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 have been excited to not solely see the 26-year-old again within the league, however along with his authentic house and fan-favorite org Fnatic. Sadly for Rekkles’ followers, nonetheless, Group Vitality didn’t get the memo.
After a raucous, back-and-forth contest between two of the most effective groups within the league, Vitality got here out victorious after the crew’s latest additions within the high and jungle rose to the event of their LEC debut. At a sure level, Fnatic seemed like they have 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 an announcement by snuffing out Rekkles’ comeback occasion, whereas the veteran marksman was left questioning what he and his crew may have accomplished higher.
Rekkles truly had minimal influence in his first sport again, solely scoring certainly one of his crew’s 13 kills, whereas solely accumulating two assists besides. His Varus was by no means in a correct place to hitch the teamfights, and because of this, he’d at all times be the final member of his crew 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 harm made it too harmful for him to step up and dish out some ache of his personal.
It’s an unlucky approach for Rekkles to begin off his new 12 months, however it’s only the primary sport of the season. He is perhaps 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 fashion of play will match along with his teammates, and keep on with what works for the remainder of the 12 months.
