DraftKings Call of Duty: Saturday Cheat Sheet

Games EDT

• 1:00 p.m. Chicago Huntsmen vs. Minnesota Rokkr
• 2:30 p.m. London Royal Ravens vs. New York Subliners
• 4:00 p.m. Paris Legion vs. OpTic Gaming Los Angeles
• 5:30 p.m. Los Angeles Guerrillas vs. Seattle Surge

CHI (13-4) vs. MIN (12-8)

Well, the Huntsmen picked up a win with their new-look roster, but Prestinni was less than impressive. 0.76 KD is brutally bad, even for a SMG player as aggressive as Prestinni, but the Huntsmen did get the win, and looked relatively potent in Search and Destroy as an added bonus. A minimum-priced salary made the newest twin an appealing DraftKings option Friday, but with an $800 hike Saturday for what I can only assume was a "whoopsie" by the pricer makers, it's time to pivot away.

I assumed Arcitys would be one of the main members to benefit from the roster change, but perhaps not surprisingly, it was the legendary Scump who took advantage instead, recording a team-high in kills en route to a 100+ DK game. While a handful of those challenges were just filthy plays rather than any sort of new team strategy, he'll be the key once again facing a Rokkr roster primed with a plethora of AR menaces.

The majority of the Huntsmen are priced as significant underdogs, and I completely understand the rationale given how the Rokkr simply "looked" better in their Friday series, despite ultimately being pushed to a Game 5, Round 11 victory over OpTic Gaming Los Angeles. Even if Chicago ends up losing the series, I think they do at least enough to extend into a fourth, or even fifth contest, which should allow the majority of the roster to be playable from a DFS perspective. I don't feel as comfortable suggesting the same for Minnesota, thanks in large part to the sticker shock.

Prediction: MIN 3-1

CHI Players to Target: Envoy ($7,800), FormaL ($7,600), Scump ($7,000)

MIN Players to Target: Alexx ($8,400)

LON (6-8) vs. NYS (5-10)

This figures to be a fun series, as the rosters are arguably among the two hottest in the tournament at the moment.

The addition of Zer0 paid immediate dividends for the Royal Ravens, yet he's inexplicable $600 cheaper than Friday's slate, despite tying for a team-high in kills against the Guerrillas. Of course, the Subliners are a significantly better team, but we're talking about a massive price savings in a series that should at least go four games, if not five. If there's a fourth game, Seany and his $5,200 salary stand out like an obvious sore thumb, given he racked up an impressive 188 seconds of Hardpoint time across two games, easily the highest on his team.

I'd feel more comfortable using some of that savings on higher-priced players in the two remaining games, but MackMelts was absolutely on fire Friday, tallying a league-high 145 DK points, and should be primed for another explosive contest in this matchup. Not that you really need another low-priced player from this contest, but ZooMaa's $6,400 salary also seems off, particularly given the safe floor he gives you in terms of kills. Take away the 3-0 massacre of the Mutineers earlier this month, and ZooMaa is averaging 86.6 kills across his last five games -- too high of a baseline to be as cheap as he is.

Prediction: NYS 3-2

LON Players to Target: Zer0 ($5,600), Seany ($5,200)

NYS Players to Target: MackMelts ($9,400), Temp ($7,600), ZooMaa ($6,400)

PAR (6-9) vs. OGLA (5-10)

OpTic Gaming look like a different team with the insertion of Chino into the starting lineup, but their franchise woes in Search and Destroy Game 5's reared their ugly head once more, as the Rokkr came from behind to claim a Round 11 victory Friday. You can always take away some positives in a loss, but this was a particularly tough one to swallow for Green Wall fans given they had what many people assumed was a better Minnesota team on the ropes. 

We saw this same matchup earlier in the month during the Florida Home Series, with OpTic Gaming claiming a 3-0 series sweep, but I'm not positive we'll see it this go around. I was impressed by the way Paris played around Denz, who posted a Day 1 high 1.35 KD. He's unlikely to go 20/10 in Domination once more, but I think there's enough offense from this European squad to at least give OpTic some trouble.

This absolutely feels like a series in which Dashy must put the pressure on Paris, and SlasheR's ever-growing confidence has been a sight for sore eyes. I think you'll need to roster at least two from this matchup out of the Denz, Dash, SlasheR trio in order to compete in a tournament setting, if only because I have a hard time believing either team will pick up a sweep.

Prediction: OGLA 3-1

PAR Players to Target:  Denz ($9,000), Shockz ($7,400)

OGLA Players to Target: SlasheR ($9,600), Dashy ($8,600)

LAG (2-10) vs. SEA (4-11)

Death, taxes and the Surge winning over the Guerrillas. Seattle's only four series wins have all come against Los Angeles, and I have a hard time seeing that change this go around. Maybe I have too much faith in AquA and company, but it's hard to fathom, just from an ego perspective, the Guerrillas not at least winning one game from this ill-fated matchup given how many times they've faced one another. At the very least, the Guerrillas Search and Destroy should at least extend the series, but that was also the thought last go around before the Surge absolutely trounced their Los Angeles punching bag.

If the Surge ultimately do end up sweeping again, as they did in their most recent matchup during Day 2 of the Seattle homestand, it could have disastrous results for DFS owners considering almost every other match should see at least four games. Octane is the highest-priced player on the slate, and for good reason given his enormous role on the team's win condition every series, but you don't get a chance to rack up many DK points when you're not playing.

I'm sure Octane is going to see a massive ownership percentage, and while I think the risk is worth the potential reward, understand there is absolutely "risk" targeting him in such an obvious scenario like this.

Also worth noting, Seattle became the first team to sub out a player mid game, opting to use Pandur in Search and Destroy, while Enable was utilized in the team's three respawn game modes. I have no idea if this will continue or not, but consider both of them completely off limits for the time being.

Prediction: SEA 3-1

LAG Players to Target: Decemate ($7,800)

SEA Players to Target: Octane ($10,600), Apathy ($8,600)