Group Falcons participant Nikola ‘NiKo‘ Kovač believes that the organisation’s Counter-Strike 2 roster has but to achieve its peak following a powerful second half of 2025.
NiKo On Becoming a member of Group Falcons
Through the interview, NiKo sheds gentle on a variety of subjects, together with his departure from G2 Esports in January 2025. He reveals that the organisation started negotiations previous to IEM Sydney 2023, earlier than deciding to hitch over a yr later, following the Shanghai Main.
“I feel at first I mentioned sure as a result of it felt like G2 didn’t present a lot curiosity in holding me on the crew. That sort of damage me and pushed me into saying sure to Falcons,” revealed NiKo within the interview.
In April 2025, NiKo reunited with former G2 Esports teammate Ilya ‘m0NESY‘ Osipov, whereas Maxim ‘kyousuke’ Lukin arrived from Group Spirit‘s academy roster in June. The signing of kyousuke led to a change of roles inside the Group Falcons line-up, with NiKo transitioning to a extra supportive position to accommodate kyousuke’s high-impact fashion of play.
“I’ll do every part I can for the crew to succeed,” continued NiKo. “This was the one motive I made a decision to step away and provides it to Maksim, as a result of I really feel this may give us a better probability to win trophies.”
All through the 2025 season, Group Falcons got here near lifting the trophy at high-profile occasions, ending second at 5 Tier 1 tournaments. The crew managed to win one title during the last 12 months, securing victory at PGL Bucharest 2025.
2026 Expectations
Having narrowly missed out on victory on a number of events through the second half of 2025, Group Falcons has cemented its place as certainly one of a number of groups able to contending for victory at any given second.
“I might say that is the crew that may obtain loads,” concluded NiKo. “I feel we’ve been making good progress since IEM Cologne. We now have been displaying some constant and high quality CS. Now it’s about taking it to the subsequent stage.”
Group Falcons begins its 2026 marketing campaign at BLAST Bounty Season 1, the place it takes on ECSTATIC within the spherical of 32.
