The reports are true: Fnatic’s longtime Swedish celebrity on the AD carry place Martin “Rekkles” Larsson has formally returned to the League of Legends crew’s bot lane previous to the beginning of the 2023 season after two years away.
Rekkles will be part of the trio retained from final 12 months in high laner Martin “Wunder” Hansen, jungler Iván “Razork” Martín, and mid laner Marek “Humanoid” Brázda, reuniting him with Wunder after a 2021 marketing campaign collectively on G2. Rounding out the beginning roster is Portuguese assist participant Rúben “rhuckz” Barbosa, freshly promoted from the Fnatic TQ academy crew. As at all times, all strikes are pending Riot approval.
Gonçalo “Crusher” Brandão, the previous Fnatic TQ academy coach, has additionally been promoted to the primary roster and can be joined by strategic coach Aleksi “Hiiva” Kaikkonen, previously of Misfits.
With the transfer, Rekkles formally makes his return to the Fnatic crew he’s spent eight years with, which included a five-year streak between 2015 and 2020. Throughout these years, he gained a handful of MVP awards, earned quite a few All-Professional Workforce honors, lifted 4 EU LCS trophies, and appeared at six completely different Worlds. Technically, he’ll look to raise his first LEC trophy as early because the 2023 Spring Break up.
Throughout his two-year hiatus, he spent 2021 with G2, then stunned nearly each professional League fan by going to compete with Karmine Corp within the LFL in 2022. Whereas Rekkles and KC didn’t win an LFL trophy, they did find yourself successful the European Masters event.
In Fnatic’s official roster announcement, the crew believes that the returning Rekkles provides them the perfect probability at successful. “He enters the crew with a renewed drive and starvation for the sport; his private targets align with what we want to obtain in 2023,” Fnatic stated.
Followers gained’t even have to attend till the beginning of the 2023 season to see this squad in motion. The brand new Fnatic roster will play in opposition to KOI in a pre-LEC showmatch on Friday, Dec. 16, beginning at 12:30pm CT. The match can be watchable on caster Marc “Caedrel” Lamont’s Twitch channel.
