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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!
Check stats for all of these players on the Academy 2020 Summer Regular Season page Continue reading The Best Possible LCS-Eligible Academy Lineup
Fudge keeps on keeping on, playing Ornn against CLG Academy and Camille against DIG Academy this week and excelling both in the rank role and the carry / split push position. His ownership of side lanes and big-time flank engages on Camille were especially impressive.
Lost and Treatz are the best duo lane in Academy right now. TSM Academy’s 2-0 week against 100 Academy and EG Academy featured big-time carry games from Lost, with big laning stats, damage output, and kill participation.