Vitality is Danil “donk” Kryshkovets’ least favourite team to face on the server – at least if you go by the numbers.
The Russian prodigy has shattered a myriad of records, dominated elite opposition, and single-handedly dismantled top-tier teams – but against Dan “apEX” Madesclaire’s Vitality, he seems to struggle.
Yesterday’s grand final at IEM Katowice was no exception.
The game plan
So what exactly is Vitality doing right against CS’s newest superstar?
That’s something their own Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut touched on in a post-match interview with HLTV, explaining that neutralizing donk is all about limiting his space and denying him confidence.
– I think we are just using nades. If you leave him too much space, when you give him too many 1v1s, he will kill you, that’s why he’s one of the best for now. But if you play together as a team and you don’t leave him any space, you trade, he cannot do what he’s doing, so that’s our gameplay.
– Also, in terms of ecos, you don’t give him anything so that you don’t give him confidence. And we are doing that with almost all star players, do not give them confidence, and we just did that today, ZywOo described.
donk’s rating against Top 5 teams:
donk after the final
donk also gave a post-match interview after yesterday’s 0-3 loss in the legendary Spodek arena. Here the 17-year-old explained what he believed went wrong:
“Everything.”
