It was a momentous event for European League of Legends followers when celebrity AD carry Rekkles returned to the LEC within the offseason. Many individuals had been excited to not solely see the 26-year-old again within the league, however together with his authentic house and fan-favorite org Fnatic. Sadly for Rekkles’ followers, nonetheless, Crew Vitality didn’t get the memo.
After a raucous, back-and-forth contest between two of one of the best groups within the league, Vitality got here out victorious after the group’s latest additions within the prime and jungle rose to the event of their LEC debut. At a sure level, Fnatic seemed like they had been poised to take the win, however some late-game heroics from Vitality managed to grab the sport away.
When the Nexus lastly exploded, Photon and Bo had 11 of Vitality’s 16 kills as they carried the roster to victory with some fearless performs on Jax and Graves. The 2 rising stars made a press release by snuffing out Rekkles’ comeback occasion, whereas the veteran marksman was left questioning what he and his group may have carried out higher.
Rekkles truly had minimal impression in his first sport again, solely scoring certainly one of his group’s 13 kills, whereas solely accumulating two assists besides. His Varus was by no means in a correct place to hitch the teamfights, and in consequence, he’d all the time be the final member of his group alive after a skirmish.
He managed to maintain up with farm, however as a result of he went for an auto-attack primarily based construct, Vitality’s crowd management and superior shut vary injury made it too harmful for him to step up and dish out some ache of his personal.
It’s an unlucky method for Rekkles to begin off his new 12 months, however it is just the primary sport of the season. He may be accustomed to the group, however his teammates are all new—apart from Wunder, who he performed with in 2021 on G2 Esports. He’ll want a while to search out what type of play will match together with his teammates, and persist with what works for the remainder of the 12 months.
