Rekkles

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

Rekkles
Rekkles in 2020
Current team
TeamKarmine Corp
RoleAD Carry
GamesLeague of Legends
Personal information
NameCarl Martin Erik Larsson
Born (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996
Älvängen, Sweden[1]
NationalitySwedish
Career information
Playing career2012–present
Team history
2012Playing Duck
2012Fnatic
2012–2013Fnatic.Beta
2013–2014Fnatic
2014–2015Alliance
2015Elements
2015–2020Fnatic
2020–2021G2 Esports
2021–presentKarmine Corp
Career highlights and awards
  • 4× EU LCS champion (4× MVP)
  • Rift Rivals champion (2018, 2019)
  • EU All-Pro 1st Team x4 (Summer 2015, Summer 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020)
  • EU All-Pro 2nd Team x1 (Spring 2017)
  • EU All-Pro 3rd Team x4 (Summer 2016, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Summer 2020)

Rekkles returned to Fnatic for the 2015 Summer EU LCS.[5][6][7] They went undefeated all summer[8] and won the playoffs in August, qualifying for the 2015 League of Legends World Championship.[9] In the 2016 Spring EU LCS, they made it to the semifinals.[10]

Originally from Älvängen, near Gothenburg,[11] Rekkles lives in Berlin during the LEC season.[12] Rekkles lived in the Fnatic gaming house in 2013.[13] He became interested in video games after he injured his cruciate ligament playing football.[11][14]

Career in professional League of Legends

2012 season

Rekkles competitive career startet at age 16 in the teams Playing Ducks and PAH. Meanwhile he was also as a substitute player for both Team BLACK and SK Gaming. His performance allowed him in November 2021 to join Fnatic as their starting AD Carry.

2013 season

Because of age restrictions in the European version of the League Championship Series (today the LEC) he was not yet allowed to play for Fnatic in the EU LCS. At first a new team with the name "Fnatic.Beta" was formed around him, 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.

2018 season

During the 2018 EU LCS Season, Rekkles and Fnatic managed to win both the Spring and Summer Split. In both splits, he secured a spot on the 1st All-Pro Team.[15]

At the 2018 World Championship, Fnatic was seeded into Group D alongside 100 Thieves, Invictus Gaming, and G-Rex. They picked up five wins in the group, allowing them to advance into the knockout stage of the tournament. They won the quarter-finals against EDward Gaming and swept Cloud9 3-0 in the semi-finals to be the first western team since Season 1 to advance to the finals at worlds.[16] However they were defeated 0-3 by their group rival Invictus Gaming.

2019 season

In the 2019 spring split, Rekkles and Fnactic reached LEC playoffs. There they lost to Origen 3-1 after 2 wins against Team Vitality and Splyce. Thus Rekkles missed the Mid-Season Invitational.

In the summer split they won second place, almost beating G2 in an intense Bo5 series.

At 2019 World Championship, they managed to eliminate Royal Never Give Up and advanced from the "group of death" to the quarter-finals. There they were defeated by FunPlus Phoenix, the later winners of the tournament.

2020 season

In the Spring Season, Rekkles placed 2nd in the LEC with Fnatic, losing 0–3 in the finals against long term rivals G2 Esports. This repeated in the Summer Season, where Fnatic was once more defeated by G2, again by 0–3. The 2nd place in summer qualified the team to the 2020 World Championship.

In November 2020, Rekkles' contract in Fnatic had expired. Just like Caps had done in 2018, he decided to move on from Fnatic to G2 Esports, where the spot for AD Carry was open after Perkz had left the team to play in the LCS. Thus a "superteam" was formed, bringing together players that were widely regarded as excellent if not the best in Europe.

2021 season

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. The single is about Rekkles abandoning Fnatic, where he was a long time veteran, to join G2 Esports.

During the 2021 spring split, Rekkles and his new team G2 Esports placed first in the regular season. At playoffs however they lost their second best-of-five against MAD Lions and dropped to the losers bracket. There they faced Rogue, which was predicted to be the final. G2 lost 1-3 and disappointingly claimed 3rd in the Spring Playoffs of the league.

In the first weeks of the Summer Season of the European competition, G2 looked dominant. But in later weeks the team's performance slumped. At the end, they managed to come back and claim 2nd place in a tiebreaker with MAD Lions and Misfits Gaming in the regular season, qualifying for playoffs. There they lost against MAD Lions and then Rekkless' former team Fnactic. Therefore they also did not manage to reach a spot at the 2021 World Championship.

These results where surprising, as the new G2 Esports team was being favoured to dominate the domestic league and even contend for the World Championship title.

After this series of events, G2 Esports' CEO Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez placed Rekkles on the buyout market. His buyout price was listed at 1.5 million euro. After fans hoped he might join the North American League Championship Series or the Chinese League of Legends Pro League, Rekkles settled in the European regional league LFL with team Karmine Corp.

Tournament results

Fnatic

G2 Esports
  • 1st - LEC 2021 Spring Regular Season
  • 3rd - LEC 2021 Spring Playoffs
  • 2nd - LEC 2021 Summer Regular Season
  • 4th - LEC 2021 Summer Playoffs

Karmine Corp
  • 2nd - LFL 2022 Spring Regular Season
  • 3rd - LFL 2022 Spring Playoffs

References
  1. Jurić, Mario (11 July 2020). "The Life and Times of Rekkles – Part 1". Early Game. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. Ehrnberg, Björn (24 October 2014). "Superryktet: Rekkles på väg till Alliance". Aftonbladet (in Swedish).
  3. Lewis, Richard (22 November 2014). "Rekkles is in North America with Alliance". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  4. "Rekkles to part ways with Elements, paving the way for Tabzz's return". The Daily Dot. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  5. Herman, Linda (28 May 2015). "Rekkles about the comeback: 'It feels like I am already part of the team'". Expressen.
  6. Raven, Josh (30 April 2015). "Rekkles will return to Fnatic". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  7. Moser, Kelsey (14 May 2015). "Rekkles and a better Fnatic". The Score eSports.com.
  8. Engstrand, Simon (19 June 2016). "Rekkles on YellOwStaR: 'We are closer than we've ever been before, and I feel that influences our game'". Aftonbladet.
  9. Lundgren, Tobias (24 August 2015). "Rekkles: 'I was really unsure about myself entering the finals'". Aftonbladet.
  10. Gnyp, Marco (3 May 2016). "Fnatic gelingt Halbfinaleinzug in Polen". Sport1 (in German).
  11. Lindhe, Alexander; Burén, Jonna (27 November 2012). "Martin 'Rekkles' Larsson - proffset från Älvängen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio.
  12. Costello, Patrick (26 March 2016). "eSports athletes cash in big on fast-growing gamer interest". USA Today.
  13. Kostov, Nick (30 September 2013). "Videogame Champ, Past His Prime At 28, Grooms Next Screen Jocks: Mr. Sättermon's Teenage Charges 'Train' 12 Hours a Day; Winning Over the Parents". Wall Street Journal.
  14. "Video: Rekkles 'Så blev jag bäst i världen'" (in Swedish). Nyheter24. 24 January 2014.
  15. Mickunas, Aaron (23 March 2018). "The EU LCS 2018 Spring Split All-Pro team is locked in". Dotesports.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  16. "fnatic trounces cloud9 3-0". Espn.com. 5 February 2020.
  17. "Fnatic unstoppable in EU LCS grand finals match against G2". Espn.com. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2019.

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