
Requirements
Voicelines Final Boss Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
  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
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  This skin was earned as a final reward from the premium track in the RWBY Battle Pass.
  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
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  This skin was earned as a final reward from the prestige track in the RWBY Battle Pass.
  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 (Mizkif Bundle)
Requirements
Voicelines Mizkif Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the Mizkif bundle.

Atraxa
Atraxa Skin card Release Date January 24, 2023
Type Crossover
Cost 1500
Requirements
Voicelines Atraxa Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  This skin could only be obtained by as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.
  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 (Halloween Chest)
Requirements
Voicelines Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  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 (Halloween Chest)
Requirements
Voicelines Grim Reaper Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  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
Requirements
Voicelines Cyber Scythe Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  This skin was part of the Hera's Odyssey event.
  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 (Council of the Gods)
Requirements
Voicelines Valkyrie's Rage Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  This skin is part of the Council of the Gods event.
  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
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  This skin could only be obtained by achieving level 6 in the Odyssey Underworld event.
  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
Requirements
Voicelines Winged Death Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  This skin was part of the Odyssey: Reckoning event.
  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 (Odyssey: Perilous Seas Chest)
Requirements
Voicelines Draconic Devastator Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  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
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  This skin was earned as a final reward from the premium track in the Hellfire Syndicate Battle Pass.
  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
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  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
Requirements
Voicelines Intergalactic Harvester Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  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
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  This skin has an animated loading screen card.
  This skin changes appearance when Thanatos levels up to 5, 10 and 15.
  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
Requirements
Voicelines Demonic Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  This skin can only be obtained by reaching level 32 in the Season Ticket 2018 or direct purchase and is available in the Miraculous Chest.

Deathy Chibi
Deathy Chibi Skin card Release Date March 23, 2021
Type Unlimited
Cost 1920
Requirements
Voicelines Deathy Chibi Thanatos voicelines
In Game Model
Extra Information
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
  This skin could only be obtained by obtaining all the content from the Sand Dunes Chest of the Talons of Tyranny event, has been available for direct purchase since the event ended, and is available in the Miraculous Chest.

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

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

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

Changelog[]

SMITE Version 11.7.8071 (July 9, 2024)

  • Death Scythe
  • Decreased Damage from 100/170/240/310/380 to 95/165/235/305/375
  • Increased Cooldown from 12s at all ranks to 14/13.5/13/12.5/12s
  • Scent of Death
  • Decreased Penetration from 10/15/20/25/30 to 5/10/15/20/25

SMITE Version 11.3.7948.6 (April 2, 2024)

  • Scent of Death
  • Decreased Movement Speed and Bonus Movement Speed from 10/15/20/25/30% to 8/12/16/20/24%
  • Hovering Death
  • Increased Cooldown from 90s to 110/105/100/95/90s

SMITE Version 11.2.7915.6 (March 5, 2024)

  • Scent 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%
  • Harvester 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%
  • Death Scythe
  • Decreased Cooldown from 13s to 12s
  • Decreased Healing from 75% of damage dealt to 50%
  • Soul Reap
  • Decreased Cooldown from 15s to 14s
  • Hovering 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)

  • 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.
  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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.
  • 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)

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

SMITE Version 1.0.2135.1 (May 14, 2014)

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

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1988.3 (February 19, 2014)

  • 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)

  • Death Scythe
  • Recovery time reduced from 0.8 to 0.1.
  • 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.
  • Death Scythe
  • Post-Hit delay returned to 0.8 from 0.1.
  • Soul Reap
  • Post-Hit delay returned to 0.5 from 0.1.

SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1948 (January 29, 2014)

  • 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.
  • Soul Reap
  • Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.5 to 0.1.
  • 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)

  • 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)

  • Death Scythe
  • Increased healing on successful hit from 50% of damage dealt to 75%.
  • 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)

  • Harvester of Souls
  • Now correctly indicates that this also grants 5s Cooldown Reduction when delivering the killing blow to enemy gods.
  • 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)

  • Death Scythe
  • The health cost for using this ability has been reduced from 10% to 5%.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Death Scythe
  • Tooltip corrected to reflect that it deals dmg based on max hp instead of current hp.
  • 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.
  • Death Scythe
  • Tooltip corrected to reflect that it deals dmg based on max hp instead of current hp.
  • 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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