Falcons returned to HLTV’s top 5, while Aurora climbed to fourth place

HLTV.org has released a new update to its global Counter-Strike 2 team rankings, and the main outcome of the week was Falcons’ return to the top 5. The team moved up to fifth place, while Aurora improved its position to fourth. Against that backdrop, Team Spirit dropped to sixth.

The list of changes also included other teams that were among the leaders. In particular, PARIVISION managed to take seventh place by outplaying The MongolZ. Besides, Astralis has risen to the ninth position, defeating FUT. The team that gained the most was GamerLegion, which has risen as much as 17 places due to good performance at BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 1. As for FaZe, it significantly increased its ratings, going from 17th to 13th place.

Moreover, in the past week, other teams such as M80, NRG, MIBR, and many others also managed to rise in the rankings. At the same time, some teams experienced an opposite fate; 3DMAX, B8, and Legacy became weaker in the rankings. 

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The HLTV ranking is revised once per week and mainly includes the teams' results for the last two months and their achievements of the previous year, with the influence of the latter being gradually declining. All this against the background of recent shifts and fluctuations in the rating list indicates that the competition among the teams in the middle and upper levels of the ranking has become rather severe.