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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 to another week of Stage 4 COD DFS! What an end of the week! Florida, Atlanta, and NYSL all won big in their games and Mack broke the slate and dropped 116 kills!! It was a great week for some COD DFS and let's hope that momentum continues and we hit big this weekend! This is the last week before Major 4 so I expect teams to be on their A-game as teams are going to be trying to lock in their seedings!
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! For Thursday we have Toronto starting us out against LA Guerrillas, and to finish out we have Seattle Surge looking for their last hope at a win against a very good Optic Chicago team! On Friday we have NY Subliners taking on the London Royal Ravens and the once again new-look LA Thieves takes on Minnesota Rokkr. Let's dive right in.
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Call of Duty: Florida Mutineers Home Series
Best of 5
- Toronto Ultra (-600) vs. LA Guerrillas (+365)
- Seattle Surge (+355) vs. Optic Chicago (-550)
- NY Subliners (-500) vs. London Royal Ravens (+330)
- LA Thieves (-135) vs. Minnesota Rokkr (+105)
Slate Overview
This slate is going to be very chalky, with three huge favorites ahead of us, we are going to have to dive in deep and try and get the best plays possible. That starts here with Toronto. Cammy, Insight, and even Bance are playing extremely well right now, and they get a great matchup against the LA Guerrillas whom Toronto showed up and shut down last time they played in Stage 3. Since then nothing has changed the roster wise and LAG hasn't got much better. This should be the same result as a Toronto win more than likely by sweep. LAG's best chance at a map win would be in SnD.
Oh Seattle, I've lost all hope for this team. So go ahead and get your Optic stack rolling as this might be a blowout. The best chance Seattle has a chance to win a map is in hardpoint, but I don't give much hope to even win that map. Optic smoked Minnesota and Minnesota smoked Seattle. That should correlate very well unless everyone other than Octane becomes elite overnight and leads Seattle to victory. Otherwise should be a 3-0 by Optic.
NYSL is just a different breed. Mack has finally come back to the elite form that he left off in the 2020 season! Hydra has become one of the top rookies this year and the veteran experience that Clayster and Asim bring to this team just makes them one of the top teams. They get a warmup match on Friday against London before their final match of Stage 4 against Toronto Ultra. Both of these games are must-wins as Florida and Toronto are right behind them in the standings and have no room to slip up. I expect them to come out and make it quick for London. London's pretty much only shot at a map win is in Control as NYSL has struggled heavily in that game mode. At worst 3-1 win for NYSL, but it could be yet another sweep for NYSL and another big L for London.
Last but not least, this game is going to be close. LA Thieves have made a roster move once again as they are bringing Slasher and Huke both back into the starting lineup and Drazah and Venom being benched. They said they are preparing for LAN next week and want the veteran experience for the upcoming major. This weekend is going to be a critical one for them but the consistent roster movement makes me hesitant on picking them in this spot. Minnesota looked better last week but it was against Seattle, so this is going to be a real test for them. This one might go 5 games and I'm going to give the edge to Minnesota and think they win 3-2. LA should win on SnD, and I think both teams split a hardpoint game apiece. Minnesota should win in Control as well.
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
Hydra/Mack: Phew, Hydra is pricy. He has been excelling this entire season and is one of my top favorites to win Rookie of the year. He has made this NYSL team a contender and that showed as they were able to reach the finals against Atlanta FaZe in the last stages Major. He only has two matches under 100 DKP so far this season. And as long as that continues, the longer I will promote him in lineups. The only tough part is getting him there. At 10.6k that is extremely high but he has shown he is worth every penny. Mack has just been unbelievable lately, In his last 7 games scored by DK, he has 6 of those coming at 96 DKP or better and 4 of them coming in at 130 DKP or better. He continues to play as he has been and he is going to be an issue in the future. Grab this guy while he is still sub-10k because it might not be long before he gets there. For these guys, Hydra is averaging a 1.26 K/D in Hardpoint, a .91 in SnD, and .98 in Control. Mack is averaging a 1.47 in Hardpoint, a .80 in SnD, and a 1.00 in Control. I prefer Mack over Hydra in this situation by a hair but Hydra is still a fantastic play even at 10.6k.
Cammy: One bad game isn't gonna keep me from playing Cammy who has just been one of the best players to play in DFS right now. He has had 106 DKP or better in 8 of his last 9 games. He now gets another great opportunity for a sweep against the LA Guerrillas. In their last outing against them, Cammy had 123 DKP and has a K/D differential of +17 with 53 kills in three maps. I expect a similar result here and with that in mind, I love the whole Toronto crew and especially Cammy. In stage 4 so far he has averaged a 1.04 in Hardpoint, a 1.00 in SnD, and a 1.06 in Control. He also spends quite a bit of time on the hill in hardpoint at just over a minute per 10 minutes played in hardpoint. Which is an extra 6-18 points depending on how many hardpoint games are played and how long each map goes.
Other captain plays: Envoy, Dashy, Standy, Slasher, Kenny, Insight
COD DFS Value Plays
Bance: Bance has been on fire recently, therefore he gets my favorite value play on the slate. He is in an elite spot as he is against the LA Guerrillas, whom they swept ever so easily in the last stage, and Bance had just under 100 points. Recently he has been much better though and I really like what he could achieve in this game. This should be a free spot at 100 DKP as in his last two games he has had 116 and 130 in matches that swept as well. He is 7,800 and is the cheapest Toronto play on the board. I highly recommend him in your lineups and even is a great cheap captain option to help you fit some other top players on the slate! So far in stage 4, Bance is averaging a 1.19 K/D in Hardpoint, a 1.03 in SnD, and a 1.18 in Control. So far he has been killing it and I hope that continues coming into this matchup.
MajorManiak: Major has been looking pretty good in his return to the starting lineup. His last two matches were both games that went to 4 maps and he had 112 and 105 DKP. This matchup against LA Thieves is going to be a close one and could even go to 5 maps. This is a value play that isn't completely dependent on a sweep bonus to do well. Thieves have been playing around with their lineup a lot lately and I think that messes with team chemistry a lot. I don't think Minnesota blows them out of the water but I like Major as a cheap play in lineups that could be dependent on multiple values plays with all the great plays towards the top. Major in Stage 4 is averaging a 1.11 in Hardpoint, a .95 in SnD, and a team-best at 1.15 K/D in Control.
Other value plays: Attach, Scump, Priestahh, TJHaly(PUNT)
COD DFS Stacks
Toronto Ultra: Toronto has been elite since their loss by Florida, and has two straight sweeps against Dallas and London. They now get one of the bottom-tier teams in LAG who has lost three straight in Stage 4 with only 2 total map wins. Toronto should be looking to get another sweep here. Their biggest struggle so far in Stage 4 has been in SnD, which is where LAG excels at but if they weren't able to beat Dallas in Snd, I don't think they are going to be able to beat Toronto. So at worst this ends in a 3-1 win for Toronto. But a sweep is likely. Insight is a great piece but is quite expensive, I do prefer Cammy a bit more but I don't mind the Insight play. CleanX has been a little inconsistent lately and Bance has been on fire, so I'm going to prefer Bance over CleanX in this situation.
Optic Chicago: Optic needs this win and has had Seattle's number all year long, I expect this one to be a quick match as usual as two of the three matches between these two teams have ended in an Optic sweep. I wouldn't expect anything more than just that. This should be a quick match and therefore really anyone is in play. Even Scump was on fire last week as he was the highest-scoring player on his team by a mile. Envoy and Dashy are my favorites though. FormaL has been looking rough lately so that worries me about his production but in a matchup like this, it should be a free square if he fits in your lineup.
Other Team Plays: NYSL, Minnesota, LA Thieves
Summary
- TLDR: Toronto 3-0, Optic 3-0, NYSL 3-1, Minnesota 3-2
- Toronto: Insight, Cammy, Bance
- LAG: None
- Optic: Envoy, Dashy, Scump
- Seattle: Octane
- NYSL: All Players
- London: PaulEhx
- Minnesota: Standy, MajorManiak, Attach
- LA Thieves: Slasher, Kenny
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