DraftKings LoL: Saturday LEC Breakdown

GAMES (EDT)

• 11:00 a.m: Vitality vs. Excel
• 11:50 a.m: Schalke 04 vs. Misfits
• 12:40 p.m: Mad Lions vs. SK Gaming
• 1:30 p.m: Origen vs. Fnatic
• 2:20 p.m: Rogue vs. G2

For detailed player and teams stats, check out the

DraftKings LoL: Saturday LEC Cheat Sheet

VIT vs. XL

Vitality and Excel both got wins Friday against two tough opponents and are both sitting at 5-7 this Summer. With the playoffs looming, this match just got much more interesting for seeding since a win can propel them into securing playoffs. This game is very close in almost every statistic except for the gold difference at fifteen minutes, where XL has a plus-531 and VIT have a minus-771. Snowball compositions have proven to be effective this Summer, and with xL having the better early game they have a good shot at a close matchup. Patrik is your kill leader for XL with 37 and the highest kill participation on the team with 78 percent. Patrick will need to be enabled in the early game for a XL Victory.

Prediction to Win: XL

• XL Players to Target: Patrik ($7,400), Special ($7,200), Kryze ($5,800)

S04 vs. MSF

This game became very interesting after Friday since everyone just saw S04 beat the struggling G2 team that has a history of dominating the LEC. Just from looking at Friday's game, I would say to play S04, but I'm going to approach this one with an overall look from Summer. Misfits have the players to win this game if the drafting is right, and they don't get behind in the early game and has a better gold difference at 15. S04 should see an increased number of shares with the high kill game against G2, but even in a S04 win they won't score this high again since MSF play a slower game. Kobbe leads Febiven in kills 37 to 31 and then there is a little drop off for Razork sitting at 26 kills. That core three will be targets you want in MSF stacks.

Prediction to Win: MSF

• MSF Players to Target: Kobbe (7,600) Febiven ($7,400) Razork ($6.600)

MAD vs. SK

Mad Lions struggled early against Fnatic, which was a bit surprising but MAD were still able to pull out the win due to a FNC collapse. MAD did eventually get a 5K gold lead, which is a huge advantage on the Rift and shows MAD can play from behind and hit those mid-game team fights when they need to. SK took a loss Friday that they should have won after draft since Crownshot got Aphelios, but poor dragon control and team fight positioning was their downfall. MAD have a better early game then SK this Summer and have the better late game team fighting ability, which tips the scale for MAD to take the win.

Prediction to Win: MAD

• MAD Players to Target: Everyone on MAD

OG vs. FNC

Bwipo playing the Cho'Gath once again is quite puzzling even though FNC got a win on it earlier this split. Cho'gath seems is a lane pick, where you expect to lose the lane but try to do more in the team fights once he becomes a tank in the late game. The problem with this is when you're down so much gold when the mid-to-late game team fights come around, the late game tank doesn't matter. This seems like a spot where OG just gain small advantages early and leave FNC with no gold on the map. If FNC get desperate to make a play during that time we could see things go wrong pretty quickly.

Prediction to Win: OG

• OG Players to Target: Everyone on OG

RGE vs. G2

G2 comes into this game after a devastating and pretty embarrassing loss to S04. It might be time for G2 fans to worry about this since it's become a trend. G2 are trying out a new approach to the meta, which is not going so aggressively in the early game and trying to out-macro teams, which hasn't proven to be effective yet but these things take time. Looking at the shares of players on this slate, I expect G2 to be lower than back in Spring, which will provide some leverage on the slate. G2 are playing a tougher team in Rogue, but I still believe G2 will pull this one out.  

Prediction to Win: G2

• G2 Players to Target: Perkz ($8,200) Caps ($8,000) Jankos ($7,600)