Fnatic Embrace New Meta with Modified Roster

It’s an interesting time for professional League of Legends, with so many new Champions making their appearance across the map. We’ve seen that more traditional AD Carries have been left behind, so to speak, as the rise of bruisers in the bot lane dominates the Meta. A lot of teams have been working to incorporate these picks into their game plans, however defending EU LCS champions Fnatic have gone a step further, and benched star AD Carry Martin "Rekkles" Larsson in favor of their secondary top laner Gabriël "Bwipo" Rau.

Their clash against H2K didn’t start the best, with H2K picking up the first objective of the match when they secured the Dragon. Fnatic were quick to fire back however, as they claimed first blood shortly after. The teams continued to trade kills and objectives for a time, before Fnatic turned up the heat with back-to-back team fights that left H2K completely on the back foot. With the momentum now in their favor, Fnatic were able to throw their weight around the map, picking up more objectives and kills as they extended their lead.

It very quickly became apparent that Fnatic had complete control over this game as they continued to dominate H2K in both map rotations and team fights, ultimately ending the game at 27 minutes with a gold lead of almost 20k. While this strategy of subbing Bwipo in for Rekkles certainly paid off for now, the implications of the roster swap are slightly troubling, as we may end up seeing other talented AD Carry players left behind in the current Meta. For more League of Legends news, check out the announcement of the Red Bull All-Stars Tournament, here.