Phil Naessens 
7/20 LPL League of Legends Breakdown
Welcome back to my 7/20 LPL League of Legends Breakdown, we have a two gamer tonight where I am locking in one team and looking to hedge our second game for the best possible upside. Our matchups tonight are WE/LGD and BLG/JDG. Both of these matchups are near the top of the LPL in kill upside so I wouldn’t be surprised for some very high scores tonight. Most of these teams also make up the top tier of the LPL so I expect some very competitive games tonight. Let us dig into this slate to get our best possible plays.
WE vs LGD
This is our first matchup of the night and the one I am most confident in. Since WE have switched their mid-lane to Shanks they have been able to confidently roll most teams in the LPL. LGD on the other hand have fallen back down to earth and are nowhere near the level of production that they were at the beginning of the split. LGD and WE both have CKPM’s over 0.9 which is very high for most teams in the league (CKPM is the average number of kills per minute in the teams’ matches).
LGD has been able to play well so far by playing through their best player so far this split in Shadow. Personally, I believe he is not the caliber of jungler that he has shown so far and I believe he will once again be shown up tonight by having Beishang in the jungle. Beishang is one of the best junglers in the LPL and continues to show this every match, he also has great synergy with their mid laner in Shanks. I believe WE is going to be a lock to win 2-0 tonight and the safest match to take from, I will be taking some big and small stacks from this match tonight. I was surprised about the CKPM upside from this match and that swayed me to possibly touch this for a 4 stack tonight.
BLG vs JDG
This match is the one that will be interesting to pick on tonight as it seems as it will be able to go both ways. BLG is going to be one of my favorite teams to play every slate where they are going up against a big favorite as they will always have the ability to take down one of the top teams in the LPL with their talent. BLG needs their team chemistry to be clicking in order for them to compete with these teams though and that is where they tend to fall short. JDG on the other hand is recognized as one of the best teams in the LPL with their talent level in players like Kanavi and LokeN on the rift.
I am surprised though about the overall CKPM’s of this matchup as BLG is at a lowly 0.83 and JDG is sitting at 0.93. BLG’s kill numbers have gone down this low due to them playing slower against worse teams going for a more objective-oriented playstyle to secure the match. JDG on the other hand just likes to fight the entire game, they will always look to go down swinging and constantly make proactive plays. I believe this is going to be a very close match tonight though I am going to take the upset here and go BLG 2-1. I would take a hedge here though for multiple lines.
Summary
I am really liking this two gamer tonight as I believe locking in WE as a 2-0 is going to allow us to look elsewhere for the hedge tomorrow night. I do like BLG to win 2-1 but I am not against playing JDG here and I probably will be playing them in a 3 entry max tournament. Thank you for reading my article here tonight and to sign up for WinDaily click here and to join our discord click here. Good Luck tonight!!!
