It counts as an escape.
From what I've heard on these forums most good Janus players prefer to save their portal for emergencies.
If you added Janus portal to the equation he definitely shoots up several spots.
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Conclusions-
Poor Sol. Her clear is dead shit, and she'd be completely unviable in the clear department if not for her autos (with attackspeed from passive) and potential tower push earlygame.
Ofc if she's alone in lane for a moment she can safely go up to the melees and use her 1 on them, improving her clear to be at least above Nox and Scylla.
Also, poor Scylla. After level 1, where she performs pretty decently at #12, she drops to #22, and then to #23 at level 4.
See guys I told you! Her early game is one of the worst in the entire game. Also, this proves Janus's clear even without his 1 is in most cases superior. (a little harder to hit, but honestly missing a minion or three with Crush is frustratingly easy to do when you're being harassed in lane at the same time)
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Zeus gets top tier because AoE autos are strong. In reality he's lower as it can be difficult to land direct hits on the shield, and you don't usually detonate the wave, I think.
Hades is naturally Top Dog because of his broken-ass 3 which is balanced only by him needing to be in melee range (so it's difficult against enemy gods, but easy against minions because though you take poke you heal a ton too).
Also, Raijin's consistently in the top 8 at all 3 levels. And his lategame is almost if not as good as Scylla.
Um...balance, anyone????