Donk on NiKo besting him one-on-one: "I know why but I won't say" Interview
2024-11-01 23:44:00Team Spirit star Danil "donk" Kryshkovets claims he knows why Nikola "NiKo" Kovac usually beats him in CS2. In a pre-match interview against G2 Esports at BLAST World Final, the young rifler said he won't reveal the reason but implied it's related to teamwork.
NiKo is one of the best players in CS history. I don't know what to say. It's NiKo, everyone knows him. I watched his games a lot. It is an ordinary practice for players who want to become better: To watch the best.
[Do you know why NiKo beats you in head-to-head duels?] Yeah, but I won't say why. [Is it a mental thing? Are you worried or scared?] No, not really. It's about the team, I guess.
At the end of the interview, donk confidently claimed that he is going to break this narrative. BLAST highlighted the history of their matchup before the match. NiKo killed the Russian rifler way more often: 50 times against 21 across 2024.
After that interview, Team Spirit proceeded to lose to G2 Esports with a score of 2:0. Donk showed a much better performance than NiKo on both maps, being best by rating across all ten players both times, but that was not enough to overpower Spirit's opponents.
