DraftKings LoL: Friday LPL/LCK Breakdown

GAMES (EDT)

• 4:00 a.m: Sandbox Gaming vs. Damwon Gaming
• 5:00 a.m: Victory Five vs. Suning
• 6:50 a.m: Royal Never Give Up vs. LGD Gaming
• 7:00 a.m: afreeca Freecs vs. SeolHaeOnePrince

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DraftKings LoL: Friday LPL/LCK Cheat Sheet

SB vs. DWG

The LCK series on the slate have some lopsided matches, and our first one is the rising Sandbox Gaming against Damwon Gaming. Even with the recent success of Sandbox, I feel like this is a spot where DWG will roll over them pretty quickly, even though a case can be made for the number of shares that will be had for SB. If you're in a large field GPP, SB make a great leverage play on the field when most lineups won't have them in it. Looking at DWG ShowMaker leads the team in kills (96) and kill participation (70 percent) for the Summer. The rest of the team falls barely above 63 percent in kill participation, so ShowMaker is the way to go for your stacks with DWG. Nuguri in the Top lane has the next spot in kill share this Summer sitting at 84 kills. This will be a pretty straight forward series for DWG unless some catastrophic things happen in draft phase.  

Prediction to Win: DWG 2-1

• DWG Players to Target: ShowMaker ($8,000) Nuguri ($7,000) Ghost ($7,800)

V5 vs. SN

The LPL games on this slate feature teams that are very close in the standings for playoffs, and our first one has the fourth-place team in V5 against the fifth-place team SN. V5 has a pretty good early game, and in this meta that means a lot of success in this split. With how close this series is in the standings, this game should go to three games, and V5 should have the talent to take the series. SamD is the kill leader for V5 (112) and has the third-highest kill participation on the team. Weiwei in the Jungle holds the second spot for kills (90) and the highest kill participation at 75 percent. With this being a pivotal game for the playoffs, I expect both sides to come out swinging but then becoming a bit reserved if they are down a game.   

Prediction to Win: V5 2-1

• Players to Target: Everyone on V5

RNG vs. LGD

Betty is finally back in the lineup for RNG, which makes them a better bot lane. Gala was serviceable for the time being, but I think RNG will feel more comfortable with Betty back. This matchup is very close in terms of standings, with LGD currently ahead of RNG by two spots. This matchup will be determined on who can get the early lead since both teams are very good when they have a lead and can close out games. LGD is pretty cheap on this slate, so the shares of LGD should come in pretty high. That being said, I see RNG winning this series, and with that XLB in the Jungle leads the team in kills (84) and kill participation (71 percent), while Xiaohu comes in second in kills (70) and will need to be on point in the mid lane for RNG to take the match if Betty has any rust.

Prediction to Win: RNG 2-1

• Players to Target: Betty ($8,000), Xiaohu ($7,600), XLB ($6,600)

AF vs. SP

Afreeca is 0-5 against teams with winning records this split, with all of their victories coming against bottom-tier teams like SP. Both teams are down in gold on average at fifteen minutes, and this will be a tale of who doesn't mess up the early game because either team is viable with a lead at fifteen minutes. As far as the LCK games go, this is the one where an upset might occur if AF aren't careful in all aspects of the game. Mystic leads the team in kills (91) and has the highest kill participation on the team with 76 percent. The kills for AF drop off pretty significantly, with Fly and Kiin tying each other (56) this split. Afreeca can take this series, but it's very likely they drop a game.

Prediction to Win: AF 2-1

• AF Players to Target: Mystic ($8,000) Fly ($7,400) Kiin ($6,600)