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Welcome back RotoBallers to another edition of my Counter Strike: Global Offensive DFS picks. I have to admit, I am having a ton of fun playing and covering eSports DFS at RotoBaller! As always, I will do my best to give you the stats and info you need to build the best lineups possible.
We have a six-game slate that is a part of the ESL One: Road to Rio qualifier. We continue to see DraftKings hunt down some different leagues in an attempt to keep posting CS:GO slates every day. Some of these teams will be familiar to you from earlier slates this month, while others still may not be yet.
Today I'll be bringing you my Counter-Strike: Global Offensive DFS advice, analysis, and lineup picks for eSports DFS contests on DraftKings and FanDuel for Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 at 12:30 PM. Feel free to follow me on Twitter @rdr1634 as I am happy to engage with readers and try to answer your questions!
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Road to Rio (Best of 3)
- Heretics (+175) vs. Complexity (-220)
- Astralis (-375) vs. Vitality (+280)
- Movistar Riders (+425) vs. FaZe (-650)
- Cloud9 (+250) vs. Evil Geniuses (-345)
- Gen. G (-265) vs. Orgless (+205)
- 100 Thieves (-475) vs. Triumph (+335)
CS:GO DFS Captain Considerations
NiKo is the highest-priced player on this slate on DraftKings and is the second-highest on FanDuel for this six-game slate. He is averaging 74.8 DraftKings points per game and 84.2 points per game over on FanDuel and is in a very solid matchup against the Movistar Riders.
Over the last three months, NiKo has a .80 kill per round rate while only having a .65 death per round rate. Over the same time span, he has had a 1.24 K/D ratio and a 49.8% headshot percentage. While his price is up on both sites, he is both tournament and cash game viable.
Maka has been on fire recently as he leads the Road to Rio- Europe stages with a 1.49 rating. He is priced down on both sites while he has shown his upside ability. He carries a 1.18 K/D ratio over the last three months while having a .72 kill per round rate and a .61 death per round rate.
So far, he has had a .89 kill per round rate during the Road to Rio qualifier and has gone +54 in the five maps that he has played in. Complexity is a tough team as they are ranked in the top 30 teams in the world but Maka has a 1.32 rating against opponents who are in the top 30. He is a great tournament play with Heretics being the underdog.
Cerq could be a lower owned pick on both sites for this slate. It is a tough matchup against Cloud9 but the price for him on both DraftKings and FanDuel is very intriguing. He is $8,000 on DraftKings and only $9,800 on FanDuel which makes him a slightly better value over on FanDuel.
While he has only a 1.04 K/D ratio over the last three months, he has a career K/D ratio of 1.21 and a career K/D ratio of 1.15 against Cloud9. He will go lower owned on this larger slate and could be a viable tournament option if he is able to play up to the form that he has his entire career.
Other captain plays: Koosta, Nivera, ZywOo, jks
CS:GO DFS Value Plays
Coldzera is someone who intrigues me as a value play moreover on DraftKings than compared to FanDuel. On DraftKings, he is $7,000 while on FanDuel, he is $10,700. He is averaging 52.9 DraftKings points per game which is third-highest on the team but the fourth-lowest priced player on the FaZe squad.
Over the last three months, he has had a 1.15 K/D ratio while having a .70 kill per round rate and a .61 death per round rate. While he is a little higher on the value chart, he gives you relatively cheap exposure to a FaZe squad who is the largest favorite on the slate.
Lucky is priced down on DraftKings ($6,600) while residing in the mid-tier pricing on FanDuel ($10,500). He is averaging 65.8 DraftKings points per game and 102 points per game on FanDuel.
He is one of the better overall values since he has been carrying a 1.15 K/D ratio over the last 38 maps played and has a career K/D ratio of 1.09. Lucky makes for a great tournament value option and would be viable in a Heretics stack against Complexity.
S0m provides great value on both sites and gets you exposure to Gen. G if you are looking for a nice value one-off play. He is $6,600 on DraftKings and $9,600 on FanDuel so both reasonable prices.
He has a 1.09 K/D ratio over the last three months while having a .70 kill per round rate and a .64 death per round rate. He has a very high headshot percentage at 56.8% over the last three months and should come in as one of the better values on this slate.
Other value plays: kioShiMa, oSee
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Top CS:GO DFS Stacks
Gen. G is a solid favorite against Orgless and their pricing is rather soft on both sites. Gen. G has won three out of their last five matches while Orgless has struggled lately, winning only one game out of their last five games. These two squads have only faced off twice and Gen. G has won both matches single-handedly (16-7 each game).
Gen. G has a team K/D ratio of 1.07 over the last three months while Orgless has had a team K/D ratio of 1.04 over the same timeframe. Autimatic has led the Gen. G squad in K/D ratio over the last three months while Koosta, BnTeT, and s0m all carry an above 1 K/D ratio over the same time span as well.
100 Thieves can easily steal a two-game win from Triumph on this slate…..(yes, pun intended). They are the higher-ranked squad despite losing four of their last five games while Triumph hasn’t looked much better as they have won two of their last five games themselves.
100T has played some really tough competition lately which has contributed to their .96 K/D ratio over the last three months so this looks like a solid bounce-back spot for them. JKS is the first 100T member to consider for your 100T stack. He has been the only player on this squad to go plus over the last three months as he has accumulated a 1.08 K/D ratio over the last three months.
Gratisfaction and Jkaem are two others to consider despite their rough play over the last several months. Gratisfaction has a career K/D ratio of 1.14 so he does present some upside if he is able to find his form and produce like we expect him to.
FaZe is the largest favorite on the slate so they will most likely be one of the most popular stacks to use. They are winners of three straight matches and are ranked #8 in the world while the Movistar Riders are ranked #32.
Since the start of 2020, FaZe has had a team K/D ratio of 1.09 with 50% of their wins coming as 2-0 victories. Their players are priced up on both sites so it might be tough to get a full three-man stack if you want to have a solid roster construction.
NiKo is by far the best player on this team but with his price point being so high, it will be difficult to squeeze him in. Broky and Coldzera are both viable on both sites and would be a great mini-stack combo if you were looking for mid-range FaZe players.
Other stacks/ teams: Heretics
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Looking Forward
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