DraftKings & FanDuel LoL Esports DFS Rundown (LCK-LPL) – February 16, 2022 – FantasyCruncher.com DFS Articles & Insights – fantasycruncher.com

Fredit BRION (BRO) v.s. Liiv Sandbox (LSB) (3:00 AM EST) (-154 BRO)

LSB has been struggling the most so far in the league and will look to rebound from their three-game losing streak against a BRO squad that just lost their previous match. The objective has been LSB’s biggest flaw as of late hence their 16.7% first-tower rate which should give BRO an edge in that regard, due to their 35% first-tower rate. This would put more pressure on LSB to out-slay BRO which may be difficult because BRO has three slayers north of a 4 KDA while LSB has players barely reaching a 3 KDA. Lava may be the one to contribute the majority of kills for the BRO squad at the mid-lane position with a 73.2% kill-participation and most likely slow down chances for LSB to keep up in kills which should cause them to struggle objectively as well.

Top Esports (TES) v.s. Thunder Talk Gaming (TT) (4:00 AM EST) (-600 TES)

TES and TT will also look to rebound from losses with TES being on a three-game losing streak and TT on a one game losing streak. However, TT is currently at the bottom of the standings. The slaying is also not that high for either team but TES has the slight edge (0.88 team overall K/D versus TT’s 0.61). JackeyLove and knight should also be able to perform well at the attack-damage carry (bot-lane) and middle-lane roles for TES with Jackey leading the way with a 76% kill-participation. TES also has a massive first-tower rate advtantage of 53.3% compared to TT’s 25% which should make the win even easier for TES.

Royal Never Give Up (RNG) v.s. Victory Five (V5) (6:00 AM EST) (-198 RNG)

RNG is amongst the highest win-streak teams in the LPL right now with six in a row and will have to face off with another team in V5 who is in the upper half of the standings with them. RNG more than likely will start off the match stronger as well with a current 61% first-blood rate compared to V5’s 39%. In addition, RNG has the edge across the board (dragon control, jungle, and lane control) so it may be unlikely the lose here. GALA is one of the top slaying attack-damage carry mains in the league right now with a 7.2 KDA which will be difficult to counter, especially with a teammate and mid-lane main in XIaohu slaying in the same high caliber (7.2 KDA as well). V5’s best chances at a counter would be Photic, but he is slightly less efficient at a 5.7 KDA in the bot-lane for V5.

Gen.G (GEN) v.s. Nongshim RedForce (NS) (6:00 AM EST) (-180 GEN)

To conclude the slate, GEN will get the benefit of facing a NS stream in a current four loss drought. Although, GEN is currently near the top of the standings they can’t take NS for granted here. NS can shift momentum early with a 61.9% first-blood rate compared to GEN’s 47.4%. If anyone does the majority of the damage to complete the upset it would be Vital in the bot-lane for NS who is dealing 27.7% damage as of late. On the other hand, Ruler is the most efficient slayer for GEN and is also in bot-lane (attack-damage carry) with a 6.3 KDA which won’t make the battles easy for Vital. Quid is also dealing the most damage out of both teams in the mid-lane at 33.2% so this boosts GEN’s chances of rebounding in this matchup, but it can still go down to the wire.