Slates & Contests
The Day View, slate tabs, the contest lobby, and the sports and sites DFS Hero supports.
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Day View
The home screen of DFS Hero, where every DraftKings and FanDuel slate for a date sits in one table, with your own slates on top, ready to open, upload, or build.
Open and manage slate tabs
Open a slate in the workspace, work several slates in tabs, read the tab header, find your pinned entry slates, drag the tabs into your own order, filter by game, and close or restore tabs.
Find contests
Browse contests in the Contest Lobby on the Day View or in the Contests panel of a slate, filter by type and fee, and read rake and overlay.
Supported sports and sites
Every sport, site, and format DFS Hero builds for, with the roster, salary cap, and team limits of each one.
Showdown and single-game slates
How DFS Hero handles DraftKings Showdown and FanDuel Single-game slates, from the captain rows in the Player Pool to the showdown stack settings.
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Start Here
What DFS Hero does, the full loop from entries file to upload, your first build, and the two plans.
7 articlesPlayer Pool
Read the player grid, lock and exclude players, edit projections and ownership, and use Game Sim and StackIQ.
9 articlesBuild Settings
Every setting in the Build sheet: entries, randomness, exposure, team limits, stacks, group rules, templates, and sport rules.
10 articlesLineups & Entries Preview
The lineups panel after a build: Pool vs Entries Preview, selection methods, ranking, exposure, and editing the pool.
11 articlesSimulate Contests
Score your lineups against a realistic field and real payouts, read every metric, and pick entries from the results.
8 articlesEntries & Export
Download the entries CSV from DraftKings or FanDuel, upload it, fill it with lineups, export, and upload it back.
8 articlesLate Swap
Swap unlocked players in your live entries after the first games start.
4 articlesPlaybooks & Cloud Builds
Save your build plan as a Playbook, run it in the browser, or schedule it to run before lock.
9 articlesHero Chat & Hero IQ
The assistant that reads your slate and changes your build, and the coaching insights built from your history.
4 articlesAI Agents
Connect Claude, ChatGPT, or a coding tool to your account, and let the agent research, build, fill your entries, and hand you the file.
5 articlesResults, Replay & Film Room
The Dashboard, contest results, Replay on past slates, Film Room, and Hero Jump.
5 articlesAccount, Plans & Billing
Your subscription, credits, profile, appearance, notifications, and security.
5 articlesSport Guides
Roster formats, stack defaults, sport rules, and tips for every sport DFS Hero supports.
14 articlesGlossary
Plain definitions of every DFS Hero term and every DFS term you will meet in the app.
2 articlesFAQ & Troubleshooting
Quick answers, error messages explained, device support, and how to reach support.
5 articlesStill need help?
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