Group Falcons AWPer Ilya ‘m0NESY’ Osipov says he’s nonetheless chasing consistency in 2026, however believes sharper late-round decision-making, stronger workforce prep, and a change to Logitech’s new SUPERSTRIKE mouse are already serving to elevate his recreation.
Regardless of boasting probably the most star-studded rosters in all of Counter-Strike 2, Falcons have struggled to transform their firepower into trophies.
And for m0NESY individually, regardless of being one among Counter-Strike’s most mechanically gifted gamers, the Russian sniper admitted his personal requirements stay larger. We caught up with the Falcons star earlier than the beginning of IEM Rio.
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“I’d say I nonetheless have inconsistency in my particular person kind. I do know the place I will be higher and I believe it’s an important,” he mentioned.
One of many criticisms pointed on the roster has been their mid-round decision-making, particularly in conditions the place they earn a person benefit, however lose out on account of over-aggressive peeks and an absence of buying and selling.
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“I used to be specializing in turning into stronger in mid rounds/late rounds. Principally, when you should decide as a workforce. I’ve large alternative to assist captain in these conditions and I believe I may give quite a lot of concepts.”
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This speaks to the truth that he’s now not the younger prodigy of the workforce – that’s now Maksim ‘kyuosuke’ Lukin. m0NESY prasied the 18-year-old’s fearless aggression as the most important standout since becoming a member of Falcons.
“He’s not afraid to take fights, make a distinction for the workforce, I prefer it. He has nice mechanics within the recreation.”
m0NESY on taking part in FACEIT and CS2’s reload nerf
So how precisely are Falcons fine-tuning their method behind the scenes? In accordance with m0NESY, the workforce’s work forward of IEM Rio was centered on fixing points from their earlier outing at BLAST Rotterdam, the place they have been eradicated by the hands of PARIVISION.
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“Coming to the IEM Rio we practiced on-line. I believe we obtained good kind total, we fastened errors from the earlier event and now now we have one other likelihood to show ourselves.”
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Some groups have reportedly restricted FACEIT to keep away from dangerous habits carrying into structured play, however m0NESY mentioned the stability in the end comes all the way down to team-wide belief and particular person kind. When requested if he thinks FACEIT is a profit or a hindrance, he defined:
“Oh, what a query. I imply, it’s our choice as a workforce and we are going to all respect it. If we predict it can enhance us as gamers, then we observe it.
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“However there needs to be room to maintain up your kind and you must spend a while taking part in it after all.”
As for Counter-Strike’s main reload change, m0NESY believes it can subtly reward self-discipline relatively than dramatically reshape the meta.
“[Overall], I’d say not dangerous. Some random spams gained’t occur typically, and folks will begin listening to their ammo increasingly more,” he defined, including that the M4A4 “will turn out to be stronger” on the CT aspect, even when the general professional recreation stays largely unchanged.
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m0NESY’s change to the Logitech G PRO X2 SUPERSTRIKE
Away from macro modifications, the Logitech G Professional X2 SUPERSTRIKE has been one other adjustment. After spending his profession on the Logitech G Professional X Superlight line, m0NESY mentioned the transition took time, however is now paying off in key duels.
“At the start, it was not simple for me to change. I performed my entire life on a G Professional superlight mouse,” he mentioned. “However from the second I began taking part in, I simply really feel extra clean within the recreation.”
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Logitech GHe pointed particularly to pistol rounds and AWP angle clearing as the most important beneficial properties.
“Pistols turned higher to simply goal/shoot. With AWP, while you search angles, I really feel comfy.”
For followers trying to mirror his setup, m0NESY’s present SUPERSTRIKE click on configuration sits at 5/4/5, with the Falcons star saying he merely prefers “extra intense clicks.”
His particular person efficiency at IEM Rio turned out to be one among his strongest of the 12 months to date, ending with a 1.48 HLTV ranking – a giant purpose they have been capable of lastly defeat Vitality in a detailed sequence.
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For the workforce everybody nonetheless has circled, m0NESY was clear on what separates matches in opposition to Vitality from each different check.
“You want confidence to play vs them like this. The choice-making needs to be on level each spherical, there is no such thing as a time to f**ok round.”
Though they managed to defeat the event favorites and eventual champions, Falcons fell within the semi-finals to Spirit – however, a brand new IGL in Karrigan is likely to be the ultimate piece of their puzzle.
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