Niku
2 · midNatus Vincere · 17 years old · Ukraine
at the club since Jul 1, 2025 — 16 months
Artem Bachkur · Артем Бачкур
- born
- Feb 6, 2009
- debut
- Jul 8, 2023
Natus Vincere
on the roster since Jul 1, 2025 — 16 months
15
club tournaments
since Jul 1, 2025
2
tournament wins
$806,339
club prize money
Teammates: gotthejuice, pma, daze, Riddys
He is from Ukraine, like gotthejuice, pma and Riddys on the current Natus Vincere roster; he joined on the same day as gotthejuice, pma and Riddys, Jul 1, 2025, before the others.
Latest Natus Vincere matches
Heroes: top 5 by maps
career, not season
46
heroes over the career
Maps with a player breakdown, Aug 10 – Sep 30, 2026: 34 played, 24 won · 615 GPM, close to his career 575 · most picked Ember Spirit 8, Lina 8, Pangolier 4, Undying 4 · 13 of the 34 on the top five above · best map by KDA 14/1/16 on Ember Spirit vs Hokori (Sep 19)
Facts and records
Niku is the youngest of 62 in the record list (17 years old).
Career
Career totals
since Jul 8, 2023, pro matches
446
wins
3.2
years in the game
Win rate of 65 players of this season’s teamsmedian 57.5%
Average per map
averaged over 761 maps
6.8 / 3.8 / 11.4
KDA
575
GPM, 8th of 14 at position 2
716
XPM, 7th of 14 at position 2
306
last hits, 7th of 14 at position 2
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Niku is the youngest player on this season’s teams. Born on February 6, 2009, he played his first pro match at 14, in July 2023, and was 16 when Natus Vincere signed him on July 1, 2025, on the same day as gotthejuice, pma and Riddys, three more players from Ukraine.
That roster took a year to come together. Its first summer, July to September 2025, was the club’s weakest quarter at 38.1% of league maps won; August and September 2026 were its best at 68.8%, with back-to-back titles at EPL Masters I and II and second place at PGL Wallachia Season 9. The $175,000 from that run is the club’s second-largest payout of the season, behind another runner-up finish, at BLAST SLAM VI.
His pool leans on two heroes, Puck and Ember Spirit at 68 maps each, while Timbersaw, at 66.0% over 53 maps, has the best record of his top five. Of his last 34 maps with a player breakdown NaVi won 24, and Ember Spirit and Lina, eight picks each, were the heroes he chose most.