Mark Eakins 
We are going to start by breaking down the two matchups of the new LPL split scheduled to go off at 5 am and 7 am Eastern standard time on Tuesda The DraftKings and FanDuel slates lock at 5 am SHARP. The slate is two best of three-game series LPL (Chinese League) matches.
The first match is JD GAMING (JDG) (-2500) VS. DOMINUS ESPORTS (DMO) (+850). and the second match is INVICTUS GAMING (IG) (-190) VS. LGD GAMING (LGD)(+135). I am going to break down each game the way I feel it will play out. I will post my betting picks and favorite team immediately following the breakdown.
At the later stage of my article, I will have a list of my favorite captain’s/stars in order of preference. This article is for both Draftkings and FanDuel.
MATCH ONE: LPL SUMMER SPLIT
MATCH ONE: JD GAMING (JDG) (-2500) VS. DOMINUS ESPORTS (DMO) (+850).
STARTIG LINEUPS:
This match is pretty straight forward for me. DMO is absolutely awful, coming into this match with ZERO wins on the season so far. Not only have they lost every series so far, but they also have not even won a single game in those four series losses. DMO has been swept by every team that they have played (V5, ES, LGD, and OMG).
The vegas odds are spot on here with JDG -2500. JDG is the 2020 spring split LPL champions. This split they have not started so well, but I DO NOT anticipate them losing to a team of DMO’s Calibur. They have losses to TES, who are the 2020 midseason cup champions and currently number one in the LPL. Also to RNG has been an up and coming solid team, beating everyone in their path.
In my opinion, I think you should stack the daylights out of JDG and not look back. I will have JDG in 90% of my LOL DFS lineups. Just in case they catch lightning in a bottle, I will have 10% of DMO. I will be prioritizing Loken, Yagao, and Kanavi as my JDG captains in my JDG three-man and four-man stacks. My 10% of DMO will include Xubin as my captain if I decide to use a four-man stack.
As of right now, I will have one lineup with Xubin, Twila, and Chelizi as my three-man stack. I DO NOT RECOMMEND getting crazy and playing a bunch of DMO, it will not end well, and in my opinion, you will be lighting money on fire.
MY LPL DFS PICK: JD GAMING (JDG) (-2500).
MATCH TWO: SUMMER SPLIT.
MATCH TWO: INVICTUS GAMING (IG) (-190) VS. LGD GAMING (LGD)(+135).
STARTING LINEUP:
This is the match that we are all focusing on. I’m hearing a lot of chatter about how IG is going to destroy LGD. Is it possible? Absolutely it is. Before you go and put all of your eggs into the IG basket, listen up.
IG has a record of three wins and one loss on the season so far. They slaughtered two of those opponents (Rogue Warriors and Suning), they were slaughtered by one (Team WE), and one opponent took them to game three, which was a very close match with a mediocre team (Edward Gaming).
In their match to Suning, they produced 32 total kills and were killed 16 times (great win). Versus Rogue Warriors they had 34 kills and were dropped nine total times (also great win). Both of those wins were very convincing, but who are those teams? They are bottom of the barrel teams that have a combined three wins with Suning beating RW counting as one. IG has played no one with actual skill and firepower except for EDG (mediocre team), in which EDG, in my opinion, could have easily won that series. IG produced 39 kills in three games, and EDG killed them 39 times.
What happens when they play a team that has a higher kill volume than EDG? Yes, you guessed it, they lose. LGD has been killing everyone in their site on route to a three and one record. LGD has produced 135 kills in their four matches, and in their loss, to TES, they put up 22 total kills, which is nothing to laugh at. What I am saying is that even in a loss to the best team in the LPL, LGD managed to put up 22 kills. I believe that this series goes to the final minute and all three games.
IG will struggle against a kill-happy team because they will be forced to change their game. LGD will chase IG around the map, forcing them to make mistakes. In my opinion, LGD will win this series and outscore IG. Even if they lose LGD will still be fantasy viable in your lineups.
I will have about 60% of LGD stacks in my lineups, consisting of both three and four-man stacks. In 40% of my lineups, I will have three and four-man stacks of IG. Like it or not, some of my lineups will have a one-off from LGD Gaming because I seriously believe that NO MATTER WHAT they will produce, win or lose, sign me up for the discounted salaries.
MY LPL DFS PICK: LGD GAMING (LGD)(+135).
FAVORITE CAPTAINS / STARS:
LOKEN (JDG) (ADC)
KRAMER (LGD) (ADC)
YAGAO (JDG) (MID)
XIYE (LGD) (MID)
KANAVI (JDG) (JNG)
ROOKIE (IG) (MID)
NING (IG) (JNG)
XUBIN (DMO) (ADC)
SLATE SUMMARY: LPL SUMMER SPLIT
I will be building fifteen ESPORTS DFS lineups. My exposure in my LOL LPL DFS lineups will consist of 90% JDG, 60% LGD, 40% IG, and 10% DMO. Most of my stacks will be four/three. I will prioritize using ADC and MID in my captain spot. Any lineup that I can not use ADC or MID because of salary requirements, I will be using JNG. If by chance, JNG does not fit and ONLY if I can not fit the three prior positions, I will use a TOP or SUP in my captain spot.
With tonight’s slate being unique with the salaries and teams playing, I will have two lineups with one-offs from LGD in order to fit an ADC or MID player in the captain spot with my JDG/IG stacks. My one-off player will be Kramer (if avoiding Puff) LangX, xiye, or Mark. There is a possibility that I have one crazy line with a DMO one-off (Chelizi or Mitsuki) due to the cheap salary.
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