NiKo

Nikola "NiKo" Kovač (formerly known as NiKolinho and nIKOLINHO) (born February 16, 1997) is a Bosnian Serb professional Counter-Strike 2 player for Team Falcons, a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and a former semi-professional Counter-Strike player. He is Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač's cousin.

NiKo is regarded as the greatest rifler of all time and he has been in contention for the title of the best player in the world at multiple periods throughout his career. ^[1]

Gear and Settings[edit]

Mouse Settings ^[2] (list of) Advanced
Mouse	eDPI	DPI	Polling Rate	Sensitivity	Zoom	Raw Input
Logitech G PRO X Superlight 2	632	400	1000 Hz	1.58	1	On
Updated as of 2023-11-20 (444 days ago)

Mouse Settings ^[2] (list of) (calculate) Simple
Mouse	Curvature	Circumference	Mouse Setup	Sensitivity	Zoom	Raw.
Logitech G PRO X Superlight 2	834 MPI 0.547 deg/mm	25.9 in/rev 65.8 cm/rev	400 DPI @ 1000 Hz	1.58	1	On
Updated as of 2023-11-20 (444 days ago)

Hardware^[2] (list of)

Mouse		Mousepad
	Logitech G PRO X Superlight 2 (White)		ARTISAN NINJA FX ZERO

Monitor		Refresh rate	In-game resolution	Scaling
	ZOWIE XL2566K	360 Hz	1024×768	Stretched

Keyboard		Headset
	Razer Huntsman V3 Pro TKL		Logitech G PRO X 2 (White)

Last updated on 2023-11-20 (444 days ago).

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Crosshair Settings ^[3] (list of)
Style	Size	Thickness	Sniper	Gap	Outline	Dot	Color	Alpha
`4`	`1`	`1`	`1`	`-4`	No	No (`0`)	Custom (`5`)	`255`
Updated as of 2024-07-18 (203 days ago)

Click "Expand" for sharecode and console commands to copy and paste.
Sharecode	`CSGO-OFKZZ-mZp9n-KXx4x-2SmEp-jcYHK`
Commands	`cl_crosshairalpha 255; cl_crosshaircolor 5; cl_crosshaircolor_r 0; cl_crosshaircolor_g 255; cl_crosshaircolor_b 145; cl_crosshairdot 0; cl_crosshairgap -4; cl_crosshairsize 1; cl_crosshairstyle 4; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness 1; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_outlinethickness 0; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0;`

Achievements[edit]

Date	Placement	Tier	Type		Result	Prize
2024-11-03	1st	S-Tier	Offline	BLAST Premier: World Final 2024	3 : 0	$500,000
2024-09-29	1st	S-Tier	Offline	BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024	3 : 1	$200,000
2023-08-06	1st	S-Tier	Offline	Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023	3 : 1	$400,000
2023-02-12	1st	S-Tier	Offline	Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023	3 : 1	$400,000
2022-12-18	1st	S-Tier	Offline	BLAST Premier: World Final 2022	2 : 0	$500,000
2021-11-07	2nd	S-Tier	Offline	PGL Major Stockholm 2021	0 : 2	$300,000
2018-10-28	1st	S-Tier	Offline	EPICENTER 2018	2 : 0	$150,000
2017-12-17	1st	S-Tier	Offline	Esports Championship Series Season 4 - Finals	2 : 1	$250,000
2017-10-13	1st	S-Tier	Offline	ELEAGUE Premier 2017	2 : 0	$500,000
2017-09-17	1st	S-Tier	Offline	ESL One: New York 2017	3 : 0	$125,000
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Trivia[edit]

Personal[edit]

Hails from Brčko, a city in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina.
His favorite snooker player is Neil Robertson. ^[4]

Awards[edit]

Was ranked the 11th best player of 2016 by HLTV. ^[5]
Was ranked the 2nd best player of 2017 by HLTV. ^[6]
Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2018 by HLTV. ^[7]
Was ranked the 11th best player of 2019 by HLTV. ^[8]
Was ranked the 4th best player of 2020 by HLTV. ^[9]
Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2021 by HLTV. ^[10]
Was ranked the 5th best player of 2022 by HLTV. ^[11]
Was ranked the 2nd best player of 2023 by HLTV. ^[12]
Was ranked the 4th best player of 2024 by HLTV. ^[1]
Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2016 by Thorin. ^[13]
Was ranked the 2nd best player of 2017 by Thorin. ^[14]
Was ranked the 2nd best player of 2018 by Thorin. ^[15]
Awarded Gamer of the Year by Great Gamers Awards in 2017. ^[16]
Awarded Opener of the Year 2022 by HLTV. ^[17]
Awarded Opener of the Year 2023 by HLTV. ^[18]

MVPs[edit]

Was named the HLTV MVP of 8 tournaments:

Records[edit]

Most appearances in HLTV's Top 20 Players of the Year ranking (9).
- Tied with dev1ce.
Most consecutive appearances in HLTV's Top 20 Players of the Year ranking (9).
Most top 5 appearances in HLTV's Top 20 Players of the Year ranking (7).
Tied with donk for the highest achieved rating at a "Big Event" (1.70). He did so at ESL One: New York 2017. ^[27]
Holds the record for kills in a map at a Major after scoring 52 against FlipSid3 Tactics at MLG Columbus 2016. ^[28]
He is the first player to win multiple HLTV MVP awards in three consecutive years.
Previously held the record for kills in regulation at a big event or any match between top teams on LAN with 40 against Team Liquid at ECS Season 4 Finals. ^[29] His record was later taken over by KRIMZ who dropped 44 against MIBR at ESL Pro League Season 10: Finals. ^[30]
He is the 7th player (the previous 6 being Zeus, GuardiaN, olofmeister, s1mple, allu, and AdreN) to make a Major final with 2 different teams, doing so with FaZe Clan at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 and G2 Esports at PGL Major Stockholm 2021.

Features[edit]

2016-07-24 | The Thorin Treatment: NiKo’s Toil by Thorin of Dot Esports
2017-04-14 | Thorin's Thoughts - Key NiKo Considerations (CS:GO) by Thorin
2017-10-09 | Opportunity Cost: Why Versatility Matters by Sam Delorme of Akshon Esports
2018-07-25 | Thorin's Take: NiKo and Stoicism for Super-Stars by Thorin of VPEsports
2018-09-11 | NiKo, The Superstar Among Superstars by stuchiu of VPEsports
2019-11-20 | NiKo vs Himself: The Struggles of a CSGO prodigy by stuchiu of Dexerto
2020-08-06 | NiKo's Curse: The CSGO Hard Carry Who Tries To Do It All by Dexerto

Highlights[edit]

HLTV[edit]

Other[edit]

Interviews[edit]

Gallery[edit]

NiKo at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A with G2 Esports
NiKo at IEM Cologne 2023 with G2 Esports
NiKo at IEM Road to Rio 2022: European RMR A with G2 Esports
NiKo at PGL Major Antwerp 2022: European RMR B with G2 Esports
NiKo at IEM Cologne 2021 with G2 Esports
NiKo at IEM Katowice 2020 with FaZe Clan
NiKo at IEM Beijing 2019 with FaZe Clan
NiKo at ESL Pro League Season 9: Finals with FaZe Clan
NiKo at IEM Katowice 2019 with FaZe Clan
NiKo at EPICENTER 2018 with FaZe Clan
NiKo at DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 with FaZe Clan
NiKo at IEM Sydney 2018 with FaZe Clan
NiKo at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 with FaZe Clan
NiKo at EPICENTER 2017 with FaZe Clan
NiKo at IEM Sydney 2017 with FaZe Clan
NiKo at ESL Pro League Season 4: Finals with mousesports
NiKo at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 with mousesports
NiKo at DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015 with mousesports
NiKo at IEM gamescom 2015 with SK Gaming
NiKo at ESL Meisterschaft: Spring 2015 with mousesports
NiKolinho at Belgrade Gaming Festival 2013 with iNation
NiKolinho at Esports Heaven: Vienna with e-Sports.rs

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 MIRAA (2025-01-10). "Top 20 players of 2024: NiKo (4)". HLTV.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NiKo's Twitch stream
↑ "Spirit vs. G2 at Esports World Cup 2024". HLTV. 2024-07-18.
↑ NiKo (2019-05-04). "@nr147".
↑ Professeur (2017-01-10). "Top 20 players of 2016: NiKo (11)". HLTV.
↑ Professeur (2018-01-17). "Top 20 players of 2017: NiKo (2)". HLTV.
↑ MIRAA (2019-01-18). "Top 20 players of 2018: NiKo (3)". HLTV.
↑ Striker (2020-01-10). "Top 20 players of 2019: NiKo (11)". HLTV.
↑ MIRAA (2021-01-17). "Top 20 players of 2020: NiKo (4)". HLTV.
↑ Nohte (2022-01-22). "Top 20 players of 2021: NiKo (3)". HLTV.
↑ Rizzolini (2023-01-12). "Top 20 players of 2022: NiKo (5)". HLTV.
↑ Nohte (2024-01-13). "Top 20 players of 2023: NiKo (2)". HLTV.
↑ Thorin (2016-12-30). "Thorin’s Top 10 CS:GO Players of 2016". Dot Esports.
↑ Thorin (2018-01-01). "Thorin’s Top 10 CS:GO Players of 2017". Dot Esports.
↑ Thorin (2019-04-27). "Thorin’s Top 10 CS:GO Players of 2018". Dexerto.
↑ "FPS finalists: NiKo is to win the category and to become the Gamer of the Year!". Great Gamers Awards. 2018-02-27.
↑ mitsxha (2023-01-16). "HLTV Award Show 2022 Recap: Who were the winners?". HLTV.
↑ king_dempz (2024-01-14). "The HLTV Panel Awards 2023 Winners". HLTV.
↑ Professeur (2017-04-09). "NiKo: Win as much as possible". HLTV.
↑ MIRAA (2017-09-17). "NiKo wins ESL One NY MVP award". HLTV.
↑ MIRAA (2018-06-18). "NiKo claims ESL One Belo Horizonte MVP award". HLTV.
↑ MIRAA (2018-10-28). "NiKo claims EPICENTER MVP award". HLTV.
↑ MIRAA (2019-04-13). "NiKo claims BLAST Pro Series Miami MVP award". HLTV.
↑ Striker (2019-11-02). "NiKo claims BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen MVP award". HLTV.
↑ IEM New York 2020: Europe
↑ Sumljiv_Model (2023-08-06). "NiKo named MVP of IEM Cologne". HLTV.
↑ MIRAA (2017-09-18). "NiKo wins ESL One NY MVP Award". HLTV.
↑ Tgwri1s (2019-08-30). "And NiKo's 52 kills from that map is the most anyone got at a Major".
↑ Tgwri1s (2017-12-15). "@fazeniko's 40 kills vs. Liquid is the new record high in regulation during a big event or any match between top teams on LAN.".
↑ HLTV (2019-12-04). "KRIMZ breaks the LAN record".

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[goat_rifle-1] 1.0 ^1.1 MIRAA (2025-01-10). "Top 20 players of 2024: NiKo (4)". HLTV.

[stream-2] 2.0 ^2.1 NiKo's Twitch stream

[3] "Spirit vs. G2 at Esports World Cup 2024". HLTV. 2024-07-18.

[4] NiKo (2019-05-04). "@nr147".

[5] Professeur (2017-01-10). "Top 20 players of 2016: NiKo (11)". HLTV.

[6] Professeur (2018-01-17). "Top 20 players of 2017: NiKo (2)". HLTV.

[7] MIRAA (2019-01-18). "Top 20 players of 2018: NiKo (3)". HLTV.

[8] Striker (2020-01-10). "Top 20 players of 2019: NiKo (11)". HLTV.

[9] MIRAA (2021-01-17). "Top 20 players of 2020: NiKo (4)". HLTV.

[10] Nohte (2022-01-22). "Top 20 players of 2021: NiKo (3)". HLTV.

[11] Rizzolini (2023-01-12). "Top 20 players of 2022: NiKo (5)". HLTV.

[12] Nohte (2024-01-13). "Top 20 players of 2023: NiKo (2)". HLTV.

[13] Thorin (2016-12-30). "Thorin’s Top 10 CS:GO Players of 2016". Dot Esports.

[14] Thorin (2018-01-01). "Thorin’s Top 10 CS:GO Players of 2017". Dot Esports.

[15] Thorin (2019-04-27). "Thorin’s Top 10 CS:GO Players of 2018". Dexerto.

[16] "FPS finalists: NiKo is to win the category and to become the Gamer of the Year!". Great Gamers Awards. 2018-02-27.

[17] tsxha (2023-01-16). "HLTV Award Show 2022 Recap: Who were the winners?". HLTV.

[18] _dempz (2024-01-14). "The HLTV Panel Awards 2023 Winners". HLTV.

[19] Professeur (2017-04-09). "NiKo: Win as much as possible". HLTV.

[20] MIRAA (2017-09-17). "NiKo wins ESL One NY MVP award". HLTV.

[21] MIRAA (2018-06-18). "NiKo claims ESL One Belo Horizonte MVP award". HLTV.

[22] MIRAA (2018-10-28). "NiKo claims EPICENTER MVP award". HLTV.

[23] MIRAA (2019-04-13). "NiKo claims BLAST Pro Series Miami MVP award". HLTV.

[24] Striker (2019-11-02). "NiKo claims BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen MVP award". HLTV.

[25] IEM New York 2020: Europe

[26] Sumljiv_Model (2023-08-06). "NiKo named MVP of IEM Cologne". HLTV.

[27] MIRAA (2017-09-18). "NiKo wins ESL One NY MVP Award". HLTV.

[28] Tgwri1s (2019-08-30). "And NiKo's 52 kills from that map is the most anyone got at a Major".

[29] Tgwri1s (2017-12-15). "@fazeniko's 40 kills vs. Liquid is the new record high in regulation during a big event or any match between top teams on LAN.".

[30] HLTV (2019-12-04). "KRIMZ breaks the LAN record".

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Team	Overview Results Matches
Full Roster	NiKo TeSeS Magisk degster kyxsan (Captain) zonic (Coach)
Organization	CHAOS (MENA Esports General Manager) GrantR (Director of Esports and Operations) mAtéhaut (Team Manager) Muhammed (General Director) Next (General Manager) ROBL (Sports Psychologist, High Performance Manager) trochu (Assistant Coach) Msdossary (Chairman, Owner)

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