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LPL Targets:
Today we will be looking into a two-game LOL LPL slate on Sunday 6/8 at 5 am EST for both Draftkings and Fanduel . Below I will provide my top targets for the day, favorite captains for each team in case you decide to hedge, as well as starting lineups to make your lineup construction lot easier.
LPL Slate Breakdown:
Victory 5 (V5) (+130) vs. Oh My God (OMG)(-180)
LPL Starting Rosters: (Primary captain options will be in capital lettering)
Victory 5 (V5)(+130):
(TOP) BiuBiu
(JNG) WeiWei
(MID) MOLE
(ADC) SAMD
(SUP) ppgod
Oh My God (OMG)(-180):
(TOP) Curse
(JNG) H4acker
(MID) iCon
(ADC) SMLZ
(SUP) cold
Holy Victory 5! Honestly, V5 had a pretty decent outing last time against DMO and in fact, impressed most of us as we made our way to the top in the standings. Victory 5 has already won more wins this season than the entire last split and that itself speaks volumes. I will actually go and say they will get another here against OMG. SamD backed up by ppgod proved to be a very solid duo and completely overpowered the lost DMO sweeping them in a convincing way. I’m expecting another solid outing by the duo and the rest of the team.
I will not take anything away from OMG as a team. I think they are an average team at best which could be enough to beat V5 here. They are an objective team, and not very aggressive which means they will avoid team-fights until they are prepared to engage them. They did start Cube this time around, but I do not think it is much of an improvement for the starting line. That itself makes me want to fade them nearly 100% in large-field tournaments, as their upside is not great even when they win because of the slow pace of their game.
I am expecting V5 to come out hot once again and force the action early to get ahead. Even with OMG (-180) favored I firmly believe that V5(+130) will take the win and continue to prove the doubters wrong.
Count on me to be hammering the underdog quite a bit around my exposures to take down some GPPs.
Pick to win: VICTORY 5 (V5) (+130)
LGD Gaming(LGD)(-125) vs. eStar (ES)(-110)
LPL Starting Rosters: (Primary captain options will be in capital lettering)
LGD Gaming (LGD)(-125):
(TOP) Garvey
(JNG) Peanut
(MID) xiye
(ADC) KRAMER
(SUP) Mark
eStar (ES)(-110):
(TOP) XiaoBai
(JNG) WEI (GPP)
(MID) FENFEN
(ADC) WINK
(SUP) ShiauC
Very hard decision here between LGD, and eStar. First off, let me say this for those of you that still do not know. Crying left eStar for some reason, whether it was because of contract issues or he simply left. I thought it was one of the worst moves by eStar up to date. They acquired FenFen from LGD to hopefully fill the shoes along the way. This could turn out to be what could be a very interesting revenge game as he was backing up Yuuki and was let go by LGD. Overall they are still a very balanced and experienced team to go up against. I will be focusing my stacks around MID and BOT lanes.
LGD will be in line here to go up against eStar. Last season LGD was impressive against good teams while dropping games against the bad ones. I was very impressed with the new signings up until I saw the starting lineup for them. They got a couple of players from DMO, Mark, and xiye being two of them. None of which overall impressed me at first glance and are now starting.
They also acquired LangX from RNG, which to my knowledge was going to be the guy to cover their weakness at TOP lane. Instead, they placed Garvey on top late who in my opinion has a very shallow Champ pool and is not great on paper.
Now, they did start Xiye, and Garvey over LangX, and Yuuki which is a mistake in my personal opinion. I will give the new guys the benefit of the doubt by having some exposure to LGD here. But after looking at things a bit more thoroughly, I will side with eStar to win the game. They are the more experienced and overall rounded team together. Using LGD in gpp, but keeping it at a 60/40 split between the two teams.
Pick to win: ESTAR (ES) (-110).
Honorable Mention: LGD Gaming [LGD] [ TOP GPP OPTION] I have some love for them tonight, but not overly confident in them with the current lineup. Until I see LangX and Yuuki in the starting roster I will only use LGD in large-field tournaments, hedging, or simply against horrible teams.
SLATE REVIEW:
Two-game slates can be rough, there is not a lot of wiggle room for you to go to at an attempt to fade games you do not like or think could be a tough choice to predict. I will be building around eStar stacks, for the most part, focusing on the main guys of the team in Wink, the new addition of FenFen and some Wei to be different in large field gpp.
While I do think eStar will win this, LGD has a very solid chance here to win against a Cryin-less eStar who used to be the top player of the team and often carried them on his back. I’d like for eStar to win this but by no means forget LGD has a chance here. Whichever side I go in this LPL match, I will not have less than 3 players from either team. This game will have the upside we are looking for.
Don’t like OMG, and might just have 1 line to hedge. Call me crazy if you want, I will have V5 all over once again with mixes of LGD/Estar.
You can always find me in discord at @champagnravens and ask me any question about the slate, and I will 100% be there to help out.
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