Licorice is headed to the Golden Guardians and FlyQuest are playing their full Academy roster in LCS for week 6. What’s going on??
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Academy Standouts: 2021 Summer, Week 5
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.
k1ng, Bot, Cloud9 Academy
The king of Academy was back on top this week. Well actually, k1ng was in bot lane, but never let facts ruin a good tagline.
It was a pop-off kind of week for C9A’s star carry, with kill counts of 6, 6, 9, and 6 on 4 different champions and high damage output, despite some struggles getting going in lane, partly due to gank attention.
k1ng Stats
| KDA | KP | GXD10 | DPM | CSPM | |
| Week 5 | 7.7 | 70.8% | -402 | 637 | 8.7 |
| Overall | 4.1 | 64.2% | -193 | 518 | 9.3 |
Who got their benching right, predicting the next Academy promotions, and more – Tim’s Takes Mailbox
– Which LCS team got their benching “right”?
– Who will be the next promotions from Academy, and which promotions will make the biggest splash?
– Is FBI the best player in the LCS?
All of that and more in this Mailbox Edition of Tim’s Takes.