THEORY
Thanatos retains their souls for a longer period. In
would have found a means of ‘cheating death’. Similar
other words, the enemy god’s respawn time will be
to how Thanatos ended up chained and no death
increased. However, there have been instances where
occurred during this time, the escaped enemy god
death is cheated such as the cases of Sisyphus. If the
will be immune to damage for a short period of time.
enemy god is not killed while ‘Merciless’ is active, they
This combo of abilities is considered a high-risk but
high-reward move since being successful would put
your enemy further behind because of the increased
respawn time. Unsuccessful attempts would provide
your enemy a temporary Aegis. Therefore, always
attempt this only if a kill is very clearly in sight.
Healing brings about an opposite meaning to
death. To slowly reverse the deterioration of life is
to heal. This would go against everything Thanatos
stands for. Not wanting to let this go unresolved,
Thanatos brings a form of anti-healing in ‘Escalating
Weakness’. Whenever he approaches nearby gods
or minions, any healing is reduced. Being in the
presence of Thanatos also fills the air with a strong
sense of despair up to a point where damage will
also be done to nearby gods or minions. Maybe
this time, there will be someone to keep that
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