Full list of prices for League of Legends $300k Spring Finale DFS contest

The world of esports continues growing while the coronavirus outbreak shuts down most other sports. The virtual nature of it provides an opportunity for people in the midst of social distancing to still engage their competitive juices. Tournaments often happen in person, but the nature of the games provides for social distancing with relative ease.

DraftKings is offering daily fantasy sports contests around League of Legends games, and on March 29th, they’re rolling out a $300,000 prize pool for the Spring Finale contest. First place takes home $100,000, second takes home $25,000, and third takes home $10,000. The top 20 finishers can earn prize money.

This League of Legends DFS contest involves seven-player roster fitting under a $50,000 salary cap. You select a captain that is priced higher than normal, but gets you 1.5 times the point total. Then, you fill out a six-player roster that includes the following positions (broken down in detail at DraftKings Playbook):

• Top Laner
• Jungler
• Mid Laner
• Attack Damage (AD) Carry
• Support
• Team

Scoring for players consists of kills (+3 points), assists (+2 points), deaths (-1 point), creep score (+0.02 points), and 10+ K/A Bonus (+2 pts for 10 kills or 10 assists in a single game). The team scoring includes turrets (+1), Dragons (+2), Barons (+3), First Blood (+2), a Win (+2), and a bonus for a win in under 30 minutes (+2). All points earn 1.5x if in the Captain slot.

ESPN offers a simple paragraph summation of players to pick:

The playing field, or map, is always the same every game. There are three major distinct pathways: the top, mid and bottom lanes. The triangular areas in between the paths are called the “jungle.” Based off this, there are five main positions in the game: Top Laner, Jungler, Mid Laner, Bot Laner (or AD Carry) and Support (a role that supports the bottom lane, so that lane usually has two champions in it). The champions in the game are mainly categorized by these roles, all with unique abilities. Some are bruisers that deal a lot of damage with their fists or weapons, some have a lot of armor and health to protect them, some use magic and special powers — there are tons of possibilities. The complexity of the game is matching these powers and combining them with other champions’ powers to create incredible teamfight scenarios (like plays in traditional sports).

Here is a full rundown of pricing for tonight’s contest. AD Carry and Mid-Laners are close together as they are aggressive attackers and play in an advantageous position. Apollo still offers some value as the third highest scorer to date. His past two matchups he’s averaged 35 points per game, and he’s got a potentially better matchup than the top two higher-priced high scorers.