donk says BLAST Rivals will show if Spirit overcame their crisis

Team Spirit’s donk (Danil Kryshkovets) said the team prepared for BLAST Rivals Fall 2026 by working on the mental side rather than on individual form, Cybersport.ru reported on Nov. 11.

Five days is not enough to fix anything globally in the game, donk said, so the preparation leaned toward psychology. The question was how the team handles the drop from finishing as finalists at the first three tournaments of the season to failing to advance from a group. The aim, according to donk, was not to lose heart after such results given the team’s ambitions.

What the team talked about

According to donk, the players tried to discuss not how they used to win but what made them winners. Even in poor form, donk said, Spirit did not lose to teams that are weaker than them in class.

BLAST will show how the team got through the crisis and whether it drew the right conclusions, donk also said. The team played badly, and the outcome at PGL was deserved. The player added that Spirit came to BLAST to win.

How Spirit started

Cybersport.ru wrote that Spirit opened their BLAST Rivals Fall 2026 run with a win over FUT Esports. The outlet reported that the team lost one map of the series 13-0, which it said had never happened before in the club’s history.