Rekkles

[e][h] Rekkles

Player Information

Name:

Carl Martin Erik Larsson

Nationality:

 Sweden

Born:

September 20, 1996 (age 27)

Status:

Active

Role:

Support
Bot

Team:

T1 Esports Academy

Approx. Total Winnings:

$445,838

Links

History

2012-11-22 — 2012-12-26	Fnatic
2012-12-26 — 2013-04-22	Fnatic.Beta
2013-04-22 — 2013-11-22	Fnatic
2013-05-26 — 2013-06-14	PrideFC
2013-06-14 — 2013-09-16	› Copenhagen Wolves
2013-11-22 — 2014-11-24	Fnatic
2014-11-24 — 2015-01-08	Alliance
2015-01-08 — 2015-05-13	Elements
2015-05-14 — 2020-11-18	Fnatic
2020-11-20 — 2021-10-11	G2 Esports
2021-10-11 — 2021-11-15	G2 Esports
2021-11-16 — 2022-12-15	Karmine Corp
2022-12-15 — 2023-04-28	Fnatic
2023-04-28 — 2023-10-12	Fnatic
2023-12-11 — Present	T1.EA

Upcoming Matches

T1.EA	vs (Bo3)	DPKC
July 18, 2024 - 14:00 KST   LCK CL Summer 2024

T1.EA	vs (Bo3)	NSEA
July 22, 2024 - 14:00 KST    LCK CL Summer 2024

T1.EA	vs (Bo3)	KT.C
July 25, 2024 - 14:00 KST   LCK CL Summer 2024

Recent Matches

T1.EA	2:0 (Bo2)	BRO.C
July 15, 2024 - 16:30 KST   LCK CL Summer 2024

T1.EA	1:2 (Bo3)	DPKC
July 12, 2024 - 14:00 KST   LCK CL Summer 2024

T1.EA	2:0 (Bo2)	HLE.C
July 9, 2024 - 17:00 KST   LCK CL Summer 2024

T1.EA	1:2 (Bo3)	KT.C
June 29, 2024 - 11:00 KST   LCK CL Summer 2024

T1.EA	1:2 (Bo3)	FOX.Y
June 25, 2024 - 17:00 KST   LCK CL Summer 2024

Upcoming Tournaments

LCK CL Summer 2024

ONGOING! Jun 10 - Sep 06

Martin "Rekkles" Larsson (born September 20, 1996) is a Swedish League of Legends player who is currently playing as a Support for T1 Esports Academy.

Achievements[edit]

Date	Place	Tier	Tournament		Team	Result		Prize
2020-09-06	2nd	S-Tier		LEC Summer 2020		0 : 3		$59,202
2019-09-08	2nd	S-Tier		LEC Summer 2019		2 : 3		$55,180
2018-11-03	2nd	S-Tier		2018 World Championship		0 : 3		$870,750
2018-09-09	1st	S-Tier		EU LCS Summer 2018		3 : 1		$92,960
2018-05-18	3rd - 4th	S-Tier		Mid-Season Invitational 2018		0 : 3		$133,626
2018-04-08	1st	S-Tier		EU LCS Spring 2018		3 : 0		$98,196
2017-10-21	5th - 8th	S-Tier		2017 World Championship		1 : 3		$183,864
2015-10-25	3rd - 4th	S-Tier		2015 World Championship		0 : 3		$150,000
2015-08-23	1st	S-Tier		EU LCS Summer 2015		3 : 2		$50,000
2014-04-17	1st	S-Tier		EU LCS Spring 2014		3 : 1		$50,000
Extended list of results

Awards[edit]

Date	Tier	Tournament		Award	Team	Prize
2021
2021-08-24	S-Tier		LEC Summer 2021	1st All-Pro Team		-
2021-04-11	S-Tier		LEC Spring 2021	1st All-Pro Team		-
2021-04-10	S-Tier		LEC Spring 2021	MVP		-
2020
2020-08-19	S-Tier		LEC Summer 2020	3rd All-Pro Team		-
2020-04-04	S-Tier		LEC Spring 2020	1st All-Pro Team		-
2019
2019-08-29	S-Tier		LEC Summer 2019	3rd All-Pro Team		-
2019-04-14	S-Tier		LEC Spring 2019	3rd All-Pro Team		-
2018
2018-04-08	S-Tier		EU LCS Spring 2018	MVP		-
2018-03-23	S-Tier		EU LCS Spring 2018	1st All-Pro Team		-
2017
2017-09-03	S-Tier		EU LCS Summer 2017	MVP		-
2017-08-18	S-Tier		EU LCS Summer 2017	1st All-Pro Team		-
2017-04-07	S-Tier		EU LCS Spring 2017	2nd All-Pro Team		-
2016
2016-08-10	S-Tier		EU LCS Summer 2016	3rd All-Pro Team		-
2016-02-12	S-Tier		EU LCS Spring 2016	OP 5 - Week 5		-
2015
2015-08-22	S-Tier		EU LCS Summer 2015	All-Pro Team		-
2015-07-24	S-Tier		EU LCS Summer 2015	OP 5 - Week 9		-
2015-07-10	S-Tier		EU LCS Summer 2015	OP 5 - Week 7		-
2015-07-03	S-Tier		EU LCS Summer 2015	MVP - Week 6		-
2014
2014-08-17	S-Tier		EU LCS Summer 2014	Group Stage MVP		-
2014-07-18	S-Tier		EU LCS Summer 2014	OP 5 - Week 9		-
2014-07-18	S-Tier		EU LCS Summer 2014	MVP - Week 9		-
2014-07-03	S-Tier		EU LCS Summer 2014	OP 5 - Week 7		-
2014-06-13	S-Tier		EU LCS Summer 2014	OP 5 - Week 4		-
2014-04-18	S-Tier		EU LCS Spring 2014	Playoffs MVP		-
2014-04-03	S-Tier		EU LCS Spring 2014	OP 5 - Week 11		-
2014-01-16	S-Tier		EU LCS Spring 2014	MVP - Week 1		-

Biography[edit]

Rekkles began his esports career in 2012 and despite short stints with other teams, he has been with Fnatic for the majority of his career to date - 8 years. With this organization he also achieved the greatest successes. The best year was undoubtedly 2018, where with Fnatic he won both the spring and summer splits, played in the semifinals of the Mid-Season Invitational 2018 and became runner-up of the World Championship 2018, losing in the grand final to Invictus Gaming. He played almost 600 games for Fnatic and won the LEC a total of 4 times, he also played in 7 international S-Tier tournaments (6 World Championships and 1 Mid-Season Invitational)

After such a long time in Fnatic and the expiration of his contract in 2020, Rekkles joined G2 Esports. He spent 1 year there, placing 3rd in the 2021 Spring Split and 4th in the 2021 Summer Split, respectively. In both splits he was placed on the 1st All-Pro Team roster, also winning the MVP award in the spring split. On November 16th 2021, Rekkles began a new chapter in his career and joined Karmine Corp. During his first split in LFL they finished 3rd, but Karmine Corp went on to win the EU Masters 2022 Spring tournament. In the summer split the results were no longer so satisfactory. They finished 6th in the LFL and failed to qualify for the EU Masters 2022 Summer.

Rekkles and Karmine Corp's plan was to play together in the LEC in 2023, but the team failed to buy a slot. So Rekkles started looking for options in other teams playing in the LEC.

A Year In G2 (2021)[edit]

After having parted ways with Fnatic, it was announced that Rekkles was acquired by G2 Esports for the 2021 season on November 20th. Here he replaced Luka "Perkz" Perković in the botlane. ^[1] With this move Rekkles set his goal of winning worlds, which with G2 looked like a possbility. The organization had dominated the two competitive years in the LEC, finishing 1st throughout 2019 and 2022,won MSI in 2019 alongside their second place at Worlds that year, followed by their 3-4th place finish in 2020.

Rekkles and the team had succesfull start to the 2021 Spring Split, finishing the regular season in first, tied with Rogue on a 14-4 record. However in the Playoffs things turned south, as G2 was beaten by MAD Lions in the Upper Finals, and proceeded to lose to Rogue in the Loser's Finals. And thus they had to miss out on MSI.

Come the following Summer Split G2 again seemed to have a good regular season, this time finishing in second overall. But again at the Playoffs the team faltered, as they lost their first series to MAD Lions again, and were later knocked out by Rekkles' old team Fnatic.

Following the 2021 LEC season, Rekkles was benched by G2. Following that decision Rekkles was also not given the opportunity to play as a substitute for the team, nor have any contention for the starting spot, which forced him to look for other teams. In addition to this, Rekkles faced the issue that if he was benched, he would earn only six percent of his salary from the organization, which was stated in the contract he had signed. While looking for other teams, he faced another issue that the buyout from G2 was set at a high price, which initially was €1,5 million euros according to the CEO Carlos “ocelote” Rodríguez Santiago. ^[2][3] This price led to multiple options in the LEC falling through. After other LEC teams had already signed other players for their roster, G2 lowered the buyout, which was still substantial. This however was enough for Karmine Corp, who decided to pick up Rekkles for the 2022 season in the LFL. ^[4]

Returning to Fnatic (2023)[edit]

On 15 December 2022, he officially reached an agreement with Fnatic and once again returned to his home organisation.

On April 28th after the Spring Split, Rekkles announced that he would officially change the role he was playing in game from AD Carry/Botlaner to Support. Because of this decision, Fnatic came to a mutual decision with Rekkles to not field him on the starting roster for the Summer Split, and instead would look to sign a new player in the AD Carry role. ^[5][6] In a later interview with Caedrel he explained how he had used the time during Summer to practice in his new role and look for new opportunities with other teams. ^[7]

"I am rerolling to support. I know it sounds really crazy, it might be. But I've had a feeling for a while now, and I guess this year kind of confirmed it, I'm a really good AD Carry I think, but I've reached a point where I'm just treading water. I don't know if that's only a Swedish saying, but basically what it means that you try really hard, but you're not getting anywhere. And that for me is AD Carry. I've done it for twelve years and I'm kind of stuck in the same place. So I think the best course of action is to revamp myself, to try something new and I really believe I'm able to pull this."

Martin "Rekkles" Larsson (^[5])

A Move to Korea (2024)[edit]

Ahead of the 2024 Season, it was announced on December 11th 2023, that Rekkles had officially joined the T1 Esports Academy team as their starting support. This marked Rekkles' first move outside of Europe as he would play in the LCK's Challenger League in Korea. The transfer brought much attention from fans, as in his debut game against Freecs Challengers, the viewership record for the Challenger League was smashed, peaking at a 159,000 viewers. Far surpassing the previous 38,000. In addition, the venue was also sold out. ^[8]

Gallery[edit]

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  FNC Rekkles at Worlds 2014.

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  FNC Rekkles at EU LCS Summer 2018.

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  FNC Rekkles at Worlds 2020.

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  G2 Rekkles at LEC Summer 2021.

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  KC Rekkles at the showmatch between KOI and Karmine Corp.

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  FNC Rekkles at LEC Spring 2023

Media[edit]

Interviews

Articles

Videos

Highlights

Documentaries

2024

• [e] 2024-07-03 | Dream Chaser's Dream of T1 at LCK CL Summer 2024
• [e] 2024-05-01 | Same Game, Different World, And.. of T1 at LCK Challengers League Spring 2024
• [e] 2024-03-23 | No Flower Blooms Without Wavering of T1 at LCK CL Spring 2024
• [e] 2024-02-17 | To the next level, Rekkles with T1A of T1 at LCK Challengers League Spring 2024
• [e] 2024-02-17 | To the next level, Rekkles with T1A of T1 at LCK Challengers League Spring 2024

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Trivia[edit]

• He idolizes Deft as a player, even naming one of his accounts "European Deft" at one point. ^[9]
• Previously had tattoo's that had his gamertag "Rekkles" on his arms and one that said CMAEJL which were the initials of his family members. However in 2022 he replaced these with full-body tattoos. ^[10][11]
• Holds the most split MVPs (x4) in LEC history.
• He has 3x LEC Finals MVPs and also 1x playoffs MVP.
• He has made the most appearances at World Championships of players from the European region (x6) along with Perkz, Caps, Hylissang and sOAZ.
• Tied with Mancloud for the most kills during an entire LCS split. (167 kills in 28 games in EU LCS Summer 2014 - Group Stage).
• Holds record for fewest deaths during an entire LCS split. (27 deaths in 28 games in EU LCS Summer 2014 - Group Stage).
• Reached 1000 kills in the EU LCS on June 1, 2017 :
  • The 1st player to reach 1000 kills in the EU LCS ^[12]
• Reached 2000 kills in the LEC on July 10th, 2021 :
  • The 1st player to reach 2000 kills in the LEC ^[13]
• Reached 2500 assists in the LEC on July 17, 2021.
• Reached 300 wins in the LEC on January 23, 2023.
• Reached 500 games in the LEC on March 26, 2023.
• The European player with the most pentakills (10).
• Was the third ever esports player to be sponsored by Nike , where they created exercise routines for gamers. ^[14]

Pentakills[edit]

Date	Tournament	Team	Vs.	Champion	Position	VOD
2013-07-25	EUW Challenger Series			Vayne	Bot	VOD
2014-07-17	EU LCS Summer 2014			Vayne	Bot	VOD
2014-09-27	Worlds 2014			Lucian	Bot	VOD
2015-08-16	EU LCS Summer 2015			Sivir	Bot	VOD
2015-08-23	EU LCS Summer 2015			Tristana	Bot	VOD
2018-04-08	EU LCS Spring 2018			Sivir	Bot	VOD
2018-05-18	MSI 2018			Ezreal	Bot	VOD
2019-02-01	LEC Spring 2019			Kai'Sa	Bot	VOD
2020-02-21	LEC Spring 2020			Ezreal	Bot	VOD
2022-02-02	LFL Spring 2022			Jinx	Bot	VOD

References[edit]