Category Archives: Analysis and Opinion

Academy Standouts: 2021 Summer, Week 8

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.

Isles, Support, Cloud9 Academy

Photo of 103103578076943629.pngC9 Academy put together a much stronger set of games in week 8 than they had been recently, going 3-1 and benefiting greatly from Isles delivering on a diverse range of picks. He played Rell, Nautilus, Taric, and Karma, and performed equally well on all four.

Isles Stats

  KDA KP DTH% WPM WCPM
Week 8 6.9 67.1% 19.0% 1.61 0.38
Overall 5.3 66.0% 16.2% 1.44 0.33

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Making Moves at the Roster Lock – Understanding the promotions of 100 Busio and EG Tomio

100 Thieves promoted Busio from 100 Thieves neXt into Academy, and Evil Geniuses moved Tomio from EG Prodigies into EG Academy. What prompted these moves, and what are the implications? Here’s an in-depth exploration of the motivations for both the teams and the players, the effects of the current infrastructure and ruleset, and the ways the moves affect the amateur teams.

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