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The Best Possible Academy/Amateur Lineup – Spring 2021

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The North American Academy and amateur system has a lot of great players in it, both in the sense of current performance level and future potential. Today we’re going to look at the first category by putting together the two strongest possible LCS-eligible teams from among the Spring 2021 Academy/amateur rosters.

Top: V1per

Photo of 99322416267384658.pngV1per probably could have signed with an Academy team for the Spring split, but he ended up playing in the amateur circuit with Anew Esports, before they were disbanded via competitive ruling, forcing V1per and his teammates to play the rest of the split with no organizational backing.

That didn’t stop V1per from leading his squad all the way to a Proving Grounds championship. Continue reading The Best Possible Academy/Amateur Lineup – Spring 2021

AC/AM Standouts: 2021 Spring, Week 14

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

V1per, Top, No Org

Photo of 99322416267384658.pngV1per entered the amateur circuit this Spring hoping to rebuild his confidence and prove to the LCS that his potential is not defined or limited by the version of himself that we saw during 2019 and 2020. He became the focal point of the No Org team, developed a great partnership with AnDa, and ramped up his play continuously over the course of the past four months, starting by absolutely wrecking all of the amateur Top laners and ending by doing the same to the Academy players en route to winning the first ever Proving Grounds tournament.

V1per Stats

  KDA KP GXD10 DPM CSPM
PG 4.5 60.1% +197 582 9.0

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AC/AM Standouts: 2021 Spring, Week 13

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

Jojopyun, Mid, Evil Geniuses Academy

EGA’s budding star Mid laner had a huge series against TSM Academy on Saturday, destroying his mid lane opponent and carrying in a pair of Orianna games and one mid lane Renekton pick that brought some great flexibility into the best-of-five series. Earlier in the week, Jojo also brought out a mid lane Sett pick that nearly won game 2 against Cloud9 Academy but wasn’t quite enough.

Jojopyun Stats

  KDA KP GXD10 DPM CSPM
PG 3.7 64.6% +1,260 495 8.4

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