Ought to FNC Rekkles swap to assist?

With FNC and Rekkles having a disastrous begin to 2023, ought to he contemplate role-swapping to assist the upcoming break up? Listed below are a number of the the explanation why it might make sense (or not).

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FNC, Rekkles and the disappointing outcomes

Fnatic had considered one of his worst splits within the group’s historical past, going 2-7 within the LEC Winter Break up and ending ninth, solely forward of XL Esports. Apart from the outcomes themselves, the final sentiment behind the present FNC lineup is that they’re struggling in enjoying as a crew, coupled with some main draft points. Regardless of having nice particular person gamers like Humanoid and Rekkles himself, FNC is presently worse than the sum of its components.

Why ought to FNC Rekkles swap to assist?

Playstyle and champion pool don’t match the meta

Rekkles has all the time been a fantastic ADC participant and what we will contemplate a “late-game insurance coverage”. In different phrases, the participant would all the time assure to ship when it got here to late-game teamfighting. That is partially because of the nature of his personal playstyle, in addition to the champions he’s all the time recognized to be sturdy at. Champions like Xayah, Sivir, and Tristana are all scaling marksmen that shine essentially the most as soon as they will get numerous gadgets.

Sadly, the present meta will not be favoring him and he didn’t have a superb displaying on stronger early-game champions like Varus. Whereas it’s not a giant deal by itself, particularly if he can ship later, drafts do grow to be a handicap and it’s not one thing that may be mounted in a brief interval just like the Winter Break up.

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Upset is on the bench…

Even when the meta doesn’t match a lot, it might be suicidal to take away Rekkles from the AD place… that’s provided that FNC doesn’t have an acceptable candidate to switch him. FNC, nonetheless, does. They usually have probably the greatest within the area: Upset. The German ADC was unable to discover a new vacation spot in 2023 and remains to be registered as an FNC participant on the GCD.

Which means he might doubtlessly make a return to the beginning roster if Rekkles does transfer to the assist function. Given the insane worth that the Swedish participant brings from a enterprise perspective due to the legendary profession he had, paired with the good charisma he brings, it might make zero sense to fully take away him from the roster. For that cause, essentially the most logical factor could be to make him play as a assist.

FNC Rekkles performs assist typically in solo queue

Rekkles has intervals the place he performs as a assist in solo queue. He defined the way it avoids him from enjoying with autofilled assist gamers whereas additionally permitting him to raised perceive the bounds of particular lanes and matchups. He additionally thought of swapping to assist in the course of the offseason this 12 months however ultimately ended up nonetheless enjoying ADC.

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On the ranked ladder, Rekkles often performs Janna as his most important assist: he had a 62% win price on the champion over 100+ video games in 2022, in keeping with his op.gg. Whereas it’s just one champion, it wouldn’t be bizarre to see Rekkles pilot different enchanters or helps at a fairly excessive stage. If he can discover a sturdy synergy with Upset, who can also be recognized for being a superb scaling participant that may play additionally aggressively, then FNC’s bot lane ought to have the next potential on paper.

Likelihood to alternate with Rhuckz?

If this occurs, although, assist participant Rhuckz will find yourself getting the quick finish of the stick. After a superb debut match at Worlds, Rhuckz struggled to make a fantastic influence within the winter break up to date. Primarily generally known as participating assist, the participant struggled in a meta the place this class of champions is out of date. There’s potential for him within the upcoming splits, particularly with Riot attempting to push engagers again into the meta.

For that cause, FNC may need the perfect answer by having the 2 share on-stage time relying on the drafts or playstyle that the crew desires to go for. It wouldn’t actually make sense to let one of many two go, particularly on condition that the Rekkles experiment is a high-risk, high-reward name. No matter occurs, although, seeing Rekkles leaving FNC instantly appears impossible…

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