BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 turned out to be the most unsuccessful major in Nikola "NiKo" Kovač's career. The Falcons player failed to advance to the main stage of a major for the first time since 2015.

Falcons were eliminated from the BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Stage 2 after losing a match to MIBR 2-0, exiting with a 1-3 record in the Swiss system. One of the most painful moments occurred in the 35th round when Falcons lost a 5v3 retake on the B site on Inferno.

NiKo made his first major appearance nearly 10 years ago — in 2015 with mousesports at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015. Since then, he has played in 15 majors, reached the finals twice (ELEAGUE 2018, Stockholm 2021), made it to the semifinals twice, and reached the playoffs or legends stage at least 6 times, but has never won a major.

All NiKo's Majors:

1. DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 — group stage
2. MLG Columbus 2016 — group stage
3. ESL One Cologne 2016 — group stage
4. ELEAGUE Major 2017 — group stage
5. PGL Major Krakow 2017 — group stage
6. ELEAGUE Major 2018 — 2nd place
7. FACEIT Major 2018 — quarterfinals
8. IEM Katowice 2019 — quarterfinals
9. StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 — legends stage
10. PGL Major Stockholm 2021 — 2nd place
11. PGL Major Antwerp 2022 — legends stage
12. BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 — legends stage
13. PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 — 3rd–4th place
14. Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 — 3rd–4th place
15. BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 — eliminated in Stage 2

NiKo joined Falcons on January 1, 2025, after leaving G2 following three years of competition. In the new lineup, he has already won the PGL Bucharest 2025. As of now, NiKo has earned $1,738,383 in prize money and ranks 11th on the list of the most successful players by total earnings in Counter-Strike history.