Yuma

Yuma "Yuma" Benjamin Langlet Muckenhirn (born April 18, 2001) is a Nicaraguan/Belgian/German professional Dota 2 carry currently playing for LGD Gaming. Yuma is the quiet engine of one of the most interesting SA rosters in the world right now—a carry who doesn't try to be the loudest player on the map, just the most reliable one when it matters.

Early Career

Yuma grew up in Nicaragua but currently lives in Germany, which already makes him one of the more unusual origin stories in the SA scene. He started his professional career grinding through South American regional circuits, playing for SG Esports and smaller stacks in the DPC SA cycles. The numbers from those years weren't spectacular on paper, but the individual quality was consistently there. His career high in a single professional match came during this period — 25 kills on Troll Warlord for SG Esports against 5RATFORCESTAFF in the BTS Pro Series: Americas. The kind of performance that gets you noticed when your team isn't yet winning tournaments.

He hit 11,000 MMR in February 2023, 13,000 in May 2024, and 14,000 in September 2024 — a steady individual climb that tracked almost exactly with his rise through the competitive tier structure.

The Breakthrough

Yuma joined Nouns Esports for the 2024 NA circuit, and the team finished 5th at PGL Wallachia Season 2—his first real taste of international tier-1 results. He then joined Heroic in January 2025 alongside Wisper as part of the rebuilt roster that replaced the original core of K1 and 4nalog. The first half of 2025 was difficult—group stage exits, early eliminations, and results that didn't match what the squad was capable of. Then they qualified for TI 2025, made the playoffs, and finished 5th-6th — the best TI placement a Latin American team has ever achieved. Yuma was the carry for all of it.

In a TI 2025 interview, KJ said he and Yuma were eating tacos together talking about how they were going to win TI. That image captures the relationship at the core of this roster. When Heroic disbanded in May 2026, both of them ended up at LGD. The chemistry didn't go anywhere.

LGD and BLAST Slam VII

Under the LGD banner, Yuma delivered his most watched performance yet. At BLAST Slam VII in Copenhagen, LGD went through the entire bracket to reach the grand final—beating BetBoom, eliminating Aurora, and pushing Team Yandex to four games before losing 3-1. Yuma's Necrophos as the early push threat and his ability to pivot to scaling cores like Kez when the situation called for it gave LGD a dual-threat system that most teams couldn't prepare for in a full series. The draft system KJ built around Yuma's flexibility was one of the most discussed tactical elements of the tournament.

Playstyle and Reputation

Yuma is not a flashy carry. He doesn't hit his power spike and start making noise — he gets his items, reads the game, and makes the right decision consistently. His hero pool has expanded significantly since the Heroic period: Necrophos as an early threat, Kez for late-game insurance, and classic scaling carries that suit teams that want to play from ahead. He is the kind of position 1 who makes a team structurally solid rather than individually explosive. The comparison KJ drew at TI—"we are going to win TI" while eating tacos—is pure Yuma energy. Steady, confident, no drama.

Being the first Nicaraguan player to attend The International is a record most people don't even know exists, which is very on-brand for him.

Fun Facts

Yuma is Nicaraguan, lives in Germany, and competes representing Belgium internationally. He is playing for a Chinese org under a South American banner. His background is genuinely the most geographically complicated in the entire roster.

He hit 14,000 MMR on September 20, 2024—his birthday is April 18—and Wisper hit 15,000 on November 3, 2024, which was his birthday. The two carries of their respective rosters both hit career MMR milestones within weeks of each other heading into TI season. Probably a coincidence. Probably.