Rekkles

Rekkles

Rekkles

Professional League of Legends player (born 1996)

Carl Martin Erik Larsson (born 20 September 1996),[1] better known as Rekkles (pronounced "reckless"), is a Swedish professional League of Legends player for T1 Esports Academy.[2] He has played for Fnatic,[3][4] Alliance[lower-alpha 1],[5][6][7] G2 Esports[8] and Karmine Corp.[9]

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He is the first player to have reached both 1,000 and 2,000 kills in the LEC[10] and the European player with the most pentakills (10).[11] He is considered the best AD Carry player in European history[12][13] and one of the best in the world.[14][15][16][17]

Originally from Älvängen, near Gothenburg,[18] he became interested in video games after he injured his cruciate ligament playing football.[18][19]

His esport career began in 2012, when he played for League of Legends teams Playing Ducks, PAH, Team BLACK (as a substitute) and SK Gaming.[20] In November 2012, he joined Fnatic as their starting AD Carry. However, Rekkles was unable to participate in the 2013 EU LCS for Fnatic, due to being too young. Because of this, a secondary Fnatic squad, Fnatic.Beta, was created around him.[21] However, the team was disbanded after a few months. In May 2013, he started playing together with YoungBuck, Shook v2, cowTard, and Unlimited as PrideFC, and after the team got signed by Copenhagen Wolves, he agreed to continue playing with them as a stand-in.

On 22 November in 2013, Rekkles officially retook the starting AD Carry position in Fnatic from puszu, as he was now old enough to participate in the EU LCS.

Rekkles returned to Fnatic[22] for the 2015 Summer EU LCS.[23][24][25] They went undefeated all summer[26] and won the playoffs in August, qualifying for the 2015 League of Legends World Championship.[27] In the 2016 Spring EU LCS, they made it to the semifinals.[28]

Overall he appeared on 7 international S-tier tournaments : 6 times at the World Championship (the most of players from Europe along with Perkz, Hylissang, Caps and SOAZ) and 1 time at MSI

However, on the 28th of April 2023, after two hard splits with Fnatic, Rekkles announced his decision to roleswap from AD Carry to Support. [29]

On 11 December 2023, he officially became a player of the T1 Esports Academy team, which plays in the LCK Challengers League.[30] This makes him the first high-profile player from a Western region to play in Korea.

Professional career

Early career

Rekkles competitive career started at age 16 with the teams Playing Ducks and PAH. He was also as a substitute player for both Team BLACK and SK Gaming.[20]

Fnatic

His performance allowed him in November 2012 to join Fnatic as their starting AD Carry. Because of age restrictions in the European version of the League Championship Series he was not yet allowed to play for Fnatic in the EU LCS.[31] At first a new team with the name "Fnatic.Beta" was formed around him,[21] but after a few month it was disbanded. Rekkles briefly left Fnactic then to play for various teams with the agreement to join again for the 2014 season, in which he would be eligible to play. On 22 November 2013, Rekkles officially retook the AD Carry position.

During the 4th season, Rekkles and Fnatic participated in the IEM Season VIII - World Championship, and ended up second place after losing to KT Rolster Bullets during the Grand Finale.

At the beginning of 2014 season Spring Split, Rekkles played very well and received the MVP prize weekly. Fnatic had won each of their four superweek games, and this was mainly due to the great performance of Rekkles playing Jinx. They ended the Spring split in 2nd place, losing to SK Gaming, but secured themselves a spot in the Spring Playoffs. The whole team raised their game for the playoffs, and they emerged victorious after a win against Alliance in their semifinals matchup, and against SK Gaming in the Grand Final.

Fnatic endured a rocky start during the beginning of the Summer Split. They could not make it into the top 2 until Week 7 of the Split, while their main rivals Alliance were already at considerable distance ahead of them in the race for 1st place. Throughout the games, Rekkles managed to impress with his plays with Lucian and Vayne, picking up the Weekly MVP Award for Week 9.

Alliance/Elements

On 24 November 2014, Rekkles joined Alliance as starting AD carry,[32] after many rumours. His first event with Alliance was IEM San Jose. During the IEM, Fnatic ended up in the semifinals, however team lost their match against Cloud9 and placed third after playing against Team SoloMid. During the event, Rekkles was nominated for the MVP award along with PowerOfEvil, Vizicsacsi, Kikis, and Sneaky; however the final vote went to Sneaky.

In order to comply with new LCS regulations, Alliance would have to change their name for the upcoming season. On 8 January, it was announced that the team had rebranded as Elements.[33] The Spring Split was not a success for the team as they finished 7th place after making a number of roster changes. Therefore, the team did not made it to the playoffs, however they did qualify for the Summer Split.

Return to Fnatic

On 14 May 2015, Rekkles rejoined Fnatic.[34] He was a part of the Fnatic roster that managed to finish the regular season with an unbeaten 18–0 record and become the first team to achieve this in League Championship Series history.[35] He won the EU LCS championship after beating Origen, 3–2.[36]

In 2018, Rekkles won both the Spring and Summer Split EU LCS championships. In both splits, he secured a spot on the 1st All-Pro Team.[37]

He was a part of the team's 2018 World Championship run, where they became the first Western team since Season 1 to advance to the finals.[38]

G2 Esports

In November 2020, Rekkles' contract in Fnatic had expired.[39][40][41] He decided to move on from Fnatic to G2 Esports,[8] where the spot for AD Carry was open after Perkz had left the team to play in the LCS.[42]

At the beginning of the Spring Season of the League of Legends European Championship, a song dedicated to Rekkles titled Reckless with my heart was released by the LEC casters.[43] The single is about Rekkles abandoning Fnatic, where he was a long time veteran, to join G2 Esports.

After a poor 2021 season, G2 Esports' CEO Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez placed Rekkles on the buyout market. His buyout price was listed at €1.5 million.[44]

Karmine Corp

Rekkles settled in the European regional league LFL with team Karmine Corp.[45][46] While playing in the LFL in his first split he finished 3rd[47] and won the EU Masters tournament.[48] However, in the following split, Karmine Corp finished 6th in the LFL, unable to qualify for the EU Masters Summer tournament.

Fnatic

After spending one year on the ERL scene with Karmine Corp, Rekkles returned to the LEC. On 15 December 2022, he officially signed with Fnatic, where he had previously played twice.[49] During the Spring split, on 26 March 2023, Rekkles reached his 500th game in the LEC.[50] After finishing 9th in the Winter Split and 8th in the Spring Split, Rekkles announces his decision to roleswap from AD Carry to Support.[29] Following this roleswap, Fnatic benched Rekkles. [51]

T1 Esports Academy

After less than 1 year in the LEC, he moved to T1 Esports Academy and became the first high profile player from the west to play in the Korean league. On 11 December 2023, T1 officially announced Esports Academy with Dal - Guwon - Poby - Smash - Rekkles, Cloud as substitutive support and GBM as head coach to play in the LCK Challengers League.[52] Rekkles' debut match in the LCK CL broke the viewing record.[53]

Seasons overview

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  • DreamHack Winter 2012 (Fnatic)
  • Thor Open 2012 (Fnatic)
  • DreamHack Summer 2013 (Copenhagen Wolves)
  • Gfinity London 2013 (Copenhagen Wolves)

Awards and honors

International
LEC
Other
  • Two-time DreamHack champion – Winter 2012, Summer 2013
  • One-time Thor Open champion – 2012
  • One-time Gfinity champion – London 2013
  • One-time EMEA Masters champion – Spring 2022

Notes

  1. Rebranded to Elements in 2015.

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