This article is part of our DraftKings League of Legends series.
Games (EDT)
- 2:00 a.m. Team Legacy vs. Dire Wolves
- 5:00 a.m. Top Esports vs. Team WE
Team Legacy vs. Dire Wolves
The OPL is a strange region as the quality of this league is not that good. Team Legacy dominated all Spring Split and they remind me of a G2 Esports. This team has players who were on the Mammoth team that went to Worlds last year and they have created a roster that wants to contend at international events. This team's early game is decent, but when it comes to mid to late game they accelerate the pace and are one of the bloodiest teams in the league. On average, they are beating teams by 10.5 kills despite having some wacky drafts. These guys love to play a frontline scaling comp and the champion pool on this team is very different which throws a lot of teams off (hence G2 reference). Dire Wolves is a big organization in the OPL and have been to worlds numerous times, consistently averaging a top-three finish at the end of every split. This new team has a solid early game plan, but don't know what to do with their leads half of the time. This is a horrible matchup for Dire Wolves, particularly if they can't snowball Legacy. Dire Wolves has surprised people before, upsetting the No. 1 seed in playoffs before, but reviewing all the tape Legacy is a team that can mitigate the early game pressure and use that to their
Games (EDT)
- 2:00 a.m. Team Legacy vs. Dire Wolves
- 5:00 a.m. Top Esports vs. Team WE
Team Legacy vs. Dire Wolves
The OPL is a strange region as the quality of this league is not that good. Team Legacy dominated all Spring Split and they remind me of a G2 Esports. This team has players who were on the Mammoth team that went to Worlds last year and they have created a roster that wants to contend at international events. This team's early game is decent, but when it comes to mid to late game they accelerate the pace and are one of the bloodiest teams in the league. On average, they are beating teams by 10.5 kills despite having some wacky drafts. These guys love to play a frontline scaling comp and the champion pool on this team is very different which throws a lot of teams off (hence G2 reference). Dire Wolves is a big organization in the OPL and have been to worlds numerous times, consistently averaging a top-three finish at the end of every split. This new team has a solid early game plan, but don't know what to do with their leads half of the time. This is a horrible matchup for Dire Wolves, particularly if they can't snowball Legacy. Dire Wolves has surprised people before, upsetting the No. 1 seed in playoffs before, but reviewing all the tape Legacy is a team that can mitigate the early game pressure and use that to their advantage with how clean their macro and teamfighting is. Usually OPL games are not that bloody, as games don't go long since the majority of the team wants to draft for early game and snowball so the kill total might not be high, but in this scenario this could be a bloody game if Dire Wolves can keep it close.
Prediction: Legacy 3-1
Bets: N/A
Legacy Players to Target: Babip (JNG $6,800), Tally (MID $7,200), Raes (ADC $7,600), Isles (SUP $5,400)
TES vs WE
WE showed us a very good performance against eStar last game and it wasn't even close. WE came out with more of a scaling comp which is something we haven't seen before and this threw eStar's game plan off as WE is usually an early-game team. Teacherma played really well even in tough matchups with the Gallio, and even though his player pool is limited he has shown the ability to lane and let the rest of his team do the work. Top Esports, on the other hand, has looked phenomenal in every lane after the signing of Jackeylove. When both support players are playing at a high level, this team is very scary to go against. Once again, this game will be decided by which jungler can be more proactive for their team and even though Karsa is deemed one of the best junglers in the world, Beishang has looked phenomenal on a lot of champions. Not saying Karsa cant do that, but he is more of a system jungler who sets up his team for success more than for himself. This game might be a little closer than what people think due to the fact that TES sometimes like to play for lanes and this style just doesn't work against WE. IF TES wants to win this game they need to match the aggression of WE or hold out and outscale WE and grab the objectives to win their team fights.
Prediction: TES 3-2
Bets: WE ML (+320)
Players to target: Everyone on both sides.
