DraftKings Rocket League: Saturday Cheat Sheet

DraftKings Rocket League: Saturday Cheat Sheet

This article is part of our DraftKings Rocket League series.

Games (EDT)

  • 3:00 p.m: Rogue (Rogue) vs. G2 Esports (G2)
  • 3:35 p.m: 72 Pin Connector (72PC) vs. Vanguard (VAN)
  • 4:10 p.m: Pittsburgh Knights (PK) vs. Spacestation Gaming (SSG)
  • 4:45 p.m:  Charlotte Phoenix (CP) vs. NRG Esports (NRG)

Rogue vs. G2 Esports

The first match of the North American Spring Series is an RLCS show down between G2 Esports and Rogue, with the reigning RLCS champions G2 looking to continue their dominance over North America. Rogue come into the match with a new-look roster featuring Turinturo from Charlotte Phoenix alongside Kronovi and firstkiller. Meanwhile, G2 come in with the same line up that saw them crowned RLCS Champions, featuring Rizzo, Jknaps, and Chicago. The match leans heavily in the favor of G2, but Rogue, who were granted a last chance due to a competitive ruling against Jamal Jabary, will look to show their upset potential.

Rogue Players to Target: Turinturo ($12,300 Captain, $8,200 Flex)

G2 Players to Target: Chircago ($14,100 Captain, $9,400 Flex)

72 Pin Connector vs. Vanguard

72PC come into the Spring Series from the open qualifier, while Vanguard, formerly known as Ghost Gaming, qualified from a 3-4th finish in RLCS. This match will be a long shot for 72PC as they take on an in-form Vanguard side, featuring Atomic, Allushin and mist. 72PC is coming in with veteran Jacob, as well as LionBlaze and Demo. This match could come down to experience, with Vanguard bringing in a plethora of top level experience, while 72PC need Jacob to lead the

Games (EDT)

  • 3:00 p.m: Rogue (Rogue) vs. G2 Esports (G2)
  • 3:35 p.m: 72 Pin Connector (72PC) vs. Vanguard (VAN)
  • 4:10 p.m: Pittsburgh Knights (PK) vs. Spacestation Gaming (SSG)
  • 4:45 p.m:  Charlotte Phoenix (CP) vs. NRG Esports (NRG)

Rogue vs. G2 Esports

The first match of the North American Spring Series is an RLCS show down between G2 Esports and Rogue, with the reigning RLCS champions G2 looking to continue their dominance over North America. Rogue come into the match with a new-look roster featuring Turinturo from Charlotte Phoenix alongside Kronovi and firstkiller. Meanwhile, G2 come in with the same line up that saw them crowned RLCS Champions, featuring Rizzo, Jknaps, and Chicago. The match leans heavily in the favor of G2, but Rogue, who were granted a last chance due to a competitive ruling against Jamal Jabary, will look to show their upset potential.

Rogue Players to Target: Turinturo ($12,300 Captain, $8,200 Flex)

G2 Players to Target: Chircago ($14,100 Captain, $9,400 Flex)

72 Pin Connector vs. Vanguard

72PC come into the Spring Series from the open qualifier, while Vanguard, formerly known as Ghost Gaming, qualified from a 3-4th finish in RLCS. This match will be a long shot for 72PC as they take on an in-form Vanguard side, featuring Atomic, Allushin and mist. 72PC is coming in with veteran Jacob, as well as LionBlaze and Demo. This match could come down to experience, with Vanguard bringing in a plethora of top level experience, while 72PC need Jacob to lead the team at the very top level of Rocket League.

72PC Players to Target: LionBlaze ($15,000 Captain, $10,000 Flex)

VAN Players to Target: Atomic ($15,600 Captain, $10,400 Flex)

Pittsburgh Knights vs. Spacestation Gaming

The third match of the day is between another open qualifier team, Pittsburgh Knights, against the RLCS North America runners up, Spacestation Gaming. PK come in as an open qualifier team, but they were still the seventh-placed RLCS team in Season 9. The match between these two teams during the regular season went 3-1 in favor of Spacestation Gaming, as they marched to an 8-1 record. Spacestation will look to put a 4-0 loss to G2 Esports behind them as they try to make a deep run into the Spring Series. The value in this series comes from an extremely strong Spacestation Gaming side looking to add to their strong RLCS performance against a struggling Pittsburgh Knights.

PK Players to Target: AyyJayy ($13,800 Captain, $9,600 Flex), Gyro ($13,200 Captain, $8,800 Flex)

SSG Players to Target: Sypical ($15,300 Captain, $10,200 Flex), Arsenal ($12,600 Captain, $8,400 Flex)

Charlotte Phoenix vs. NRG Esports

The final match of the day is NRG Esports taking on RLRS runners up Charlotte Phoenix, coming in with a fresh roster change. Charlotte Phoenix, who lost star player Turinturo to Rogue and replaced him with WondaMike, are looking to shake up the roster that ended one game short of RLCS last season. NRG come in on the back of their most disappointing RLCS season yet and will be looking to turn around their form and return back to the top two of North America in Spring Series. With Garretg and jstn. available for NRG Esports, they will look for a top finish in Spring Series to turn around a difficult RLCS season. NRG are looking for a statement game to open their Spring Series run, while Charlotte Phoenix want to make waves with their new roster.

CP Players to Target: Shadow ($13,200 Captain, $8,800 Flex)

NRG Players to Target: jstn. ($16,200 Captain, $10,800 Flex), Turbopolsa ($13,800 Captain, $9,200 Flex)

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Ian Faletti
Ian Faletti has been a fan of almost all esports (and sports) his entire life. He has been writing about esports since 2012, with his work appearing on RotoWire, ESPN and other entities. Ian cheers for Fnatic, the Nationals, and the Capitals.
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