Academy Standouts highlights the players who performed best in the most recent week of NA Academy and Proving Grounds play. I’ll discuss a few of the most noteworthy standouts, then list some other players whose performances caught my eye below.
No video this week; I’m out of town.
Watch Tim’s picks for Game of the Week:
TSM Academy vs. Maryville University (full best-of-3):
Busio, Support, 100 Thieves Academy
100 Thieves Academy had to go through the Play-In stage to get into the main portion of Proving Grounds, but Busio made sure that Wildcard Gaming never put them under any real threat. He was solid and controlling on his favoured Braum in the first game, then switched onto Rakan for game 2 and absolutely popped off, devastating the lane matchup alongside Wixxi and taking over.
It’s only a matter of time until we see this player in the LCS.
Continue reading Academy Standouts: 2022 Spring, Proving Grounds Week 1
Contractz dominated FlyQuest Academy with a pair of Nidalee games where he exerted relentless pressure all around the map, especially working around Tony Top’s Camille and Jax picks to set up the side-laning win condition. His Nidalee javelins around the Baron pit in game 1 changed the story of the series, and his play overall was the main factor behind EGA’s upset over FLYA and their advancement in the upper bracket.