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Analysis and Opinion

Academy Standouts: 2021 Summer, Week 5

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.

k1ng, Bot, Cloud9 Academy

Photo of 98767975937423972.pngThe king of Academy was back on top this week. Well actually, k1ng was in bot lane, but never let facts ruin a good tagline.

It was a pop-off kind of week for C9A’s star carry, with kill counts of 6, 6, 9, and 6 on 4 different champions and high damage output, despite some struggles getting going in lane, partly due to gank attention.

k1ng Stats

  KDA KP GXD10 DPM CSPM
Week 5 7.7 70.8% -402 637 8.7
Overall 4.1 64.2% -193 518 9.3

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Analysis and Opinion

Academy Standouts: 2020 Summer Week 6

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.

Ablazeolive, Mid, Golden Guardians

GG Ablazeolive 2020 Split 1.pngWith a massive 95.5% kill participation and 830 DPM, Ablazeolive was wreaking havoc all over the map this week in GGA’s wins over IMTA and DIGA. It was very much a “player of the week” pair of showings.

 Stats, 2020 Summer Week 6

  KDA KP GXD10 DPM CS%P15
W6 5.3 95.5% -63 830 24.2%
Total 4.0 80.9% +251 497 24.9%

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The Best Possible LCS-Eligible Academy Lineup

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When Immortals swapped their LCS and Academy rosters around three weeks ago and then came out and actually won a couple of games, it forced some people to re-evaluate their opinions about the perceived lack of talent in North America’s tier 2 league. Then Poome and Contractz came up and helped 100 Thieves spoil Cloud9’s big at an undefeated season.

Sure, IMT “Academy” is anchored by Xmithie, Apollo, and Hakuho, but Allorim and Insanity are definitely playing their parts. And 100 Thieves have Ssumday, which at times renders any other observation about their roster moot—he’s just that good. But caveats aside, there is real potential in Academy, and I’ve been working to highlight it all year long.

The success of recent Academy-to-LCS promotions got me wondering: if I could take the players currently competing in Academy and form them into an LCS-eligible “super team,” who would I pick?

Find out below!

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