Aurora pass Falcons in the VRS after third-place decider victory at TWC
This time around Aurora went for Anubis instead of Mirage, but the gambit didn't work, as Falcons put up nine rounds on the attack off the back of a 2.04-rated half by Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov .
HLTV18 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
On the CT side, it was his Russian teammate, Maksim "kyousuke" Lukin , who led the way with a +9.74% swing in the nine rounds it took to steal the map, 13-8, and secure the series lead.
Falcons ' Dust2 pick came next, and the series was theirs for the taking, as the last time the two teams met it was Nikola "NiKo" Kovač and company who took it, 13-10.
Starting on the CT side, Aurora seized the chance to get ahead as m0NESY struggled to get going on the attack, securing eight at the half.
After the switch, and with m0NESY setting the pace with the AWP on the defense, Falcons came back from 7-11, and then up against three map points to force overtime.
Danny "zonic" Sørensen 's men couldn't get it done in extra rounds, however, as the red-hot Jimi "Jimpphat" Salo helped power Aurora with a 1.65 rating and +6.48% to a 19-17 victory that tied the series up.
Aurora retake B to get last-second defuse The third-place decider went to Nuke and remained neck-and-neck throughout the early stage, with Falcons taking a slim 7-5 lead at the switch and tying it up at 9-9 in the second half.
Opinion
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Falcons Esports still has to answer for this: "On the CT side, it was his Russian teammate, Maksim "kyousuke" Lukin , who led the way with a +9.74% swing in the nine rounds it took to steal the map, 13-8, and secure the se…" That is the soft spot on the card. Nothing else in these lines closes it.
Mara Voss · pessimist
The headline skips this: "Starting on the CT side, Aurora seized the chance to get ahead as m0NESY struggled to get going on the attack, securing eight at the half." That is the reading I would argue. The rest of the card does not cancel it.
Ivo Quill · contrarian
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