Thursday's main slate is a two-game Counter-Strike card, VIT @ NaVi and AUR @ MOUZ, on a $50,000 cap with a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. Lineups lock Thu 10/29 at 5:30 a.m. ET (2:30 a.m. PT), so this is an early one.
ZywOo of VIT sits at the top of our model's ranking at $9,200, with a ceiling of 157.6 and a DraftKings average of 71.0. No one else on the board is close to either number. His teammate flameZ is the next VIT piece at $8,600, carrying a 110.4 ceiling and a 54.2 average. On the MOUZ side, xertioN costs $8,000 and brings a 106.5 ceiling and a 53.9 average.
The value plays are where the board gets interesting. XANTARES of AUR is $5,600 with a ceiling of 122.2 and a 54.7 average, the second-highest ceiling on our list at a mid-tier price. jL of VIT is $5,400 with a 108.0 ceiling, and PR of MOUZ is $5,200 with a 98.5 ceiling and a 48.8 average. xelex ($6,200) and woxic ($6,600) round out the next tier, with ceilings of 99.3 and 96.6.
The fact sheet doesn't include ownership projections, so we can't say where the crowd will land. With ZywOo carrying such a gap in projection, it would be no surprise to see him get heavy attention, but that is an inference, not a number we have.
Our model's top lineup spends $46,600 of the $50,000 cap. It puts ZywOo in the captain slot at $13,800, then fills the flex spots with flameZ at $8,600, xertioN at $8,000, XANTARES at $5,600, jL at $5,400 and PR at $5,200. The build pairs the slate's best projected player with a mix of high-priced stars and low-priced upside from both games.
Lineups lock Thu 10/29 at 5:30 a.m. ET, so get your entries in before then.
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