LPL/LCK Slate July 17th, 2021
Ultra Prime v Team WE
GENG v Hanhwa Life Esports
Rare Atom v Rogue Warriors
T1 v Damwon Gaming Kia
Top Esports v Fun Plus Phoenix
If you are a fan of the LPL/LCK then you know the roller coaster ride that is. May we take a moment of remembrance for T1 as they lost a staff member to an illness yesterday and are playing against DWG Kia today in the late slate. An exciting slate lets dive right into it friends.
Fantasy Value Breakdown
Captain
Favorite: FoFo (RA: $11,700) With an amazing matchup, FoFo is kind of a must play in any lineup. An RA stack is heavily advised and FoFo is a solid pick regardless of how you feel about Rare Atom. Otherwise, Knight is a great value pick with a good matchup.
Value Pick: Knight (TES: $11,400)
Top Lane
Favorite: Cube (RA: $6,800) Not to dump on Rogue Warriors, but they certainly have their work cut out for them. Cube is a solid top laner and would be a great part of an RA stack with FoFo and iBoy. Otherwise pickup zs if you want to sub out an RA player in the top lane.
Value Pick: zs (UP: $5,600)
Jungle
Favorite: beishang (WE: $7,400) The beishang jungle pick is great because he had a great start to the split. His last game he went 9/18/3 with 525 CS averaging 71 FPPG across three games. Expect beishang to play a big role in WE's series which should be a sweep. Otherwise pick up a solid value pick in Clid.
Value Pick: Clid (GEN: $6,400)
Mid Lane
Favorite: Knight (TES: $7,600) I already suggested him at captain for a reason, and Knight will be a true threat at the mid lane against FPX. The midlane selection is filed with a lot of great players either past their prime or on a coin flip leaving Knight the most solid all around pick available.
Value Pick: Faker (T1: $6,200)
ADC
Favorite: iBoy (RA: $8,000) I have a long favorable history with the star ADC known as iBoy. If iBoy is on my slate you already know I have him favored. This time the stats back me up (he never let me down though to be fair) and will be favored extremely heavily against Betty.
Value Pick: Teddy (T1: $6,600)
Support
Favorite: Zhuo (TES: $5,800) Supporting a deadly ADC, Zhuo has a great day of fantasy ahead of him. Another pick here would be Hang from RA, but depending on your stack I feel he is the most expendable member of RA for a lineup. Keria is a great high risk high reward investment at the value pick, but definitely pick with caution.
Value Pick: Keria (T1: $4,600)
Team
Favorite: Team WE ($5,400) Rare Atom is too perfect for Team so we are going with Team WE. The matchup should be a 2-0 for WE in my opinion, but Ultra Prime could be primed for an UPset. I'll see myself out.
Value Pick: Ultra Prime ($4,000)