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KST conquers DM-Deck with eight kills and a late combo

Rachot fired the first shot, but KST landed the final two Shock Combos.

The Deathmatch on DM-Deck on 8 October 2026 ran for 18 minutes and 16 seconds, but the standings alone tell only part of the story. KST won with 30 points, followed by Rachot on 21 and Nanoblack on 20. Reaching the thirty-point target involved two changes of leader, a succession of near-contact fights and shots from ranges more suited to binoculars. Seven players traded eliminations and mistakes, while the pace accelerated sharply after the halfway point. In the end, raw aggression was not enough: surviving, collecting equipment and avoiding self-inflicted point deductions all mattered in an arena that punished careless decisions.

The Flak Cannon starts the clock

First blood came at 36 seconds when Rachot killed Longshot with the Flak Cannon from 3.5 metres. At 58 seconds, he repeated the trick at just 0.9 metres to lead 2–0. Nanoblack responded against Rachot at 76 seconds; KST hit Rachot with a Shock Combo at 83 seconds, only for Nanoblack to eliminate KST six seconds later. The opening belonged to nobody for long, and the lead changed twice during the match. Rachot also managed to lose a point by catching himself in his Redeemer blast at 114 seconds.

KST gradually found range with the Link Gun, Shock Rifle and a particularly accurate shot. At 166 seconds, he headshot Longshot with the Sniper Rifle from 59.5 metres, the match's only headshot. By 207 seconds KST had five points, and between 247 and 264 seconds three Link Gun kills lifted him from six to eight. Nanoblack remained a threat with rockets and the Redeemer, while Rachot struggled to turn his flying start into sustained pressure.

Eight consecutive kills change the contest

From 404 to 441 seconds, KST launched the sequence that defined the match. He eliminated Nanoblack with the Stinger, then struck Rachot twice with the same gun, before adding a Rocket Launcher kill against Rachot. His score climbed from twelve to fifteen while Rachot stayed on six. Rocket strikes against Longshot followed at 468 and 477 seconds, another Stinger kill came against Municak at 528 seconds, and Nanoblack fell to the Sniper Rifle at 590 seconds. That was eight eliminations without dying, spread across several opponents rather than one unlucky target.

The streak finally ended at 606 seconds when Nanoblack caught KST with a Shock Combo. Just before the last kill of that run, the longest gap between successful kills lasted 52 seconds after the event at 538 seconds. The log was hardly peaceful in that interval: environmental deaths and CampKiller penalties still appeared. KST stood on nineteen points before the streak was broken. Nanoblack had stopped the momentum, but stopping a streak is not the same as removing the lead it has built.

The arena speeds up

The tenth minute featured only one successful kill, but the eleventh delivered twelve. Minute fourteen was the busiest of all, with fifteen kills. Mieridlo, Municak and Axonite now made their presence felt. Mieridlo eliminated Longshot and recorded a Double Kill at 630 seconds, completed by a Shock Combo against KST. Rachot registered his own Redeemer Double Kill at 612 seconds, even though self-inflicted deaths continued to eat into his score. Mieridlo repeated the Double Kill feat at 874 seconds by following an elimination of Axonite with one against Longshot.

The longest-distance elimination did not involve a standard sniper shot. At 896 seconds, Nanoblack killed Municak through Slime from an astonishing 72 metres. Nanoblack and KST shared an average kill distance of 17.2 metres, compared with Municak's 9.1. Rachot and Nanoblack repeatedly traded blows, but KST generally stayed alive longest: his average life was 54 seconds, against Rachot's 34 and Longshot's 32. That extra time in the fight helped preserve his cushion as the kill rate rose.

Two Shock Combos close the book

KST accelerated again after 815 seconds. Bio Rifle kills against Nanoblack and Municak came first; he then caught Nanoblack with the Link Gun at 861 seconds and the Rocket Launcher at 884. Rachot continued to score, while Longshot claimed a Double Kill at 909 seconds after eliminating KST and Mieridlo. KST reached 26 points at 900 seconds, but the route to the finish was not uninterrupted. Nanoblack struck him twice with rockets at 1004 and 1017 seconds, keeping the closing minutes lively.

The finish demanded composure. KST lost a point through an own death at 1060 seconds, then returned a Bio Rifle elimination against Municak at 1068 seconds. At 1088 seconds, Rachot used the Flak Cannon on Axonite and reached 21 points. Just one second later KST eliminated Rachot with a Shock Combo to reach 29. At 1095 seconds he repeated the combination against Mieridlo for the winning thirtieth point. Rachot finished second on 21 and Nanoblack third on 20. The final seconds were noisy, but the victor remained the one who could deliver at exactly the right moment.

Match moments

• Rachot drew first blood against Longshot with the Flak Cannon at 36 seconds.
• KST scored the only headshot of the match from 59.5 metres at 166 seconds.
• KST collected eight kills without dying until Nanoblack ended the streak at 606 seconds.
• Minute fourteen produced a match-high fifteen kills.
• Nanoblack eliminated Municak through Slime from 72 metres at 896 seconds.
• KST completed the match with Shock Combos at 1089 and 1095 seconds.

The final order read KST 30, Rachot 21, Nanoblack 20, Longshot and Mieridlo 12 each, Municak 11 and Axonite 10. KST actually recorded 31 kills but lost one point to a self-inflicted death. He also earned eight immediate revenge kills, more than anybody else, and collected 29 items. The Flak Cannon was the most lethal weapon overall, yet KST relied on more than a single tool, turning hits at varied ranges into consistent scoring. DM-Deck ultimately rewarded not the loudest attacker at the start, but the player who kept finding productive fights even as others struggled with their own errors.