2024 has started with an insane run from Danil "donk" Kryshkovets, who has taken the Counter-Strike world by storm. The 18-year-old Team Spirit player is leading the ratings with a considerable margin after the first part of 2024.

You can see the list of the best players in CS2 down below.

Ranking filter: (min. 100 maps - top 50 teams)

Highest-rated CS2 players of 2024: (Updated 11th of October 2024)

1. {cflag:RU} Danil "donk" Kryshkovets – 1.39 rating (119 maps)

2. {cflag:FR} Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut – 1.37 rating (119 maps)

3. {cflag:RU} Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov – 1.31 rating (151 maps)

4. {cflag:TR} İsmailсan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş – 1.22 rating (139 maps)

5. {cflag:RU} Dmitriy "sh1ro" Sokolov - 1.22 rating (124 maps)

6. {cflag:GT} Mario "malbsMd" Samayoa - 1.21 rating (112 maps)

7. {cflag:DK} Benjamin "blameF" Bremer - 1.20 rating (106 maps)

8. {cflag:BA} Nikola "NiKo" Kovač - 1.19 rating (154 maps)

9. {cflag:BR} Felipe "insani" Yuji - 1.18 rating (145 maps) 

10. {cflag:BR} Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato - 1.18 rating (130 maps)

11. {cflag:SK} David "frozen" Čerňanský - 1.17 rating (155 maps)

12. {cflag:US} Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski - 1.17 rating (114 maps)

16. {cflag:FI} Jimi 'Jimpphat' Salo – 1.17 rating (119 maps)

17. {cflag:LV} Helvijs "broky" Saukants - 1.16 rating (155 maps)

21. {cflag:CA} Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken - 1.16 rating (139 maps)

63. {cflag:DK} Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz – 1.10 rating (115 maps)

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Vitality and Natus Vincere made it through the group stage with three straight wins to put them directly into the Semi-Finals on Saturday in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne. However, when looking at the top performers of the tournament so far, G2 sticks out despite their opening loss against SAW. In the lower bracket, G2 completely annihilated their opponents to secure a Quarter-Final spot in Cologne. Mario "malbsMd" Samayoa is one of the two new members on the roster, and looking at the stats for the tournament so far, it looks like a very good move by the management of G2.

Here are the 10 best performers in the group stage of IEM Cologne 2024:

1. {cflag:BA} Nikola “NiKo” Kovač (G2) – 1.44 rating (9 maps)

2. {cflag:RO} Mihai "iM" Ivan (Natus Vincere) – 1.43 rating (7 maps)

3. {cflag:UA} Valerij "b1t" Vakhovsjkyj (Natus Vincere) – 1.42 rating (7 maps)

4. {cflag:RU} Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov (G2) – 1.39 rating (9 maps)

5. {cflag:GT} Mario "malbsMd" Samayoa (G2) – 1.38 rating (9 maps)

6. {cflag:LT} Justinas "jL" Lekavičius (Natus Vincere) – 1.35 rating (7 maps)

7. {cflag:BA} Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač (G2) – 1.33 rating (9 maps)

8. {cflag:PL} Roland "ultimate" Tomkowiak (Liquid) – 1.30 rating (9 maps)

9. {cflag:IL} Shahar "flameZ" Shushan (Vitality) – 1.29 rating (7 maps)

10. {cflag:FR} Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut (Vitality) – 1.28 rating (7 maps)

You can read more about the tournament, results and schedules on our [link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/news/everything-need-know-about-iem-cologne-2024","isNewTab":true,"text":"tournament page"}].

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The first tournament following the summer player break has provided some insight into what we can expect in top-tier Counter-Strike in the coming months. Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov and Danil "donk" Kryshkovets continued their dominance in 2024, helping G2 and Team Spirit secure spots in the BLAST Fall Finals.

In Group D, Team Liquid triumphed over the reigning Major Champions from Natus Vincere twice, earning their place in the Fall Finals. This marks a perfect start for Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken, who debuted as an in-game leader with an impressive 1.20 rating over the eight maps it took for Liquid to top their group.

In Group B, Vitality and Astralis emerged as the strongest teams. The two rivals clashed twice, with Vitality winning both encounters to claim the group victory. Astralis, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Complexity, and Natus Vincere then competed in the 5th-6th place decider matches, where NAVI and Astralis secured victories against Complexity and NiP, respectively.

The BLAST Premier Fall Showdown event starts on August 21st, where two more teams will earn the final spots for the BLAST Fall Finals.

1-4th: Liquid, G2, Vitality, Spirit (Qualified for BLAST Fall Finals)

5-6th: Natus Vincere, Astralis (Qualified for BLAST Fall Finals)

7-8th: Complexity, Ninjas in Pyjamas (BLAST Fall Showdown)

9-12th: BIG, FaZe, Falcons, HEROIC (BLAST Fall Showdown)

13-16th: Virtus.pro, Cloud9, GamerLegion, OG (BLAST Fall Showdown)

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G2 is off to a good start with their new lineup. At the Esports World Cup tournament in Saudi Arabia, G2 is ready for the Semi-Finals after a 2-1 win against Spirit.

The match between the two sides was anticipated by the fans who were eager to see the first head-to-head battle between the two brightest young stars in the CS2 era, Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov and Danil "donk" Kryshkovets.

It was however none of the two that ended up stealing the limelight. Instead, Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač and Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač proved their worth with excellent performances. G2 could have ended the match in two maps but failed to edge out Spirit on Nuke. But on the third map of Ancient, G2 brutally shut down Spirit and especially Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets, who left the server with a 0.54 rating on Ancient.

G2 can now await today’s remaining Quarter-Finals to see, which opponent they will face on Saturday in Riyadh.

The Quarter-Finals of IEM Chengdu are set to kick off this Friday morning, with Virtus.pro, G2, Liquid, and FaZe vying for a coveted spot in the Semi-Finals. Meanwhile, MOUZ and Astralis have already secured their places in the next stage.

Both MOUZ and Astralis exhibited dominance in their group finals, clinching their spots in the Semi-Finals with 2-0 victories. Astralis asserted their superiority over Virtus.pro by convincingly triumphing on both Overpass and Vertigo. On the other hand, MOUZ faced a tougher challenge against Liquid, needing all 24 rounds on Inferno to snatch away Liquid’s map pick before sealing the deal with a 13-6 win on Mirage.

G2 and FaZe, however, had to battle through the lower bracket to secure their spots in the playoffs. FaZe dispatched FlyQuest with a resounding 13-4, 13-10 victory, while G2, led by the stellar performance of Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov overcame Heroic with scores of 13-10, 16-13. On the last map of Nuke, Heroic came close to stealing a map back, but in overtime, G2 settled the score with a perfect CT side.

The competition resumes on Friday morning with high stakes, as the tournament boasts a prize pool of $100,000 awaiting the eventual winner.

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For your service, we've put together a list of the best players at the tournament.

1. {cflag:RU} Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov (G2) - 1.37 (14 maps)

2. {cflag:RU} Danil “donk” Kryshkovets (Spirit) – 1.35 (8 maps)

3. {cflag:SE} Ludvig “Brollan” Brolin (MOUZ) – 1.30 (6 maps)

4. {cflag:HU} Ádám “torzsi” Torzsás (MOUZ) – 1.27 (6 maps)

5. {cflag:RU} Sergey “Ax1Le” Rykhtorov (Cloud9) – 1.27 (8 maps)

6. {cflag:TR} İsmailсan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş (Eternal Fire) - 1.25 rating (8 maps)

7. {cflag:LT} Justinas "jL" Lekavicius (NAVI) - 1.22 (18 maps)

8. {cflag:LV} Helvijs "broky" Saukants (FaZe) - 1.21 (17 maps)

9. {cflag:FI} Jimi “Jimpphat” Salo (MOUZ) – 1.21 (6 maps)

10. {cflag:RU} Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov (Spirit) – 1.19 (8 maps)

{cflag:IL} Lotan “Spinx” Giladi (Vitality) – 1.16 (11 maps)

{cflag:RU} Dzhami “Jame” Ali (Virtus.pro) – 1.16 (9 maps)

{cflag:BR} Rodrigo “biguzera” Bittencourt (paiN) – 1.15 (9 maps)

{cflag:FR} Mathieu ”ZywOo” Herbaut (Vitality) – 1.14 (11 maps)

{cflag:DK} Nico "nicoodoz" Tamjidi (Heroic) - 1.08 (5 maps) - Highest-ranked Dane

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In a match that became much more intense and thrilling then expected, G2 survived another day at the PGL Copenhagen Major after winning 2-1 against ECSTATIC sending the only full Danish lineup at the tournament out of the tournament.

After three dominant halves for G2, the match took a dramatic turn in the second half in the heights of Vertigo, as ECSTATIC swung the match around in their favor winning the map 13-11. Before that, we had seen G2’s Dane, Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen loudly and taunting his countrymen while G2 was cruising, but that quickly changed with the turn of events.

It all got tense and challenging for G2 on Anubis, where ECSTATIC found themselves 4-0 up before a certain Russian AWP’er stepped up. Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov broke the Danes in consecutive rounds to make another twist to the tale and send G2 on a winning spree claiming all eight remaining rounds of the first half.

After the break ECSTATIC once again found momentum, but they had already lost too many rounds in the first half to complete another remarkable comeback in the match. G2 won 13-8 and is now ready for the last day of qualifiers tomorrow, where the last six teams alive in the Elimination Stage will fight for three tickets for the Playoff Stage.

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Will Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut be named the best player of the year once again in 2024? The Frenchman won the award last year without any real competition. But this year might be different. Both Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov and Danil "donk" Kryshkovets have started the year on such a high note, that it actually seems possible, that ZywOo’s status as the best player in the world could be challenged.

On top of the ratings sits Danil "donk" Kryshkovets. The 17-year-old Team Spirit player is flying high and have only lost one match with his team so far in 2024. An insane 1.61 rating on 12 maps against top 50 teams in the world is a staggering level to start the year on for the young prodigy, who has already been compared with the rise of Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut.

Another Russian player, who has been unstoppable in 2024 is Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov. The G2 AWP’er is rated at 1.45 for 14 maps. He has the biggest positive difference for Kill-Deaths with +117 so far. The 18-year-old star player was highlighted by his teammate Nikola “NiKo” Kovač as a potential number 1 in the world, and has certainly done everything in his power to prove him right.

Despite a shaky start to 2024 for Team Vitality with six maps lost out of 14 played, Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut is still not far away from his two Russian counterparts. With an incredible 1.42 rating, ZywOo has started the year in a similar fashion as 2023. We have seen the longevity and consistency of the performances of the Frenchman, so the big question is if donk and m0NESY can follow suit.

Best players of 2024 (top 50 ranking filter, min. 10 maps played)

1. {cflag:RU} Danil "donk" Kryshkovets (Team Spirit) – 1.61 rating

2. {cflag:RU} Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov (G2) – 1.45 rating

3. {cflag:FR} Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut (Team Vitality) – 1.42 rating

4. {cflag:SE} Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson (Fnatic) – 1.29 rating

5. {cflag:TR} İsmailсan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş (Eternal Fire) – 1.28 rating

6. {cflag:ES} Antonio "MartinezSa" Martinez (9z) – 1.25 rating

7. {cflag:FR} Aurélien "afro" Drapier (Fnatic) – 1.24 rating

8. {cflag:RU} Dmitriy "sh1ro" Sokolov (Spirit) – 1.22 rating

9. {cflag:US} Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski (Complexity) – 1.21 rating

9. {cflag:TR} Ali "Wicadia" Haydar Yalçın (Eternal Fire) – 1.21 rating

9. {cflag:TR} Özgür "woxic" Eker (Eternal Fire) - 1.21 rating

9. {cflag:RU} Denis "electroNic" Sharipov (Cloud9) – 1.21 rating

9. {cflag:CA} Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken (Liquid) - 1.21 rating

9. {cflag:UA} Ihor "w0nderful" Zhdanov (NAVI) – 1.21 rating

Two teenagers have performed lights out at the start of the year. See the highest-rated players of 2024 so far

The 2024 LAN season has been kicked off in Copenhagen with BLAST Spring Groups. Here G2 got off to a good start with a solid 2-0 win against Ninjas in Pyjamas. Once again it was the duo of Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov and Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač who were the driving force behind G2’s success with the Russian AWP’er flying high with an incredible 2.01 rating on the first map of Vertigo.

Perhaps a sign to come for the new season, where G2 will look to repeat the impressive wins at IEM Katowice and IEM Cologne in 2023. 18-year-old Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov was ranked 4th on HLTV’s list of the best players of 2023, while 26-year-old Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač came in second. But perhaps this will be the last year, where NiKo is ranked higher than his Russian teammate.

In Copenhagen before the start of BLAST Spring Groups, Pley.gg spoke with Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač about his second-place finish, and how he sees the possibility of him finally winning the award as the best player in the world after being placed in the top 5 six times.

- I was pretty close in 2017, where I had a real shot at winning it back then. It would be nice to win it, but it’s really hard with having ZywOo in the game and if s1mple comes back at his level. But I also think that slowly m0NESY will become the best player of G2. It’s only a matter of time.

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“I’m maybe not a perfect role model“

When speaking about Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov, it is evident that NiKo has a great amount of respect for the young player, who in the world of Counter-Strike belongs to a different generation of players.

- I try to help him as much as I can. Not just inside the game, I think he doesn’t need that much, he has been pretty good since he joined, but I try to guide him outside of the game on some things. I’m maybe not a perfect role model, but I am trying to help him as much as I can with the experience that I have, NiKo explains.

This is the third season that Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov is playing with NiKo and G2 after he joined the team back in January 2022. He was named Rookie of the Year in his first year at the team which concluded with an MVP award for the BLAST World Finals win in 2022. Since then G2 also won IEM Katowice and IEM Cologne in 2023.

With the dominance of Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut and Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyljev's hiatus from competitive Counter-Strike, it looks difficult to see anyone fighting the Frenchman for the award as the best player of 2024. But it might be worth keeping an eye on the development of G2’s young AWP’er according to his Bosnian teammate.

- I think his potential is unquestionable. Everyone can see what he is capable of. Iliya probably needs a little more time, but I think we can see his development. For two years now he has been in the top 7 and now top 4, so I don’t see him going backwards. He is going to keep growing and developing himself, so I see him becoming one of the best players for sure and probably contesting ZywOo and s1mple as well. It’s just a matter of time, NiKo says before pointing at some of m0NESY’s traits that can take him to the top. 

- He has everything you need. He has the work ethic as well. He just wants to grind the game all the time and wants to learn. He is also very hungry. He gets very emotional when he doesn’t win something he thinks he should, so he puts extra hours in as well. So, I do not doubt that he will get where he belongs, Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač concludes. 

G2 will face the winner of Complexity vs NAVI in the next round of BLAST Premier Spring Groups.

2023 was the year where CS:GO was replaced by CS2 during the year, that otherwise were dominated by teams such as Team Vitality, FaZe, and G2.

Player-wise the story of the year was the decline of Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyljev, who ended the year by taking a pause from the game after the release of CS2. Despite a drop in performance from the Ukrainian, s1mple is still ranked in the top 10 players of the year. A testament to the insane levels that the NAVI players have shown in the past years.

Another revelation of 2023 was the emergence of the 16-year-old Danil "donk" Kryshkovets. In the summer of 2023, donk was promoted to the first team of Team Spirit, and has since been dominating CS2. 2024 looks promising for the Russian roster, who got Dmitriy "sh1ro" Sokolov onboard at the end of the year. With two players in the top 3 of the best-performing players of 2023, Team Spirit will have high hopes for the new year.

Highest-rated players of 2023 (Ranking Filter: Top 30 teams - min. 50 maps played):

1. {cflag:FR} Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut (Team Vitality) - 1.30 rating (133 maps) +829 K-D difference

2. {cflag:RU} Danil "donk" Kryshkovets (Team Spirit) - 1.29 rating (82 maps) +372 K-D difference

3. {cflag:RU} Dmitriy "sh1ro" Sokolov (Cloud9/Team Spirit) - 1.22 rating (135 maps) +777 K-D difference

4. {cflag:DK} Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz (Astralis) - 1.21 rating (130 maps) +582 K-D difference

5. {cflag:TR} İsmailсan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş (Eternal Fire) - 1.20 rating (109 maps) +238 K-D difference

6. {cflag:DK} Benjamin "blameF" Bremer (Astralis) - 1.19 rating (130 maps) +480 K-D difference

7. {cflag:SK} David "frozen" Čerňanský (MOUZ/FaZe) - 1.19 rating (127 maps) +464 K-D difference

8. {cflag:BA} Nikola "NiKo" Kovač (G2) - 1.18 rating (129 maps) +359 K-D difference

9. {cflag:RU} Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov (G2) - 1.18 rating (129 maps) +498 K-D difference

10. {cflag:UA} Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyljev (NAVI) - 1.17 rating (105 maps) +401 K-D difference

Also rated 1.17 in 2023: KSCERATO, Spinx, Jame, deko

Team Vitality was the highest-rated team during 2023 with a 1.11 rating, with Virtus.pro, Natus Vincere, FaZe, Heroic, Monte, and Astralis being the closest competitors rating-wise.

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There are few events as prominent and famous as IEM Cologne. Known to be the "Cathedral of Counter-Strike", the German city called Cologne has housed some of the greatest CS:GO events of all time. IEM Cologne 2023 was no different. Having reached a conclusion on August 6th, IEM Cologne 2023 did not fail to produce some amazing highlights. 

From Astralis besting their countrymen of Heroic, to "m0NESY" reminding everyone of just how talented he is with the 'big green', IEM Cologne 2023 was pack-filled with CS:GO when it is absolute best. 

Whilst we are waiting for tier-one CS:GO to continue, with ESL Pro League S18 beginning in 20 days, let's take a look at some of the best moments and craziest highlights from the playoffs of the just-finished IEM Cologne 2023 event. 

The last ever CS:GO tournament in the “Cathedral of Counter-Strike” in Cologne got a fitting ending with one of the all-time greats finally getting his hands on the coveted trophy. Even though Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač never got to win a CS:GO Major, the 26-year-old Bosnian ends the CS:GO era on a high winning both IEM Katowice and IEM Cologne in the final year of the game.

Against ENCE in the Grand Final in front of a sold-out attendance in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, it was G2 and NiKo who took control out of the gate. Nuke was over almost before it had begun with G2 wiping out ENCE winning their opponents map pick 16-4.

On Mirage ENCE came back to put up a fight, but unfortunately it only lasted the first half. On ENCE’s T-side they kept running into Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov sniper riffle, who took down 18 players during the map leaving Snappi and his men in dire straits. A 16-10 loss left the audience in the Lanxess Arena wondering, if the bo5 match would only deliver three maps.

But on Anubis ENCE finally got their T-side to work. At 15-8 it seemed inevitable that we needed a fourth map in play, but G2 almost caught up on ENCE, who survived the scare winning 16-13.

Ancient ended out being the last map played in the Grand Final with G2 defeating ENCE 16-9 after an excellent second half, where m0NESY and NiKo played lights out to secure G2 the title in Cologne and the nice $400.000 that goes along with it. 

G2 – ENCE 3-1 (IEM Cologne 2023 – Grand Final)

Nuke: 16-4, Mirage: 16-10, Anubis: 13-16, Ancient: 16-9

MVP: {cflag:BA} Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač – 1.49 rating

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Order seems to have been restored at the top of CS:GO. After the upset-galore Major in Paris, it is the big and established teams that are dominating IEM Cologne 2023.

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Alongside them, it is also prolific players such as device, ZywOo, and m0NESY, that are among the best-performing players at the event. Most notable is Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz. The Astralis AWP'er features on almost all of the important leaderboards after the group stage. You can see them here below.

KAST (Percentage of rounds in which the player either had a kill, assist, survived or was traded):

IEM Cologne will continue on Friday with the Quarter-Finals of the event.

Who has been the best AWPer so far during the 2023 season? (Updated 5/6)

Let’s take a look at the numbers and statistics of all the players carrying around the “big green” at the very top of the game. Down below you’ll find a list of the most important AWP stats.

We at Pley.gg have made out own leaderboard giving the players points for their placements, in the end, you'll find the overall score to see who ends on top. The leaderboard works as follows: 1st place = 5 points / 2nd = 4 points / 3rd = 3 points / 4th = 2 points / 5th = 1 point

Rating (Against top 30 teams - min. 25 maps)

{cflag:FR} 1. ZywOo (Vitality) | 1.36 (62 maps)

{cflag:RU} 2. sh1ro (Cloud9) | 1.25 (84 maps)

{cflag:DK} 3. device (Astralis) | 1.24 (67 maps)

{cflag:UA} 4. s1mple (NAVI) | 1.19 (62 maps)

{cflag:RU} 5. m0NESY (G2) | 1.18 (55 maps)

{cflag:ES} 2. Martinez (Movistar Riders) | 0.43

{cflag:ES} 1. Martinez (Movistar Riders) | 67.7%

{cflag:ES} 4. Martinez (Movistar Riders) | 9

{cflag:RO} 11. regali (Copenhagen Flames) | 2

How closely did you follow the transfer market in competitive Counter-Strike in 2022? 

That's something you can put to the test in today's quiz which consists of a range of questions surrounding transfer and roster moves within top-tier CS:GO. 

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It does not look like CS:GO will lack great and powerful AWPers in the future with the arrival of numerous top talents throughout the last couple of years. Something the legendary and four-time Major winner Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz also has noted.

As the guest in the most recent [link:{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsdE3aetwFU&t","isNewTab":true,"text":"episode "}]of HLTV Confirmed, dev1ce praises the new generation of AWPers, where he also pin-points what they are doing so good these days and what aspects he’s yet to master himself.

- I think m0NESY is going to be one of the greatest that’s ever touched Counter-Strike. His mechanical skills are absurd and a bit cleaner than what you see with s1mple, where s1mple just has more flair, dev1ce stated. 

- s1mple does impossible things, m0NESY does that as well, but it’s kind of different with the mouse movement because of the difference in mouse sensitivity… but m0NESY is for me the next big, big, big player.

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m0NESY, G2's new talisman, gets a lot of honouring words from dev1ce

dev1ce then continues to highlight a young trio of snipers as well.

- degster still has something to learn but he’s also really, really good. Like there are so many CIS AWPers that is good – you can just go through the list of deko and so on, who supposedly is not a very friendly player to play with.

- broky and sh1ro as well. They fit perfectly into their teams and these two are specially very good at trade fragging with the AWP when you execute. That’s something that’s really hard for me, like quick zoom and trade fragging, and is something that I’m working on which is quite new.

When asked Zvonimir “Professeur” Burazin about what makes these new top-tier AWPer stand out, the Astralis superstar quickly points towards one specific aspect; Clutching.

- One common thing is the clutch factor. I think that’s something you’ve seen more and more with AWPers - It has been there with FalleN and others previously - But now you’re thrown into clutches a lot more as an AWPer because you set your team up for executes. 

- Especially broky, m0NESY, and degster. You can just see the highlight reel when you say their name in the clutch situations, dev1ce said. 

You can watch the entire HLTV Confirmed episode down below.

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