Rekkles

Carl Martin Erik Larsson (born 20 September 1996), better known as Rekkles (pronounced "reckless"), is a Swedish professional League of Legends player for G2 Esports. He has played for Fnatic, Alliance[3][4] and Elements.[5]

Rekkles
Martin Larsson
Personal information
Born (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996[1][2]
HometownÄlvängen, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career information
StatusActive
LeagueLEC
Current teamG2 Esports
GamesLeague of Legends
RoleAD Carry
Career history
2012Playing Duck
2012Fnatic
2012–2013Fnatic.Beta
2013PrideFC
2013–2014Fnatic
2014–2015Alliance
2015Elements
2015–2020Fnatic
2020–presentG2 Esports
Career highlights and awards

Rekkles returned to Fnatic for the 2015 Summer EU LCS.[6][7][8] They went undefeated all summer[9] and won the playoffs in August, qualifying for the 2015 League of Legends World Championship.[10] In the 2016 Spring EU LCS, they made it to the semifinals.[11]

Originally from Älvängen, near Gothenburg,[12] Rekkles lives in Berlin during the LEC season.[13] Rekkles lived in the Fnatic gaming house in 2013.[14] He became interested in video games after he injured his cruciate ligament playing football.[12][15]

Biography

2012 season

Rekkles started playing competitive League of Legends in 2012, playing for Playing Ducks and PAH, whilst also subbing for both Team BLACK and SK Gaming, During this time, even at such a young age Rekkles had the chance to play against teams of an especially high standard, In November 2012, he joined Fnatic as their starting AD Carry.

2013 season

Rekkles' young age had limited him, however, preventing him from being able to play in the EU LCS for Fnatic.

As he was unable to play in the LCS, Fnatic.Beta was created around him. The team was disbanded after few months. Together, he and Fnatic decided that it would be best for him to rejoin the roster in the 2014 Season, as he was not eligible to play until after the group stage.

On 22 November 2013, Rekkles officially retook the AD Carry position.

2018 season

During the 2018 EU LS 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.[16]

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. In the quarterfinals, Fnatic defeated EDward Gaming by 3-1. They swept, with a convincing 3-0, the semifinals against Cloud9.[17] After this they lost 3-0 in the Worlds 2018 finals to their group rival Invictus Gaming.

2020 season

In November 2020, Rekkles' contract in Fnatic had expired. He saw this as a chance to leave his historic team, after two years of being the runners-up in the LEC, and, just like Caps had done in 2018, he decided to move on from Fnatic to another team: the departure of Perkz from G2 Esports created the best possible spot for Rekkles to secure. Thus, on 20 November 2020, Rekkles joined G2 Esports taking over the AD Carry role.[18]

Tournament results

Fnatic

References
  1. https://m.facebook.com/pg/RekklesLoL/
  2. https://www.earlygame.com/the-life-and-times-of-martin-rekkles-larsson-part-1/
  3. Ehrnberg, Björn (24 October 2014). "Superryktet: Rekkles på väg till Alliance". Aftonbladet (in Swedish).
  4. Lewis, Richard (22 November 2014). "Rekkles is in North America with Alliance". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  5. "Rekkles to part ways with Elements, paving the way for Tabzz's return". The Daily Dot. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  6. Herman, Linda (28 May 2015). "Rekkles about the comeback: 'It feels like I am already part of the team'". Expressen.
  7. Raven, Josh (30 April 2015). "Rekkles will return to Fnatic". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  8. Moser, Kelsey (14 May 2015). "Rekkles and a better Fnatic". The Score eSports.com.
  9. 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.
  10. Lundgren, Tobias (24 August 2015). "Rekkles: 'I was really unsure about myself entering the finals'". Aftonbladet.
  11. Gnyp, Marco (3 May 2016). "Fnatic gelingt Halbfinaleinzug in Polen". Sport1 (in German).
  12. Lindhe, Alexander; Burén, Jonna (27 November 2012). "Martin 'Rekkles' Larsson - proffset från Älvängen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio.
  13. Costello, Patrick (26 March 2016). "eSports athletes cash in big on fast-growing gamer interest". USA Today.
  14. 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.
  15. "Video: Rekkles 'Så blev jag bäst i världen'" (in Swedish). Nyheter24. 24 January 2014.
  16. https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/eu-lcs-2018-spring-split-all-pro-team-announced-22162
  17. "fnatic trounces cloud9 3-0". espn.com.
  18. https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/g2-signs-rekkles-to-replace-perkz
  19. "Fnatic unstoppable in EU LCS grand finals match against G2". ESPN. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2019.

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