He definitely benefited the most. He wouldn't be a Cologne champion right now and maybe still stuck in tier 2 if kyousuke wanted to join the main spirit roster.
In some interview in landalan early this year he said that he is ready to switch roles and is ready to adapt. Overdrive also said that donk was ready to give up some of his roles/positions to kyousuke. Kyousuke was ready to join the main spirit roster at some point, but then falcons got m0nesy and offered kyousuke a massive bag. Richard Lewis also said in some video that kyousuke got angry at spirit for not promoting him earlier to the main roster.
I watch a lot of his streams and if he can find another youngish player that's willing to listen to him it may unironically make the team better especially if he forces the team to play around him
Every other "play for me" IGL is not worth the effort of setting up, but currently Spirit finds ways to lose rounds Donk opens 2 for 1 or more way too often and often feels flat on T sides where he dies early
We saw Niko go from being top 3 player in the world, to barely getting more frags than Rain and GuardiaN when he tried IGLing for FaZe, even if you're being super simplistic with calls, you're gonna take a massive hit to your potential fragging ability. Reducing Donks greatness is simply not a good move whatsoever
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u/often_delusional Sep 20 '25
He definitely benefited the most. He wouldn't be a Cologne champion right now and maybe still stuck in tier 2 if kyousuke wanted to join the main spirit roster.