{"id":32858,"date":"2026-01-20T10:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=32858"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:38:55","slug":"zonic-to-miss-blast-bounty-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/zonic-to-miss-blast-bounty-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Zonic to Miss BLAST Bounty Finals as Falcons Face Double Absence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Team <strong>Falcons <\/strong>will head into the<a href=\"https:\/\/blast.tv\/cs\/tournaments\/bounty-2026-season-1\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blast.tv\/cs\/tournaments\/bounty-2026-season-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1 Finals<\/strong><\/a><strong> in Malta<\/strong> without two key figures, as head coach Danny <strong>\u201czonic\u201d <\/strong>S\u00f8rensen and rifler Maxim <strong>\u201ckyousuke\u201d <\/strong>Lukin are both set to miss the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>zonic <\/strong>returned home after learning of the sudden passing of his brother following <strong>Falcons<\/strong>\u2019 opening match against <strong>ECSTATIC <\/strong>during the <strong>BLAST Bounty<\/strong> group stage. The Danish coach immediately left the team to be with his family and will not attend the LAN finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Official statement<br><br>Unfortunately, our coach <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zonic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@zonic<\/a>  won&#39;t be able to be with the team in Malta. He has our full support during this difficult time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P7ps9kNArA\">pic.twitter.com\/P7ps9kNArA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Falcons Esports (@FalconsEsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FalconsEsport\/status\/2013238161892090255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 19, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">kyousuke Also Ruled Out Due to Visa Issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kyoo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kyoo-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kyoo-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kyoo-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kyoo-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kyoo-1-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maxim <strong>\u201ckyousuke\u201d <\/strong>Lukin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Falcons <\/strong>will also be without <strong>kyousuke<\/strong>, who cannot travel to Malta due to <strong>visa complications<\/strong>. The organization has confirmed that academy player Matej <strong>\u201cNucleonZ\u201d <\/strong>Trajkoski will serve as a stand-in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more details about <strong>kyousuke\u2019s <\/strong>absence and the roster change, check out our full breakdown here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">For the full story on kyousuke\u2019s absence, read our detailed article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/kyousuke-will-miss-blast-bounty-finals\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/kyousuke-will-miss-blast-bounty-finals\/\">kyousuke Will Miss BLAST Bounty Finals After Visa Complications<\/a><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>With both <strong>zonic <\/strong>and <strong>kyousuke <\/strong>missing<strong>, Falcons <\/strong>have a tough challenge ahead as they get ready for one of the season\u2019s first big LAN events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Falcons\u2019 Expected Lineup at BLAST Bounty Finals<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fallo-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fallo-1.webp 900w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fallo-1-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fallo-1-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fallo-1-150x75.webp 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fallo-1-450x225.webp 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Team Falcons CS2<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Even with these setbacks, <strong>Falcons <\/strong>will play in Malta with this lineup:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nikola &#8220;<strong>NiKo<\/strong>&#8221; Kova\u010d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ren\u00e9 &#8220;<strong>TeSeS<\/strong>&#8221; Madsen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ilya &#8220;<strong>m0NESY<\/strong>&#8221; Osipov<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Damjan &#8220;<strong>kyxsan<\/strong>&#8221; Stoilkovski<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matej &#8220;<strong>NucleonZ<\/strong>&#8221; Trajkoski<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zonic\u2019s <\/strong>absence removes one of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counter-strike.net\/cs2?l=english\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.counter-strike.net\/cs2?l=english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Counter-Strike\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> most decorated coaches from the server environment, placing additional responsibility on the players and staff to maintain structure and preparation during the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Falcons <\/strong>will try to adjust quickly as they look to make a strong run in Malta despite these tough circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Falcons will head into the BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1 Finals in Malta without two key figures, as head coach Danny \u201czonic\u201d S\u00f8rensen and rifler Maxim \u201ckyousuke\u201d Lukin are both set to miss the event. zonic returned home after learning of the sudden passing of his brother following Falcons\u2019 opening match against ECSTATIC during<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":32864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,11],"class_list":{"0":"post-32858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2","9":"tag-cs2-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32858"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32865,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32858\/revisions\/32865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}