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Koby Hanson's DraftKings DFS lineup picks for Call of Duty on 4/03/21. He analyzes the COD slates and top lineup targets for eSports DFS contests.
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! Let me just say Yikes... London nor Seattle showed up for their respective games and both got swept. Dallas did away with Florida as well pretty easily. And then Atlanta coming out and losing to LAG in 5 games?? What is going on in the CDL? It's been a crazy start to week three of Stage 2. It's time to put it in the past though and move on to the next slate and it should be a good one.
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! Saturday's set of games should be a great one to watch. We have Minnesota taking on Seattle, NYSL gets Toronto off of their first sweep of the season, and Florida Mutineers get a chance of redemption against Paris Legion.
Today I'll be bringing you my COD DFS advice, analysis, and lineup picks for eSports DFS contests on DraftKings for Saturday, April 3rd, 2021, at 3:00 PM. Feel free to follow me on Twitter @DFSKoby or find me in the slack as I am happy to engage with readers and try to answer your questions!
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Call of Duty: LA Guerrillas Home Series
Best of 5
- Florida Mutineers (-170) vs. Paris Legion (+130)
- Minnesota Rokkr (-190) vs. Seattle Surge (+150)
- New York Subliners (-350) vs. Toronto Ultra (+240)
Slate Overview
I love Florida in these types of matchups they tend to play better against teams that are at or below their level and tend to play insanely well. Owakening and Skyz have shown recently how well they can play very well in these matchups as well as score well in them. Both of them have multiple games of 100+ and I really like them in this matchup against Paris who got destroyed by Seattle Surge last week. I think this will be a good one for Florida to get a much-needed win after getting swept by Dallas on Thursday.
Oh, how Seattle let me down so much. Not sure if we got the Optic we all know and love back or if Seattle just really choked. Who knows, might be a combination of both. Minnesota on the other hand has looked really good since the acquisition of Standy. Even helping them take down Dallas in a 5 game thriller. Although he's been playing well he is our most expensive player on the slate. And I'm not sure I can pay that much in a spot where we have only seen him play two games. I think Minnesota wins this but I don't think it will be in 3 games. This means no bonus and Standy will have to play out of his mind to pay off that salary.
Subliners have grown to be one of my favorite teams to pick. Clayster and DiamondCon are so explosive and have the ability to turn a game around on the flip of a dime. Their energy and how aggressive they play have made it difficult for teams to take them down and I don't think Toronto is going to either. A lot of people were on London against them, meaning I got NYSL at low ownership and the win. I don't necessarily think the same thing will happen in this case but I do see Subliners being the biggest favorites for a reason and they should win this one.
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
Attach: I think Attach could go low-owned at captain. He has shown this season that he is one of the main carries on the team and has 110+ DKP upside and last outing against Seattle he had 129. With an even better team now, I think Attach could reach or even exceed that number. He is also fairly cheap at only 8,200 and that will help and get your top guys when it comes down to get other plays. He has been fairly consistent and under the radar, He has a 1.04 overall K/D, 1.04 in Hardpoint, and a 1.03 in both Control and SnD. He gets about 22 KP10M in Hardpoint but his control is a bit lower at 19 KP10M. He probably won't be overall low-owned but at the captain spot, I could definitely see him going lower-owned with the options on the slate.
Clayster: Subliners isn't necessarily a team to sweep and there is a chance they don't sweep. If not though. Clayster and Diamond have both big upsides in 4-5 game matches. Clayster is playing at an elite level right now and since the meta change, he has only gotten better. His last three games have averaged out to 123 DKP per game. That is absolutely insane and I like that especially for a captain in such a good spot. Toronto may have swept London but NYSL is on a way higher level than London is and I could see this being a very dominating performance from NYSL's top guys. He has a 1.05 overall K/D and that's really only because he dies a lot in Hardpoint, but he makes it up in kills in SnD and Control. Where he has a 1.27 K/D and a 1.11 K/D. He is also averaging 24 KP10M in Hardpoint and 22 KP10M in Control. He is getting a lot of kills and I love that, as he has 80-90 kill upside in 4+ game matches and even has a sweep where he had 77. Clayster is probably one of the best plays on the slate.
Other captain plays: Standy, Owakening, Skyz, DiamondCon
COD DFS Value Plays
Mack: Mack is probably my least favorite play from NYSL, but they are in a good spot right now and Mack has shown improvement, especially in his last game against London where he dropped 88 kills in route to a 3-1 win and 111 DKP. He is definitely a boom or bust type play as he has shown games of 100+ DKP but also has shown games where he drops a sub-par 70 or less and that's not something we typically want. But in this spot against Toronto I like. He has had 80+ kills in his last three and 5 of his last 6. He just needs to die less is his issue. But that his hard when you are the main Sub on the team. Let's just hope Toronto doesn't come and pull out the massive upset tomorrow on NYSL and make this a good day!
Priestahh: I hate playing Priestahh, but the dude is finally playing well and returning to form from last year's season on Atlanta FaZe. Since Standy joined he has averaged 105 DKP per game. And also had a 91 kill game against the Dallas Empire. He looks like he is playing a lot better in this role and his price is way too cheap at 6,400 which is ridiculous to see a team favored as Minnesota is. Minnesota swept Optic like it was nothing and if Seattle comes in looking like they did against Optic. We could be seeing another sweep and another 100+ point performance from Priestahh and more than likely the rest of his team.
Other value plays: Prestinni, Slacked, Neptune, Accuracy
COD DFS Stacks
NYSL: This is going to be my main stack for sure, Toronto is coming off a sweep against London as Paulehx played horribly and went -23 on the day. I don't see that happening here with NYSL, they are such a good team and I really think they are a dark horse to take down FaZe of any team to have a chance. DiamondCon and Clayster have both dropped 100+ DKP games in their last three games and have taken down London, LAG, and LAT. They can score well in both 3 game sweeps as well as 4/5 game matches. They get lots of kills and are lethal in respawn game modes. Asim has been consistent and I've liked that about him, but he's only 200$ less than DiamondCon. Mack has been either Boom or bust type of play he has a couple of games over 100 DKP but also has some sub 80 games. His price is nice though and should be definitely looked at as a cheap option in a good matchup.
Minnesota Rokkr: Minnesota has come out and swept Optic and beat Dallas in 5 games. These are both things I didn't see coming. Standy is playing very well and I think was a much-needed sub for MajorManiak. It looks like everyone is playing at a better pace and are communicating better than their opponents. Seattle can be a tough opponent but after seeing them get demolished against Optic. I don't have high hopes. Minnesota has struggled in Hardpoint this year, so if Seattle has any chance of keeping this close it's definitely going to be in Hardpoint. Minnesota has been far superior in SnD and Control and should be able to do well in those. This match could go anyway regarding score though. Could be a sweep or it definitely could go 4 or 5 games. Just depends on how well Seattle plays hardpoint. Their whole team has been playing a well-balanced game these last two, and if they keep it up really anyone is in play. I prefer Attach and Accuracy as they have been more consistent all season. Priestahh is great value but has shown to tank in tough situations. And well as much as I like Standy, he's way too high in price for it to make sense to grab him.
Other Team Plays: Florida Mutineers, Seattle Surge(GPP)
Summary
- TLDR: Florida 3-1, Minnesota 3-1, NYSL 3-0
- Subliners will be top stack
- Minnesota and Florida will be the teams to look at otherwise. I like Florida in this matchup more but Minnesota could easily come out and sweep as well.
- Seattle would be your GPP stack as could return to earlier form and smoke Minnesota. But it's not likely after how I saw them play against Optic.
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