In League of Legends, the Swede Martin “Rekkles” Larsson (28) has had an incredible career. He has played for Fnatic, the major European team, repeatedly since 2012. However, the “good” times for Rekkles seemed to be over for the past 5 years. But now, at the age of 28, he seems to have his biggest chance yet to become a world champion as a substitute for the legendary team around Faker.
This was Rekkles’s rise: The bot laner Rekkles was considered the big star in European LoL for many years. He started his career in May 2012.
Rekkles was the bot laner for the fan favorite Fnatic, who dominated the LEC in the early years of LoL. Rekkles was the star of the team. He was the player who first achieved 1,000, 1,500, and 2,000 kills in Europe.
The Swede has participated in 6 World Championships, won the title in Europe 4 times, was named MVP of a split 4 times, and still holds the record for the most pentakills by a European, with 10.
Rekkles is currently playing in the second team of T1, Fakir’s team:
Since 2019, something has been going wrong for Rekkles
This was the case for Rekkles: With the rise of G2, when mid laner Caps moved from Fnatic to G2, things began to go downhill for Fnatic and Rekkles.
Ultimately, Rekkles himself switched to G2 in November 2020 to replace Perkz there. But the guest appearance failed. The then head of G2, Carlos “ocelote” Rodriguez, later took issue with Rekkles: He did not follow instructions and had only a small champion pool.
After the failure at G2, Rekkles moved to the French regional league, before returning to Fnatic for another six months in December 2022, which also did not work out.
Rekkles’s career was mixed from 2019 to 2023. However, in December 2023, he decided to make a complete fresh start.
Rekkles becomes a Support Player and switches to the 2nd League of South Korea
This is the story now: Rekkles, originally a bot laner, has retrained as a support player and has moved to the 2nd South Korean league to play there at 28 in T1’s junior team. Rekkles is nearly ten years older than three of his teammates there.
T1 is the legendary team around Faker. In 2023, they became world champions, but in 2024 the team barely qualified for the LoL Worlds. T1 has now nominated Rekkles as a substitute for the world championship in Europe.
Rekkles with T1’s junior team. They finished 7:11 and came in 6th in the league. In the playoffs, they made it to 4th place:
If the unlikely event occurs that a player gets injured, Rekkles could actually see action at the Worlds 2024. However, it is believed that T1 nominated him primarily because he can still give the team a boost as a European legend.
Probably, the role of a substitute player is not exactly the dream of a young Rekkles, who wishes to participate in a World Championship, but the “King of the North” seems to feel comfortable in South Korea and is coming to terms with his role, and somehow he is very close to Faker. That is something.
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