He started making headway though in the scene when joining Team Empire as their jungler in October 2011 after being invited by friend Edward, who made a large splash at IEM Season VI Qualifiers, winning it to be invited to play at IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev but also due to making a now famed highlight vs SK Gaming, which gave birth to the meme and saying of players shouting "EMPIRE!".

Diamond would play a crucial role in the jungle to assist his team and continue their win streak in the playoff bracket, beating Counter Logic Gaming Prime 2–0 in the semifinals and defeating Dignitas 2–0 in the finals to take home first place.

Moscow 5 would take second in group stage going 2–1, defeating Absolute Legends and Mebdi's Minions, but losing to Counter Logic Gaming EU.

Diamond and Moscow 5 attended European Challenger Circuit: Poland after qualifying online with a 2–0 victory over CLG.EU sending them to the loser's bracket.

After having a 0–4 record against them in lan events, Diamondprox with his team were able to claim their revenge with a commanding 2–0 victory making them the ECC Poland champions.

Matched up against the recently formed Polish team EloHell, Moscow Five would take a 2–0 victory to advance to the second round of the playoffs.

There, Moscow Five was able to come out victorious against Fnatic in a close 2–1, qualifying for the Season 2 World Championship in Los Angeles and advancing to the grand finals of the tournament.

Although iG consistently pressured M5's early game and won the laning phase, the Russian squad was able to overcome their deficits in the midgame and take the series 2–0.

While not contestants of the tournament itself, the team would look to boost their popularity with the Chinese tour, doing photo ops, fan signings and Mandarin greeting videos.

Gambit with Diamondprox attended the IEM Season VII - World Championship in Hannover, Germany held in March.

Gambit faced Korean top contender KT Rolster B in the exhibition finals but were unable to secure 1st place, losing 2–1.

Both teams played an explosive two games of up and down fighting however, NA LCS ended up being the victor, knocking Diamond with his all stars out of the tournament.

In the All Star Skills Competition, Diamond bested China's Troll to reach the finals to play against Korea's inSec.

In a move that thrilled the crowd, two of the world's most popular junglers, agreed to play their 1 v 1 in a mirror match of Lee Sin who they were both known for.

2016 Season On 10 December, it was announced that Gambit has sold its LCS spot to Vitality, thus releasing the remaining players including Diamondprox.

On 10 December, it was announced that Gambit had sold its LCS spot to Team Vitality, in the process releasing their remaining players including Diamondprox.

Playing as substitute for the main roster then relegated to the academy team (challenger league) with mediocre results, Daniil quit the organisation in the end of the summer split.

On 18 October Daniil rejoined his old organisation, in rebuilding mode, and was appointed as captain and main recruiter for the upcoming roster.

Before summer split, roster changes were made, the acquisition of well renowned top regional players helped Diamondprox conquer the LCL title and a sport in play in stage at the 2017 World Championship.

With a new Coach and same talented roster, Gambit.CIS managed to win spring split of the 2018 LCL and qualify for the Play-in stage of the mid season invitational in berlin the second most prestigious international League of Legends Esports event.

In Berlin Diamondprox -in the studio where he played the EU LCS- with the Gambit boys managed to win their group in a convincing way dropping a single close game.