Saturday's showdown is a single-game slate, GEN @ IG, with a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary and a $50,000 cap. It locks Sat 11/7 at 5:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. PT).
Our model's top plays come from IG. JiaQi is the headline at $10,600, with a ceiling of 170.6 and a DraftKings average of 107.0. Rookie follows at $9,800 with a 161.0 ceiling and a 101.0 average, and Wei sits at $9,000 with a 159.1 ceiling and a 99.8 average. All three out-average anyone on the GEN side, which makes IG the natural place to look for captain upside.
GEN's best numbers belong to Ruler at $11,000, with a 149.8 ceiling and an 84.9 average. Canyon at $9,600 has a 143.2 ceiling and an 81.2 average, and Chovy at $10,400 carries a 142.7 ceiling and an 80.9 average. Those are strong ceilings, but they sit below the IG trio.
The best value on the board is Meiko at $7,000. His 137.1 ceiling and 86.0 average beat players priced well above him, including Ruler, Canyon and Chovy on average. Kiin at $8,400 is the other cheaper option, with a 130.4 ceiling and a 73.9 average, though his numbers trail Meiko's by a wide margin.
The fact sheet doesn't include ownership figures for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses the full $50,000. It puts Ruler at captain for $16,500 and Wei at the second captain-priced slot for $13,500, then rounds out the build with Chovy at $10,400 and Canyon at $9,600. It leans on GEN's top-end talent while Wei gives it an IG anchor.
Lock is Sat 11/7 at 5:00 p.m. ET, so get your lineups set before then.
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