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 Tuesday, June 9th. 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 FUNPLUS PHOENIX (FPX) vs. LNG GAMING (LNG). The second match is ROGUE WARRIORS (RW) VS. TOP ESPORTS (TES). 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
FUNPLUS PHOENIX (FPX) (-4000) VS. LNG ESPORTS (LNG) (+900).
Let’s call it how it is, LNG is terrible, finishing the previous spring split with an atrocious five wins and eleven loss record. LNG has been the stomping ground for many LPL teams everywhere, from the top tier teams to the lower tier teams. They have not been able to put together a consistent, winning team.
The 16th place LPL team from the spring split (out of 17 teams) has made no changes to their starting roster. They rolled out an identical roster of chenlun17, Xx, Maple, Light, Duan in their first match of the new split, and we’re embarrassed by the mistake-happy Suning squad.
In their second match of the new split, they are matched up against one of the best teams in the LPL (FunPlus Phoenix). FunPlus Phoenix finished the LPL spring split in third place with an impressive twelve win, four loss regular-season record. Their playoff road to the finals was tragically halted by what seemed to be an unbeatable force in JDG gaming (LPL spring split champions).
After being swept three to zip in a best of five series to JDG, they quickly bounced back and did the same exact thing to Invictus Gaming (IG), who in the beginning/middle regular season everyone thought was a shoo-in for the championship trophy.
FPX is one of the most dominant forces in the LPL. In my opinion, LNG does not stand a chance in this matchup. I will have 80% of my LOL DFS lineups with either a four-man or three-man stack of FPX.
LNG is going to come out of this matchup feeling as if four thousand bricks hit them. I never go entirely all-in on any team though, I will have two LNG stacks (hedge purposes only), just in case a needle IS found in a haystack, but I doubt it.
MY LOL DFS PICK: FUNPLUS PHOENIX (FPX) (-4000). Note, I will not be betting these ridiculous odds.
MATCH TWO: SUMMER SPLIT.
ROGUE WARRIORS (RW) (+355) VS. TOP ESPORTS (TES) (-550).
This match is a little bit closer than the first but still has a big-money line between Rogue Warriors (RW) as a +355 underdog and the runner up of the LPL spring season split, Top Esports (TES) as a -550 favorite.
RW finished the previous split with just under a 500 record, with seven wins and nine losses. They are far from the best team in the LPL, but are known to give some of the top tier teams a little bit of push back, but mostly just stealing one game of a best of three series.
With a starting roster looking almost identical to the previous split, only adding a new Jungler (JNG) in Youdang, I don’t see them making much of a run for the top to start things off. Youdang was previously on Edward Gaming’s youth team after being released from Vici Gaming in 2019.
For RW to make a significant impact, they will have to do more than just one addition to their sub 500 team.
This is where things get interesting. Top Esports was a high kill producing team as soon as they made the addition of an All-Star ADC in JackeyLove last split.
Unfortunately for TES, due to a few health issues, JackeyLove will be missing in action in their first series of the new LPL split. Other than the phenomenal play from the high producing ADC of JackeyLove, the only thing TES had on their roster (in my opinion) that makes opponents shake in their boots is the auto-killing Mid-Laner of Knight.
While one player can undoubtedly make the team better, it is a TEAM sport, and you need other players to step up and fill the shoes of the currently missing ADC.
The player that had their number called to step up was none other than QiuQiu. QiuQiu is usually a Support player for TES but has previous experience running the highlighted role of ADC in his career.
This is going to stir things up a bit, mainly because Draftkings and Fanduel have QiuQiu still listed as a Support player ONLY for tonights LOL DFS slate.
While I do think it will be a new experience for TES to deal with, they are a solid team. They can fully utilize every player on their roster and show the world that they can win with “the next man up” strategy.
I will have a boat-load of shares of both three-man and four-man stacks of TES. Just in case they have difficulties with this approach, I will have a 70/30 split of TES and RW in my LOL LPL DFS lineups.
FAVORITE CAPTAINS / STARS:
QiuQiu (SUP) (PLAYING ADC) (TES)
Knight (MID) (TES)
Tian (JNG) (FPX)
LWX (ADC) (FPX)
Doinb (MID) (EDG)
Crisp (SUP) (FPX)
SLATE SUMMARY: LPL SUMMER SPLIT
I will be building ten ESPORTS DFS lineups. I will have 80% of my lineups with a three or four-man stack of FPX. My lineup builds will have a 70/30 split on my four or three-man stacks of both TES (70%) and RW (30%).
Tonight I will be using different combinations of player captains, focusing on the best overall build. ADC and MID are always my priorities, but in order to get the stack with the highest output of fantasy production, I have no problem playing JNG as captain/star for this slate ONLY (rare circumstances). I will have a few lineups with double SUP because QiuQiu is listed as SUP only. My lineups will have a share of 20% of three or four-man stacks of LNG (HEDGE PURPOSES ONLY).
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