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🎯 The slate in one read — stack the projection, not the odds
KeSPA Cup DFS comes down to picking the winning teams and stacking their carries — kills and assists correlate hard, so a team that wins snowballs everyone's score. Tonight the model and the betting market disagree on the biggest game: DRX is a −150 favorite over T1, but T1 projects 408 to DRX's 284. The public will follow the odds and under-own T1; we stack it. GEN is the one spot where odds and projection agree (heavy favorite) — that's your safe stack. And HLE @ NS is a trap: both teams project under 145, so every player there is a fade.
📊 Best stack from every team
T1 ⭐ (the leverage stack) — Peyz, Oner, Faker, Keria, Doran ($34,400 · ceil 613)The slate's highest-ceiling stack on a betting dog — max leverage. Core 4: Peyz + Faker + Oner + Keria. CPT Peyz.
GEN ⭐ (the favorite stack) — Chovy, Ruler, Canyon, Kiin, Duro ($34,200 · ceil 558)The clean, safe favorite vs BRO. Core 4: Chovy + Ruler + Canyon + Duro. Highest floor on the board.
BFX (value/dog) — Taeyoon, Raptor, Kellin, VicLa, Clear ($26,200 · ceil 472)Cheapest live stack ($4.4K–$6.0K pieces) in the DK@BFX coin-flip — the salary-saving GPP dart if BFX wins.
DK (pick'em) — Smash, Lucid, ShowMaker, Career ($27,600 · ceil 401)The other side of BFX. Smash + ShowMaker + Lucid is a strong 3-core if you lean DK.
DRX (the dog to pair) — Willer, Ucal, LazyFeel ($19,400 · ceil 314)Low-owned one-offs from the betting favorite — Willer (111 ceil) is the bring-back if you fear a T1 upset.
BRO / HLE / NS (fade) — Teddy, Gideon ($13,000 · ceil 146)BRO is a dart vs GEN; HLE and NS both project under 145 — leave them out entirely.
👑 Top 5 captains — ranked by ceiling & leverage
CPT = 1.5× salary & points. You want the highest-ceiling carry on a team you believe wins.
| Player | Salary | Proj | Ceil | Own | Read |
|---|
| Peyz ADC · T1 | $7,800 / CPT $11,700 | 109 | 155 | 42% | THE captain — 155 ceiling (slate high) on the T1 dog. If T1 wins (model says yes at 408 proj), a Peyz CPT is the top score on the board, at leverage ownership because the field fades the betting dog. |
| Chovy MID · GEN | $7,600 / CPT $11,400 | 89 | 126 | 22% | The safe favorite CPT — 127 ceiling, GEN heavy favorite vs BRO. Highest floor of the elite captains; your cash/anchor CPT. |
| Ruler ADC · GEN | $7,400 / CPT $11,100 | 89 | 117 | 24% | GEN carry, 117 ceiling. Pairs with a Chovy/Canyon stack; near-lock to produce if GEN rolls BRO. |
| Faker MID · T1 | $7,000 / CPT $10,500 | 78 | 127 | 24% | Cheaper T1 captain ($10.5K CPT vs Peyz $11.7K) with a 127 ceiling — frees salary to double-stack. Same T1-wins thesis, more roster flexibility. |
| Smash ADC · DK | $7,600 / CPT $11,400 | 76 | 113 | 20% | Off-leverage CPT in the DK@BFX coin-flip — 113 ceiling at lower ownership. If you want to be different from the T1/GEN field, Smash is the pivot. |
🏹️ Top 5 flex — value, ceiling & the dog leverage
| Player | Salary | Proj | Ceil | Own | Read |
|---|
| Doran TOP · T1 | $6,000 / CPT $9,000 | 65 | 108 | 26% | $6.0K for a 108 ceiling — the cheapest elite ceiling on the slate. Doran unlocks the T1 stack; near-mandatory in T1 builds. |
| Keria SUP · T1 | $6,200 / CPT $9,300 | 72 | 107 | 30% | Elite SUP, 106 ceiling at $6.2K — assists-heavy floor + ceiling, core T1 correlation piece. |
| Duro SUP · GEN | $5,600 / CPT $8,400 | 74 | 100 | 18% | $5.6K GEN SUP, 100 ceiling — the cheap way to complete a GEN stack with real upside. |
| Willer JNG · DRX | $6,400 / CPT $9,600 | 63 | 112 | 5% | THE dog leverage — 111 ceiling at 4.6% owned on DRX. If the T1@DRX game is competitive, Willer racks up JNG stats nobody else has. |
| Taeyoon ADC · BFX | $6,000 / CPT $9,000 | 73 | 102 | 11% | $6.0K BFX ADC, 102 ceiling, 70 proj — the value carry that makes a BFX or double-stack build affordable. |
🏆 Four cap-verified builds — CPT + TOP/JNG/MID/ADC/SUP + TEAM, $48.5K–$50K
Checked in code against the $50,000 cap and a max of 4 per team. Build them (or your own) in the LoL Lineup Lab, which enforces roster rules.
🚀 A · T1 leverage (CPT Peyz) · $49,500 · ceil 862.3
CPT Peyz · TOP Doran · JNG Canyon(GEN) · MID Faker · ADC Ruler(GEN) · SUP Keria · TEAM BRION
💵 B · GEN favorite (CPT Chovy) · $50,000 · ceil 849.4
CPT Chovy · TOP Kiin · JNG Willer(DRX) · MID Faker(T1) · ADC Peyz(T1) · SUP Duro · TEAM Gen.G
⚖️ C · GEN core (CPT Ruler) · $49,900 · ceil 842.2
CPT Ruler · TOP Doran(T1) · JNG Willer(DRX) · MID Chovy · ADC Peyz(T1) · SUP Duro · TEAM Gen.G
🎯 D · Off-leverage (CPT Smash) · $49,000 · ceil 819.6
CPT Smash · TOP Doran(T1) · JNG Lucid · MID Faker(T1) · ADC Peyz(T1) · SUP Kellin(BFX) · TEAM Dplus KIA
🔧 Methodology & honesty
Salaries, projections, ceilings and ownership are the proprietary CourtEdge model for this KeSPA Cup slate; the T1/DRX line is the posted market. The T1-over-DRX edge is a projection-vs-odds disagreement — real leverage, but it means T1 losing outright is the risk you're taking for the lower ownership. Confirm starting rosters at lock (esports subs happen late). Every play graded, win or lose.