Josh Barzal 
7/23 LPL/LCK League of Legends Breakdown
Welcome to my 7/23 LPL/LCK League of Legends Breakdown, last night was a bit of a letdown with a roster change for GENG killing them in the jungle and BLG losing a hard-fought three-game series to RA. I know I said I wouldn’t but if someone followed through on it LSB was the takedown stack of the night with their win over Gen. Tonight we have another exciting four-game slate with KT/HLE, NS/BRO, TES/RW, and FPX/SN. I am looking to make some upset calls tonight that could give us the edge on the slate.
NS vs BRO
I am going to start with this match as the first of the night and I am going to state that this is my least favorite match overall to take players from. NS is going to take this match pretty easily and it should be a 2-0. BRO is one of those teams that are hovering around the lower half of the LCK, their playstyle is what has allowed them to take down some of the best teams in the league. Though this also lends itself to the kill numbers for their matches being low with them not taking any coinflip fights and instead of waiting for them to possibly take a fight with the advantage.
NS has been one of the best teams in the LCK convincingly picking up big win after big win. NS is going to take this match and the only spots I really like from them are their team spot or top laner. Their 2-0 and GNP bonus should help the team/top score well but for main stacks or the higher scoring positions, I really can’t see myself taking more than 2 players from NS tonight. NS 2-0 in a low-scoring match that I won’t be taking a part of.
KT vs HLE
This is going to be the high scoring LCK match of the night, these are two of the highest-scoring teams with the best CKPM’s in the league. The last matchup between these two was a very close 2-1 series that had good scores on the night. Though in that last matchup KT was the favorite and ended up the loser on the night and I believe that we are going to have a relatively similar story tonight. HLE is the favorite tonight and I believe that it’s going to be another match where the favorite goes down and we have a win coming from the dog on the day.
Taking a dive into the stats on the slate it is looking like a very KT-sided match where they are going to have the better early game followed by the better late game. For those that haven’t played much LOL on the year, KT has one of the worst late games in the LCK but is somehow still better than HLE in that area. HLE does have one of the best players in the league in Chovy but the rest of their squad falls far behind in terms of talent level. KT also has a strong mid-lane but they have the top and bot gaps here to take the game. I am taking KT to win here in a 2-1 but I am not against playing both sides here.
TES vs RW
This is going to be a bloodbath for the side of TES, RW has been playing better as of late but they still do not have a chance here as TES is one of the best teams in the league. The kill numbers here are also making me really like this game to be high kills as both of these teams have high CKPM’s. Both of them being higher than any team playing in the LCK tonight.
There isn’t much to say here but TES is going to crush tonight as they have the talent gap all around the rift. I can really only see this game being an absolute blood bath in favor of TES. They have a huge early and late-game advantage here, I like using TES in any way possible tonight, we can use them as a 3 or 4 stack and I love them in the captain spot too. Knight/JackeyLove are some of the highest-scoring and most exciting players in the LPL and one of my top overall captain plays are going to be Knight. I am taking TES in a quick and easy 2-0 win.
SN vs FPX
This is going to be the match of the night in the eyes of most people as it is the closest and between two of the best teams in the LPL. SN has been amazing as of late with them picking up wins over teams such as TES and RNG. These are very impressive wins for them and it has been due to their support stepping up in ON, he was benched not too long ago for underperforming but since then he has been one of the best supports in the LPL. He is also one of the highest-scoring supports which gives way to his upside and he goes along with my favorite play tonight in Huenfeng. I can’t only go on here about SN though as FPX is still one of the best teams in the LPL and is super competitive with anyone they match up with.
FPX and Suning is going to be one hell of a matchup that is going to go to a three-game series and I am going for the upset here with SN taking it overall 2-1. For Suning to win we need Angel to hold his own in lane against DoinB, he has been playing horribly recently and now has his hardest matchup on the split against someone who has had the split of their life in DoinB. I really like both teams here in all reality but if I had to pick a 4 stack here it would have to be from Suning. FPX doesn’t have the same upside in a win as Suning doesn’t die nearly as much as FPX in losses. I am picking Suning to win a 2-1 but please take a hedge from this game here, I like both sides but if I had to pick I would go with Suning.
Summary
NS 2-0, KT 2-1, TES 2-0, SN 2-1. We are going to have some very close matches tonight that are going to decide the slate. I am going to recommend a hedge here for SN/FPX and KT/HLE but my leans are going to be pretty heavily towards SN and KT. For our other articles here at WinDaily click here and to join our discord click here. Good Luck tonight everyone!!!
