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Koby Hanson's DraftKings DFS lineup picks for Call of Duty on 3/4/22. 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! On to Round 2 of the Major! It was a pretty spot on day as Atlanta, London, and Optic all won their games. LAT and Toronto went to game 5 and Toronto were able to pull it out in SnD. It was a great way to start the first day of the Major and I'm hoping that we can get another great day ahead of us!
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! In the losers bracket this time we have Boston taking on Florida, Seattle taking on Paris, LAG taking on Minnesota, and lastly LAT taking on NYSL.
Today I'll be bringing you my COD DFS advice, analysis, and lineup picks for eSports DFS contests on DraftKings for Friday, March 4th, 2022, at 3:00 PM EST. 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!
Call of Duty: Major 1
Best of 5
- Boston Breach (+110) vs. Florida Mutineers (-140)
- Seattle Surge (-1800) vs. Paris Legion (+850)
- LA Guerrillas (+100) vs. Minnesota Rokkr (-130)
- LA Thieves (-400) vs. New York Subliners (+265)
Slate Overview
It's hard to base how a team has done in their first LAN matchup when it is against Atlanta FaZe. Boston started their season strong but has since lost now 4 straight. Florida ended the Qualifiers strong with a 3-0 win over Seattle Surge. This is a tough one to analyze but I think Florida has just been playing some tough competition and this game will be more in their favor. I think that it comes down to the hardpoints and how they go. Florida is the much better Control team and Boston is the better SnD team. Should be one that at least goes 4-5 maps though. I give Florida the edge though.
This is more against Paris than it is for Surge. Paris has just been so awful since their first game against Atlanta where they almost pulled off the upset. Seattle has been struggling as of late but I have to imagine they wake up against Paris here. Paris has been awful at Hardpoint and SnD and that is where Seattle has excelled this year. I can see Paris pulling off Control at the most really which has been one of their better game modes. Not only that though, but Decemate also has been benched in favor of GRVTY who has joined the team for this event. It could be a difference-maker but I still think Seattle is overall the better team.
This one is probably the closest on the slate. Minnesota beat them 3-2 in their last matchup and it really came down to Minnesota winning the SnD in crucial spots. LAG looks to be the better Control team so I believe their best chance at a win comes in winning both Hardpoints and winning 3-1. Otherwise, I think it's Minnesota's to win in a 3-2. Both teams have been very solid and LAG looked pretty good today in their loss against London yesterday. I think it can go either way but I'm gonna say LAG wins this one and sends Minnesota packing.
Last but not least, my only loss on the day came because LAT struggled so much in SnD today. They also blew a lead in Control that turned the tides. LAT is one of the best Hardpoint teams in the league going 10-2 on the season so far. So I honestly think LAT has a good chance for a sweep here. NYSL has been very poor this season and already making a substitution shows where their head is at. LAT is the best team in the lower bracket and I expect them to make a run at it. 3-0 or 3-1 at worst here.
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 the K/D ratio.
- 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/Control 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
Owakening: Owakening has stepped up quite a bit this season and has really taken over as the top player on the team as it seems Skyz has been in a bit of a slump so far. He's averaged a 1.15 K/D in Hardpoint, a .98 in SnD, and a 1.07 in Control. He is 2nd in engagements on his team as well. He's also fairly cheap and can fit into builds quite nicely. His last three Fantasy scores have been 145, 131, and 117. He's been playing very well lately and I expect that to continue coming into this elimination game against Boston.
Huke: Looks like DK finally caught on to Huke because he finally got a price hike. He is now 9,800$ but has shown to be worth that, he has scored 103 FPTS or better in 5 games scored by DK. He also leads his team in K/D and engagements on both Hardpoint and SnD. He has struggled a bit on Control but all of that has been made up elsewhere. I love the floor we get out of Huke and if this goes all 5 maps like I'm thinking it does, we should see another 100+ FPTS performance from Huke. It's a bit of a different play as LAG are underdogs in this matchup but I think he has played well enough to be worth a shot.
Other captain plays: Envoy, Capsidal(GPP), Sib, Gunless, Pred, Kenny
COD DFS Value Plays
Vivid: I think we are getting very good value. Vivid leads the league in HKP10M at 27.1. He also leads his team in Engagements by quite a bit too. So he is constantly getting in battles and if he can chain those kills together that can lead to some high killing maps. He should see all three respawn maps this time around and I think we could see Bocage on one of these hardpoints as well which has shown to lead to some insanely high-scoring games. His overall K/D is low at .91 but he gets a lot of kills to make up for the fact he dies quite a bit as well. In his last three games, he has scored 114, 128, 106 all of which pay off his low salary of 6,800$.
Drazah: I've gotta go back to him, he's been playing so well lately and DK continues to put him super cheap. He scored 98 points and went -4 on the day today with 86 kills. I think in this matchup tomorrow he does even better because it's a more favorable matchup this time around and they are facing elimination which should put LAT in the driver's seat to double down and get the win. He's averaged a 1.02 on Hardpoint, a .72 in SnD, and a 1.06 in Control. This year he's averaged 100.2 FPTS and is only 7,200$.
Other value plays: Skyz, Gunless, Pred, MajorManiak(PUNT), C6
COD DFS Stacks
LA Thieves: I thought about going Seattle Surge in this spot mainly because it is against Paris Legion, but with seeing how poorly Seattle has played recently I'm going to go with the team that has been much better and is in one of the best spots to win. NYSL is 0-9 on the season in Hardpoint whereas LA Thieves are 10-2 in Hardpoint. And if that ends up being the case then LAT only needs to win one between SnD and Control, both of which they have been decent at. Control is the more likely case. Envoy was going insane today with 115 kills on a +18 K/D differential. Kenny and Drazah both had pretty good games as well today. Octane brought down the team a bit today going -18 but looked much improved in the second hardpoint. Drazah is still far too cheap and I do prefer him as a great pair with Envoy being my primary two.
Other Team Plays: Seattle Surge, Florida Mutineers, LA Guerrillas, Minnesota Rokkr.
Summary
- TLDR: Florida 3-2, Seattle 3-1, LA Guerrillas 3-1, LA Thieves 3-0/1
- Florida: All in play
- Boston: Capsidal, Nero
- Seattle: Sib, Pred
- Paris: Temp
- LA Guerrillas: Gunless, Huke, Asim
- Minnesota Rokkr: Standyy, Priestahh, MajorManiak(Punt)
- LAT: Envoy, Drazah, Kenny
- NYSL: Hydra
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