Top 5 Emerging Jungle Talents in EMEA

Last week, we looked at how European talent has struggled to emerge in the toplane in the LEC. In the jungle, the situation is radically different. It is the only role where the LEC has several players operating at, or at least approaching, the level of the world’s best. A group led by for several years, first at G2 Esports and then at Karmine Corp, and by the new French superstar .

This year once again, another jungler has shown that he has the potential to join the LEC’s upper echelon: . And while some profiles are losing momentum, such as or , others continue to rise, like or . In Europe, the jungle is not a problem. Quite the opposite: it is the region’s main strength.

To help teams, in our own small way, maintain this momentum, Sheep Esports is putting the spotlight on five future European talents. We have focused on players who are still relatively young or have limited ERL experience, particularly those who started their careers in late 2024 or in 2025. These are promising profiles who have yet to receive significant exposure in the main ERL1 leagues (TCL, PRM, LFL, LES), but whom we could see gaining considerably more visibility over the next two years.

These players are unlikely to be ready to step into the LEC within the next one or two years. Rather, they are prospects who could soon find their way into an LFL team or an academy roster. As with the toplane, we will therefore not discuss junglers competing in a major ERL or already established as high-level ERL prospects, such as , , or Vitality’s latest prospect, .

Drofan is slightly older than the other profiles featured in this article. However, he has only really been part of the ERL ecosystem since mid-2025. He is quite simply an exceptional jungle talent, ranking in the top 1% of junglers worldwide in DPM, among other metrics. Playing for Team Phantasma, he has just qualified for the EMEA Masters this Wednesday. Drofan can play almost anything: carry, setup, bruiser, tank, and so on.

His SoloQ profile is even more intriguing. As if being an excellent jungler was not enough, Drofan is not only a monster on Graves, but also an excellent autofill player, including on Cassiopeia. He is a rough diamond who should be allowed to develop at the highest possible level within the European ecosystem. He could be one of those junglers whose rise happens remarkably quickly, spending only two or three years in the ERLs before making the jump to the top level.

The emergence of Polish junglers has become a constant in Europe, and Kacper "Inspired" Słoma has certainly played a part in that. In the wake of the current LYON leader, a whole crop of Polish jungle prospects has emerged and is currently trying to make a name for itself, including Vitality.Bee jungler Dawciu… and Mikusik. The latter appeared on the national circuit at the end of 2025 and immediately established himself as one of Poland’s best junglers.

This season, the 18-year-old was surrounded by experienced players such as Jakub "Jactroll" Skurzyński, Paweł "Woolite" Pruski and Tobiasz "Agresivoo" Ciba in Spring, before playing alongside Paweł "Czekolad" Szczepanik in Summer. Mikusik is an aggressive jungler capable of playing a wide range of assassins and bruisers, strongly reminiscent in that regard of Rhilech’s profile in the LEC.

He is the kind of jungler a team can play around and rely on to convert his early lead into a win. The Pole is an extremely promising prospect who is well worth keeping an eye on. It would not be surprising to see him move up to a major ERL as early as 2027, with the idea of developing him over two years before making the jump to the LEC.

Qualzy entered the scene in Prime League 2 last year before being promoted to an ERL1 league, Hitpoint Masters, in 2026. In Spring, he recorded the most solo kills of any jungler in the world — admittedly in a minor ERL, but getting ahead of players such as Doğukan "113" Balcı or Seo "Kanavi" Jin-hyeok is still no small feat. An assassin player by nature, he is capable of putting up the kind of insane scores on Talon in competitive play that he regularly achieves in SoloQ. Rengar, Zyra, Qiyana, Kha’Zix… within a year, he has demonstrated a very high individual level on this type of champion.

The issue is that Qualzy is therefore a fairly one-dimensional profile. That is probably one of the reasons why the Latvian player is not yet ready for the next step. He needs to work on the fundamentals of the jungle and expand his champion pool, without losing sight of what makes him strong and distinctive in the first place. Qualzy is therefore a young player worth keeping in mind for the future. If he finds himself surrounded by the right players, Europe may have a prospect capable of following in Oskar "Selfmade" Boderek’s footsteps at the highest level.

A double Challenger player, Guli plays both jungle and support. The Pole entered the competitive scene in late 2023 and truly discovered the ERLs in 2025. He enjoyed fairly solid results with Bomba Team at the beginning of 2026, winning the Polish league’s Winter split and finishing second in Spring. His Summer project with Barcząca Esports, however, appears too limited to contend for anything beyond a mid-table finish.

What is particularly striking about Guli is his versatility. Across different patches, he can adapt to whatever his team needs him to play. He is also an excellent Vi player, one of the trickiest champions to play in the ERLs, as it requires a strong understanding of team play to avoid repeatedly suiciding into the enemy team. On top of being a strong SoloQ player, he is well-liked in Poland, where he is active on social media and seems to understand that a player also needs to build an image around themselves.

Guli may not be the most mechanically gifted player on this list, but he is an extremely intelligent player, capable of adapting to the level of his teammates. With the right environment around him, he could break out next year. At the very least, he is a player worth keeping in mind for next season and a legitimate candidate for a top ERL project.

The young French jungler entered the amateur circuit, the Open Tour, this year. He quickly secured two top-eight finishes in an already well-established scene, where very few newcomers manage to perform at that level from the outset. In July, he was offered an ERL spot in the LPLOL (Portugal) for the split. While the league is generally regarded as the weakest competition in the regional Tier 2 ecosystem, it is still worth highlighting how quickly Redsoft managed to earn a spot at this level and get the opportunity to prove himself.

The French jungler is a major bruiser-jungle enthusiast — he is, in fact, almost an Ambessa OTP in SoloQ. Redsoft stands out in teamfights, but above all through his early-game impact. He consistently manages to build leads in a large number of games and has formed a promising duo with French midlaner Pierre "KozziR" Dain. In reality, there is little chance of seeing Redsoft on a top ERL1 team as early as next year. However, he is a player who has only just arrived on the scene and could have a place in a strong project in a lower-tier ERL, or in an academy outside the LFL.

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