He will play for the Dota 2 youth team
eSports organization Natus Vincere announced the signing of a 14-year-old Artem “Niku” Bachkur. Ukrainian joined the team NAVI Junior By Dota 2and will play midlane.
Niku ranks 118th in the European rankings. As part of NAVI Junior, the 14-year-old eSports player will replace Askar “toshiyb” Zhumagulov.
In 2023, NAVI Junior played in the second division of the DPC, finishing 4th and 6th in the second and third seasons, respectively.
In August, the youth team of “Born to Win” took 7-8th place in the regional qualifications for The International 2023. Let us remind you that the main NAVI team also did not qualify for TI2023.
- Updated NAVI Junior Dota 2 roster
Taras “got the juice” Linnikov (carry)
Artem “Niku” Bachkur (mid)
Yuri “pma” Prots (offlane)
Tamir “daze” Tokpanov (support)
Stanislav “Riddys” Mitroshkin (full support)
Ivan “Artstyle” Antonov (coach)
Welcome our new mid laner for the Dota 2 Junior roster — @ArtemBachkur. Get the details in the article.
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— NAVI Junior (@navijunior) September 18, 2023
Source: Sportarena

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