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Fnatic have been eradicated from the LEC Winter group stage and playoffs after going 2-7 within the three-week common season. The group picked up European legend Carl Martin Erik ‘Rekkles’ Larsson within the offseason and had excessive hopes going into 2023.
Fnatic got here into the 2023 season with excessive hopes after an honest 2022 marketing campaign that noticed them make the League of Legends World Championships and place third within the LEC in the summertime and spring.
The workforce additionally picked up fan-favorite bot laner Rekkles who spent everything of 2022 within the French nationwide league. Rekkles performed 13 splits for Fnatic earlier than becoming a member of rival G2 in 2021 for one yr.
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Sadly, the reunion has not been a contented one thus far, as Fnatic didn’t advance past the Winter Break up group stage.
Fnatic will miss out on the remainder of the LEC Winter Break up
Fnatic have didn’t qualify for the LEC Winter group stage, that means that the workforce won’t play one other official League of Legends match till the Spring Season begins in March. The workforce went 2-7 over the course of the three-week common season, solely notching wins in opposition to Excel Esports and KOI.
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Excel, one other workforce with excessive expectations and a star-studded roster coming into the Winter Break up, additionally didn’t qualify for the playoff stage.
In a statement after the loss, Fnatic mentioned the “consequence is just not acceptable” and “is just not a mirrored image of the extent of efficiency our followers should see from us within the LEC.” The group additionally mentioned there might be additional updates concerning the workforce sooner or later.
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The LEC modified its format for 2023 to winter, spring and summer season seasons with three phases inside every. The primary stage is a condensed common season with a single round-robin of best-of-one matches, adopted by a bunch stage that may see eight groups battle in two teams. The group stage contains a best-of-three collection format with a double-elimination bracket.
The highest 4 groups from that stage will then compete in one other double-elimination playoff bracket to determine the season’s champion.