DraftKings LoL: Friday LPL/LCK Breakdown

SERIES (EDT)

• 4:00 am: afreeca Freecs vs. Team Dynamics
• 5:00 am: Vici Gaming vs. Suning Gaming
• 7:00 am: JD Gaming vs. OMG
• 7:00 am: KT Rolster vs. Hanwha Life Esports

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DraftKings LoL: Friday LPL/LCK Cheat Sheet

DYN vs. AF

Afreeca have been steady all season by losing to the good teams and beating everyone else. They are still fighting for a playoff spot, as KT are close behind. Afreeca have the second-best mid-to-late game in the league at 11.6 grading, a substantially better first blood rate of 57 percent, and a slightly better gold percentage rate. Mystic has been great all split as well, especially after the events in the spring, he has came back and looked like the LPL player that we came to know. This is a solid cash game spot, as the upside is not there but a clear 2-0 is in play for afreeca.

Prediction: AF 2-0

• AF Players to Target: Mystic ($7,400), Kiin ($6,600)

VG vs. SN

Suning can secure the No. 4 spot for playoffs as long as they 2-0 VG and FPX, as they win the head-to-head against V5. The fourth seed comes with a bye in the playoffs, and even though we have seen teams playing for something falter, VG are starting Leyan, who has been bad all split. Leyan's pathing in the jungle and champion pool is not great for this meta, and he gets punished hard. Suning are really good at mitigating the early game and waiting to scale for the late game, and this is something VG have trouble with. There is nothing great fantasy-wise, as these two teams are the slowest in the LPL, so the team slot would be great here on the Suning side, as VG are conceding a lot of objectives after 15 minutes, while Suning leads the league in first-to-three turrets at 67 percent.

Prediction: SN 2-1

• SN Players to Target: Huanfeng ($8,000), SofM ($7,000)

OMG vs. JDG

I am a fan of Eric and have been on the hype train ever since he was announced on the team. As a person who follows the minor league of the LPL, there are a lot of new, good talents who are on the rise. JDG are fighting for the No. 1 spot in the league, and this game matters a lot. JDG and OMG are not notorious for their early game, even though we have seen glimpses of them being proactive, but JDG smashes in the mid-to-late game. JDG are first in the league for mid-to-late game with a rating of 19.4, while OMG have a minus-4.7, which would change if they had Eric in all split. JDG should smash in this spot because of how OMG wants to play into the late game as well, but we have seen crazier things happen, and if OMG want to win they will need to be proactive in the early game. I do think OMG can take a game off of JDG, as they are 8-3 on the spread. I am attacking both sides of this game, and this is one that could pop off if OMG keep it close.

Prediction: JDG 2-1

• JDG Players to Target: Everyone
• OMG Players to Target: Eric ($6,400), Curse ($5,200), Sora ($4,400)

HLE vs. KT

The LCK has three weeks left, and KT are still in the running to secure the fifth playoff spot. The one thing that used to happen in the LCK is that bottom teams had to fight for the last two spots in the league, but this split they are not doing that anymore. This could be a chance for some of the bad teams to play looser and take games off mediocre teams like a KT or Sandbox because HLE still have one of the better bot lanes in the league, with Viper in the top five in terms of damage per minute. That said, this might not be the spot where HLE comes back to life because they are still messing around with their roster while we have stability in KT. KT are middle of the pack in every objective category but second in the league on first blood at 60 percent. HLE struggle with the early game, and if KT can get ahead and stay ahead, they should be able to snowball HLE since they are dead last in the league with the worst mid-to-late game rating.

Prediction: KT 2-0

• KT Players to Target: Everyone