


Bio
Nikita Daxak Kuzmin is one of the most popular Russian players in the CIS. He has become known not only as a player, but also as a streamer who analyzes the replays of his viewers. He is known for playing for Gambit Esports, Ninjas in Pijamas, Winstrike Team, BetBoom Team, Hellraisers and Level UP Esports. The player's signature heroes are Nature Prophet, Visage and Necrophos.
Nikita started his career as a player in 2016. His first teams were Digital Company and Hive, but he didn't achieve any significant results with them. In 2017, Daxak joined Thug Life, which was later signed by Gambit.
As part of Gambit, Nikita spent the best part of his career with which he finished second at The Bucharest Minor 2019 and StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 1, as well as becoming the champion of WePlay! Dota 2 Winter Madness and Dota 2 Spring Madness. After leaving Gambit, his best achievement was a 7th-8th place finish at ESL One Stockholm Major 2022 and Riyadh Masters 2022.
In May 2023, Nikita signed to his new roster Level UP, with whom he became the DPC WEU 2023 Tour 3: Division II champion and qualified for the first division. as well as finishing 3rd at the European Pro League Season 11.
In November, Daxak left Level UP, because he was signed by PSG.Quest as a coach, Nikita was supposed to prepare the team for The International 2023. PSG.Quest performed extremely poorly: the team failed to make it out of the group stage and left the tournament. The fans of the team started to blame Daxak, but the players of the team disagreed that the club's failure was the coach's fault. Now Nikita continues to coach PSG.Quest. Together with him the team participated in the qualification for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, where they took 2nd place and did not qualify for the tournament.
In 2024, Daxak joined Ninja Penguins and participated in the qualifiers for Elite League 2024. And later presented Level UP at the DreamLeague Season 23 and PGL Wallachia Season 1 qualifiers.
- On May 29, 2024, Daxak formed a new team to participate in the qualifiers for the upcoming major tournaments.
Together with D_M_S, Nikita placed fifth at the open qualification for Riyadh Masters 2024 and tenth at the closed qualification for The International 2024.
- October 25, 2024 - Daxak left DMS.
- December 10, 2024 - Daxak formed Chimera Esports.
- January 21, 2025 - Chimera Esports kicked Daxak.
In February 2025, Daxak rejoined Chimera, but as a stand-in. With him, the team competed in DreamLeague Season 25, securing 4th place. Additionally, Nikita participated in BB Streamers Battle 9, finishing in 9th place.
On March 28, 2025, the player left Chimera and joined Virtus.pro. The new lineup immediately received a direct invite to the online tournament FISSURE Special.
On May 16, 2025, Virtus.pro failed to qualify for FISSURE Universe: Episode 5, losing to Avulus in the lower bracket final of FISSURE Universe: Episode 5 Play-In.
On May 21, the team withdrew from the Eastern Europe closed qualifier for The International 2025, as the match dates overlap with the Riyadh Masters 2025 qualifiers. Most likely, they plan to play in a different region at different dates. At PGL Wallachia Season 5 Virtus.pro was one of the first teams to be eliminated.
In July 2025, Virtus.pro ended their participation in Riyadh Masters 2025, finishing in 13th place and earning $50,000 in prize money.
On July 27, 2025, Virtus.pro secured a spot at FISSURE Universe: Episode 6 by defeating Avulus in the upper bracket final of the FISSURE Universe: Episode 6 Play-In.
In October, Virtus.pro took part in FISSURE PLAYGROUND 2, where they failed to reach the playoffs and were eliminated during the group stage. In November, Daxak left the team.





















