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Analysis and Opinion

AC/AM Standouts: 2021 Spring, Week 7

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/AnDa, Top/Jungle, No Org

No Org made a run through the Lower Bracket of the Unified Grand Prix and took out SolaFide 3-0 in the Grand Finals, and V1per and AnDa were the most instrumental pieces of that run. I want to acknowledge them both up front, but since I discussed both of them last week already, I won’t belabour the point.

Both of these players could be competing for top 2 or 3 in their role in Academy right now. Enough said.

Raheen, Bot, Zoos Gaming

Raheen is usually the main carry threat on Zoos Gaming, and his partnership with Rhino in the bot lane is starting to come together to form a real threat. He played a key role in Zoos’s run to qualify for Proving Grounds, and I’m excited to see what he and Rhino can do in that tournament with more time to practice against Academy-level duo lanes.

Raheen Stats

  KDA KP GXD10 DPM CSPM
UGP 3.4 63.1% +671 519 8.2

5fire, Mid, No Org

I know this is really over-indexing on No Org, but 5fire deserves this shoutout and the team earned all the attention with their UGP tournament win.

5fire plays a very wide range of champions, with things like Sett, Yone, and Veigar all contributing to his UGP run and 17 different champions under belt in 2021 as a whole so far. He has a tendency to play with a bit too much variance, both in his champion pool and in-game, but I was impressed that even in his Veigar game, where he fed a bit early and was chasing his losses, he still found ways to contribute and get the job done without tilting himself out of the game.

5fire Stats

  KDA KP GXD10 DPM CSPM
UGP 4.0 62.7% +194 598 7.5

If 5fire can keep working on his mental game and demonstrates that he can learn from his past experiences and from the mentorship of veterans and coaches around him, he can definitely have a very bright future.

Additional Standouts

The following players also stood out.

  • Apollo, Bot, SolaFide
  • Rhino, Support, Zoos Gaming
  • Tuesday, Mid, SolaFide
  • Value, Bot, No Org
  • Zeyzal, Bot, SolaFide

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Analysis and Opinion

AC/AM Standouts: 2021 Spring, Week 5/6

NOTE: I’ve been writing the Academy Standouts series since early 2020, but with the changes in competitive format for Academy and the introduction of more structure to North America’s amateur scene, I need a new framework for highlighting standout performers at the sub-LCS level in NA. Going forward, I will be using the title “AC/AM Standouts” and adjusting the format so that I can highlight players in both Academy and amateur.

AC/AM Standouts highlights the players who performed best in the most recent week of NA Academy and NA amateur play, with primary focus on Academy. I’ll discuss a few of the most noteworthy players, then list some other strong performers below.

AnDa, Jungle, No Org

Last year, AnDa was the best Jungler in Academy. Some believed he had earned another shot in the LCS, and it was a pretty big surprise that he didn’t at least stick in Academy. But he landed on No Org in the amateur scene, and he has been the foundation of the team, playing equally well on a wide variety of styles, from Nidalee to Olaf to Graves to Elise. His pathing has ensured that No Org’s star solo laners can do their jobs and carry the team. As a trio, AnDa, V1per, and 5fire are three of the best players in the entire amateur scene.

AnDa Stats, Unified Grand Prix

  KDA KP GXD10 DPM CSPM
UGP 10.8 65.2% +397 406 7.1

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Analysis and Opinion

EG Academy vs. 100 Academy, Summer Playoffs Preview

On paper, 100 Academy are the higher-seeded team for this match, finishing with an 11-7 record compared to EG Academy’s 9-9. Advanced gold metrics actually rate EGA higher, though, with +0.46 GPR and +2.8% GSPD to 100A’s +0.17 GPR and +1.3% GSPD.

But 100A’s addition of Kenvi for the final three weeks makes things a bit more complicated. In those six games, 100A put up +0.38 GPR and +6.8% GSPD, a very small improvement despite the team putting together a 5-1 record to close the season.

There is no clear favourite for this series; it’s going to come down to preparation and mental strength.

EG Academy Key Player and Path to Victory

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