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Hello there eSports DFS enthusiasts, and welcome back to RotoBaller's coverage of Call of Duty DFS contests for DraftKings! Welcome everyone to Stage 2 of COD League! I was on the wrong end of some of these games, London is looking good, and Minnesota and Standy broke my heart as they absolutely demolished Optic with the only sweep on the slate. Dallas took care of things as did NYSL. Hopefully, we can rebound and get back on the right side of things coming into a great weekend of games.
This is easily one of my favorite sports to cover here at Rotoballer because I play a ton of COD myself and I like to think I'm pretty good at it as well. I have been following the COD League for about five years now and I finally get to put all this knowledge to the test! My Name is Koby and I'll be here all season long to help guide you through the COD DFS world. Welcome back to another great weekend of COD DFS! Tomorrow we get the struggling LA Thieves to take on the surging Atlanta FaZe, London gets another shot to prove themselves against a really good NYSL team, and Toronto Ultra gets the LA Guerrillas on a back-to-back.
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Call of Duty: Toronto Home Series
Best of 5
- London Royal Ravens (+230) vs. New York Subliners (-325)
- Atlanta FaZe (-800) vs. LA Thieves (+450)
- LA Guerrillas (+115) vs. Toronto Ultra (-150)
Slate Overview
London has now burned me twice, am I going to let them burn me a third? Yeah probably. The Subliners looked fantastic as they dominated LA Guerrillas in all respawn game modes only losing in SnD, somewhere LAG has been pretty good and Subliners have been kinda meh about. DiamondCon, Asim, and Clayster were all some of the highest-scoring players in the last games slate. This time around we are getting them even cheaper than before due to the recent surge of London. This is definitely a spot I can understand hopping on the London train and I can't be against it. But if the Subliners come out and play as they did today, this is going to be a blood bath.
Oh, my Atlanta FaZe gets to take on the struggling Thieves. I had high hopes for LA at the beginning but they have just been awful since the first Major. Venom looked okay in his rookie debut but wasn't as electric as I had hoped and Kenny came alive at the wrong time as he was the only one to go positive against London. Atlanta on the other hand has been the best team by a mile this season. They don't even have double-digit map losses yet as they are 32-9 in total maps won so far. They are a crisp 10-0 and are looking pretty unstoppable right now. I don't necessarily think this ends in a sweep, but it definitely could and my exposure to Atlanta will be high as they are the best on this slate, just getting them in is gonna be the issue.
Now this game is gonna be a close one. But I'm leaning on Toronto tomorrow. The addition of Insight was a fantastic one as he crushed it in his rookie debut and came up just short against the Thieves and then his next game is a rough one for anyone against Atlanta where they got blown out. Coming into this one against LAG I expect Toronto to play very well. Insight, Cammy, and CleanX are all studs and able to put up big numbers. Toronto also excels in hardpoint and is a good SnD team and should be able to challenge LAG. The last time out LAG beat Toronto but that was without Insight and I think that turns it around. Give me Toronto 3-1.
COD DFS Basics
- Like in CSGO, players receive two points for a kill and are penalized -1 for dying. Therefore, the simplest stat to look at here is K/D ratio. However, players can also earn fantasy points for planting or defusing bombs (three points each) in Search and Destroy rounds, so there are some players who we can target for other skills besides their ability to kill the opponent.
- You need to roster a team slot on both sites. Teams accrue fantasy points for games won (+4), matches won (+10), and Search and Destroy rounds won (+.5).
- Teams will be playing best-of-five matches on a rotation of various game modes. Those modes and the order in which they are played are as follows: Hardpoint, Search & Destroy, Control, Hardpoint, Search & Destroy.
- In hardpoint rounds, players with positive K/D ratios are usually the highest scorers and these rounds are often the bloodiest.
- They also have changed a game mode from Domination to Control for League play. This is going to be a lot different in gameplay as it's round-based and not the first one to 200. They play first one to 3 round wins. You win by capturing both points or killing the enemy team until they run out of their lives. One team defends and the other attacks.
- There is a sweep bonus this year as teams and players both can get a 20 point player sweep and a 5 point team sweep. In the chance, they do sweep they also get granted a bonus of 20 points for not playing hardpoint and a bonus of 5 points for not playing the final Search and Destroy map. So that adds up in a sweep to a total of 45 extra points which are going to be very crucial this year.
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COD DFS Captain Considerations
Simp: This might be the most obvious play but it's the clear best play on the slate. He is a guaranteed 100 DKP, no doubt about it. He has one game under 100 this season out of 7 games. For all those that play CS:GO with us, Simp is basically the S1mple of COD. Let's just go over the stats so far for him this season. He is 1st in Overall K/D, he is 2nd in Hardpoint K/D, 3rd in SnD K/D, and 1st in Control K/D. He rarely has a bad game and even when he does he is still putting up big numbers and going positive. He is one of the best players in the CDL and the only reason I can find not to roster him is his price. 15,900 is a lot for the captain spot but man if you can get him in there and still feel confident in your lineup even in the slightest, hit enter and hope the rest of your lineup does well.
DiamondCon: Diamond might be the best rookie we have seen so far this year. He is playing at an elite level right now and I also like how much time he spent in the hardpoint hill in his last two games he's averaged 3 minutes in the hardpoint. London is a tough team now with their new addition of Paulehx but I really think, DiamondCon is a good bet on who can score well at a decent price. DraftKings gave Subliners a decrease in price and London an increase. DiamondCon has 6 games of 100 plus and two more with 90+. He has a 1.04 K/D overall and with a 1.04 in hardpoint and 1.09 in SnD and a 1.02 in Control. This could be a bloody match, and I could easily see 80+ kills from Diamond, Asim, and/or Clayster as well. They are all playing very well right now and should be able to take on London.
Other captain plays: Cellium, Abezy, Clayster, Insight, PaulEhx(GPP)
COD DFS Value Plays
CleanX: I really think Draft Kings messed up on his pricing. CleanX is slightly inconsistent and struggles in tough matches but he can be very explosive and has multiple games of 85+ DKP, which is something I will take all day at 6,800. The matchup is pretty good too against LA Guerrillas. In the last outing, he had 88 DKP and went negative on the day. If he can go positive and help lead Toronto to a dub, he should hit his value for the day. Getting the necessary value is going to be critical in getting a top-tier captain on this slate. He has an overall.96 K/D but has positive K/Ds in hardpoint and Control which is where we are looking at the most for him to get ahead on his kill/death ratio so that if he does struggle on SnD, it won't hurt too much.
Dylan: There is not much value on this slate. So this is definitely a more GPP type play in Dylan, If you like London to beat NYSL then Dylan is going to be a great play at his price. When London isn't getting blown out, Dylan has 3 games over 100 DKP, and 2 games over 90. Three of those games were losses. So even if the game goes to 4 or 5 games, there is a good chance Dylan could come out and still perform well. Since the additions of Zed and Paulehx, Dylan has scored 108 and 107 DKP, one game was a sweep and the other a 4 game match. So he has the ability to score well in both situations. So even in the chance of a loss here, Dylan could still show up in some winning lineups with a decent score, and the 6,400$ price tag is quite intriguing as he can score very well for very cheap.
Other value plays: Arcitys, Bance(PUNT), Mack, Kenny(GPP)
COD DFS Stacks
Atlanta FaZe: Atlanta is the best team by a lot here, LA Thieves haven't looked good since they started 4-0 and have gone 2-4 since. Atlanta has shown no signs of slowing down either. Simp, Cellium, and Abezy are all playing at elite levels and are all averaging over 100 DKP per game now. Arcitys isn't doing horrible either but I still feel like he needs the sweep bonus for him to score well. As in all but one game over 100 DKP has resulted because of the sweep bonus. There is a chance that it could happen here, but I'm going to give Thieves the benefit of the doubt and give them a chance at one map here. At most they take Control, Atlanta has been far superior in both Hardpoint and SnD this year. They are definitely the safest play on the slate and will probably be the highest owned.
NY Subliners: Going Subliners has me a little worried with how well London has been playing recently since the acquisition of PaulEhx but so far they have played a poor LAG team, and a struggling Thieves team. Subliners are better than both those teams and showed it today as they smoked LAG. DiamondCon, Clayster, and Asim are all playing very well right now, and if they can get Mack going as well. This team is a dangerous one. I have a feeling a lot of people are going to be hopping on the London train, I can't disagree with that, they have looked great. Zed and Paulehx are playing very well together. NYSL is just playing so much better. All three of their guys are averaging over 100 DKP right now and Mack isn't too far behind either with 93.8. This is going to be a real test for London and if they can pull it out, they are going to be a tough team to pick against unless it's Atlanta. NYSL was sub 15% owned on all players today and I could see around the same ownership tomorrow as well.
Other Team Plays: Toronto Ultra, LA Guerrillas (GPP), London Ravens (GPP)
Summary
- TLDR: Atlanta 3-1, NYSL 3-1, Toronto 3-1
- Atlanta is definitely the clear cash stack, that's if you can get them in. Lock Simp in.
- Subliners I feel are going to be under-owned with London being on a hot streak.
- Toronto has looked much improved since the addition of Insight and they should have better luck against LAG than they did against FaZe.
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