Rekkles to NA?

SciFi Scrivener·Sep 27, 2017·2 votes·730 views

Yes, FNC managed to make it to worlds... sort of, but they are struggling against bottom tier teams and it has nothing to do with Rekkles. It makes me wonder why he doesn't make the move to an NA team where he might have a better chance to be competitive.

Teams like FOX, P1, NV, TL, and even FLY would benefit from adding Rekkles to their roster. There is also the possibility of his skill level enticing a top team like DIG or CLG to make the change, or TSM could find their ADC sub they have so desperately wanted... if Rekkles is willing to play off the bench to win a championship.

IF Rekkles made the move to NA, which team would he go to and why?

My guess would be CLG. He's an upgrade from Stixxay, he would be able to start and compete for a championship, and CLG is ready to win now.

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Miror BSep 27, 20172 votes

Believe it or not there were rumors of him joining TSM last offseason, as FNC not only heavily pursued rallez for a starting job (him ending up joining their academy team) but they were apparently looking to do a full rebuild of sorts and didn't think he'd want to be a part of it.

To answer the question, I honestly don't want him in NA. Much like Brady on the pats, and romo on the cowboys, there are certain players who are a part of a team for so long that they become more of an embodiment of it than the actual graphic they have for it. While he could potentially join an NA team and do better than he would in EU (TSM being the only real "fit" due to import slot issues), to the majority of the playerbase he'd still be FNC rekkles and would look entirely out of place in a different team's jersey. Ultimately, unless a team is paying him a literal million dollars per year to play for them I entirely expect him to stay/retire with fnatic, as he's not only their most talented player but is also the one to which they can build their franchise around.

NeoDeimosSep 27, 20171 votes

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Believe it or not there were rumors of him joining TSM last offseason, as FNC not only heavily pursued rallez for a starting job (him ending up joining their academy team)

And as things came full circle a couple months ago, TSM actually picked up Rallez, not Rekkles, to be their backup ADC for when/if DoubleLift retires again.

Miror BSep 27, 20171 votes

The rationale behind that being that they wanted to secure stable footing with him before he became a free agent, as "apparently" the market was white hot for him. The thing I find somewhat amusing by this is that it seems like teams are willing to go after bottom-tier players who happen to be on good teams thinking them being in the system will somehow make them better (like Brady and how all of his backups have made millions starting elsewhere only to crash and burn, Matt Cassel and Ryan Mallett being the two big ones). You kinda have to think that if rallez didn't spend that year with fnatic, TSM probably would've looked elsewhere and potentially picked up either Altec or taken a chance on Cake.

BigBellBruteSep 27, 20171 votes

Fnatic, G2, Splyce, and Misfits all applied for NA.

xJLx MCHammerSep 28, 20171 votes

He won't join TSM Rekkles knows too well what happened to his support when he joined TSM. Dude got kicked out because he actually knew what he was doing

If anything, if Rekkles does join a team It will have to be IMT, C9, or CLG or with Froggen