DraftKings LoL: Saturday LCS Cheat Sheet

Games (EDT)

• 4:00 p.m. Golden Guardians vs. Evil Geniuses
• 4:50 p.m. Team SoloMid vs. Cloud9
• 5:40 p.m. Counter Logic Gaming vs. Team Liquid
• 6:30 p.m. FlyQuest vs. Team Dignitas

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DraftKings LoL: Saturday LCS Cheat Sheet

GG vs. EG

With how good Evil Geniuses started, they have been inconsistent ever since their first two wins. Svenskeren and Jiizuke are put on champions that don't work well together in a meta where the jungle/mid combination is very important. I don't get why EG can't just draft normally, because they "could" be very good. For Golden Guardians, Closer and Damonte are good together with Closer at 50 percent first blood and a top-three player in gold differential in his position. This should showcase how potent Golden Guardian's early game is, which could see the team snowball EG. To make matters worse, EG tends to over extend in fights which can be problematic when their top and bottom lane differ on what type of pace they want to play around the map. For how good EG is on paper, they have the same team stats in every category besides first to three turrets which Golden Guardians hold over EG.

Prediction: GG Win

GG Players to Target: Damonte ($6,400), Closer ($6,000)

TSM vs. C9

Everyone knows that Cloud9 is the best team in the league. This team leads the league in every category and the one thing they do is draft appropriately, taking every series seriously. There were some games that were pretty close in the early game, but when mid to late game comes this team knows how to manipulate the map in their favor to set themselves up for success. Blaber has been the best jungler in the league and has a 75 percent first blood rate. Team SoloMid is a good team; good enough that they could win this contest if they can control Blaber's pathing. The statistics might say otherwise, but they have done a good job in the early game and stayed away from playing top side. C9 has played some close games, but I don't see how they can drop a map this season unless they have a weird draft.

Prediction: C9 Win

C9 Players to Target: Everyone

CLG vs. TL

I don't know how but Team Liquid have gotten so lucky in their last two wins. If anyone watched those games, they were down in gold and kills going into the late game and somehow they win one teamfight and then go for a backdoor win. Counter Logic Gaming is a better team this split compared to last split. but this should still be a victory for Liquid. TL play for objectives and rarely force fights, almost to their determent  because they tend to get behind early. Luckily they have Broxah and Jensen who both have solid early game ratings and this is the reason why this team doesn't get too far behind, as the duo is fantastic at keeping the gold difference close. TL can easily punish how CLG play their late game and this is a spot for DFS where I would stay away unless you need some salary saving for cash.

Prediction: TL Win

TL Players to Target: Jensen ($7,600), Broxah ($7,000), CoreJJ ($5,000)

FLY vs. DIG

Personally I was on 100 Thieves on Friday because I am a Poome fan. FlyQuest had a huge early game advantage in the mid lane and threw it in the late game which is rare to see. Dignitas doesn't have any carries like Ssumsday or Cody Sun to take over, and as a result this should be a smash spot for FLY. I can see a big bounce back after an embarrassing lost to 100T, which is fantastic considering FLY is one of the more bloody teams in the league. They have the best first blood rate at 75 percent and have the best mid-to-late game rating.

Prediction: FLY Win

FLY Players to Target: Everyone