SMITE: Whatever happened to Thanatos

[@timebandit5183]

Thanatos died when susano came out because why play a skill shot god when you can slam your Forehead on the key board and kill 5 people

[@RyomaE28]

TimeBandit If you think that Susano doesn't take skill with his aa cancels then you haven't ever played him.

[@timebandit5183]

Alzio28 you don't need then unless you try to 100-0 some one with defense and even then you can just spam his kit with max CDR til they die

[@RyomaE28]

TimeBandit First of All Susano is a hard counter to Thana so in that matchup Thana is likely to lose and if you have a bit of defence Susano can't 100-0 you unless you don't know how to counter him. He is a high mobility squishy assassin who is A/A+ tier at max. This is coming from a Thana main with 1.2k worshippers and 1.2k kills

[@Cat-ok2wi]

pfft got 3k worshippers ons susano and i can tell that he requires no skill

[@RyomaE28]

M00NxM00N Although I do agree that Susano takes more skill than the people here think so You are wrong abt Thana. He's steadily improving since season 2 and you wld have to be blind not to recognise that he is a top pick/ban since worlds. As for the skill it takes to play thana the difference between a good and bad thana lies between his 1 hit rate and experienced thana players intitiate with the ult instead of being an execute bot all the time

[@polarbear6945]

His ult also makes a lot of sense, reapers are supposed to only kill those who are near-death

[@Inters3ct]

I'd argue regrowth is just as good as it was in s3 for him. The health is generally better early on as it works against the mid laners as well as junglers/ adcs / solos etc. And 20% CDR is huge for him. More executes, more 1/2 health scythes, more kills. The loss of power wasn't all too important. Considering his base damages, 10% CDR is generally more effective than 30 power for him early on. A bit of extra MS and some HP5 for even more sustain, sign me up.

[@cjday573]

Life as a thanatos main just gets more complicated as the days go on 😔

[@thewatcher6640]

chris day amen

[@shamma1354]

Any other Thana mains out there?

[@kingnatefriendsmobilegamin4949]

Sam Hormell me

[@masterjukes6873]

Here, fell in love with Thanatos since I got his Archon Skin during the first odyssey :D

[@nyx-._730]

here

[@itjazzy939]

Yepppppp

[@Hysterical331]

Double diamond Thanatos, REPRESENT!

[@ameene]

really really good video man, gives you more chances to change Thanatos

[@Rampage1Rules]

I swear I haven't seen the Thanatos in the gameplay hit 1 deathsythe

[@zachmondial2172]

Rampage1Rules all these norm or thanati that only play him br cause they saw it in the spl are trash

[@simply_marko]

1:25

[@CrimsonVexiduos]

your videos have helped me so much with building and gameplay with your advice please keep up the awesome videos.

[@FortunePayback]

I was actually asking myself this the other day. He's one of those gods that definitely underwent so many changes, patches and non. He's very versatile in terms of the way he can be played and built, which is nice, but he still of course has holes. Since season 4 hit, I notice I don't see him as much as before. I myself have actually started playing him a little bit recently and don't really like him compared to others. Also, say "dirty bubble" 5 times fast. Dirty bubble is the best bubble. Bring it back!

[@FlattyMchesterson]

Thank you very much ^^ Really appreciated the info you provided

[@gfszk3281]

The Video i was waiting for like a month :D

[@icze2251]

Clear video, thanks Duke

[@DukeSloth]

Quick reminder that the "Whatever happened to..." series has never been only for strong gods that got weaker, but also weak gods that got stronger. Just so you don't post something stupid ;)

[@TheGodNC]

Is skadi a contender?

[@johnmcgeeiii3472]

CalebOnThe 33 u mean kaldr

[@xiii0722]

You could make one for Ah Puch, Rajin, Sol, Fafnir or Erlang Shen, but what would me interest me personally is: Was Zhong Kui ever strong/ in Meta ?

[@EpicEdaga108]

DukeSloth come on I main thana just hit X now people are gonna be used to seeing him and people will know how to counter him 😭

[@FidelCattto]

To my knowledge the teams that picked thana were fairly weak teams vsing exceptionally good teams which could explain his losses

[@DIsturbios1234]

What happened to hades?

[@TheHornedKing]

Wtf are you talking about? Hades I awesome.

[@tudorciubotaru3497]

fapnir bruh You clearly have no idea what are you talking about.Hades is still in a pretty good position.

[@KatelynSparks]

he needs alot of combos with other gods to be effective, if a player has a lot of skill, like with any other god, he is strong.

[@thewatcher6640]

DIsturbios1234 I walk through teams early and mid for hades, late game I still urt but can't 2 shot people

[@Spartiano_97]

Thana was the first god I ever bought and my first dimond. I remember playing him in arena with bloodforge and crit and being a complete monster late game and I got my first penta with him in the added round back in the underworld version of arena. (the fact that I was new to the game and playing against new players prob helped me out a lot). Still love playing him either tanky or as a burst assassin with a sick execute

[@aidanstawasz4731]

So I just got back to playing Smite a few weeks ago after not playing since May 2016. I'm mostly adjusted to the new meta and gods but I'm getting the same feeling I got when I stopped before. I just don't seem to be improving and I feel I'm just not that good in general. It's kind of hard to learn when everyone in any form of ranked play gets toxic and flames team mates instead of trying to guide them in the right direction and correct their gameplay. An idea for a new series could be for people like me to send in clips of them playing and you could review them and point out what they did wrong and how to correct it. Anyway thanks for the vids, been watching since S2. Thanks if you reply and sorry for the long post.

[@thestackedgamer8746]

Sir Zippington you gotta find friends in the community or recruit already made friends to play smite with and whenever you play you can team up and you begin to all get good together and know eachothers playstyles

[@thestackedgamer8746]

Sir Zippington i always play with atleast 3-5 man parties consistently. It helps

[@yordanpetrov2904]

I'm a veteran at smite, over 4 years now. I play with a streamer named Mr. Foxy. Check him out on twitch. We usually do ranked conquest so you'll get the hang of it and I main jungle. It's not that hard to play well, trust me.

[@whyisgamora4191]

I feel you, and they say the LoL community is toxic.. The Smite community is so god damn toxic. Even in ARENA !!!

[@somebodyonce2186]

+Abby Slug they say LoL community is toxic, coz it is :P Ive seen many toxic people in smite too, coz afterall, it's a competetive game, but when I went to play lol, there were toxic people literally EVERYWHERE. Not isnulting the LoL players, coz there are good and friendly players too, but the % is much higher

[@JustinBeiberRocksFTW]

Thanatos is still alive and kicking my ass day in and day out. I've been seeing a lot more Thoth, Nox, and Thanatos X_X

[@RIMEEEE]

Tank Thana build in late s3 was barely ever used,he was built heavy burst with hydras,regrowth,bloodforge being core.

[@reallyneedanewname5350]

Thana will always have a place in my heart. Absolute favorite god.

[@taquitolayton68]

Remember latam's Thana Solo, he is my hero,,, helped thana be popular again

[@vermiculusnova1647]

I'm surprised you didn't cover the potential of a crit-build on Thana It's been pretty popular on casual games lately with his 2 giving him base pen and his attack chain being strong

[@SlayerOfTheDamned]

I see him making comebacks now

[@SimoSimo-mt5dm]

0:44 Remember, after going in with the ult always death scyte first especially when you don't have full hp

[@tomsandstrom338]

I don't know why I am watching this, I don't even play smile and I have a test tomorrow

[@tacotimmer8288]

lol

[@trebledogs9960]

i don't get it how do you build thanatos in s4 now?

[@juanfransalgado3111]

TrebleDogs it depends on the meta , I suggest to build at the beginning death toll and bumbas you should try to make what you like and try to build for the situation but items for thana is strong to have hearthseeker or shield of regrow but you should build what you like

[@elagger]

Basically Cooldown and power w/ prot.

[@blake4770]

Heartseeker then win

[@michaelgutierrez7362]

Idk if my build is the best but I go for warrior tabi, hydras , brawlers or wrath for pen , after that I go curt and shield lol , it works really well for me but again it might not work for others

[@bhellzeboss7541]

Michael Gutierrez i go for warrior, hydras, heartseeker, shild of reg, titans bane and spirit robe ( or another power item if needed) the hardest part of thanatos build is not overcapping flat pen, or pen on squishy. remember thet nost god go around 50/60 protection end game, so you need around 40 pen (plus tb ) to do full damage. well, i simply dont like to overcap, but some dont relay on his two and prefere more pen so. your choise

[@Juicylemons1212]

Can we just talk about this boss team play in the video? Good video, I was wondering why Thanatos came back to ranked so hard all of a sudden. I main the rat so he definitely can be problematic if I am not careful.

[@Elkaade]

i've seen people early s3 using the same tactic vs tanks..not to say that spl ppl came up with it, its just that they made it clear to the majority of smite players that that can be done. but anyone with the least clue would figure that out lol he has high damage on abilities with pen on his mov speed ability, he can basic and ability down squishies, so where would you use your ult? to escape, or to kill opponents that can be brought low but cant really easily be killed, hence tanks. what i would say, what people didnt realize is how quickly he can get towards threshold targets in his ult/2. that really makes him a whole dif level of a god, if used well.

[@iDannny]

Love this series :D

[@jokebyLASSE]

+DukeSloth Do you mind making a video about Swift Wing? Especially about picking it up not as the first item, but maybe after boots.

[@joefoe3579]

Pssst Duke, there's a typo in your title. Also, dirty bubble is the best bubble.

[@worstthanyeu5270]

No matter how much thanatos is nerfed or hated i main him in smite until death

[@GabrieleTheMaster123]

How do you move with your skills being on A W R and space?

[@vdoctorv7059]

hey dukesloth you think you can do whatever happened to items from past seasons series.

[@fabym9694]

hey plz make a video about when to retreat. i often think im gonna survive but i still die. example: playing thanatos and i am low health. see a targeted god and try to execute him even tho i am low health. he aegis at last second and the ult team focus me down. or try execute a god they dash/jump at the last second i am out of position and thana have no escape ;)

[@molestotheclown987]

You answered your own question

[@ItsThatRayGuy]

Could you do a what happened to Sylvanus v2 since he has gotten super popular

[@leom3974]

Thanatos is of the board for 2 minutes and everyone is like where is he let the god rest he's got souls to reap constantly

[@ohnono]

SPL players came up with killing tanks as Thanatos? Lol.

[@theenergystation1295]

Klaas Verhoeven Spl players also obviously came up with the idea of running toast as a bruiser. I totally haven't been running that shit for the entirety of season 3 and 4. Look mate, as much credit as they get, spl players aren't the brightest of individuals, and it can take a long time for them to catch on to some pretty obvious shit. Just because they get paid doesn't make them better. I reckon a grandmaster duel player would hand there ass back to them with relative ease.

[@ihoundsmite]

SPL in Asia have been doing this forever.

[@ohnono]

... I was being sarcastic. as in; lol that duke says SPL players came up with killing tanks as Thanatos.

[@butone7919]

I build thana with warrior tabi > Hydras > Jotunns > Heartseeker > Urchin> Titans bane. And I am able to ult in to a full health god, basic attack him to proc hydras and stack heartseeker, my 1 then basic attack then my 3 and basic attack, if he/she is not dead then I can easily chase him/her down with my 2. And this combo can 100% to 0% any god that is not tanky, such as assasin, adc, mage. Their only salvation from this combo is to buy aegis early and pop it after the stun from my ult ends but that will still bring them to less than half health so I can still chase them down.

[@ToxicCalvin]

Dirty bubble is best bubble,Dukesloth could gladiators shield be a viable pick up on than?

[@ProLeopardx1]

DukeSloth you need to work on that 1 aim lmaoo Informative and generally good video though.

[@modernwarhero8447]

Just dunked some of that Thanatos knowledge...... U should do more of the 3 min god guides

[@evild6208]

Is susanoo good again? i quit smite a while ago because i got bored but i recently came back, could you do a guide of how to play him now?

[@Grey14]

Thanatos is lifffeeee, but god damnit Hi Rez could do so many good skins for him yet I don't get why they don't!

[@Ak-ce5wi]

Whatever happened to smite updates?

[@SlayerFatality]

Thanatos is a beast, fight me.

[@danielmartinez3994]

So Thana essentially became Smite's Ekko? I've been out for way too long

[@nicom.114]

Thanatos is so strong in casuals. His zoom zoom potential is crazy you can disengage or chase at will. No matter how you build him he chunks people and isn't impossibly hard to play (what god in Smite really is tho?)

[@Kotoy1]

Nico M. with any god you can do things most people dont know how to do or consider them hard to do. bouth susano and loki are very easy to play but not everyone knows how to utilize their kits to the max or how to aa reset/cancel for example

[@rileyberget6704]

God I fucking love you YOU GIVE ME ALL I NEED FOR SMITE NO JOKE

[@suseman1]

Do a "Whatever happened to Kuzenbo"

[@Ol_White_Fatalis]

Kuzenbo? What??

[@ChanceBolt21]

All my ranked games result in Than being banned for a good reason. He's OP as fuck. You get him to 25% health and he just gets it all back before you can blink. If that doesn't work he just ults away like the bitch he is. I honestly don't know how you find him weaker than other assassins...

[@RATHORAGE]

It really depends on who he's facing, who's backing him up and how you approach him. Like Duke said, avoid early aggression and he'll fall off hard if you avoid giving him kills, as his wave clear is lackluster. Though, a fed Thani is more or less immortal if building defensively,

[@BigSleepyJoeCooking]

I like playing thana because his sustain is insane

[@edwinramirez1019]

No mention of Variety's triple in spl? this video has failed me.

[@powerforth8400]

That's one unique keybinding set you have there.. What are your directional keys? lol

[@powerforth8400]

E,S,D,F with V/G being jump? Actually feels solid.

[@zer0darkthirty-23muhfuckas5]

does anyone know why Hi-Rez hates Sylvanus

[@adrianr8527]

Ethan Tracey Sylvanus sucks , easily killed and countered. btw all the other healers, heal more than him

[@adrianr8527]

MetalHammer ares gives more protections lol .

[@adrianr8527]

MetalHammer he's so slow, and easily killed. Sobek and Terra are much better

[@adrianr8527]

ShuckleDoesGaming you must be silver league

[@adrianr8527]

ShuckleDoesGaming wot in tarnation

[@charliechapman7156]

I think that the issue with thanatos isn't that he's op, but that he punishes people for frontlining and building tanky. 40% health is super easy to get to late game when hunters are critting left and right and mages have giant burst ults. From the perspective of a support/solo laner, thanatos is bs.

[@RupturesV1]

Still hasn't changed title

[@august-5085]

hey duke, what the hell's the point of jumps? is it just aesthetic?

[@Amadon39]

Spacebar jumps? Purely for fun, and don't affect gameplay- Hi-Rez removes everything they can that's related to jumps affecting gameplay, because they want it to be purely cosmetic. For example, you used to be able to jump over Janus portals if you were going fast enough, but then Hi-Rez figured that out and patched it out. You can/could jump out of the fountain as Jing Wei to avoid the passive activating.

[@nightl0ck954]

still can use it to stop jing passive

[@barley9864]

Richard Nava Jumping can also keep you from using abilities for a very brief period, as well as affecting your juking by reducing your control while you are in the air. No tactical advantages, other than to bait or taunt, but some disadvantages albeit very small ones.

[@mysterioso2006]

As someone who started playing SMITE towards the end of S2, it still boggles my mind that he was played at Worlds. He was a laughing stock for so long!

[@henriquesousa3022]

The Starter + Bumba's Mask is viable on Supports?

[@imadudeplayingadudedisguis5842]

Henrique Sousa yes

[@henriquesousa3022]

You rotate almost the entire game, And help with every camp almost

[@imadudeplayingadudedisguis5842]

Insane you have to clear camps at lvl one with adc, if you dont want to miss out on minions in lane, bumba's is needed. Also, the extra health makes you that much tankier

[@amjidhussain8310]

Hey duke why don't you make a series on this "What happend to...." sounds pretty cool

[@amjidhussain8310]

o rip

[@alvaroverdualbert7836]

What happened to Ao Kuang?

[@alvaroverdualbert7836]

Insane does he have the worst early game?

[@vicekinsley5]

I found a Herk build that too OP from "Leon Watson"

[@TheHornedKing]

Whait what? Thanatos is good now? I haven't noticed anything different since the season started.

[@hoteltrivago.3034]

What happened? They added Camazotz. Dirty Bubble is best Bubble

[@travistouchdown6878]

Thanatos is and was always good. The community just keeps forgetting about it for no reason and needs stupid named builds and pros to remind them every now and then.

[@juleixifernandez5608]

I want play him again if he dose

[@juleixifernandez5608]

They don't need to nerf him

[@DjinnDagger]

For the last time, shield of regrowth does not go well with any assassin

[@megalonyx8823]

You misspelled "happened" in your title. Just wanted to let you know

[@joeln3415]

what do you mean Thanatos is the top jungle right now

[@jedrzejwasowicz4892]

Dirty bubble is the best bubble.

[@RupturesV1]

YO DUKE. change from happend to happened

[@Ol_White_Fatalis]

I remember when people said things like ``Thanatos is shit, he needs a rework blah blah blah´´... how funny. Thanatos has always been good but so situational and with a high skill cap, now he is basically the top jungler with the passive buff a few months ago+ shield of regrowth+ jungle got hp boosted, and we all know how easy Thana clears and how strong he is early-mid, and still great lategame. I always liked him, and i don´t feel like he needs any direct nerfs to his kit, instead balance regrowth a bit, also heartseeker. If they nerf Thana directly, i think that might be too much for him. And sry if my English is bad, I´m spanish.

[@FidelCattto]

The only problem with thana is he always tended to fall off really hard late game at least if you got behind

[@Ol_White_Fatalis]

Just hit 1 which is one of the easiest skills to juke in the entire game, and his late game still great cause he has 40% hp execute, the 1 lategame is 40% hp of an squishy target, even more with heartseeker, and he has A LOT of movement speed mid to lategame, not saying if he can kill somebody he resets his cooldowns, go kill another squishy at 700 speed, reset cds, and that´s it! Believe it or not, Thana is hard cause anybody with a bit of brain knows if Thana fails his 1, he is an easy target. What makes him so strong right now is the early jungle clear and fights, where he excels so much, and his ridiculous mov with regrowth

[@Ol_White_Fatalis]

0 arguments yet xD

[@mikepliek]

try this build on thana bumba's and deathtoll rush masamune then boots, stone cutting sword, hasted katana souleater, any item(executionor, bloodforge, hydra)

[@zacharywotawa9738]

mikepliek you shouldn't build lifesteal on thana. That's all I have to say about your build

[@Redknight-g1z]

R. I. P thanatos

[@marcandruu]

Is ao kuang still a top ban? Because either people are stupid or theres more gods who are a threat.

[@delavil8035]

3456Terminator it depends since now more gods are a greater threat than ao at the moment

[@NPDGX]

3456Terminator Ao Kuang really struggles in this meta because of its early game focus. If Ao makes it to late game, he is the same threat that he has always been, but since his early game is poop, he has a harder time making it to that point.

[@TheReZisTLust]

bubble buddy is the bubble tyvm

[@H2KUR3N]

this full outro xD

[@robincastillo1634]

Happened!

[@sibiris8474]

I think what really happened, is that he wasnt changed at all from s1 to s4 while other gods were.. That makes him somewhat lapsed in comparison to some recent releases, and other gods that are receiving constant changes. Basically hes too old, and the playstyle that he had in s1 does not aply to current meta at all. Thats comepletely my opinion ofc, since I got him to diamond in s1 quite easily, and now I just dont understand how did I do it, hes so useless. Also what really makes me upset is that HireZ changed his description from "hard" to "average", while he is the hardest assasin to be good at.

[@tudorciubotaru3497]

sibiris I haven't played S1 smite, but from what I've heard, Anubis and Zeus suffer from the same thing: burst gods with 0 mobility, but at least they are mages. They should change Thanatos' 2 with a leap or something.That will make him more viable as an assassin

[@michaeldebrier1705]

sibiris I would say if u want to play to max potential susano would be the hardest assasin, thats coming from a thana main. I still play him often, i can still oneshot ad much as i like :P

[@ShadowWolf666666]

Tudor Ciubotaru I see what you mean but he flies. Hard to justify a leap on a god who doesn't even touch the ground in the first place

[@sibiris8474]

Tbh, I went for thana mostly because of the looks at first, now im just sad I dont find him fun to play anymore. Kinda jumped to serquet or nemesis as my go to assasins. And because I dont like susanos art, I only played him once or twice.

[@ZpRifted]

Thanatos is one of the top assassins in conquest casuals and ranked.

[@timkreczmer5652]

How about some Zeus action in this series

[@wildboar9112]

Please do a 'Whatever happened to Whatsapp'

[@mayanquetzalcoatl1924]

A number

[@REYIGWKO]

cliver thumbnail m8

[@TheLasase]

Waow guys i honestly think that: "Dirty bubble is the best bubble".

[@snakevenomdrink]

I've gotten 2 quads and a penta with this guy!!!!!

[@miraxeos5301]

Sgt.Soreth I got my penta with Freya

[@dew0tt995]

i do care

[@snakevenomdrink]

nice dude!

[@shadowrocks95]

an you do a video on serqet mainly because i never see her anymore

[@edwinasjakubenaz848]

do Smite patch 4.3 Valley of Victory review(patch notes).

[@LavaTF2]

Still stomps in pubs though!

[@ethantracey6387]

no joke i got a 1800 crit on his backswing once completely 1hit a hel

[@sealvanus9728]

change the tittle to ( why is thanatos broken

[@pietroportone6324]

I'm kinda confused did he just said that thanatos cannot 100 to 0 you quickly? Am I missing something, dude he does so much damage that it is hilarious. This is my build with him that I usually use in every game sometimes I tweak it a little bit. Warrior tabi, Titans Bane, Jotuns wrath, blood forge, asi or hastened fatalis ( I now prefer fatalis because of that pen they gave now) and in the end stone cutting sword. First you will do ridiculus amount of damage second you will be so god damn fast late game your 2 becomes somewhat of an escape.

[@kingz8172]

Pietro Portone try building crit Thanatos, you'll 100 to 0 easily everyone

[@somebodyonce2186]

Cyan Zhang you can only use crits in arena...

[@pietroportone6324]

When I first tried smite I used crit on him but was inconsistent with his kit especially his 1 and 3 with this not only its so easy to chase ( with ult or simply by having a crap ton of movement speed) but deal consistent damage with basic attacks and a huge damage with abilities.

[@LunkLanguage]

I took a break from smite, come back and Thanatos is first ban! wtf

[@ZombiedWolf]

Dirty bubble is the best bubble

[@ggFi6]

My friend fcking slays with thana and i cant even hit his 1

[@ErikMason2001]

Dirty Bubble is the best bubble.

[@fableboy10]

Fix the title from "happend" to "happened" ;)

[@natgeowildbackup]

tbh dirty bubble is the best bubble

[@malikswag60]

No he is op now thanks to my build everybody took that lets you feed of minions to get health and throwing the synth taking half or your health no matter who u choose to play

[@bluesolace9459]

Malikdagreat goddamn synths.

[@theenergystation1295]

Chase Jeffries Synth to the face is gonna hurt man.

[@scccox21]

Duke, you can't really hit your 1, can you?