Danil “donk” Kryshkovets is a Russian Counter-Strike 2 pro for Team Spirit — and this guide covers his latest donk CS2 settings plus the key moments that made him famous. He exploded onto the global stage at IEM Katowice 2024, where Spirit won the title and donk earned MVP with a record-tier performance.
Since then, he’s added Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 MVP, HLTV Player of the Year 2024, and an 11th HLTV MVP at PGL Astana 2026. Below you’ll find his current sensitivity (eDPI), crosshair code, viewmodel, and gear, plus what changes most often and how to copy the setup safely.
Contents
- 1 Quick facts about donk
- 2 Early life and first steps in Counter-Strike
- 3 Spirit Academy and promotion to Team Spirit
- 4 Career Timeline
- 5 Breakout at IEM Katowice 2024
- 6 From first Major disappointment to Shanghai Major MVP
- 7 HLTV Awards and individual achievements
- 8 donk CS2 Settings in 2026
- 9 Mouse Settings
- 10 Crosshair
- 11 Viewmodel
- 12 Donk’s Radar Settings
- 13 Donk’s HUD Settings
- 14 Video Settings
- 15 Monitor Settings BenQ ZOWIE XL2586X+
- 16 FAQ: donk CS2 settings (2026) — Updated May 2026
- 17 What are donk’s current CS2 settings (sensitivity, eDPI, crosshair, resolution)?
- 18 What sensitivity and eDPI does donk use in CS2?
- 19 What crosshair code does donk use in CS2?
- 20 What resolution and aspect ratio does donk use in CS2?
- 21 What monitor does donk use?
Quick facts about donk
| Fact | Detail |
| Real name | Danil Kryshkovets |
| Nickname | donk |
| Date of birth | January 25, 2007 |
| Age | 19, as of May 2026 |
| Country | Russia |
| Hometown | Tomsk |
| Team | Team Spirit |
| Role | Rifler / aggressive entry-style player |
| Major title | Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 |
| Major MVP | Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 |
| HLTV ranking | #1 in 2024; #2 in 2025 |
| Career HLTV MVPs | 11 as of PGL Astana 2026 |
Early life and first steps in Counter-Strike
The donk’s real name is Danil Kryshkovets, he was born in Tomsk, Russia, and discovered Counter-Strike through his older brother. Almost nothing is known about his childhood – the young man closed his VK account with privacy settings. His love for eSports was instilled by his elder brother, who played CS for the first time at 5 y.o. Thanks to this coincidence, the future star of Spirits has an account on Steam.
According to Danil, parents calmly accepted their son’s hobby of sitting at home playing computer. The boy got good grades at school, and then the hobby began to bring in the first money. Initially, Kryshkovets started his way with tournaments in his native Tomsk. In one of the photos, the 12-year-old poses with his first award certificate for a haircut.
Spirit Academy and promotion to Team Spirit
Aleksey “OverDrive” Biryukov played an important role in donk’s early path. After seeing his demos, OverDrive recommended him to Team Spirit’s academy project. donk joined the Spirit Academy system in 2021, when he was still only 14.
His first months in the academy were not an instant star takeover. He spent time watching, learning, and occasionally replacing teammates when needed. He finished the second half of 2021 with an average rating of 0.99 (1 is an average value; it allows you to understand whether an athlete is above or below average). Eventually, he was invited to the FPL FACEIT Pro League, where he became one of the youngest players ever.
In 2023, Team Spirit promoted donk to the main roster. The move immediately paid off. Spirit won CCT North Europe Series #6, his first tournament with the main team, and then won Dunav Party 2023, their first LAN event with him. Those results showed that his academy dominance could translate to senior competition.
Also, he was rumored to be recruited by Vitality in 2023, one of Europe’s biggest eSports franchises. But donk stayed with Spirit and earned a promotion to the main roster, along with two other academy players, zont1x and ArtFr0st.
Compare donk’s style to the all-time greats in The 5 Best Riflers in CS:GO History.
Career Timeline
| Year | Milestone | Why it matters |
| 2021 | Joined Team Spirit Academy | Started his structured path toward tier-one Counter-Strike. |
| 2023 | Promoted to Team Spirit main roster | Moved from prospect status into top-level competition. |
| 2023 | Won BetBoom Dacha Dubai MVP | Earned his first HLTV MVP and became one of the youngest players to win one. |
| 2024 | Won IEM Katowice 2024 MVP | Became the youngest HLTV MVP at a Big Event and tied the Big Event rating record with 1.70. |
| 2024 | Reached PGL Copenhagen Major playoffs | His first Major ended in a playoff loss to FaZe, but he still finished as Spirit’s standout player. |
| 2024 | Won BLAST Premier Spring Final MVP | Helped Spirit reach the top of both Valve and HLTV team rankings. |
| 2024 | Won Perfect World Shanghai Major and Major MVP | Became the youngest and highest-rated Major MVP in HLTV history. |
| 2024 | Named HLTV Player of the Year | Completed a historic first full tier-one season. |
| 2025 | Won several more Tier 1 MVPs | Proved 2024 was not a one-year spike. |
| 2025 | Finished #2 in HLTV Top 20 | Stayed among the world’s best players despite ZywOo taking #1. |
| 2026 | Won PGL Astana 2026 MVP | Reached 11 career HLTV MVPs and became the most awarded rifler in HLTV MVP history. |
Breakout at IEM Katowice 2024
IEM Katowice 2024 was the tournament that made donk impossible to ignore. On February 11, Team Spirit defeated FaZe Clan 3-0 in the grand final, and donk was named MVP after a performance that looked more like a highlight reel than a normal rookie showing. The team consisted of Danil “donk” Kryshkovets, Leonid “chopper” Vishnyakov, Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov, Boris “magixx” Vorobiev, and Miroslav “zont1x” Plakhotya. As a result of the competition, the guys shared $400,000 in prize money.
In Katowice, the Team Spirit members faced pressure from the stands – Polish fans periodically booed them. In an interview after the triumph, Kryshkovets talked about his goal to win the major and thanked the fans for their support on the Internet.
His 1.70 event rating tied the Big Event rating record previously set by NiKo in 2017. The number alone explains part of the hype, but the real shock was the way he reached it: constant aggression, confident entries, huge multi-kill rounds, and no visible fear against the best teams in the world.
From first Major disappointment to Shanghai Major MVP
At PGL Copenhagen 2024, Team Spirit reached the playoffs with a 3-0 run in the opening stage of their Major campaign, but lost to FaZe Clan in the first playoff match. Even in defeat, donk was Spirit’s best player and finished the event with a 1.35 rating.
Later that year, Spirit and donk got their Major moment. At the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, Team Spirit defeated FaZe 2-1 in the grand final, and donk was named Major MVP. HLTV reported that he became the youngest-ever Major champion and MVP at 17 years, while also becoming the highest-rated Major MVP with a 1.49 rating across the Elimination Stage and Playoffs.
The Shanghai run also added another record to his profile: donk recorded four aces at the Major, breaking the previous Major ace record and tying s1mple’s Big Event ace record.
HLTV Awards and individual achievements
donk’s 2024 season ended with a massive HLTV Awards sweep. He won Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Opener of the Year, and Highlight of the Year. HLTV described his debut year in tier one as a campaign in which he helped Spirit win four trophies, including IEM Katowice and the Perfect World Shanghai Major, while collecting five MVPs.
At the beginning of 2024, a player’s average number of kills per map was 23.
- HLTV Player of the Year 2024
- HLTV Rookie of the Year 2024
- HLTV Opener of the Year 2024
- HLTV Highlight of the Year 2024
- HLTV Top 20 Players: #1 in 2024
- HLTV Top 20 Players: #2 in 2025
- Youngest HLTV MVP at a Big Event: IEM Katowice 2024
- Youngest Major MVP: Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024
- Highest-rated Major MVP: 1.49 at Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024
- Most awarded rifler in HLTV MVP history: 11 MVPs after PGL Astana 2026
2025 and 2026: proving the breakout was not a fluke
After his historic 2024, donk remained one of the defining players of CS2. In 2025, he added more elite-event MVPs, including at BLAST Bounty Season 1 Finals, PGL Astana 2025, IEM Cologne 2025, and BLAST Bounty Season 2 Finals. He finished the year as HLTV’s #2 player, behind ZywOo.
Read our breakdown of the year’s elite in CS2 Top 5 Players of 2025: ZywOo
n May 2026, donk reached another landmark by winning the MVP at PGL Astana 2026. HLTV reported that his 1.61 rating was the second-best rating by any MVP at a CS2 Big Event, behind only his own IEM Katowice 2024 performance. The award was also his 11th career HLTV MVP, making him the most awarded rifler in HLTV MVP history.
donk CS2 Settings in 2026
Settings can change often, especially crosshair and gear choices. The numbers below reflect the latest Blix settings resource checked during this update and should be presented as current but not permanent.
Mouse Settings
- Mouse: Logitech G Pro X Superlight Magenta
- DPI: 800
- Sensitivity: 1.25
- eDPI: 1000
- Zoom Sensitivity: 1
- Polling Rate (Hz): 1000
- Windows Sensitivity: 4
Crosshair
- Follow Recoil: No
- Dot: No
- Length: 1
- Thickness: 1
- Gap: -4.5
- Outline: No
- Color: Green
- Red: 0
- Green: 255
- Blue: 0
- Alpha: No
- T Style: No
- Deployed Weapon Gap: No
- Sniper Width: 0
Use this CS2 crosshair code to copy his setup:
CSGO-SND6x-vhZ87-XDCPz-BycJh-aK6FP
Viewmodel
- FOV: 68
- Offset X: 2.5
- Offset Y: 0
- Offset Z: -1.5
- Presetpos: 1
viewmodel_fov 68; viewmodel_offset_x 2.5; viewmodel_offset_y 0; viewmodel_offset_z -1.5; viewmodel_presetpos 1;
Donk’s Radar Settings
- Radar Centers The Player: Yes
- Radar is Rotating: Yes
- Toggle Shape With Scoreboard: Yes
- Radar Hud Size: 1
- Radar Map Zoom: 0.7
Key binding, that zooms the radar by clicking the binded button:
bind "capslock" "toggle" cl_radar_scale 0.7 1
Donk’s HUD Settings
- HUD Scale: 1
- HUD Color: Pink
Video Settings
- Resolution: 1280×960 (Stretched)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3
- Display Mode: Fullscreen
- Brightness: 93%
- Boost Player Contrast: Enabled
- V-Sync: Disabled
- Global Shadow Quality: High
- Dynamic Shadows: All
- Model / Texture Detail: Low
- Shader Detail: Low
- Particle Detail: Low
- Ambient Occlusion: Disabled
- High Dynamic Range: Quality
- Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode: 8x MSAA
- Texture Filtering Mode: Bilinear
- FidelityFX Super Resolution: Disabled (Highest Quality)
- Max FPS in Game: 600
- NVIDIA Reflex + G-Sync: Disabled
Monitor Settings BenQ ZOWIE XL2586X+
- DyAc: Premium
- Black eQualizer: 10
- Color Vibrance: 10
- Low Blue Light: 0
- Picture Mode: Gamer 2
- Brightness: 70
- Contrast: 70
- Sharpness: 10
- Gamma: Gamma 2
- Color Temperature: User Define (R: 100 / G: 100 / B: 100)
- AMA: High
FAQ: donk CS2 settings (2026) — Updated May 2026
What are donk’s current CS2 settings (sensitivity, eDPI, crosshair, resolution)?
As of May 2026, donk’s listed setup is 800 DPI / 1.25 sensitivity (1000 eDPI), crosshair code CSGO-SND6x-vhZ87-XDCPz-BycJh-aK6FP, and 1280×960 stretched (4:3) in Fullscreen.
What sensitivity and eDPI does donk use in CS2?
He uses 800 DPI and 1.25 sensitivity (1000 eDPI) with zoom sensitivity 1.
What crosshair code does donk use in CS2?
His listed crosshair code is CSGO-SND6x-vhZ87-XDCPz-BycJh-aK6FP, but he changes crosshairs often, so treat it as a current snapshot.
What resolution and aspect ratio does donk use in CS2?
donk plays 1280×960 stretched on 4:3 in Fullscreen for visibility and larger player models.
What monitor does donk use?
He’s listed on the BenQ ZOWIE XL2586X+, commonly paired with DyAc Premium, Black eQualizer 10, and Color Vibrance 10.
