donk.

We could just end the story there, really. The kid is the talk of the town, and for very good reason.

Team Spirit were the first team qualified to the Spodek, in large parts because their progression game finished so absurdly quickly. donk absolutely fried NAVI twice on maps one and three to give them a 2-1 win, then blitzed Complexity en route to his first Spodek appearance.

And it was remarkably… easy?

We had to double-check to make sure that Spirit had actually qualified, because it was so easy. donk was rarely even challenged - even if Grim said that ELiGE was better - and the rest of the team backed him up.

Over five maps, donk has a rating of 1.55. That’s a one, and then two fives! Admittedly, m0NESY and acoR have a higher rating, but they’ve only played one series so far. donk picked up seven multi-kills in the first half against Complexity. He multi-killed more than he didn’t.

He’s freakishly good - and now he has a chance to prove it in front of a crowd.

In fact, with some of the other results at this event, Spirit kind of look like they might be the best team here. Keep it under your hat, but Vitality are wobbling and FaZe are fallible.

sh1ro and donk have a chance to completely take over.

We don’t really know who is going to finally stop donk. Every potential speed bump seems to be more like a boost pad, and he gets even stronger every time it seems like he might be stopped.

He’s like the Gremlin Nob from Slay the Spire. Every time you try and stop him, he just gets more powerful. We’re sure that reference will hit for 90% of you.

Spirit face FaZe tomorrow for a semi-finals berth - but more importantly, the title of best team in the world for the next… two days, or something.