Boomerang scythes slow and drag enemies back into his true-damage burn.
Thamuz is an EXP-lane Fighter who chases with Molten Scythes, a boomerang throw that slows on the way out and drags enemies back to him on return. His passive Grand Lord Lava adds a chance-triggered true-damage proc to basic attacks, while his ultimate Cauterant Inferno grants a huge flat HP buff, self-heal, and attack speed to win the extended trade he just dragged the target into.
Molten Scythes has a real throw-out-and-return timing window that has to be read against enemy movement, and chaining it with Chasm Trample's cooldown reset takes practice.
Max Molten Scythes first for damage and slow uptime, then level Chasm Trample for the mobility reset; take Cauterant Inferno at 4, 8 and 12.
Thamuz's Basic Attacks have a 10%-60% chance (based on Lava's Rage) to conjure Lava Energy beneath the target that erupts after a brief delay, dealing 55 (+8 × Hero Level) (+60% Total Physical Attack) True Damage. Basic Attacks that don't trigger Lava Energy will increase Thamuz's Lava Rage. When without Scythes, Thamuz gains 25% Movement Speed.
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Always active — no cooldown
Thamuz tosses Scythes in the target direction. After travelling for a certain distance or hitting the first enemy hero, they deal 120–270 (+60% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage. The Scythes will then slow nearby enemies by 30% and deal 45–80 (+20% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage every 0.5 seconds. After leaving Thamuz for ≈5 seconds or a certain distance, the Scythes will return to Thamuz and drag enemies in their path to him.
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Thamuz jumps to a designated area to deal 230–355 (+60% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage and slow the enemy units by 25% for 2 seconds upon landing. If the scythes are still travelling, they will return to Thamuz and Molten Scythes will reset its CD instantly.
Thamuz spouts the lava stored in his body, dealing 300–480 (+80% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to nearby enemies and creating a Cauterant Inferno around him. The Cauterant Inferno lasts 9 seconds and deals 30–60 (+10% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage every 0.5 seconds to enemies in the area. Meanwhile, Thamuz gains 600 (+30–50% Extra HP) extra Max HP, heals himself by the same amount, and increases his Attack Speed by 60%-100%. He also recovers 1.5%-2.5%
Signature combo
Core items in buy order, with the emblem, talents and battle spell that go with them.
7,400g total
Default pick for standard EXP lane trades and skirmishes.
Battle spell
Flicker120s CDThe 'Flicker combo' — blinking in right as a hook or stun lands, or blinking out the instant an enemy ultimate is cast — is the single most common high-elo outplay moment in the game.
Swap in when needed
Immortality — Second life when Thamuz is the one committing first with Chasm Trample.
Sea Halberd — Against a lifesteal or heal-heavy frontline outlasting his chip damage.
Antique Cuirass — Against skill-combo fighters and assassins stacking burst on him.
7,690g total
When the enemy stacks physical defense or fields a single squishy target worth isolating and chasing down.
Battle spell
Sprint100s CDUnlike Purify, Sprint does nothing against stuns or roots already applied — it only prevents future slows and outruns melee threats, so it's best on heroes who aren't the primary CC target.
Swap in when needed
Malefic Roar — Against a team building heavy physical defense on its frontline.
Sea Halberd — Against enemy sustain that would otherwise out-heal his burst.
Dominance Ice — 40 Physical Defense against a high-attack-speed basic-attack carry, plus Lifebane on the lifesteal keeping them alive in his lava.
7,080g total
When the enemy draft is CC-heavy or dive-focused and he needs to survive burst before the ultimate comes online.
Battle spell
Purify90s CDPurify does not clear suppression (e.g. Franco's Bloody Hunt or Khufra's ultimate) — a common mistake is trusting it to escape a hook combo it can't actually cleanse.
Swap in when needed
Immortality — Insurance against being burst down before Cauterant Inferno is ready.
Antique Cuirass — Against skill-combo burst from assassins or mages diving him.
Athena's Shield — Against a magic-burst-heavy enemy team.
The heroes that make this matchup hard, and the mechanic that does it.
X.BorgFighterHardFiraga Armor absorbs the whole burn-and-true-damage stream Thamuz relies on, and Last Insanity charges through him for twelve hits while slowing him out of the extended trade he needs.
WanwanMarksmanHardNeedles in Flowers strips Molten Scythes' slow off her outright and Tiger Pace dashes her after every arrow, so she kites the melee combo long before Thamuz closes the gap.
RafaelaSupportHardHoly Healing hands her carry a burst heal, 30% movement speed and slow immunity, which cancels Molten Scythes' slow — the only lockdown Thamuz has — and walks them straight out of the drag-back radius.
BenedettaAssassin · FighterHardAn Eye for An Eye gives her Control Immunity and blocks all damage while she parries, shrugging off Molten Scythes' slow, and Alecto: Final Blow dashes her out untargetable before Chasm Trample can follow.
GordMageHardMystic Projectile stuns in an area well outside melee range, and with no hard CC to trade back Thamuz eats Mystic Injunction's field and Mystic Gush's beam before he ever reaches basic-attack range.
CiciFighterSoftPerformer's Delight stacks movement speed off every point of damage she deals and Buoyant Bounce leaps her twice in a row, so she is out of range before Molten Scythes' return-drag connects.
ValirMageSoftSearing Torrent knocks him back and leaves a firewall that keeps damaging and slowing him, and Ashing's third stack of Ablaze stuns him outright while he's standing in melee keeping Cauterant Inferno on target.
BaxiaTankSoftBaxia Mark cuts a flat amount off every single instance of damage he takes, which guts a kit built on many small lava ticks, and Tortoise's Puissance keeps him mobile and slowing through the whole extended trade.
Winter CrownNegates the burst window right as Thamuz commits with Chasm Trample and Cauterant Inferno.
Tough BootsCuts down the slow duration from Molten Scythes and Chasm Trample so his drag-back and follow-up land less often.Antique CuirassStacks physical defense specifically against his skill-combo physical burst.Dominance IceLifebane cuts the HP regen Cauterant Inferno leans on, and 40 Physical Defense blunts Grand Lord Lava's eruptions.Heroes whose own counter list names Thamuz — the same matchup, read from the other side.
LeomordFighterHardThamuz's lifesteal-fueled dash combo lets him out-sustain and out-trade Leomord in the exact melee range Momentum and Decimation Assault both need.
AlucardFighter · AssassinSoftAnother lifesteal-driven duelist whose sustain and burn damage can outscale Alucard's own hybrid lifesteal in an extended trade.
FreyaFighterSoftThamuz's Cauterant Inferno hands him a block of extra Max HP and heals him for the same amount, letting him out-sustain the exact prolonged duel Freya's recastable Spirit Combo is designed to win.
KaguraMageSoftCauterant Inferno heals him and hands him a large chunk of extra Max HP while burning everything nearby, so a poke war only gives him a bigger health bar to fight from.
LukasFighterSoftCauterant Inferno hands Thamuz a slab of extra Max HP, heals him for the same amount and burns everything nearby for nine seconds, so the longer Lukas extends the trade the worse it gets for him.
MiyaMarksmanSoftCauterant Inferno hands Thamuz a big block of extra max HP and heals him for the same amount, so Miya's steady basic-attack DPS alone can't out-damage him without a burst partner.Duo partners whose kit completes this one.
GusionAssassinMolten Scythes slows and drags an isolated target back toward Thamuz, holding them long enough for Gusion's Sword Spike into Shadowblade Slaughter to land the full combo before they can dash away.
HarleyAssassin · MageThamuz pins a target in melee range with Molten Scythes' slow, giving Harley a stationary mark to blink onto with Space Escape and finish with Deadly Magic before they escape.
HanzoAssassinMolten Scythes' lingering slow keeps a target still while Hanzo stacks Dark Ninjutsu on them, setting up Ninjutsu: Demon Feast's burst the moment they hit five stacks.
SelenaAssassin · MageAbyssal Trap slows and marks whoever walks into it, giving Thamuz a free window to close with Chasm Trample, and his scythe slow keeps a fleeing survivor in line for Abyssal Arrow's long-range stun.
NataliaAssassinNatalia opens from Assassin Instinct with a silencing teleport attack, giving Thamuz a guaranteed window to land Chasm Trample on an isolated target, and Smoke Bomb slows anyone trying to leave scythe range.
AtlasTankAtlas's ultimate Fatal Links chains and drags the whole enemy team into one cluster, letting Thamuz immediately follow with Cauterant Inferno's AoE burst and lingering damage zone before they can spread out.
KarinaAssassinMolten Scythes' slow keeps a fleeing target from disengaging long enough for Karina to land both her skills and trigger Shadow Combo's True Damage, finishing what Grand Lord Lava's procs already chipped away.
LingAssassinTempest of Blades drops Ling in on the cluster Thamuz is holding, knocking the centre airborne, and Cauterant Inferno's lingering burn finishes anyone who crawls out of the Sword Field.
NolanAssassinNolan's overlapping Rifts pull a target into their centre and detonate, and Thamuz's Molten Scythes slow stops them stepping out of the next pair.Throw Molten Scythes into a retreating target early in the fight so the return-drag lines up with Chasm Trample's landing for a guaranteed follow-up.
Cast Chasm Trample while the scythes are still traveling to instantly reset Molten Scythes' cooldown and re-throw them.
Save Cauterant Inferno for the moment you commit to the extended trade — its HP and attack-speed buff is wasted if popped before contact.
Weave in basic attacks between skill cooldowns instead of only skill-chaining, since Grand Lord Lava's true-damage proc only triggers off basic attacks.
If the drag-back whiffs, retreat and let the scythes travel back to you to regain the 25% unarmed movement speed rather than chasing on foot.
Thamuz is moderate difficulty — his combo order is simple, but timing Molten Scythes' throw-and-return with Chasm Trample to actually land the drag on a moving target takes real practice.
Tough Boots into War Axe, Endless Battle and Queen's Wings covers damage, attack speed and sustain for most EXP lane matchups; swap toward Blade of the Heptaseas and Blade of Despair when hunting a single squishy target.
Rafaela's Holy Healing hands out slow immunity that cancels his only lockdown tool (the Molten Scythes slow), Wanwan and Benedetta can cleanse or dash out of the drag-back window entirely, and Gord's Mystic Projectile stun and burst kill him before he ever closes the gap.
Thamuz is primarily a physical damage hero — Molten Scythes, Chasm Trample and Cauterant Inferno all scale off Physical Attack. His passive Grand Lord Lava adds a separate true-damage proc on top, but his item build should prioritize Physical Attack and HP.
