Five breakout players to watch: Europe

Europe Open #4 is almost here, and plenty of players are looking to cement themselves as regulars within the RLCS scene. Here are 5 breakout players to watch out for in Europe as we start our journey towards Paris.

TempoH - Geekay Esports

TempoH is the only player in either of our “Breakout” series that has played in the RLCS prior to RLCS 2025, but he’s had a slower breakout compared to most other players that are emerging from the depths of the Swiss Day 3 gauntlets.

The Danish star has risen all the way to Manchester City, and then to Geekay this past season, but made his first attempts to qualify for the league back in RLCS 2022-23. In Fall Open #1, he fell just shy of the Closed Qualifier, losing the qualifying match to BS+ Competition in game 5.

In the Winter Split, he was picked up by Irish organization WYLDE alongside Chippy and TehQoz. He was once again unable to break through, falling in game 5 in the final match before the closed qualifier in Winter Open #2.

It wasn’t until Spring Open #1 that he finally got his first RLCS Main Event appearance, with Chippy and Billy in tow. In RLCS 2024, he made 4 more regional appearances with WYLDE, and earned his first career Main Event win in Open #3 of that season.

TempoH at the Kick-Off Weekend LAN with Man City Esports

In RLCS 2026, he made his first playoff appearance in the European season opener with Man City Esports, and has performed so well this past year or so that he caught the eye of Geekay Esports’ ApparentlyJack and Joyo, who added him to the team in place of Seikoo for Split #2.

MtzR - Team Vitalite

MtzR is at the very top of the list in terms of French prospects at the moment, especially if you take into account the amount of veterans he’s teamed with in his young RLCS career. The young Frenchman garnered plenty of attention from his appearances in Rocket Baguette’s Rising League, as well as the Shift Summer League.

He finally made his rookie debut in RLCS 2025 for “Save the Game” alongside Extra and Aztral, two Francophone legends within the Rocket League Scene.

For the second split, Team BDS came calling and paired him up with two other young up and comers, Nico and GiuK. While the team underperformed compared to their sky high expectations, they did give the LCQ a run for their money, losing to NIP in the finals and coming up just short of the RLCS World Championship.

MtzR (left) with teammate GiuK during a BDS media day [credit: @ShiftersGG on Twitter]

RLCS 2026 once again started off strong for the young French upstart, as his team Gentle Bench made a playoff push before crashing out in the next two events.

Now with the 2023 World Champion duo of Radosin and Alpha54 on either side of him, MtzR will look to finally catch the attention of the entire Rocket League scene as we approach the Paris Major.

Rust ez95 - Gameward Esport

Rust ez95 is another young French prodigy looking to make a name for himself within the toughest region in Rocket League. He made his RLCS debut in the European opener of the 2025 season, and later rocked the scene when his team, Seleção, beat Team Vitality in the first round of Swiss in Open #3 of that same season, and were a game away from going up 2-0 in that Swiss Stage before NIP stormed back to bring them back to Earth.

It was safe to say that the world would have their eyes on young Rust ez95 from then on, and he took plumb advantage. On Team BSK the next split, Rust Ez led his team to back-to-back playoff appearances to end the season.

Rust ez95 poses for Gameward Media day [credit: @GameWardTeam on Twitter]

While his season with Gameward has seen a bit of a regression from what had seemed to be his breakout split, Rust Ez95 is looking to get back on track by trading out Belgian veteran AztraL for Pisky ahead of the second half of the season.

Bibbaba - TRB

Bibbaba made his RLCS debut at age 15 with WYLDE alongside Pukis and Osaft. The Hungarian upstart has been playing in opens since the beginning of the 2025 RLCS season, and had made it as far as the Swiss Stage on three different occasions.

For split #2, he joins the German one-two punch of Rezears and Tox as he looks for his first RLCS Playoff appearance. Last weekend, his squad TRB bested Erah Esport (Saizen, AnoriQ, MayKo), GHT (Gramma, Hyderr, tms), and Hereford FC (Ringa, Drku, Rizex) en route to this weekend’s Main Event. They also took Geekay Esports to game 5 before ultimately losing.

Bibbaba is an above-average scorer in terms of accuracy, meaning he picks his shot opportunities carefully and buries them when he needs to. He actually ranks higher in shot percentage than key players like ExotiiK, Seikoo, Stizzy, and Zen. Magnifico, where the German duo played last split, ranked 160th in goals scored per game, so someone that’s able to take well-placed and well-timed shots could be a huge addition to their offensive output.

Dayyshift - WIP Esports

Dayyshift has been floating around the scene as a name that’s next up for the past couple of seasons now. While he has his doubters, it does seem like he might finally have the chance to breakout this split. Dayyshift has been participating in qualifiers since the 2024 season, but had yet to make a main event until the final event of the first split this season. Representing WIP Esports, Dayyshift, Compact, and Mat went 3-1 in Swiss, only losing a game 5 thriller to Magnifico on the way. The team then beat Dreifach Reset and Team BSK to qualify for the playoffs, giving Dayyshift his first playoff appearance in his first ever main event. There aren’t a lot of potential breakout stars in the scene that can say the same.

This past weekend seems to show some evidence that their Open #3 performance wasn’t a one-time thing. WIP, now with Toxiic in place of Mat, went 3-0 in Swiss with wins over Pandaria Esport, PCS Stride, and TRB, all solid teams in their own right. With Cloud Esport, Team BSK, and Inner Sircle on their side of the bracket, they could very well make it back to the playoffs, this time through the upper bracket.