Nikita Nicky`Cool Ostakhov is a professional player from Kazakhstan playing the midrange position.

Since the beginning of his career in March 2022, when he debuted at the FRAG Season 8 tournament as a member of SELFMADE, Nicky`Cool has shown great results.
In a short period of time, Nicky`Cool gained recognition by becoming a substitute in Nemiga Gaming at Winline Dota 2 Champions League Season 9 and then found his place in Team HF. With this team he was able to compete in a number of competitions such as Winline Insight, Dota 2 Champions League Season 11 and Dota 2 Champions League Season 12.

As he wrapped up 2022, his skills did not go unnoticed. The famous Ukrainian multigaming organization Natus Vincere unveiled changes to their roster, and announced the addition of Nikita Nicky`Cool Ostakhov to the second position. But the player did not stay in NaVi. After playing at the DPC EEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I, where the team took 8th place, Nicky`Cool left the club.

Nicky`Cool spent the next few months in LNS and willbefine stacks, with which he participated in DPC tournaments. In May 2023 he joined the StoRm team, with which he took the 2nd place at the European Pro League Season 11 and became the champion of the European Pro League Season 12. Also in StoRm team Nikita tried to qualify for The International 2023, but failed to get to the tournament, the team took 5th-6th place at the qualifiers.

In January 2024, the Belarusian organization Nemiga Gaming announced the creation of a new Dota 2 squad, and Nicky`Cool joined it. The first tournament in the new lineup was the qualification for DreamLeague Season 22. The squad successfully passed the open qualification, but failed at the closed qualification: the team was eliminated from the tournament after losing to Klim Sani4 in the second round of the lower playoffs. Later the team took prizes at RES Regional Series: EU 1, European Pro League Season 18 and LEON.BET MASTERS #1, but failed to qualify for major tournaments.

In September 2024, Nikita made his last appearance on the professional scene, attempting to qualify for the BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 tournament with Nemiga Gaming. After that, he took a break from esports and returned only on April 29, 2025, as a member of Runa Team.

On May 17, the team participated in the FISSURE Universe: Episode 5 Play-In qualifier for the main FISSURE Universe: Episode 5 tournament, but after losing in the lower bracket semifinal of the playoffs, they were eliminated from the competition. In June, Runa Team became the champion of CCT Season 2 Series 1.

In August, Runa Team became the champion of CIS Battle.

In October, Runa Team became the champion of CCT Season 2 Series 5, defeating Team Tea 3:1 in the grand final.

In October, Runa Team took part in FISSURE PLAYGROUND 2, where they failed to reach the playoffs and were eliminated during the group stage. At DreamLeague Season 27, Runa finished their performance in the group stage with a score of 3-3.