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Academy Standouts: 2021 Summer, Week 9

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.

Eyla, Support, Team Liquid Academy

Photo of 101383792840788117.pngA triumphant 4-0 week capped off the summer split for Eyla and TLA, and Eyla was the constant driver of their victories. He played Thresh twice against FLY Academy, then Rell and Leona IMT Academy. Those are two pretty stiff opponents, especially when you consider that the FLYA bot lane of Johnsun and Dreams spent much of the summer in the LCS.

Eyla Stats

  KDA KP DTH% WPM WCPM
Week 9 11.0 78.6% 14.3% 1.47 0.45
Overall 4.5 69.3% 18.5% 1.43 0.41

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True Sight Podcast Ep. 40 – Smax on NA Academy All-Star and recent amateur results

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Sam “Smax” Heid gives insight into recent NA amateur results and the best teams heading towards Proving Grounds, and picks his first and second Academy All-Star teams based on the Summer Split so far, along with an Armchair GM exercise to cap things off.

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