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enemies in range for longer and stack up damage and some of the best rotations in the game. With
while they’re inside. This way, Isis can turn around
a lot of early skirmishes or ganks to keep her and how easy his utility skills are to land, he can be a real
her teammate alive, or even secure a kill or two.
asset to a strong God that comes online whenever,
Isis has some problems as a support, though,
mainly her lack of a true escape. Her first ability only and brings the old familiar Janus roaming with him.
speeds her up, and it does help, but it can also be
interrupted, and without it Isis doesn’t have the hard No matter who he’s with or against, Janus works
disengage of many Guardians, or the overall health
needed to survive her situation. It can be mitigated, about the same. His portals can set up follow-up cc
but it is a hurdle. In addition, it can be harder to stack
her Funeral Rites passive in duo, and a dedicated or he can slow both of his opponents, with Threshold,
sustain support like Sylvanus can outlast her and
her partner in lane, even with her strong poke. which also has the benefit of being an area speed-up
JANUS for his allies. With his ranged damage, it can be easy
So what does Janus bring? Well, plenty. He’s for a simple trade to turn into a chase, and Janus
at the top of his game right now, with a good
mix of damage and utility, and a large amount of makes it easy to win any chase by not just having
enemy manipulation, including two great crowd
control abilities that also include damage in them, mobility, but bringing some extra mobility for his
somewhere. He also has strong clear at a good range
partner, as well. The increased speed and coverage
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will also keep his teammate safer than normal,
with a handy portal always available to get out of
dodge, and to help cover the Gold Fury. Once his Ult
comes online, the one-man blazingly fast gank can
become the two-man blazingly fast gank, as Janus
will be able to bring help with him if he needs it.
Janus has a lot of things, but he doesn’t have
strong direct peel. He’s much better at helping an
ally get out of a dangerous situation, or escaping
it himself, than he is at making it not dangerous
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