Thanatos (Universal)

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created by by MMan | Last update: Dec 04, 2025

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Thanatos, the Soul Reaper thrives on executing weakened foes and harvesting their souls. He silences and instills fear in those who barely cling to life, relentlessly hunting them across the battlefield. From the skies, he stalks the battlefield from above, singling out vulnerable targets for execution. Once marked for death by him, none can escape the reach of his scythe, and their souls will ... View more

intelligence HERO

melee

unspecified

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COMPLEXITY

Soul Reap

active ABILITY

Thanatos swings his scythe in a wide arc, damaging and slowing enemies in front of him. Slow increases based on missing maximum health of the enemies. Does not apply attack modifiers. Can strike et...

90 / 100 / 110 / 120

18 / 16 / 14 / 12

Mark of Twilight

active ABILITY

85 / 90 / 95 / 100

Soul Harvester

passive ABILITY

Grim Ascension

ULTIMATE

active ABILITY

Upgrades Grim Ascension

150 / 200 / 250

100 / 90 / 80

Waning Soul

active ABILITY

Grants Waning Soul

Thanatos renders the target enemy ethereal for a duration. If target falls below a certain health threshold they are feared away for a brief duration. Thanatos can attack this ethereal enemy, deali...

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LEVEL

BONUS STATS

STRENGTH

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

AGILITY

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

INTELLIGENCE

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

DPS

DAMAGE

SPEED

RANGE

ARMOR

MAGIC RES.

SPEED

TURN RATE

VISION

ABILITIES

THIS IDEA CONTAINS A TOTAL OF 5 ABILITIES

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Soul Reap

Mark of Twilight

Soul Harvester

Grim Ascension

Waning Soul

Active

Soul Reap

Active

Mark of Twilight

Passive

Soul Harvester

Active

Grim Ascension

ULTIMATE ABILITY

Active

Waning Soul

BASIC

Soul Reap

TYPE active

DAMAGE physical

TARGET MODE area

CAST RANGE 450

AREA ANGLE 180°

DAMAGE 100 / 180 / 260 / 340

MIN MOVE SPEED SLOW 10%

MAX MOVE SPEED SLOW 40%

HEALTH FOR MAX SLOW 15 / 20 / 25 / 30%

SLOW DURATION 3

RADIUS 450

90 / 100 / 110 / 120

18 / 16 / 14 / 12

BASIC

Mark of Twilight

TYPE active

DAMAGE magical

TARGET MODE unit

Thanatos curses the target enemy, causing them to take damage over time. While cursed, their spells cost additional health based on their mana cost. If target falls below a certain health threshold, they are silenced and suffer increased damage from the curse. Grants vision over the target.

CAST RANGE 600

DAMAGE PER SECOND 25 / 30 / 35 / 40

MANA COST AS HP COST 30 / 35 / 40 / 45%

HEALTH THRESHOLD 25%

SILENCED DAMAGE 2X

DURATION 5 / 6 / 7 / 8

85 / 90 / 95 / 100

BASIC

Soul Harvester

TYPE passive

DAMAGE none

TARGET MODE none

Thanatos grows stronger with each life he takes. Executing enemies grants him bonus attack damage for a duration. Damaging enemies below a certain health threshold heals Thanatos for a portion of the damage dealt. Heroes grant increased heal and damage bonus. Stack durations are paused during Grim Ascension.

DAMAGE BONUS 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

BONUS FROM HEROES 5X

DURATION 15 / 30 / 45 / 60

HEALTH THRESHOLD 50%

DAMAGE TO HEAL 2 / 3 / 4 / 5%

HEAL FROM HEROES 4X

BASIC

Grim Ascension

TYPE active

DAMAGE mix

TARGET MODE none

Thanatos ascends, becoming invulnerable and hidden from enemy vision, while gaining flying movement and flying vision. He gains true sight over enemy heroes below a health threshold, and enemies can only see Thanatos if they are near him and under that threshold. Thanatos strikes with increased damage and range on his next attack, dealing bonus pure damage based on maximum health of the target and piercing death preventing effects. This attack stuns the target briefly and ends the ascension. If the target is killed, the damage bonus is kept for a duration. Can strike ethereal enemies, dealing magic damage instead. Soul Reap can also be used to attack enemies and end the ability, but it does not apply stun and deals half of the maximum health damage to all enemies.

ATTACK RANGE BONUS 100

ATTACK DAMAGE BONUS 60 / 90 / 120

ASCENSION FLIGHT SPEED 550 / 575 / 600

TRUESIGHT HP THRESHOLD 50%

TRUE SIGHT RADIUS 3000

ENEMY VISION RADIUS 550

STUN DURATION 0.8

MAX HEALTH AS DAMAGE 16 / 17 / 18%

SOUL REAP MAX HP DMG 0.5X

DURATION 6 / 7 / 8

DAMAGE BONUS DURATION 30

Aghanim's Scepter

Upgrades Grim Ascension

Enemies below the health threshold have their vision reduced to the same range they can see Thanatos. When an affected enemy takes damage exceeding 5% of their maximum health, a spectral copy of Thanatos strikes them after a short delay, dealing 70% of his attack damage and 5% of the target's max health as pure damage. Does not apply attack modifiers. Can strike ethereal enemies, dealing magic damage instead. Has a 1.5s cooldown between each strike.

150 / 200 / 250

100 / 90 / 80

BASIC

Waning Soul

TYPE active

DAMAGE none

TARGET MODE unit

CAST RANGE 500

MAGIC RESIST REDUCTION 30%

MOVE SPEED SLOW 30%

HEALTH THRESHOLD 50%

FEAR DURATION 1.5

DEBUFF DURATION 4

Aghanim's Shard

Grants Waning Soul

Grants new ability: Waning Soul

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

goes on CD when cast interrupted: YES

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

blocked by Linken's Sphere: YES

goes on CD when cast interrupted: YES

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

is breakable: YES

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

ULTIMATE ABILITY

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

blocked by Linken's Sphere: YES

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

blocked by Linken's Sphere: YES

goes on CD when cast interrupted: YES

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER

Upgrades Grim Ascension

AGHANIM'S SHARD

Grants new ability: Waning Soul

Grants Waning Soul

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+7% Grim Ascension Max Health as Damage

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-45s Grim Ascension Cooldown

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+25% Mark of Twilight Mana Cost as Health Cost

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+30s Soul Harvester Duration

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-2s Soul Reap Cooldown

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+3 Soul Harvester Damage Bonus

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+5% Mark of Twilight Health Threshold

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+1s Soul Reap Slow Duration

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Innate & Facets Innate - Thanatophobia: Whenever Thanatos kills an enemy hero, enemies under 50% health and within 550 radius are feared away for 0.8/1.2/1.6/2.0s. Thanatos also gains 16/24/32/40% bonus movement speed for 3.5s. Levels with Grim Ascension. Facet 1 - Reaper's Descent: Grim Ascension deals 250/350/450 magical damage and applies the stun to all enemies within 400 radius upon landing. Main target takes 50% of the damage. Increases stun duration to 1.0/1.1/1.2s. This effect does not apply when ending the ascension with Soul Reap. Facet 2 - Death Essence: Harvested souls heal Thanatos by 8/10/12/14% of their maximum health and reduces his current ability cooldowns by 0.5s. Killing heroes reduces cooldowns by 5s. Thanatos's abilities cost additional 8% of his maximum health.

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15 Nov 2024

Created 1 year ago

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