Lol: Greece locks roster with Empyros, Vladi, Comp and Labrov for Esports Nations Cup

Greece has locked a League of Legends roster for the Esports Nations Cup with Empyros, Vladi, Comp and Labrov, sources said; lol fans will watch the jungle choice.

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Lol: Greece locks roster with Empyros, Vladi, Comp and Labrov for Esports Nations Cup

will start in the toplane as Greece locked its League of Legends roster for the , sources told a roster report published the same day.

The lineup named in the report puts in the midlane, a botlane pairing of and Labrov, and Peppe as the substitute; the jungle slot is listed as or . The dispatch framed the announcement as a roster report based on sources rather than an official federation release.

The simplest measure of why this matters: a complete five-player roster plus a named substitute is how teams are presented to tournament organizers and opponents ahead of group draws and match scheduling. For Greece that means tournament administrators will have a roster on file that lists who is available for each role and who will travel if required — a crucial administrative step before the Esports Nations Cup begins.

Context is straightforward and belongs here: the piece is a sources-based roster report and the event in question is the Esports Nations Cup. The story does not come from an official statement; it comes from people with knowledge of the selection who spoke to the outlet that published the report. The Esports Nations Cup is the competition the roster is being assembled for, and the report reads as a snapshot of which players Greece intends to enter.

The tension in the report is the jungle slot. It is reported as Pallet or Drofan rather than a single, confirmed starter, and Peppe is listed specifically as a substitute. That leaves an unresolved selection inside a line-up that otherwise appears set: will the team travel with a final starting jungler named, or will the choice be finalized in the hours or days before accreditation? That question matters because the pairing of jungle with mid and bot is a structural decision that shapes draft priorities and early-game plans.

Readers who follow League of Legends — commonly shortened to lol in fan discussion — will note two practical consequences of the report. First, Comp and Labrov forming the botlane gives Greece a defined bottom-half identity on paper, leaving scrimmage and practice to reveal how that lane functions under pressure. Second, the Pallet-or-Drofan phrasing makes the jungle call the next public milestone: an announcement from team organizers or tournament registration confirming which name will appear as the starter.

For the players named, the immediate implication is simple and public: Empyros, as the toplane pick in the report, will carry the visible responsibility of the top lane; Vladi will occupy mid; Comp and Labrov are listed together as the bot pairing; Peppe will serve as the substitute. What unfolds next — and what fans, organizers and opponents should watch for today — is confirmation of who begins in jungle and any official roster paper filed with the Esports Nations Cup.

This roster report, sourced rather than formalized, gives Greece a shape and a story. It names a core five, identifies a bench, and leaves a single slot to be settled. That unresolved jungle decision is now the clearest hinge: when Pallet or Drofan is named the starter, the lineup will move from reported shape to an item opponents can prepare against — and Empyros, already listed on the roster, will go from part of a report to the player opponents plan around on match day.

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