Dominus Esports (DMO) vs. Victory Five (V5) 6/6 LPL Preview & Prediction - Free League of Legends Betting Picks

In a rush for League of Legends fans & bettors, the second day of the LPL Summer Split couldn’t come any quicker as we’re in for another two-game slate much different from Day 1 in that we’re going to be entertaining value on four teams with partial makeovers to their starting five lineups, outside of team Oh My God.

The early leg of the day’s offerings comes in the form of two teams from the LPL Spring who were considerably awful in more cases than not (most notably Victory Five, winning just one game all last season in their 0-16 nightmare).

Dominus Esports enters as the heavy match favorite at -305 (per Bovada), as they were able to manage a 6-10 record and having a couple of noteworthy upsets under their belt. V5 is wearing that 0-16 Spring record on their sleeves as +215 underdogs, while making roster moves in the offseason that may be a bit of an unseen element.

Team Comparisons & Points of Interest

Since the Spring split conclusion, DMO brought up Mitsuki and Helper to the main roster while parting ways with Mark and xiye and removing GALA from contract database (and much less importantly, formerly-named Xiaowei decided to switch it up to ‘Twila’ for Summer flavor).

DMO averaged 12.1 kills per game (12th in LPL) contrasted by 13.1 deaths per game (10th in LPL) over a 32:16 game-length average. Towers were slightly as lopsided, in that they averaged 5.8 towers killed to 6.8 lost. The numbers speak to the buoyancy of DMO in some random matches last split, and I believe that can be harnessed as more of consistency by upgrading their roster on paper as they addressed.

Speaking of roster overhauls, Victory Five aims to right the ship heading into the Summer 2020 split, and I don’t think it could go anywhere but up following the ‘76 Buccanneerly Spring that they settled for. Cutting ties with Aliez and adding household names in BiuBiu and WeiWei while adding value in SamD from the Suning bench appear to address some major issues from prior.

V5’s stat sheet from Spring as a frame of reference is a rather forgettable one, unless you’re the sadistic type: 19.8 deaths per game (worst in LPL), 8.7 kills per game (last in LPL), 2.8 towers killed per game (last in LPL), and 8.8 towers lost (worst in LPL). Nothing is more promising for anyone than hopes post-rock bottom.

Pick: Dominus Esports Spread/Handicap -1.5 Rounds (+110 @ Bovada)

As promising and as much as I would like to back the intriguing underdog with several yet-to-be-seen elements that we can’t quantify just yet in retooling their starting five, it’s really difficult to do so without any additional compensation in favor of the wagered. After all the putrid stat lines V5 owns from just a couple months removed, I would need added incentive to hop prematurely on the early Victory Five hopeful bandwagon. However, they’re giving on the +1.5 round spread at -150, as DMO slides covertly in at a +110 on the -1.5 sweep. Victory Five will need time to gel before I go gung-ho on a mediocre book line.