Core plays and lineup construction for LoL (3/7)

We have a five-game best-of-three LPL/LCK slate starting at 2 a.m. ET Sunday. I’m here to break down my top DFS builds, as well as my strategy around what I’m doing for this slate. The building itself is especially important. If you haven’t had a chance, read up on the Esports 101 article.

I want to stress the importance of #hedgelife. Dive into this, as it is very important to my success in Esports.

As previously mentioned, my focus for this article is around my plan for these slates. I have gone into this plenty in the past, but I want to discuss #hedgelife and what this means. When I say hedge, I really mean that we want to have action on both sides of the match. I will provide a ranking of my favorite stacks, but just because a stack is ranked last, doesn’t mean I’ll have them in just one of my lineups. A few people have been lucky with game stacking in some of these slates, which means having both teams playing each other as your lineup. I do not recommend this approach, as it doesn’t often hit. Make sure to follow my Twitter for updates on starting lineups and any changes that I will be making as I research throughout the day. 

Lastly, I want to touch on contest selection. It’s the most important thing to me, and it’s the reason I hit big more often than not. A lot of DFS players focus on playing in contests with 35,000 people because it’s only $10 to enter and they feel it’s easy to win money. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had a takedown and it barely cashed in the big GPP. Focus on contests with around 250-300 people, where you can max 7-10 entries. Use the #hedgelife strategy and max enter this contest and use the strategy in this article to profit. Trust me on this one.

Something else I wanted to touch on was the process. I’ve mentioned this quite a few times, but I thought I’d break it down further.

• Contest selection: If you don’t follow me on Twitter, please make sure you do. On a nightly basis, I’ve been tweeting my favorite contests. Find a way to do 10 lineups and focus on contests with under 500 people.
• #HedgeLife: I took a deep dive into this above, but here’s what I mean. If you do a 4-3 BLG-SB line, make sure you also do a 4-3 SB-BLG line. Do one line of four-man SB with SB CPT, then in your next line, do a four-man BLG with BLG CPT. Covers you on both grounds.
• #HedgeLife part deux: If you’re doing 10 lineups with five BLG stacks, make sure to do 2-3 DMO stacks to hedge that game.

Feel free to reach out with any questions, if you have them. It seems like a lot, but it’s important to see what has made me successful in Esports. There is a process and it works.

LPL/LCK

It’s nice to finally have the return of five-game slates. This is a fascinating slate, because I see every single underdog winning. Usually, I have 2-3 that I love and then hedge from there. On this slate, you have to take some stands. My stands are TES and BLG. Those are two teams I want to practically lock in and try to pair in four-man stacks. Two-man stacks work as well, but I’m focusing on four-man. TES is my top dog. I don’t believe in IG really and they get smoked by good teams. My other stand is fading BRO and DRX. I don’t like the pace or total for this matchup. For RW and OMG, I’m doing a pure hedge. It’s two of the worst teams with nothing to play for. I think it’ll be bloody with my lean towards OMG. As for HLE and GEN, I’ll hedge, but it’s a great time to hop back on GEN.

• TES
  • CPT options — JackeyLove, Knight
  • Player pool — All in play (Less on 369)
• BLG
  • CPT options — Aiming, Zeka
  • Player pool — All in Play. Avoid SUP. Sub risk
• GEN
  • CPT options — Ruler
  • Player pool — All in Play. #NEVERLIFE. He never scores well. He definitely could and is cheap enough. In my seven lineups, I may have one.
• HLE
  • CPT options — Chovy, Deft
  • Player pool — All in Play. Avoid JNG because we won’t know starter until after lock.
• OMG
  • CPT options — Eric
  • Player pool — All in play. Avoid the TOP laner. Doesn’t ever score well.
• RW
  • CPT options — Betty
  • Player pool — All in play

I will update everyone in Discord if anything changes on my exposures and predictions. Remember to only do 3-3 or 4-2 stacks. One-offs are not viable unless you’re hedging in team spot.