Jim Thomson 
Welcome back to the League of Legends DFS slates and the 6/5 eSports DFS tournament breakdown! We are going to start by breaking down the two matchups scheduled to go off at 5am and 7am Eastern standard time on Friday, June 5th. The DraftKings and FanDuel slates lock at 5am SHARP. The slate is two best of three-game series LPL (Chinese League) matches. The first match is Team WE (WE) vs. Edward Gaming (EDG). The second match is Suning (SN) vs. LNG eSports (LNG). I am going to break down each game the way I feel it will play out. I will post my betting picks and favorite team immediately following the breakdown. 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.
MATCH ONE: TEAM WE (WE) (+130) VS. EDWARD GAMING (EDG) (-180).
This match will be the heavy maker or breaker in any ESPORTS DFS lineups, in my opinion. Picking the correct winner and players from this game is going to be vital in your roster construction. Coming into this game, WE have won three out of their last four series going into the playoffs, with the loss that eliminated them from the spring split came by the hands of TES, who later on ended up losing to JDG in the finals. The previous three games before their best of five loss to TES (1-3) were very impressive. They made a great late-season push. They beat EDG (2-1) and OMG (2-1)back to back to slip into the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, they came in as big underdogs to a solid eStar team and ended up beating the brakes off of them in the best of five series (3-1). Other than their loss to TES, they have been progressively getting better and better every match. They learned not to lean on one individual player and focus more on teamwork. In the matches where certain champions were banned by their opponents that would lock down one of their top players (Teacherma), they would change the gameplan, give more responsibility to beishang (JNG), and Jiumeng (ADC) while still producing well. If WE wants the have a repeat performance against EDG, they are going to have to do precisely what they have done in the previous three out of four matches. In my opinion, I think WE has too much firepower for EDG to handle and is going to edge out Edward Gaming in a two to one series win.
MY LOL PICK: TEAM WE (+130).
MATCH TWO: SUNING GAMING (SN) (-200) VS. LNG ESPORTS (LNG) (+145).
This match between these two teams is nothing to get excited about. Both of these teams dealt with major struggles throughout the entire spring season split. SN has continually beat up the bottom tier team and have lost two many of the top tier teams. On the other side, LNG had struggled against the bottom tier teams and has a few notable wins versus some of the top tier teams. This series could go either way. The Vegas odds have SN as a heavy favorite, but I don’t see it that way. I see this series as a true coin flip. If Haunfeng has the opportunity to select his mastered champions, he is going to light LNG up like a Christmas tree and most likely be the biggest reason for an SN victory. On the opposing side, if LNG bans Haunfeng’s strengths, SN is in for a long few matches. In my opinion, I would evenly split both of these team stacks in multiple different lineups to make sure you cover your bases. If SN wins, Haunfeng is going to be the reason why. If LNG wins, it will be a combination of Maple (MID) and Light (ADC). If I had to pick a side, I would lean SN, but only by a small margin.
- MY PICK SUNING GAMING: (-200)
- FAVORITE CAPTAINS / STARS:
- Jiumeng (ADC) (WE)
- Teacherma (MID) (WE)
- Haunfeng (ADC) (SN)
- Hope (ADC) (EDG)
- Scout (MID) (EDG)
- Maple (MID) (LNG)
SLATE SUMMARY:
I will be building ten ESPORTS DFS lineups. I will have 70% of my lineups with a four-man stack of Team WE. I will run an even 50/50 split on my three-man stacks of both SN and LNG. I will be using different combinations of player captains, strictly focusing on ADC and MID. Any questions I am always available in our WinDaily Discord chat. LET’S MAKE SOME MONEY AND DONT FORGET TO COME BACK AND WIN DAILY!
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