It was a momentous event for European League of Legends followers when famous person 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 along with his unique residence and fan-favorite org Fnatic. Sadly for Rekkles’ followers, nonetheless, Staff Vitality didn’t get the memo.
After a raucous, back-and-forth contest between two of the perfect groups within the league, Vitality got here out victorious after the workforce’s latest additions within the high and jungle rose to the event of their LEC debut. At a sure level, Fnatic regarded 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 get together, whereas the veteran marksman was left questioning what he and his workforce might have finished higher.
Rekkles really had minimal influence in his first recreation again, solely scoring certainly one of his workforce’s 13 kills, whereas solely accumulating two assists besides. His Varus was by no means in a correct place to affix the teamfights, and consequently, he’d at all times be the final member of his workforce alive after a skirmish.
He managed to maintain up with farm, however as a result of he went for an auto-attack based mostly 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 manner for Rekkles to begin off his new yr, however it is just the primary recreation of the season. He may be acquainted with the group, however his teammates are all new—aside from Wunder, who he performed with in 2021 on G2 Esports. He’ll want a while to seek out what model of play will match along with his teammates, and stick to what works for the remainder of the yr.