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.
Luger, Bot, 100 Thieves
The 100 Thieves org has been waiting for Luger to get to the US so he could join his team, and he was finally able to join in the action. What an arrival! In two games of Kai’sa he asserted himself in lane, picked up multikills in team fights, and put out over 800 damage per minute.
Luger Stats, 2021 Spring Week 4
| Â | KDA | KP | GXD10 | DPM | CSPM |
| W4 | 4.0 | 78.3% | +657 | 802 | 9.0 |
| Total | 4.0 | 78.3% | +657 | 802 | 9.0 |
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.
Team Liquid Academy are counting on Eyla to be the best player on their team and lead them to victory, in somewhat of a parallel with their LCS squad and CoreJJ, and in Week 1 he came in and did just that, dominating on Rell against GGA, in particular.