ThalosBuild and Guide

Thalos is a Constant Affinity jack-of-all-trades, master-of-all, sporting good Damage, Disruption, and Team-wide defensive effects, as well as the ability to revive in battle passively.

Skill 1

S1 is a ST attack hitting an enemy once, dealing damage based on Thalos’ Max HP, with a chance to steal Turn Meter from the target as well as dispelling 2 buffs from them. If targeting an enemy afflicted with [Infernum], the chance to trigger the effects increases by 50%.

Even though Thalos relies mostly on his S3 to deal damage, the additional Turn Meter steal and the Dispels are very valuable, and raising the skill to lvl5 reduces the need for ACC. Not the highest priority for PVP when compared to the S2/3 combo, but still a very strong ability. Highly Recommended to take to lvl5.

Skill 2

Thalos’ S2 is a passive skill that benefits his team at his expense, but also offers him quite a few powerful gimmicks:

• Thalos takes 10% less final damage and is CC immune;

• When Thalos dies, he revives later on after his enemies have taken a certain number of turns and he immediately plays a turn. The delay before reviving starts at 3 enemy turns taken and increases by 1 for each of his revives, up to 5 turns;

• Thalos receives 50% of the Turn Meter- effects suffered by his teammates in their stead, 60% of the damage they would take, as well as the first Debuff or CD increase effect they’d receive each turn.

Thalos gets his instant turn upon reviving at lvl5, which makes the full upgrade of this skill mandatory. Top priority alongside S3.

Skill 3

S3 is an AoE that deals damage based on Thalos’ Max HP, as well as dealing true damage based on a percentage of his lost HP. On top of that, the main target receives 3 stacks of the [Infernum] Debuff. Enemies defeated by this skill cannot be revived, and when Thalos comes back to life the skill’s CD is reset.

Infernum is a debuff that shares Thalos’ suffering with whoever is afflicted by it:

• When Thalos loses HP, the debuffed unit also receives some of that damage;

• When Thalos’ Turn Meter is reduced, the unit also suffers half of that reduction;

• When he receives a Debuff or a CD increase, the effect is also applied on the afflicted unit;

• Every time one of the previous effects is triggered, the afflicted unit has a high chance of receiving a stack of 1-turn [DoT] additionally;

• Lastly, 1 stack of Infernum is removed whenever the unit receives a Purification effect.

This is Thalos’ main damage and disruption tool, and its synergy with S2 is what kicks Thalos into higher gear. For this reason, lvl5 is mandatory. Top priority alongside S2.

PVE

Aside from his awesome cheesing potential for new players who struggle with first clears, Thalos isn’t designed with everyday PVE activities in mind. His greatest strengths come from constantly reviving and absorbing some of his team’s damage, which, when coupled with bruisers and healers, can allow players to survive through most difficult fights. Aside from that, his damage isn’t great against anything that doesn’t fold to a single AoE use, and his debuffing potential is alright but fully reliant on the enemy’s ability to spam debuffs on your team, so not great. You’ll prefer playing classic debuffers and nukers as they won’t be nearly as situational and will clear content faster anyways.

PVP

Thalos is on a whole other level in PVP, where the man is a beast, plain and simple. AoE damage that can’t be ignored, damage share to protect key members of your team, massive disruption of 1 enemy, lots of utility for your team, and potentially unlimited passive revives so long as the opponent didn’t bring a counter? Huge. Thalos’ kit is good enough that multiple builds are usable, with more focus on either his supporting/disruption ability or on his damage through S3.

Keep in mind however, that although Thalos himself may seem incredibly strong, Luvia shows us that answers do exist for him. Putting him in jail for a few turns gives enough time to deal massive damage to the rest of his team, and by the time he comes back, he no longer has enough support to carry by himself. At the time of his release, there aren’t many such counters, but it’s expected that more of them will be added over time. On another note, it’s important to note that the [Forgetfulness] debuff is considered a CC, and so it does not work against Thalos at all.

Conclusion

Thalos is a PVP monster who has the raw power to dictate the meta, thanks to his excellent performances in multiple roles at once, covering both offense, defense, as well as disruption, all wrapped up in a hard-to-counter package thanks to his personal tools like the revive and the CC immunity. Don’t force yourself to use him in PvE however; this man has only one mission and it is to farm players, not monsters.