Josh Barzal 
10/11 League of Legends DFS Breakdown: Worlds Edition
Welcome to my 10/11 League of Legends DFS Breakdown: Worlds Edition where I am looking to crush the second day of worlds with yet another 8 game slate for the day. I believe today is going to be much more cut and dry in terms of who is going to be coming away with these games and who will put up the kill numbers we need for the day. Our matches are T1 vs EDG, DK vs RGE, PSG vs HLE, RNG vs FNC, FPX vs C9, 100T vs DFM, GEN vs MAD, and TL vs LNG. I have an obvious path for this slate that I am looking to go down the road with for the slate and I am excited to share it so let’s dig into it.
T1 vs EDG
This is going to be a slow one in my eyes as I believe both teams are on the slower side of the slate in terms of pace. EDG is the class of the LPL while T1 is a solid team in the LCK and both looked really good in their respective openers while the first match for each team was on the easier side. EDG has one of the best mid/jg duo’s at worlds in Scout and Jiejie while they are obviously going up against Faker and T1. When looking at the rest of the lineups between the two teams EDG has a clear advantage in the overall strength of laners. I am giving EDG the advantage here to win today but T1 isn’t a team I can completely write off. EDG to win but I don’t really like either side due to the relative upside of this game.
DK vs RGE
This is one of our lopsided matchups between these two regions as the LCK is far ahead of the LEC in terms of overall region strength. Both of these teams have similar play styles where they look to get ahead through early game macro dominance. But that is where the similarities end between these two teams as there is a huge talent gap with DK taking the advantage there by a lot. Both of these teams play a little more controlled and in a very calculated style overall. I hate not spending a lot of time here but DK is going to roll over RGE in a not-so-close matchup and once Rogue falls behind they like to start feeding in their matches and DK is a team that can very much take advantage of that against this squad. I like DK to win and they classify as one of the better plays on the slate.
PSG vs HLE
I am having a tough time not looking to go back to PSG here even though HLE looked a lot better against Fnatic who was admittedly playing with a sub in their bot lane spot. HLE is a team who is having a lot of success playing through their jg/mid duo in Chovy and Willer but they are going to be countered hard here in Maple and River. I really like PSG here again and the upside for the side of PSG is something that has consistently caught my eye. I believe this has the chance to be one of the higher scoring matchups on the slate and I might have to go with backing the dog on this match in PSG as they give you the value and the chance to upset that we need. They looked good against RNG in the team fights until they eventually lost a key fight and were just overpowered by the gold difference. I like PSG here but I won’t completely fade HLE due to the overall upside here. PSG and a high scorer.
RNG vs FNC
PLAY 4 RNG IF IT IS POSSIBLE. Yes, they are the most expensive team on the slate. Yes, they almost just had a letdown spot against PSG. Yes, they are hard to fit with just about anyone but they are playing into one of the fastest teams at worlds in FNC who is without their likely best player in Upset. RNG is going to win this matchup and I would stake just about anything on it. Not much information to drop on this game other than play 4 RNG if you can, they have the easiest chance to be the highest-scoring team on the slate and it wouldn’t even be close.
FPX vs C9
This is somewhere we are going to be able to look for safety in the arms of FPX to take a win here consistently and take over their match against C9. C9 isn’t terrible but they have the designation of coming from what is believed to be the weakest major region in NA and they are going against one of the top 3 teams at worlds in FPX. Perkz is one of the best if not the best western mid laner of all time and he is going to have to get crushed by DoinB, if they even bring this matchup close I would be amazed. We have one of the most lopsided games on the slate here in where I expect FPX to roll over C9 and they should be able to put up a decent score but nothing I expect to be needed or a slate breaker. FPX is going to roll to a win here but it is not going to be a high kill affair.
100T vs DFM
100T didn’t falter too bad against EDG in their opening matchup but they got overpowered by what is looking like the best overall team in the tournament so far. DFM on the other hand was dismantled by T1 in a matchup that wasn’t even close overall, T1 pulled out the victory 22-2 and didn’t let DFM do anything in terms of getting in the game. 100T is from NA and it is well written as to how I think they are the worst major region at worlds but 100T gets the pleasure here of not having to face off against one of the major region teams in DFM. If there was going to be an upset for DFM it is going to have to come against the west but I just can’t see it happening against Fakerdagge and the rest of the 100 thieves. I am taking 100T to win here and I do like the kill potential a lot tonight.
GEN vs MAD
This matchup is just going to be gross in general. GEN just stomped LNG in an expected, very low-scoring match, where both teams looked to macro instead of constantly team fight. GEN here has the chance to take on the west in the MAD lions and I expect it to be another stomp from the side of GEN G. MAD is one of the best team fighting teams in the world which can always give them a chance in these games but I really can’t theory craft a win for them outside of them being able to pull off the win due to not being too far behind GEN in the early game and then using their team fighting advantage to hold out and win over GEN. I like GEN to take the win here and do so in a dominating macro fashion but I wouldn’t be surprised either if they were able to put up kills in this matchup as MAD is someone who likes to up the pace of the game and they can feed some kills over to GEN in a loss. I expect an easier win here for the side of GEN and one that is either going to lead to a lot of kills or just a few, play them in cash mainly.
LNG vs TL
TL looked really good in their game against MAD yesterday and I believe that may have the ability to sway some opinions for today, while I do believe that TL looked really good. I also believe that this is an NA team going against one of the better teams from the LPL in LNG and someone who can counter TL in their strengths in top lane with Ale who is admittedly better than Alphari in this matchup. When looking outside of the top lane the only problem spot I can really see for LNG is going to be the mid lane with Icon going up against one of TL’s best players in Jensen, who has some amazing KP for this team and in a win someone I expect to be able to put up massive numbers. LNG on the other hand is an LPL team with one of the most talented ADC’s in Light along with Tarzan in the jungle and Ale in the top lane. I am taking LNG to win here through their mid to lane game dominance and how they are able to play through multiple spots on their roster, there is a chance this will be a fast game so I am not against playing a lot of this game but I would envision a 17 kill win.
Summary
EDG, DK, PSG, RNG, FPX, 100T, GEN, and LNG are all going to be the winners on the slate for me and the upside matches are going to be RNG/FNC, PSG/HLE, and 100T/DFM. They are going to be my favorite matches to go from with my #1 combo probably being RNG and PSG. Thank you for reading my 10/11 League of Legends DFS Breakdown: Worlds Edition and I am excited for another day of coverage on these amazing slates. To see our other content here at WinDaily click here and to join our discord click here. Thank you for reading and I am excited for another day and goodluck everyone!!!
