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 players, then list some other strong performers below.
Pretty, Mid, Immortals
Three weeks in, and Pretty makes his second appearance in the top 3. You might look at his 1.9 KDA and wonder why he’s on the Standouts list, especially when his team went 0-2 this week, but if you watch the way he played on Azir and Galio, the mechanical and situational plays he made, the positions he put himself in, and the opportunities he created for his team, you can’t help but be impressed by what this man is bringing to the table.
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 players, then list some other strong performers below.
Copy, Mid, Cloud9
Copy is a 100 Thieves Next graduate, like Kenvi, though he wasn’t retained by 100 Thieves the way Kenvi and Tenacity were, and instead found himself signing with Cloud9 as the core North American prospect of their rebuilt Academy team. He’s a team-oriented Mid laner with good map awareness and game sense.
Typically you’d expect to have a clear favourite when one of the teams was seeded directly into the Lower Bracket, but 100 Thieves mopped up EG pretty convincingly in the teams’ last meeting, and the head-to-head role matchups stack up quite well for 100T. Both teams are top side-heavy, with relatively quiet contributions from the mid and bot lanes.
With such similar profiles on paper, preparation and coaching could make the real difference.
Three weeks in, and Pretty makes his second appearance in the top 3. You might look at his 1.9 KDA and wonder why he’s on the Standouts list, especially when his team went 0-2 this week, but if you watch the way he played on Azir and Galio, the mechanical and situational plays he made, the positions he put himself in, and the opportunities he created for his team, you can’t help but be impressed by what this man is bringing to the table.
