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Tim Sevenhuysen is the founder and sole developer of Oracle's Elixir and provides a variety of consulting and contracting services throughout the esports industry. He is the former Director of Esports Analytics for 100 Thieves, served as Head of Data Science for Esports One, led Shadow.gg from 2017 to 2019, and was Statistical Consultant for Fnatic in 2015. Follow Tim on Twitter at @TimSevenhuysen.

Academy Standouts: 2021 Summer, Week 16 (PG Finals)

Academy Standouts highlights the players who performed best in the most recent week of NA Academy play. I’ll discuss a few of the most noteworthy standouts, then list some other players whose performances caught my eye below.

ry0ma, Mid, 100 Thieves Academy

Photo of ry0maThere’s a very strong case from ry0ma as the MVP of Proving Grounds, and certainly the MVP of 100T’s reverse sweep to win the Grand Finals.

His control mage work on mostly Ryze and Orianna was a huge stabilizing factor for 100A, and he carried hard game in and game out. Just look at his DPM number.

ry0ma Stats

  KDA KP GXD10 DPM CSPM
Proving Grounds 4.4 68.8% -241 661 8.8

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In-Depth Draft Scouting Tab Added to Team Profiles

A new Drafts tab has been added to team profile pages.

This tab serves up a long list of the team’s most recent drafts, laid out for fast scanning and with filtering for map side.

Role indicators make it easy to see where each pick was played, and a blind pick toggle allows you to find a team’s preferences and drafting style (where data is available).

So go look up your favourite team — or the one you’re going to play against next — and start prepping your drafts!