This article is part of our DraftKings League of Legends series.
Games (EDT)
- 12:00 p.m Team Vitality vs. Rogue
- 12:50 p.m. Misfits vs. SK Gaming
- 1:40 p.m. G2 Esports vs. FC Schalke 04
- 2:30 p.m. Origen vs. Excel Esports
- 3:20 p.m. Fnatic vs. MAD Lions
RGE vs. VIT
Viality went 2-1 this weekend, taking out G2 which is something I didn't see coming. Vitality's early game has looked good, but has only been punished hard by Fnatic, who easily took care of them. Rogue, on the other hand, went 3-0 and they finally figured out how to play within their carries. Rogue's early game and late game look good, as Larssen's laning phase sets this team up early while letting Hansama scale to set them up for late. Rogue's entire map control looks clean and they should be able to handle Vitality here as we should see some regression from them.
Prediction: Rogue Win
Rogue Players to Target: Everyone
SK vs. Misfits
Misfits lost to Fnatic and Rogue, who didn't drop a game last week, and then came out to beat OG. SK looked good going 2-1 and their drafts and laning phase have been stable enough to where they don't get punished. They play a safe early game and many teams in EU tend to start making mistakes in an effort to gain an advantage, and that's where SK thrives. It's hard to tell where these two teams are at, and I believe this is a big bounce-back spot as they do win early game until it comes down to
Games (EDT)
- 12:00 p.m Team Vitality vs. Rogue
- 12:50 p.m. Misfits vs. SK Gaming
- 1:40 p.m. G2 Esports vs. FC Schalke 04
- 2:30 p.m. Origen vs. Excel Esports
- 3:20 p.m. Fnatic vs. MAD Lions
RGE vs. VIT
Viality went 2-1 this weekend, taking out G2 which is something I didn't see coming. Vitality's early game has looked good, but has only been punished hard by Fnatic, who easily took care of them. Rogue, on the other hand, went 3-0 and they finally figured out how to play within their carries. Rogue's early game and late game look good, as Larssen's laning phase sets this team up early while letting Hansama scale to set them up for late. Rogue's entire map control looks clean and they should be able to handle Vitality here as we should see some regression from them.
Prediction: Rogue Win
Rogue Players to Target: Everyone
SK vs. Misfits
Misfits lost to Fnatic and Rogue, who didn't drop a game last week, and then came out to beat OG. SK looked good going 2-1 and their drafts and laning phase have been stable enough to where they don't get punished. They play a safe early game and many teams in EU tend to start making mistakes in an effort to gain an advantage, and that's where SK thrives. It's hard to tell where these two teams are at, and I believe this is a big bounce-back spot as they do win early game until it comes down to late game. If Misfits look like they did against OG and clean up their late game then they can smash SK here.
Prediction: Misfits Win
Misfits Players to Target: Kobbe ($7,600)
S04 vs. G2
S04 looks like the worst team in the league. G2 didn't get to practice for about a week and a half due to Perkz being on leave. This is a get-right spot for G2 and they should have enough time to practice for this meta and smash S04 here. Don't overthink this play, as G2 are still bounds better than every team here.
Prediction: G2 Win
G2 Players to target: Everyone
XL vs. OG
There's a lot going on behind the scenes that might be affecting Excel Esports, but both teams did not look good. Special and Kryze looked horrible in their debut in the LEC and the fact that OG players are mechanically better than them makes me worried. This is a stay-away game for me as this should be the slowest-paced game on the slate. OG should win here if they have the right draft and good early game as we saw from them against G2.
Prediction: OG Win
OG Players to target: Origen ($5,800)
MAD vs. Fnatic
Fnatic had a weird blunder first game against Misfits, but still won, and after that they ended up smashing the remaining teams. MAD dropped one game to G2 and then smashed the next two games. Both of these teams like to draft some crazy team comps, but MAD have showed us their upside since they beat G2. MAD is a young team that have a wide champion pool that can draft and counter-draft whatever is thrown at them. They are moving away from their old scale style and are playing to snowball other teams. MAD has a good understanding of rotation, setting up towards objectives and there are times where Fnatic love to fight without any thought behind it. This should be a close game but MAD can pull it off.
Prediction: MAD Win
MAD Playesr to target: Humanoid ($6,600), Shad0w ($6,200)
