Speaking of the legendary veteran Rekkles, I believe that most fans of the tournament are already very familiar with him. Rekkles debuted in 2012 and has been participating in League of Legends tournaments for 11 years now. Rekkles has played for famous European teams such as SK, Copenhagen Wolves, Alliance, FNC, and G2. As one of the most well-known ADC players in the LEC region, Rekkles has won a total of 4 LEC championships and a runner-up in the S competition in his career. At the same time, because Rekkles is very influential in the LEC division, he is known as the "Four Ancient ADs" by netizens along with LPL's Uzi, LCK's Pray, and Doublelift in the LCS division. It's just that the "Four Ancient ADs" are now the only ones left in Rekkles who are still playing professionally. Although Rekkles has been mediocre in recent seasons, his persistence is truly admirable.
And a very "old" legendary player like Rekkles, the vast majority of netizens will think that he will end his career in the LEC division. But what I didn't expect was that recently, T1 officially released a news of reinforcements, which surprised many netizens. T1 officially announced that legendary player Rekkles transformed into a support player and joined the T1 second team. Although it is only a second team, the addition of a very influential player in Europe like Rekkles undoubtedly means that the T1 team will completely open up the overseas market. Judging from the ** content released by T1, the reason why Rekkles will transform and join T1 is that Rekkles had the idea of transformation assistance as early as 2014;On the other hand, Rekkles wants to spend the last days of his career trying to achieve his unfulfilled dream, and T1, a world-class club, may be better able to help him achieve that dream.
In fact, as early as April 2023, Rekkles had already announced the transformation assistance. Unfortunately, Rekkles didn't make it to the FNC Summer squad at the time. And what's even more interesting is that FNC actually successfully reached the 2023 World Finals, and if Rekkles could appear on the FNC squad at that time, he would still have a good chance to go to the 2023 World Finals with the team. As a veteran who can retire at any time, Worlds may be the only motivation for him to stay on the track. It's just that FNC didn't give Rekkles any chance. And this may be one of the reasons why Rekkles left FNC and left Europe. And when he came to the LCK division, he had a different time difference, a new language, a new culture, a new teammate, and a new position. Although it is only the second team of T1, if they perform well, maybe Rekkles still has a chance to be promoted to the first team. The key depends on whether Rekkles himself is here to "retire" or to look for opportunities.
Veterans don't die, they just fade away. The new season of Rekkles is 29 years old, and 29 years old is almost a "dissuaded" age for League of Legends esports. Let's hope Rekkles can find what he's looking for in T1!
Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of this matter?