Josh Barzal 
7/16 LPL/LCK League of Legends Breakdown
Last night we absolutely nailed the slate with the upset call of NS over DWG while every other match went just about as expected. I really did not like taking too many players from RNG earlier and that paid off well as RNG couldn’t put up the kills many expected when V5 doesn’t fight when they are down. For tonight we are going to have another 4 game slate and I am going to offer my two favorite looks on the slate for the best stacks I like today. Our four-game slate is between JDG/IG, LGD/TT, AF/BRO, and LSB/DRX. Let’s dig into our slate today.
AF vs BRO
One of our two LCK matches on the day and one that I do not want to touch outside of the team spot possibly. This match is going to be the lowest scoring on the slate for players for the night and quite possibly for the year. BRO is a team that wins games by not fighting anything they do not have the advantage for coming in, when they are down they will continually give objectives and position to escape death and hope to farm up for the late game. AF on the other hand is a much more fight-oriented team and does have the advantage here overall for squad talent as they have some of the strongest solo lanes/Jungle duos in the LCK with Kiin and Dread pairing top/jg.
Like I previously stated though I do not think that this matchup should touch any of your lineups tonight outside of AF team. They should be able to put away this BRO team relatively easily in terms of the match I am also leaning towards it being a 2-0 win for AF. I am recommending them for your team spots tonight if you need the value but there is nothing else that I like coming from them tonight.
LSB vs DRX
Our second match of the night for the LCK and one of my favorite ones to touch on tonight outside of the LPL. LSB is one of the best overall cash plays on the night and I believe they are going to be able to put up some decent numbers while also taking a 2-0 win over DRX on the night. DRX has been the worst team in the LCK only being able to pick up one win on the year with it being over BRO. LSB has still been reasonably impressive picking up wins more consistently and putting up decent scores while doing so.
I do think LSB is going to be a good play here but I do not believe they have the upside to break the slate tonight. DRX does like to feed into the enemy in losses but they do not fight constantly. They give over gold until the enemy team just overwhelms them and the weight of the gold difference itself decides the game. I really like LSB as my mini stacks tonight and to fill in any lineup I make tonight. They are one of my top cash game plays on the slate. LSB 2-0 win.
LGD vs TT
The first of our two LPL matches and my favorite one for cash games tonight, this will be where I am targeting my cash 4 stacks and I will be focusing here to play most of my guys from this match. TT has just not been a good team this split though they are good at one thing, dying, and a lot in matches. LGD would be a lock to be the highest-scoring on the slate today if not for our next matchup but I will say this is the safest high-scoring matchup. I am keying in here for LGD to be my main 4 stacks in all my cash games and I will also be playing in some GPP matches.
LGD four stacks are my favorite overall play tonight and I will be playing them in both Cash and GPP lineups. TT has no shot at winning this tonight, I do not hold LGD in as high regard as others but I do like them tonight to take a win over TT. LGD to win here 2-0, I wouldn’t be surprised if they drop a game tonight but they are still going to be my favorite overall 4 stacks tonight everywhere, fill their stack with LSB and roll it in every cash game you can.
JDG vs IG
The last matchup on the night and the one where I am going to go out on a limb for. JDG should win this matchup by almost every metric but I just cannot see it. These two teams routinely either surprise against a really good team or disappoint against a terrible team. I believe here we are going to have IG be the slate breakers of the night. The way these teams play I am expecting this to be the highest-scoring affair on the slate and I can see a look here if you are not fully on board with IG, hedge here in GPP.
IG is going to let us stack anyone we want with them and that is going to have to be LGD tonight. These two teams have the highest overall CKPM’s on the slate which is expected given their play styles and the nature of how each operates. Look for IG to win here but that does not mean that you can’t play some JDG here, they have the chance to be slate breakers as well. IG to win 2-1.
Summary
AF 2-0, LSB 2-0, LGD 2-0, and IG 2-1. I am really into our slate tonight with a cash and gpp build path lined up for the night. LGD/LSB for cash and IG/LGD for gpp matches. Thank you for reading my LOL breakdown today and to sign up for future articles here at WinDaily click here and to join discord click here. Good Luck tonight everyone!!!
