m0NESY joins his top three competitors, donk and ZywOo, as well as Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov, David "frozen" Čerňanský, Lotan "Spinx" Giladi, and Robin "ropz" Kool in naming Spirit Academy’s up-and-comer Maxim "kyousuke" Lukin, making the 16-year-old Russian the most predicted youngster in this Top 20 players of the year ranking by a long shot with six selections (while donk gave him a shout as a bold prediction, he went with the bolder Ivan "zweih" Gogin.
ZywOo joins seven other players in naming Maxim "kyousuke" Lukin as his bold prediction, saying the choice was an "easy one." The 16-year-old captured the eye of many during his outings for Spirit Academy, for whom he averaged a 1.29 rating during 2024.