Josh Barzal 
10/11 League of Legends DFS breakdown: Worlds Edition
Welcome to my 10/11 League of Legends DFS breakdown: Worlds Edition. We are being blessed with a massive eight-game slate for this fine Monday morning. I am not looking to give too much of a description here as I need to get right into business with the size of the slate we have today. Our matches include FPX vs DK, RNG vs PSG, FNC vs HLE, GEN vs LNG, T1 vs DFM, 100T vs EDG, TL vs MAD, and RGE vs C9. We have a lot to get into so let’s get started into this slate.
Main Slate Breakdown
FPX vs DK
This is graciously the first match of the day and the most hyped matchup of the day and possibly the tournament. This is what many believe will be the preview of the world championship. FPX is the best team in the LPL and DK is the best team in the LCK. If you want to take a peek into region strength then we are going to be favoring the LPL here as they are the best region in the world. When we take a look into the strengths of each team we are going to have to focus a bit on the mid-lane with our matchup between Showmaker and DoinB. This is one of the best mids in the world vs the best mid laner in the world in DoinB. Looking around though we are going to have to give the advantage to FPX on the top side, jungle goes to DK, bot lane will be the deciding factor in the game though and I believe that is going to go the way of FPX and that is who I expect to win the game. Take FPX here and I like them to be one of the top scorers on the slate.
RNG vs PSG
We have two very dominant regular season teams here between RNG and PSG. Both were dominant squads with PSG not losing a match in the regular season while RNG was one of the top squads again in the LPL. I have an odd feeling about this game and it is leading me to one of the biggest upset picks we have here today. This is going to be one of the closest matches there are but the name/region is going to give us more ownership over on the side of RNG. While on the flipside I can only see this as another region to play PSG here. Yes, they are not the regional power that RNG is while playing in the LPL, but they are in one of the better regions in the league world and are the most dominant squad we have here. If you’re playing for safety and cash I would go with RNG but for me, and for my GPP shots I am fully sending PSG here. This will be closer than many expect and I love it today.
FNC vs HLE
Believe it or not, this is one of those matches I don’t believe we are going to have too much of a question with the winner but mostly who is going to have the chance to put up the points tonight. FNC plays at breakneck speed while HLE plays in a much more adaptive way to what their opponent is playing like. HLE is either going to be in a 30 kill game or a 13 kill game for the winner. FNC is an LEC team going up against an LCK one but I still believe they are going to be the winner here with how HLE has looked in this tournament so far. I don’t believe they have the ability to keep up with teams like FNC and they really don’t have a team outside of Chovy and that will show when Nisqy holds his own against him. I like FNC and believe they can put up the points here.
LNG vs GEN
Here we are looking to get back to one of the slower-paced matchups where we could see lower kill numbers overall. LNG has looked amazing so far this tournament while GEN looked worse as their season went on. Both of these teams like to play slower and more of a macro style in their gameplay and I expect LNG to be the key benefactor to this as they are the overall better squad in the matchup. I am also not sure about GEN’s roster tonight as they have the possibility to switch in the jungle and in the top lane. Either way that this match goes I can really only see it being a slow playing game and I am looking to take LNG here but I believe it is going to be one of those lower scoring matchups on the day.
T1 vs DFM
I have a few opinions that are not going to be anywhere near the norm with most playing this slate tonight and this is the second look that I am giving that is going to differ from most. The storylines here are abundant for T1 with this being Faker’s first worlds in two years and their consistent roster turnover. DFM on the other hand is the best collection of talent that has ever come out of the LJL region and they have been playing like it so far this tournament only picking up a loss against C9. T1 is the better team here, coming out of the better region, with side selection here tonight. T1 should win this game as they hold consistent advantages in the jungle and mid-lane. DFM could possibly claim an edge on top with the best player to ever come of the LJL in Evi. T1 should win here again but I like the possible upside in a win from this DFM squad and that is driving over towards them as an upset pick here. T1 for Cash, DFM for GPP shots.
100T vs EDG
I would love to theory craft some crazy way that this match will be interesting and anything other than a stomp in favor of EDG but that is simply not possible. 100T is the best team from NA, yes, but NA is still the worst of the major regions and EDG is a part of the best region in the world in the LPL. It is impossible for me to see EDG lose but I also cannot recommend playing them outside of their team spot as this should be a blowout for the EDG squad and one of the faster matches of the day. There’s not too much to say here other than that EDG is going to win the kills are going to be on the lower side for this one.
TL vs MAD
Another one of the closer matches on the day and I can see this going the way of MAD into their faster playstyle and I can also see TL trying to push this match more into their slow play style where they can control the map through macro. These teams also match up quite well overall in their positions as I would call it even between Alphari and Armut in the top lane, the jungle would have to go to the side of the MAD lions with Elyoya over Santorin due to his playstyle for more AD junglers in this meta. Mid-lane is dead even between Jensen and Humanoid and I am going to keep it that way in saying this is dead even. Bot lane is also very close with MAD holding the edge in the adc role and TL holding the edge in the Support role. What is really going to separate these teams though is their team fighting. which is going to carry MAD here tonight. I am taking MAD and I believe the kills can be here depending on how they pull off the win.
RGE vs C9
NA is a very disappointing region overall but their closest counterpart is the LEC and this is going to be another matchup between the two regions. Rogue was picked apart with their playstyle and the blueprint on how to beat them has been layed out. If C9 can win the early game against Rogue, I really can’t see a scenario where they lose this matchup but they also have to do this against the best macro early game team in the LEC. I can really only see a path here for Rogue to take the win over C9 and that is where my pick is going to be but I cannot see this match having anything resembling kills. It probably has the best chance to be the lowest-scoring on the day. I am taking RGE here but not playing either side
Summary
Welcome to the summary of my 10/11 League of Legends DFS breakdown: Worlds Edition. My final picks to win tonight are going to be FPX, PSG, FNC, LNG, DFM, EDG, MAD, RGE. In terms of upside, the best games for possible points are going to be PSG/RNG, FPX/DK, and FNC/HLE. The rest fall off after those big three. Thank you guys for reading my LOL breakdown for our first world’s main stage action and I will be in discord answering any questions needed here and to check out other articles over here at WinDaily click here. Thank you again and let’s crush this slate!!!
