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Welcome back, RotoBallers, to another edition of my Counter Strike: Global Offensive DFS picks. I have been focusing on the NHL playoffs but as the hockey season starts to wind down, it is time to shift the focus back to CS:GO. As always, I will do my best to give you the stats and info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game CS:GO contests on DraftKings.
Today I'll be bringing you my Counter Strike: Global Offensive DFS lineup picks, analysis, and advice for eSports DFS contests on DraftKings for Saturday, September 19th, 2020 at 8:00 AM.
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ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe/ North America
Best of 3
- NaVi (-160) vs. G2 (+120)
- OG (+135) vs. Heroic (-185)
- ENCE (+160) BIG (-220)
- GODSENT (-205) vs. AGO (+155)
- Mousesports (+155) vs. Vitality (-210)
- FaZe (+270) vs. Complexity (-135)
- Fnatic (-425) NiP (+295)
- Spirit (+215) vs. Astralis (-300)
Captain Plays:
s1mple is the most expensive player on the slate but has been the best CSGO player recently. He has produced four straight games where he has gone for 90+ DK points and is carrying a career 1.37 K/D ratio all-time against G2. He is in really good form right now as he has a 1.44 K/D ratio over his last 21 maps played and has a .91 kill per round rate during that time span.
Zyw0o is a CSGO legend in his own right and is the third highest-priced player on the slate. He has struggled a tad over the last several games that he has played but he draws a very favorable matchup against Mousesports. In 14 career maps against Mousesports, Zyw0o has produced a 1.56 k/D ratio while having a +117 K/D differential.
blameF carries as much upside as anyone else on the slate which is why he is always in consideration for the captain spot. He is averaging 70.6 DK points per game and has surpassed that mark in three of his last four games played. He has shown that he is in a really good form as he has accrued a 1.42 K/D ratio over his last 20 maps played.
es3tag has finally been added to the CSGO DK player pool and is a viable cheaper option to consider on this slate. Over the last month of games played, he has produced a 1.34 K/D ratio while having a .74 kill per round rate while having a low death per round rate of .55. Spirit is a tough squad but the salary savings could be worth it if es3tag brings his "A" game.
Other captain plays: Farlig, syrson, tabseN, niko
Value Plays:
tizian has been a great value player for BIG recently and is at a really good price point of $6,800. He has gone for 60+ DK points per game over his last two matches played and with BIG being a heavy favorite, he is a cheap way to getting exposure to them. Over his last month of games played, tizian has produced a .96 K/D ratio while carrying a 52.2 headshot percentage.
STYKO has been extremely consistent over the last 31 maps played as he has produced a K/D ratio of 1.07 during that time span. What really is shocking is that he is averaging 49.8 DK points per game but over his last four games played, he is averaging 64 DK points per game. This is a drastic improvement and shows the good form that he has been in.
mir is a great player and at his price point, he is hard to ignore. He is $7,200 and while the matchup is less than desirable against a tough Astralis squad, mir has shown 90+ upside in his previous games. Over the last month of games played, mir has produced a 1.26 K/D ratio and will be a tough individual for Astralis to handle.
Other value plays: mhL, F1KU, RpK, REZ, nexa, iDISBALANCE, ISSAA, mantuu
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Top Stacks/ Team Picks:
With this being a major eight-game slate, there will be plenty of teams to choose from when it comes to stacking. One thing that we have learned from CSGO is that roster construction is extremely important so when looking at this slate as a whole, we will need to pivot off what we have been doing and consider a different type of roster construction altogether. Usually, 3-3 or 3-2-1 seem to be the most common stacking builds or constructions but with this large of a slate, 2-2-1-1 or even 2-1-1-1-1 could be viable. Every game is going to have top scorers and while we are used to doing 3-2-1 builds or 3-3- builds for three or four-game slates, a lot of that is from the number of teams playing and the number of top talent on the slate itself.
Another thing to note is that the chalk follows the vegas lines more in CSGO than almost any other sport. With this being such a large slate, ownership will be extremely spread out throughout all of the games which should bode well when creating mini-stacks and looking for one-off plays. Some of the teams that should be looked at more than others (in my opinion) are BIG, Heroic, Complexity, and GODSENT. They are all moderately priced and look to be favorites in their matchups but some of them are not the "largest" favorites on the slate which should help when it comes to ownership.
Other Top Stacks/ Teams: Vitality, NaVi
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