TL;DR:
- Fantasy LCS goes live on 6/6
- Check out our draft suggestions below
Start your journey towards esports glory with Fantasy LCS. Drafts are live starting June 6th. Assemble your dream team for Week 1 before EU LCS games begin on Friday, June 15.
How do I get started?
Head over to the Fantasy LCS website to set up or join a League. Once your league is full, the league owner can start your draft. You and your competitors must draft at least one player for each position and a team. You will also draft three bench players.
Each week you will set your lineup with who you think will do the best that week as you go head to head against one of your opponents. The highest score wins your matchup. Earn the best record in your league to be crowned the champion.
How does scoring work?
Now that we’ve returned to Best of 1s, scoring is much more straightforward than in previous splits. Each week, the players and team you start will score points for each game that they play. How do they earn points? Check out our How to Play Guide to see the scoring breakdown.
Roster Moves
Your players will lock on your roster when games for their region start each week, so make sure to make any swaps before the first game of the weekend. You can move players between your starting roster and bench, and you can trade players between your roster and free agency or other teams. Keep an eye on the expanded NA LCS rosters as there could be more player movement than we’ve seen in past splits.
It’s my first time playing, where can I get more information?
Head on over to the How to Play Guide.
I’m looking to get an edge on the competition, can you share any tips?
Since you asked nicely…
Before examining who is likely to be a poro or a baron, it’s important to understand three key metrics that can frame a player’s potential contribution to your fantasy team.
Avg FP/G: Average Fantasy Points per Game, pretty straight forward. Using the average vs total lets us also include players that did play a full 18 game Season.
+/- Role Avg: The amount above or below the Avg FP/G for the role (avg for NA & EU LCS). So if an average Support score is 11.26, Mikyx score 1.91 more points per game than that.
VoR (Role Based): How much better a Player is than your last available draft choice. it’s the same metric we used on PTL in 2016 to describe the same thing. This VoR takes the 2018 Spring Scores and uses them to figure out who you’d want for 2018 Summer. For example, Flame has a VoR of 0 – that means he’s the “base line” for Top Laners. Rekkles has a VoR of +5.93 – which means he on average, scores 5.93 points more per game than the “last ADC you would want to Draft.”
Get to the good stuff…
LFG – Where can I find people to play with?
Check out the Boards and Fantasy LCS subreddit.
What browsers are supported?
Fantasy LCS is only supported on Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and FireFox browsers so make sure you have one installed.
What’s your long term plan for Fantasy LCS?
We’re exploring options for updates for 2019. It’s too early to say anything official but we’ll keep you posted on our progress. GLHF and happy drafting!
Tom Martell is a senior manager on our esports team providing leadership and strategic support across multiple initiatives. When not getting crushed at League, Tom moonlights as a professional Magic the Gathering player. You can reach him on Twitter @TomMartell.
