The 100 Thieves organization benefited in several ways from running an amateur team in 2020, but were those benefits big enough to justify the investment and effort? And have they actually seen those benefits materialize in any real way so far, or are the benefits mostly theoretical and future-based?
NOTE: I didn’t discuss Poome in this video, and I should have given the 100T Next program credit for “discovering” him in the Spring split and advancing him into Academy and the LCS team in the Summer.
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.
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.
Kenvi, Jungle, 100 Thieves
Even though I have no photo for Kenvi, I’ve been waiting to talk about this guy for a while.
