Mark Eakins 
We are going to start by breaking down the four-game LPL LCK DFS slate scheduled to go off at 4 am Eastern standard time on FRIDAY. The DraftKings and FanDuel slates lock at 4 am SHARP. The slate is four best of three-game series combining games from the LPL and LCK (Chinese and Korean League). I will be giving a short and to the point breakdown of each match.
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.
LCK MATCH ONE (4 AM EST):
SK TELECOM T1 (T1) (-335) VS. KT ROLSTER (KT) (+235).
LCK PROJECTED STARTERS: (CONFIRMED STARTERS WILL BE RELEASED ON TWITTER PRIOR TO THE MATCH)
(T1)
(TOP) CANNA
(JNG) CUZZ/ELLIM
(MID) FAKER
(ADC) TEDDY
(SUP) EFFORT
(KT)
(TOP) SOHWAN/SMEB
(JNG) BONO
(MID) UCAL/KURO
(ADC) AIMING
(SUP) TUSIN
This, to me, is one of the perfect CASH GAME stacks to use. T1 is an elite level team in the LCK, and not many teams can compete with their skill level and experience. They will force opponents to make mistakes and then capitalize on them. T1 is in a class of their own when it comes to strategic game-planning. They should dismantle KT without much of a fight.
KT is by no means a reliable team; they have many issues when it comes to producing kills and closing out games. KT should not make as many mistakes as they do. If those strategic mistakes start happening, T1 is going to have a field day. I will have 20% of KT in my lineups in GPP’s only (as a differentiator) and 80% of T1.
MY LCK DFS PICK: SK TELECOM T1 (T1) (-335)
LCK MATCH TWO (7 AM EST):
TEAM DYNAMICS (DYN) (-110) VS. SANDBOX GAMING (SB) (-125).
LCK PROJECTED STARTERS: (CONFIRMED STARTERS WILL BE RELEASED ON TWITTER PRIOR TO THE MATCH)
(DYN) (VERY CONFIDENT IN STARTERS)
(TOP) RICH
(JNG) BEYOND
(MID) KUZAN
(ADC) DEOKDAM
(SUP) GUGER
(SB) (VERY CONFIDENT IN STARTERS)
(TOP) SUMMIT
(JNG) ONFLEEK
(MID) FATE
(ADC) ROUTE
(SUP) GORILLA
Team Dynamics is a brand new team as of this split. They have shown that they know how to play with the big boys, but have yet to show us a notable win. When DYN is firing on all cylinders, they look like a well rounded experienced team, but that is not often enough. When DYN gets overwhelmed and put into bad situations by their opponent, that is when their rookie tendencies come out.
Sandbox gaming is definitely not the end all be all in the LCK. As a matter of fact, they are not even close to the top of the list. SB likes to stay in games, but blow it at the end. I feel as if this will be a very close series, but DYN will come out ahead in the end. I will have a 60% (DYN)/ 40% (SB) split of the stacks from this matchup in my lineups.
MY LCK DFS PICK: TEAM DYNAMICS (DYN) (-110).
LPL MATCH ONE (5 AM EST):
DOMINUS ESPORTS (DMO) (+390) VS. ROYAL NEVER GIVE UP (RNG) (-700).
LPL CONFIRMED STARTERS:
(DMO)
(TOP) CHELIZI
(JNG) XIAOPENG
(MID) TWILA
(ADC) XUBIN
(SUP) YUI
(RNG)
(TOP) NEW
(JNG) XLB
(MID) XIAOHU
(ADC) GALA
(SUP) MING
This is another matchup that will be great to target for cash games. The highest owned and most likely to win team is far and away RNG. RNG is an elite team with elite-level talent. They have the ability to beat any team on any given day. When they have everything clicking, there is no one that can stop them. The problem most of the time when they face top tier teams, they choke. They make too many mistakes and eventually get edged out.
The good thing about this matchup is they are facing DMO. DMO is atrocious. They should not even be considered a professional team, but here they are. RNG should destroy DMO on every aspect of the map en route to a 2-0 sweep. I will have 90% of RNG and 10% of DMO (lighting money on fire).
MY LPL DFS PICK: ROYAL NEVER GIVE UP (RNG) (-700).
LPL MATCH TWO (7 AM EST):
VICI GAMING (VG) (+135) VS. LGD GAMING (LGD) (-185).
LPL CONFIRMED STARTERS:
(VG)
(TOP) CUBE
(JNG) AIX
(MID) ZEKA
(ADC) IBOY
(SUP) MAESTRO
(LGD)
(TOP) LANGX
(JNG) PEANUT
(MID) XIYE
(ADC) KRAMER
(SUP) MARK
This matchup will most likely be in the winning GPP lineup. This is a tough game to predict and is a lot closer than Vegas odds suggest. In my opinion, VG is going to put up a tough fight and can potentially beat LGD. LGD is a good team but tends to fall to kill happy teams. VG is a kill-happy team but is also a kill feeding team.
I will be siding with VG here for ownership purposes in bigger GPP’s. I also believe that they can win in a best of three series. LGD is going to have to rely heavily on Kramer to get it done here, and I don’t think he can handle it. Just in case I will have 40% exposure to LGD and 60% exposure to VG to cover my basis.
MY LPL DFS PICK: VICI GAMING (VG) (+135).
FAVORITE CAPTAINS / STARS:
GALA (RNG) ADC)
XIAOHU (RNG) (MID)
TEDDY (T1) (ADC)
FAKER (T1) (MID)
IBOY (VG) (ADC)
KRAMER (LGD) (ADC)
ZEKA (VG) (MID)
XIYE (LGD) (MID)
KUZAN (DYN) (MID)
ROUTE (SB) (ADC)
XUBIN (DMO) (ADC)
SLATE SUMMARY: LPL LCK SUMMER SPLIT
I will be building twenty ESPORTS DFS lineups. My exposure in my LOL DFS lineups will consist of 90% RNG, 80% T1, 60% DYN, 60% VG, 40% LGD, 40% SB, 20% KT, and 10% DMO. All 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. My main focus is trying to build lineups using my favorite captain/star for each individual team stack.
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