Many fear change. Venturing into the unknown. Deviating from a path of safety and certainty into something unexpected. But life is change; a journey through doorways both physical and emotional, with every moment a passage to something new, and it is Janus, God of Portals and Transitions that governs this.
Bearing two faces, Janus is ever looking to the future and to the past, knowing both but controlling neither. He is only the in-between, found in the changing of seasons, at the birth of a child, at the entrances to the temple and the tavern. For this reason the Romans named the first month after him: January – a portal between the old year and the new.
Yet the Roman emperors also attribute a strange tradition to Janus. At each end of his temple stand massive doors. In times of peace, these doors are closed, but in times of war, flung open. As Rome rose to power, rarely were these doors shut, but almost four hundred years of peace have clothed Rome since then and the temple has grown dusty with absence. These days, however, the doors are open once more. It seems war has returned, and the greatest of changes are upon us.
Abilities
Passive -Passages
Any time Janus transitions through a Portal or over a Threshold he becomes aged and wizened, gaining additional Magical scaling on his next ability cast.
Notes:
Magical Scaling: 15%
Ability Type: Passive
Ability Video
1st Ability -Portal
Janus creates a portal in the world. If placed on a wall, the portal will create a passage through to the other side of the wall that Janus or any ally may use. The portal may be entered from either side, but closes after 1 use.
If placed on the ground, enemies and Janus will fall into the portal, being teleported into the air above it. Enemies take damage upon landing, and are considered banished during the fall.
Notes: Janus can place wall portals on Phoenix pedestals. Janus and his allies can't enter portals while Stunned, Crippled, or Rooted. If Janus is CC immune, he will not fall through ground portals.
Damage: 80/130/180/230/280 (+60% of your magical power)
Banish Duration: 1.5s
Wall Portal Duration: 5s
Wall Portal Range: 100
Ability Type: Ground Target
Radius: 10
Cooldown: 12 seconds
Cost: 70 mana
Ability Video
2nd Ability -Unstable Vortex
Janus creates two unstable portals, far too small to fit into, and flings them forward dealing damage to enemies in their path. Enemies hit by both portals take 30% damage on the second hit.
Notes: This ability can deal up to 117/195/273/351/429 (+91% of your magical power) damage.
Damage: 90/150/210/270/330 (+70% of your magical power)
Ability Type: Line
Range: 70
Cooldown: 8 seconds
Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 mana
Ability Video
3rd Ability -Threshold
Passive: Janus increases the movement speed of himself and allies each time they go through a portal or over a Threshold (max. 2 Stacks).
Active: Janus opens a multi-dimensional rift. Enemies who pass over the rift are slowed, and marked with Phase. Targets in Phase take additional Magical scaling damage when hit by Janus' damaging abilities.
Notes: At max stacks, this ability's passive gives 20/30/40/50/60% Movement speed to Janus and allies. The buff/debuff can only be applied once per cast. Phase slow lasts for 3s.
Phase Slow: 25%
Additional Scaling: 20/30/40/50/60
Rift Duration: 3/4/5/6/7
Movement Speed: 10/15/20/25/30% per Portal.
Passive Duration: 5s
Ability Type: Ground Target
Cooldown: 15 seconds
Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 mana
Ability Video
Ultimate -Through Space and Time
Janus blasts a ball of multi-dimensional energy across the battlefield, burning a portal into every surface it encounters within range 500. These portals last 10s, may be used by allies, and do not vanish after the first use.
Enemies hit by the energy ball take damage, increasing in Magical scaling the further the energy travels. Janus is immune to Crowd Control whilst firing.
Notes: The 100 range of Janus' standard Portal does not apply to portals created by this ability. Allies can only use each portal once.
Damage: 200/300/400/500/600 (+50% of your magical power)
Distance Scaling: 200% of your Magical Power at distance greater than 800.
As Janus hit at least two enemy gods with your ultimate at max distance.
Watch Your Step
As Janus make your opponents fall through fifteen different portals in one match.
Trivia
Janus was originally meant to carry a sword/key as his weapon, but the idea was scrapped during development. You can still find a smaller version of the key hanging from his belt, and you can see the full size key in his default skin card.
One of Janus' taunts, "You shall not pass!.. through my portals that is.", is a reference to a quote made by Gandalf from the Lord of the Rings series.
One of Janus' lines for when he is in low health, "Curse my body, I wasn't fast enough.", is a reference to a quote made by C-3P0 in the film Star Wars: A New Hope.
Janus' Defeat Screen animation is a reference to the American animated cartoon Scooby-Doo.
Janus' Jandroid skin is a reference to the first-person puzzle-platform video game, Portal.
The names of Janus' Gatekeeper and Keymaster skins are a reference to the 1984 film, Ghostbusters.
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects. The skin, its ability targeters, and ability effects constantly rotate between several colors. This skin was part of the Odyssey 2016 event.
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Mage
This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.
Through Space and Time
Through Space and Time
Passages
Portal
Threshold
Unstable Vortex
