Thanatos

This article is about the Demon. For the Persona of the Persona 3 protagonist, see Thanatos (Persona).

Thanatos is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Thanatos is the Greek god and personification of peaceful death. He is the son of Nyx and Erebus, and the twin brother of Hypnos.

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Name	Level	HP	MP
Thanatos	32	176	153Sega Saturn/173PlayStation Portable

Location	Otherworld (Sewers)

Species	Race	Alignment	Size	Recruit	Speech	RERandom Encounter
Kishin	Reaper	Dark-Neutral (135)	S	✘	Cynical	✔

Attack	Accuracy	Defense	Evasion	M. Atk	M. Def	Drop
86	62	80	61	42	32	Dragon Horn

Resistances
"Drains or nullifies magic. Weak to physical."
Sword	Spear	Thrown	Gun	D Atk	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Psy
×1½×1.50	×1½×1.50	×1½×1.50	×1½×1.50	×1½×1.50	DrnDrain	Drn ×½Drain (×½ Damage)	DrnDrain	Drn ×½Drain (×½ Damage)	Drn ×½Drain (×½ Damage)
Expel	Death	Almi	Mind	Ruin	Bind	Nerve	Charge	Skill	Swd Skl
NulNull	NulNull	×1	NulNull	NulNull	NulNull	NulNull	×1½×1.50	×1½×1.50	×1½×1.50

Moon Phase Damage Output
New	1/8	2/8	3/8	Half	5/8	6/8	7/8	Full
200%	100%	100%	100%	100%	50%	50%	50%	50%

Basic Attack	Element	Hit(s)	Target	Range
Basic Attack	Demon Attack	1	Single enemy	Front row

Magic Skills
Skill	Attribute	Cost	Description
Mudola	Death	12 MP	Attack magic. Front row/back row. Curses 1 whole row of enemies to death.
Shuffler	Ruin	10 MP	Attack support. All. Bad status. Card effect to all enemies.

Extra Skills
Skill	Attribute	Cost	Description
Thunder Break	Electricity	28 MP	Special magic action. All. Power 77. Electricity-type damage to all enemies.

Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux	Greek god of death. Son of Nyx, goddess of night. Priest of Hades, ruler of the underworld. Cloaked in dark clothing, Thanatos wields a blade that brings death to its victims. Legend says he cuts the hair of those near death and sends the severed hair to the underworld, which pulls the victims down to their death.

Names in Other Languages
Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	タナトス	Thanatos