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Analysis and Opinion

Academy Standouts: 2021 Summer, Week 4

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.

Kumo, Top, FlyQuest Academy

Photo of 99322534298200420.pngLast week I included Kumo in the “additional standouts” and wrote:

If he can keep up that level he can definitely become a player to watch once again.

Well, he delivered an even stronger week this time around, driving FLY Academy to a 4-0 week over Golden Guardians Academy and Dignitas Academy (which may not sound like the stiffest opposition until you note that DIGA 2-0ed C9 Academy in their other series this week).

Kumo Stats

  KDA KP GXD10 DPM CSPM
Week 4 7.5 72.8% +459 588 7.6
Overall 4.8 64.2% +30 508 7.8

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Analysis and Opinion

Academy Standouts: 2021 Summer, Week 1

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.

Note: For the Spring split, I added amateur play into this article series, but with the change in format where Academy teams are now playing a double round robin of best-of-two series, there are many more games to track, so I will be reverting back to covering only Academy in these articles. That does not mean I am not watching the amateur tournaments, but standout amateur players will be highlighted in other ways, such as the Mobalytics Top Prospects list!

Contractz, Jungle, Evil Geniuses Academy

Photo of 98767975969375854.pngContractz played Diana, Nidalee, and two games of Rumble, and his presence on those AP carry champions was… magical.

Yes. I went there.

If we take a look at the man’s stat line from last week, we can see that he posted +1,610 GXD10 across those 4 games.

…Wait, what!?

Contractz Stats

  KDA KP GXD10 DPM CSPM
Week 1 4.7 79.2% +1,610 665 6.4

That kind of jungle diff just isn’t healthy. Continue reading Academy Standouts: 2021 Summer, Week 1 →

Analysis and Opinion

The Best Possible Academy/Amateur Lineup – Spring 2021

This article was available early to Patreon subscribers.

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 →