LOL DFS: Naldo’s Legendary LOL LPL Picks for 8/4

Today we will be looking at the LOL LPL slate 2020 Summer Split on 8/4/2020 @ 5:00 am EST. Below I will provide my top three targets for cash games 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.

8/4 LPL Slate Breakdown

Edward Gaming (EDG)(+190) vs. Victory 5 (V5)(-275).

EDG vs the fan favorite this split V5. I have little doubt that V5 will actually play around with their starting lineup like they have as of late. I am expecting V5 to actually shoot for that 3rd spot in the rankings ahead of TES just because it will be even more of a story. For that they would need to win their last two games and for TES to drop at least one of their two to make it happen based on point differential.

V5 are the clear favorites here, they lead in mostly all categories except in first blood percentage.V5 should get things done early in this game without hesitation. If they wait too long to actually get a lead they will just give EDG more of a chance for an upset as they focus more towards the late game. Scout and the duo bot lane of Hope and Meiko are no slackers and will take advantage of any mistake given. Problem here is that V5 makes little mistakes. I’m expecting V5 to win in a 2-1series. If making around 5 lineups I would suggest taking at the very least 2 to the side to have some EDG exposure.

LPL Favorite Plays:

• (JNG) WeiWei 
• (MID) Mole
• (ADC) SamD

LPL Pick to win: Victory 5 (Will have some ownership to EDG in large field tournaments)

Team WE (WE)(-375) vs. Team OhMyGod (OMG)(+255).

Said it before and I will say it again.I love when teams that are doing bad actually decide to develop their youth players and promote them to their pro rosters. We can see that OMG brought back a player with one of the most original names in the history of the league in “Eric”. Eric is my boy, we go way back (Not really). But I firmly believe Eric is a big upgrade from SLMZ who I think it’s severely overrated and should not be in the starting lineup. 

Here we have WE who are the clear favorites in this game and with “ok” reason. They are pretty much locked into the playoffs as they have no room to improve their standings or fall out of playoff contention. Literally comfortable to win or lose it makes no difference to them. Team WE should be the clear option for cash games and even in GPP if you want to play it safe and go with the chalk. But as we have seen League in august can get pretty crazy.

With no reason to win, as they are locked in the playoff race regardless of a win or a loss I can see team WE actually exploring new strategies against OMG which lead me to believe OMG can actually take the game if WE slips up. WE ain’t the sharpest of the bunch so to me this is very viable in large field contests.

 LPL Favorite Plays:

Team WE (Chalk-Cash option)

• (TOP) Morgan
• (JNG) Beishang
• (MID) Teacherma
• (ADC) Huanfeng

Team OMG (Risky-upside large GPP play)

• (MID) Icon
• (ADC) Eric

 LPL Pick to win: Team WE (Will have nearly split exposure to OMG in large field tournaments)

SLATE ADVICE:

• I am preaching cash games, so the plays for cash games will be WE/V5 no doubt about it. It will attract the most ownership and the favorites to win.
• Play CASH games. Playing cash games are a great way to profit, or at least cut your losses by covering your gpp entries in large field tournaments. Believe me, trust it, and go with it. It will save you a lot of money. Especially if you are only playing one line with the heavy favorites.
• AUST-SEPT league of legend betting usually takes a turn for the worst. Meaning teams that are already locked in the playoffs start to explore new strategies, new champions etc. The risk of upsets are higher than normal so adjust to this and play smart by hedging some lineups and playing some cash games to cover your entries.

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 LPL 8/4/20 targets.

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