DraftKings LoL: Saturday Worlds Breakdown

GAMES (EDT)

• 7:20 a.m: Unicorns vs. PSG Talong
• 8:10 a.m: SuperMassive vs. MAD Lions
• 9:00 a.m: Team Liquid vs. Legacy Esports

PSG vs. UoL

PSG came out looking hot with Konguye carrying the team in both matches Friday. He was able to set up early advantages for his laners and shove the enemy for him to take control over objectives. The biggest surprise was PSG beating LGD, and not taking anything away from them, but LGD played the slowest I've seen in a long time. Unicorns of Love are an old organization that used to be in the LEC, and most of these players have played together for a long time including MSI 2019. Unicorns remind me of how G2 likes to play in a sense where they sometimes lose early game but find these fights and end up snowballing the other team in the mid-to-late game. These players aren't new to the international stage, and the top side of UoL is a force to be scared of because of the multiple champions they can flex into each other. UoL are high on my radar, and I expect them to take this game through their team work, team fight and drafts that PSG most likely have never faced before in their region. If UoL can keep the tempo up and set up solid vision in their jungle to stop Konguye from getting fed then this game should be heavily in their favor.

Prediction: UoL Win

UoL Players to Target: Everyone

MAD vs. SUP

This game is going to be interesting because MAD did not look good on Day 1. Both games they drafted a comp that didn't execute well, trying to get too different. MAD has to understand that every team at Worlds is amazing regardless of region, and when they are drafting with the comp they had it is going to be a short run for them. They can't let Shad0w play a champion that he can't get his laners ahead. MAD will have a tough task against one of the longest-running organizations, as well as players with plenty of international experience. This SuperMassive team has a solid bottom lane of Zeitnot and Snowflower, who played on KT, and strong jungle carry in KakaO. This is a top-centric team that will draft a carry jungler for KakaO while putting Armut on Camille or tank duty like Ornn. Camille is a very strong pick right now, and if MAD are going to draft poorly for weak-side they'll be in trouble against a Supermassive team that is a clean and makes minimal mistakes while trying to beat you with map pressure, objective control and split pushing. This could be their downfall because sometimes they get bullied hard in team fights when they want to scale, and if MAD decide to stop playing scared they too can win. With little tape MAD has on SuperMassive, and an extra day to prep, I believe the boys in Turkey will pull this off and send the EU team to a 1-2 Worlds start.

Prediction: SUP Win

SUP Players to Target: Bolulu ($6,400), KakaO ($6,200)

LGC vs. TL

Legacy almost threw their game against INTZ because their macro was horrible. Their dragon control was non-existent, and the way they set up for fights was scary and got bailed out by INTZ not trying to focus on the back-line of Tristana. This is going to be a hard task for Legacy, as TL looked really good, especially Tactical and Impact. Impact is an amazing weak-side player, and with how aggressive Topoon is going to play, I believe he is going to feed Broxah and Impact trying to force engages when he shouldn't. TL showed me a lot in the game against MAD, including the ability to draft different champions we haven't seen in the regular season, and if they keep this up they will be a strong force going into group stage.

Prediction: TL Win

TL Players to Target: Everyone