donk says he hates breaks as Spirit beat FlyQuest in first game for a month

Spirit looked refreshed after skipping IEM Melbourne but their star player didn't need a rest.

Spirit have earned victory over FlyQuest in their first match since March 29.

"I hate it," Danil "⁠donk⁠" Kryshkovets told the broadcast when asked about Spirit's decision to skip IEM Melbourne. "I want to play all the tournaments. But the team is five people, it can't be like 'let's play all the tournaments' because my guys can feel bad, and me as well."

Spirit are the only favorite for BLAST Rivals who did not play in Australia, and are hoping to make the most of more practice time and a lack of jetlag.

They certainly came fast out of the blocks against FlyQuest as they dominated Mirage 13-2, but there was more of a challenge from an Joshua "⁠INS⁠" Potter-inspired FlyQuest in a 22-round affair on map two.

donk and sh1ro combine for 47 kills in 15 rounds on map one

Mirage was an absolute playground for donk and Dmitry "⁠sh1ro⁠" Sokolov, the duo combining for 47 kills, 288.1 ADR, and +22.4 round swing (donk +13.2, sh1ro +9.2).

It's an ominous warning to the rest of the field, even if Nuke was a less convincing affair.

"We made a lot of mistakes on Mirage," INS told the desk post-game. "We were feeding the AWP a bit, playing contact a lot."

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Mirage
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Nuke
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 Spirit K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.1
45 - 25 +9.12% 118.0 75.7% 1.76
34 - 18 +6.15% 85.8 91.9% 1.55
37 - 19 +3.84% 91.5 78.4% 1.54
19 - 23 +1.31% 74.3 78.4% 0.98
16 - 23 -4.51% 62.6 73.0% 0.82
 FlyQuest K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.1
22 - 30 -0.53% 76.9 73.0% 1.04
25 - 31 -2.06% 73.1 70.3% 0.93
20 - 31 -4.71% 61.8 67.6% 0.75
19 - 31 -4.59% 61.9 64.9% 0.72
22 - 29 -4.24% 63.4 51.4% 0.67
Australia Joshua 'INS' Potter
Joshua 'INS' Potter
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
1308
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.65
Russia Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov
Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.22
Maps played:
1292
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.54
Russia Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets
Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets
Age:
18
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.24
Maps played:
571
KPR:
0.86
DPR:
0.67
#1
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Paraguay LifeHater
I too would hate them
2025-04-30 12:42
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name checks out
2025-04-30 12:42
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good name
2025-04-30 12:44
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Bum org burning time off his peaks
2025-04-30 12:43
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#7
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Russia i0n1x
someone was ill. what org has to do with it
2025-04-30 12:46
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#10
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Estonia LfLion
its been like that even before this lineup, spirit attending few tournaments every year lol, i guess last year was most active one for them for ages
2025-04-30 12:52
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Russia i0n1x
?? before that lineup they were tier 2 team and didnt get the invites.
2025-04-30 13:12
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they weren't a partner team to blast and esl as far as I remember, so they couldn't play a lot of tourneys
2025-04-30 14:33
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#29
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Russia i0n1x
wut?
2025-04-30 14:29
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typo + even before VRS they weren't a pertner team despite reaching semifinals in stockholm
2025-04-30 14:34
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No VRS back then
2025-04-30 14:17
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#36
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Russia awiioqe
I think I saw it somewhere, but staff or hally said, that spirit cares about players mental health and they give an example from last major, they also skipped one tournament to play blast and after major which they won my point is, they doing same thing rn which they did for last major + someone was ill
2025-04-30 21:38
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Other orgs usually have a stand-in, and i would argue they probably have the best stand-in in the world on spirit acadamy.
2025-04-30 14:23
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#28
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Russia i0n1x
do other orgs have to get visa as well?
2025-04-30 14:38
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Everyone need a visa to travel to Australia. It's just a difference in the efficency and approval time.
2025-04-30 15:52
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1 reply
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Russia i0n1x
so its basically impossible to have a stand-in in australia if you dont have time and that's what happened.
2025-04-30 16:23
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baby goat
2025-04-30 12:44
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There can only be one baby goat and it's not donk lil bro
2025-04-30 13:12
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Apex?
2025-04-30 13:20
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3 replies
mayo
2025-04-30 13:20
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MaiL09
2025-04-30 13:21
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kyousuke
2025-04-30 13:21
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#35
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Denmark newkleer
cadiaN?
2025-04-30 21:20
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#38
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Fiji uho
Toddler GoaT then
2025-04-30 22:22
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Goat things
2025-04-30 12:49
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Estonia LfLion
imo its always been an issue for spirit, they play really low amount of tournaments, even when there was no donk before
2025-04-30 12:52
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number 1
2025-04-30 12:53
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#12
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
kinkybdsm | 
Other MissingN0
The actual goat
2025-04-30 12:53
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Leave this lousy team then
2025-04-30 13:10
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#21
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Sweden Vrede
zywoo top 1
2025-04-30 13:24
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#22
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Israel mcnamaras_EEEdiots
zontix cannot live off of olivier salad alone, give the man more nutrients
2025-04-30 14:14
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-whoever wanted break +kyousuke easy fix maybe
2025-04-30 14:15
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Algeria SilverQuick
It's sad Spirit didn't attend Melbourne.
2025-04-30 14:17
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bro had been longing to farm tier 2 and ghost in playoffs.
2025-04-30 14:32
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donk to falcons confirmed
2025-04-30 14:35
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Interesting how magixx isn't even mentioned in the article when his rating is neck and neck with sh1ro's. He was clearly instrumental in that Nuke win.
2025-04-30 22:19
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Donk in falcons
2025-05-02 17:07
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