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League of Legends: Naldo’s Legendary LOL LCS Picks 7/5
Today we will be looking into a two-game slate of the LOL LCS 2020 Summer Split on 7/5/2020 @ 4:00 pm EST. Below I will provide my top targets for the day, correlation plays, as well as projected lineups to make your building of a line a lot easier. Any questions about the article or tips feel free to hit me up on discord.
LOL LCS Teams to Target
Cloud9 (C9)(-1200) vs Team Dignitas (DIG) (+575).
The easiest matchup you can come across for the day, making Cloud 9 the lock of the day against a mediocre Dignitas team. Whatever happened yesterday you might as well delete it from your mind because there is no way the last team still without a win can beat C9…..right? I am still getting a headache over the major upsets from yesterday. Hoping to make a nice bounce-back spot today. C9 is the start of everything getting back on track. So I will have near full exposure across the board of C9 and move on with my day.
DIG did add Dardoch and MidFenix who in my opinion are decent players but I don’t think they will have what it takes against C9 on their first game together.
LCS Cloud 9 Projected Starting Lineup: (TOP) Licorice (JNG) Blaber (MID) Nisqy (ADC) Zven (SUP) Vulcan
LCS DIG Projected Starting Lineup: (TOP) Lourlo (JNG) Dardoch (MID) MidFenix (ADC) Johnsun (SUP) Aphromoo
LOL LCS Favorite Captains:
- (JNG) Blaber (Top Optimal option)
- (MID) Nisqy (Top gpp option)
- (ADC) Zven (Top gpp option)
LOL LCS Pick to win: Cloud 9
FlyQuest (FQ)(-105) vs Team Liquid (TL)(-135).
FlyQuest is in my opinion the best team after Cloud 9 in the LCS. They are just coming off an impressive win over Evil Geniuses who looked to inform the past few games. Team Liquid just finished having trouble with a very mediocre team in Immortals. For some reason, FlyQuest has been the underdog in both games including this one and I do not understand it but I will not fight it.
I am expecting FQ to roll here, as always led by PowerofEvil and company. Their price makes them for a nice cash play along with C9. Win or lose FlyQuest has a decent floor, and an even better upside when they go up against aggressive teams.
LCS FQ Projected Starting Lineup: (TOP) Solo (JNG) Santorin (MID) PowerOfEvil (ADC) Mash (SUP) Ignar
LCS TL Starting Lineup:(TOP) Impact (JNG) Broxah (MID) Jensen (ADC) Tactical (SUP) CoreJJ
LOL LCS Favorite Captains:
- (TOP) Solo (Top value option)
- (JNG) Santorin (Top cheap Gpp option)
- (MID) PowerOfEvil (Top CAPTAIN option)
- (ADC) MasH (Top Gpp option)
- (SUP) IgNar (Value Option)
LOL LCS Pick to win: FlyQuest
Evil Geniuses (EG)(-650) vs Immortals (IMT)(+375).
Evil Geniuses is a top team in the LCS, at least much better than an IMT team that looks horrible out there in the rift. This is an easy pick as Vegas also thinks that way. EG should punish IMT the same way TL punished them. I will say that IMT had some flashes and even showed life and almost took the game from TL.
EG is not Team LIquid and I am expecting the league’s fastest in finishing games to make this quick. This team is having major internal problems, so not expecting them to do well anytime soon. Run EG in your cash games, run EG in your gpp if you think they farm IMT all game. You should feel safe rostering them. EG got humiliated by FlyQuest so I’m expecting them to bounce back with a vengeance.
EG Projected Starting Lineup: (TOP) Kumo (JNG) Svenrensken (MID) Jizuke (ADC) Bang (SUP) Zeyzal
IMT Projected Starting Lineup:(TOP) Allorim (JNG) xmithie (MID) Insanity (ADC) Apollo (SUP) Hakuho
LOL LCS Favorite Captains:
- (JNG) Svenrensken (Cheap option)
- (MID) JIzuke (Top Optimal option)
- (ADC) Bang (Top Optimal option)
LOL LCS Pick to win: Evil Geniuses
LCS teams to consider in large-field tournaments:
- Counter Logic Gaming
- Team SoloMid
- Team Liquid
You can always find me in the Win Daily Sports discord or on twitter @champagneravens and ask me any question about the LOL slate, and I will 100% be there to help out. Thanks for reading Naldo’s LCS 7/5/20 targets.
Make sure you also check out our projections here.
