Narratively, Janai was a leader of the sunfire elves. She’s a skilled swordsman, but could tap into her sunfire elf powers to ignite fire in her veins and gain incredible physical power. She wields a special sword crafted by the sunfire elves that can retain incredible heat and cut through steel.

I positioned her as a mid-difficulty melee dps, embodying skilled swordsmanship by utilizing well-timed counterattacks to evade incoming hits, and, when successful, building great heat in her sword and dealing high damage in a countering sweep. She could dispense the heat built up in her sword to deal high damage in an area around her, and build up her inner fury, eventually earning an ultimate. Her ultimate transformed her to her berserker-esque rage, where she alternates between left-and-right punches to decimate enemies, and ends by jumping into the sky and slamming down with a massive eruption.

Between cooldowns with charges, resources being bankable, counterattacks being timed to enemy attacks, and the duration and power of her ult, she had a really situationally dynamic playstyle that kept her really engaging with really low complexity.

This video shows Janai’s tooltips for her abilities, resource, and level-up bonuses.

This video shows Janai’s abilities in a controlled environment (training dummy). Note that her counterattack ability is used when the training dummy attacks