SofM

SofM
SofM
Background Information
Name	Lê Quang Duy
Country of Birth	; Vietnam
Birthday	February 5, 1998 (age 26)
Residency	CNChina
Prev Residencies	VNVietnam; SEASEA
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Vikings Esports
Contract Expires	2024-11-18
Role	; Coach
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	CN: Lee丶Ji丶Kyo; KR: Cliffteezy; ASD QQQ ZZZ; VN: S 15 6 13
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Lê "SofM" (▶️ listen) Quang Duy is a League of Legends esports player, currently co-owner of and head coach for Vikings Esports.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
SEA	⁠⁠GameTV	≈Jul 2012≈2012-07-??	≈Jan 2013≈2013-01-??	≈6mo ejel
SEA	⁠⁠Full Louis	≈Feb 2013≈2013-02-??	Apr 20162016-04-26	≈3yr 2mo ejel
SEA	⁠⁠Hanoi Team Demons	Apr 20162016-04-26	May 20162016-05-04	8d ejel
SEA	⁠⁠SuperHype Gaming	May 20162016-05-04^[2]	May 20162016-05-18^[1]	14d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Snake Esports	May 20162016-05-18^[5]	May 20192019-05-21^[3]	3yr 3d ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	May 20192019-05-21^[8]	Nov 20192019-11-26^[6]	6mo 5d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Suning	Dec 20192019-12-16^[11]	Nov 20212021-11-21^[10]	1yr 11mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Weibo Gaming	Nov 20212021-11-21^[10]	Dec 20222022-12-08^[12]	1yr 17d ejel
VN	⁠⁠Team Whales	Oct 20232023-10-10^[13]	Oct 20232023-10-15	5d ejel
VN	⁠⁠Vikings Esports	Dec 20232023-12-31^[15]	Mar 20242024-03-31^[14]	3mo ejel
VN	⁠⁠Vikings Esports	Mar 20242024-03-31^[14]	Jun 20242024-06-11^[16]	2mo 11d ejel
VN	⁠⁠Vikings Esports	Jun 20242024-06-11^[16]	Present	3mo 22d ej

	Team	Start	End
SEA	⁠⁠GameTV	≈Jul 2012≈2012-07-??	≈Jan 2013≈2013-01-??	≈6mo ejel
SEA	⁠⁠Full Louis	≈Feb 2013≈2013-02-??	Aug 20132013-08-22	≈6mo 21d ejel
SEA	⁠⁠Full Louis	Aug 20132013-08-22	Apr 20142014-04-01	7mo 10d ejel
SEA	⁠⁠Full Louis	Apr 20142014-04-01	May 20152015-05-01	1yr 1mo ejel
SEA	⁠⁠Full Louis	May 20152015-05-01	Dec 20152015-12-08	7mo 7d ejel
SEA	⁠⁠Full Louis	Dec 20152015-12-08	≈Jan 2016≈2016-01-15	≈1mo 7d ejel
SEA	⁠⁠Full Louis	≈Jan 2016≈2016-01-15	≈Feb 2016≈2016-02-??	≈17d ejel
SEA	⁠⁠Full Louis	≈Feb 2016≈2016-02-??	Apr 20162016-04-26	≈2mo 25d ejel
SEA	⁠⁠Hanoi Team Demons	Apr 20162016-04-26	May 20162016-05-04	8d ejel
SEA	⁠⁠SuperHype Gaming	May 20162016-05-04^[2]	May 20162016-05-18^[1]	14d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Snake Esports	May 20162016-05-18^[5]	Jun 20162016-06-05	18d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Snake Esports	Jun 20162016-06-05	May 20192019-05-21^[3]	2yr 11mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	May 20192019-05-21^[8]	Nov 20192019-11-26^[6]	6mo 5d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Suning	Dec 20192019-12-16^[11]	Nov 20212021-11-21^[10]	1yr 11mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Weibo Gaming	Nov 20212021-11-21^[10]	Dec 20222022-12-08^[12]	1yr 17d ejel
VN	⁠⁠Team Whales	Oct 20232023-10-10^[13]	Oct 20232023-10-15	5d ejel
VN	⁠⁠Vikings Esports	Dec 20232023-12-31^[15]	Feb 20242024-02-17^[17]	1mo 17d ejel
VN	⁠⁠Vikings Esports	Feb 20242024-02-17^[17]	Mar 20242024-03-31^[14]	1mo 14d ejel
VN	⁠⁠Vikings Esports	Mar 20242024-03-31^[14]	Jun 20242024-06-11^[16]	2mo 11d ejel
VN	⁠⁠Vikings Esports	Jun 20242024-06-11^[16]	Present	3mo 22d ej

News

2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

SEA

⁠

⁠GTV

July (approx.),
SofM joins.

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SEA	⁠⁠GTV	January (approx.), SofM leaves. e
SEA	⁠⁠FL	February (approx.), LoliTa and SofM join. Rosica (Mid to Sub/Support) changes position. e
SEA	⁠⁠FL	August 22, SofM (Mid to Jungle), Shyn (Bot to Mid), and Violet (Support to Bot) change positions. Yun (Manager/Sub/Top to Manager) changes position. e

SEA

⁠

⁠FL

April 1,
Jeff and Tinikun (Analyst) join. Starfall (Support to Top), Shyn (Mid to Jungle), SofM (Jungle to Mid), and Violet (Bot to Support) change positions.
MeW moves to substitute.

e

SEA	⁠⁠FL	May 1, Fury joins as substitute. SofM (Mid to Jungle) and KoW (Jungle to Mid) change positions. e
SEA	⁠⁠FL	December 8, Jeff and Shinichi rejoin. KoW (Mid to Top) and SofM (Jungle to Mid) change positions. Fury moves to starting roster. Violet moves to substitute. e

SEA	⁠⁠FL	January 15 (approx.), SofM (Mid to Jungle) changes position. e
SEA	⁠⁠FL	February (approx.), SofM (Jungle to Bot) changes position. e
SEA	⁠⁠FL	April 26, Shyn rejoins. Ness, Fury, KoW, Jeff, SofM, Shinichi, and TamHeo leave. e
SEA	⁠⁠HANO	April 26, Ness, Fury, SofM, Jeff, and Shinichi join. KoW and TamHeo join as substitutes. e
SEA	⁠⁠HANO	May 4, Ness, Fury, SofM, Jeff, Shinichi, KoW, and TamHeo leave. e
SEA	⁠⁠SHG	May 4, Ness, Fury, SofM, Jeff, Shinichi, and Yun (Founder) join. KoW and TamHeo join as substitutes.^[2] e
SEA	⁠⁠SHG	May 18, DHNN moves to starting roster. SofM leaves.^[1] e
CN	⁠⁠SS	May 18, SofM joins as trainee.^[5] e
CN	⁠⁠SS	June 5, SofM moves to starting roster. Zzr moves to substitute. e

VN

⁠

⁠SS

February 24, SofM changes residency from

SEA

SEA to

VN

Vietnam.

e

CN	⁠⁠SS	May 21, Flandre, SofM, Andy, Fenfen, Asura, Hudie, Maestro, and KenZhu (Head Coach) leave. Mala's departure is confirmed.^[3]^[4] e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	May 21, Flandre, SofM, Fenfen, Asura, Maestro, and KenZhu (Head Coach) join.^[8]^[9] e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	June 11, Flandre's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020. SofM and Fenfen's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019. Plex's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021. Asura, Duan, and Maestro's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.^[18] e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	November 26, SofM leaves.^[6]^[7] e
CN	⁠⁠SN	December 16, SofM joins.^[11] e

CN	⁠⁠SN	January 6, Bin's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2022. SofM's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.^[19] e
CN	⁠⁠SN	December 16, SofM's contract is extended.^[20] e

CN	⁠⁠SN	June 22, Bin, SofM, Angel, and Assum's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022. ON and View's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.^[21] e
CN	⁠⁠WBG	November 21, ⁠⁠Suning rebrands as ⁠⁠Weibo Gaming.^[10] SofM, Angel, and huanfeng's contracts are transferred to ⁠⁠Weibo Gaming in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022. ON's contract is transferred to ⁠⁠Weibo Gaming in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023. e
CN	⁠⁠WBG	December 21, SofM changes residency from VN Vietnam to CN China.^[22] e

CN

⁠

⁠WBG

December 8,
SofM leaves.^[12]

e

VN	⁠⁠TW	October 10, SofM (Mentor Coach) joins until the end of Worlds 2023.^[13] e
VN	⁠⁠TW	October 15, SofM (Mentor Coach) leaves. e
VN	⁠⁠VKE	December 31, SofM (Co-Owner) joins.^[15] e

VN	⁠⁠VKE	February 17, Tomrio is added to the GCD as substitute. SofM (Co-Owner to Co-Owner/Head Coach)'s position is changed in the GCD.^[17] Tomrio's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2025. SofM (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.^[17] e
VN	⁠⁠VKE	March 31, SofM (Co-Owner/Head Coach to Support/Co-Owner) changes position.^[14] e
VN	⁠⁠VKE	June 11, Nanaue and Bie are added to the GCD. Fear is added to the GCD as substitute. SofM (Support/Co-Owner to Co-Owner/Head Coach)'s position is changed in the GCD.^[16] e

Biography[]

Lê "SofM" Quang Duy is considered by some to be the most talented players in Vietnam. Although he started to play League of Legends early, because of the the age limit implemented by Riot worldwide, SofM had to temporarily leave competitive play.

He became the first Vietnamese player to reach Challenger Tier and top 10 Challengers on the Korean Server despite regularly playing with 100 or more ping and was the GPL All-Star starting jungler at International Wildcard All-Star Melbourne 2015. Following MSI 2016, he joined Snake eSports as a trainee, becoming the first Vietnamese player to make an LPL roster. He made his LPL debut in Week 2 against Newbee and won the MVP award for his very first game - recording 4/1/6 playing Graves against Swift's Kindred - and then helped Snake complete a 2-0 sweep. Snake finished 2nd in their group. Qualifying for the playoffs, they finished 5th-6th after a 1-3 loss to I May. Earning the right to attend the China Regional Finals 2016 for China, Snake would play two brutal five game Bo5s in one day. Despite their 3-2 win over Vici Gaming, they fell 2-3 to Team WE and could not qualify for Worlds. During the off-season they also earned a 3rd-4th place finish at the finals of the 2016 Demacia Cup. They lost 2-3 to I May in the semifinals. They also finished 3rd at NEST 2016 after a 1-2 loss to LGD Gaming.

Snake's 2017 Season was even worse than the previous year. They finished the 2017 LPL Spring Season 5th place in their group and had to attend the Promotion Tournament. They defeated Vici Gaming 3-0 to keep their LPL spot. Their 2017 Demacia Cup performance wasn't very good as well and they finished 13th-20th after a 1-2 loss to Red Wolf Gaming. In the Summer Season Snake finished 4th in their group and barely made the playoffs. They however lost 0-3 to Newbee in the first round and were quickly eliminated which ended their 2017 season.

Sofm's first season with Suning in 2020 did not start off well. They finished 2020 LPL Spring Season in 11th place and did not qualify for Playoffs. However, the team synergy gets better during the 2020 LPL Summer Season. Suning finished the Summer Split in 4th place, and finished the season in 3rd place after the Playoffs. SofM and Suning came to the LPL 2020 Regional Finals as the highest seed, defeating China's soon-to-be 4th seed LGD to give Sofm his first appearance at the World Championship.

At the 2020 Season World Championship, Sofm and Suning were drawn into Group A. They finished the group stage 4-2, tied with G2 Esports. Suning won the tiebreaker, giving them 1st seed out of the group and setting up for a quarterfinal against JD Gaming. Sofm and the team came out on top, winning 3-1 and advancing to the semifinals, where they faced LPL champions Top Esports. Another 3-1 victory meant that Suning would advance to the final, along with DAMWON. The fairytale ended here, with Sofm and the team losing 3-1.

Trivia[]

Holds the world record of vision score in competitive game. Reached a vision score of 295 in a game in LPL 2021 Summer against LNG.
He's the first Vietnamese player to play outside the region (GPL/VCS) and the first non-Korean and non-LMS/PCS foreign player in the LPL.
His ID SofM is short for "Style of Me".
His favorite champion is Lee Sin which he revolutionized building
Knight's Vow and other tank/support items on.
He is one of the youngest professional players to have achieved Challenger tier on the Vietnamese, Taiwanese, and Korean servers.
Made it to Challenger on KR server in 2016 while playing with approximately 100 ping from Vietnam.
- Later explained the actual ping to be around 65~77.
Did not realize he had almost made it to Worlds 2016 during the China Regional Finals 2016, until somebody told him in 2019. He thought he was playing for the Demacia Cup.
- Later explained he had a translator who did not know League of Legends, hence the miscommunication.
Had a competitive game with a 100% Cocoon accuracy against enemy champions with his Elise.
After Chawy, he was the second SEA player to play outside the region.
Due to his high individual skill, Sofm swapped to bot lane for Full Louis in the VCS 2016 Spring Playoffs and played hypercarry champions like Kog'Maw. This was also the last tournament for Sofm in the VCS before he departed for the LPL.
Popularized building Redemption on Olaf in Korean solo queue ranked which later saw wide usage worldwide.
In 2020, he became the first-ever Vietnamese player and the first-ever player from an emerging region to reach Finals in Worlds or MSI.
- Ironically, he was also the only Vietnamese player playing at Worlds 2020, as the qualified Vietnamese teams were unable to attend due to travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Reached 1000 kills in the LPL on June 11, 2021.
- The 26th player to reach 1000 kills in the LPL.
Reached 3000 assists in the LPL on July 9th, 2021.
- Was the 13th player to reach 3000 assists in the LPL after Clearlove, Pyl, meiko, xiaohu, Rookie, COLD, Ming, Baolan, Doinb, Flandre, Crisp, and LvMao.
Reached 500 games in the LPL on February 24, 2022
- The 12th player to reach 500 games in the LPL, after Uzi, meiko, Rookie, xiaohu, Xiye, Flandre, Smlz, Doinb, Scout, cold, and Ming.
He is called the king of games by fans.
- He achieved 6000 Elo in Solo Ranking MMR Dota2
- He achieved Legend rank (Hearthstone's highest rank) and participated in the world qualifiers in Southeast Asia.
- He often attends Naraka: Bladepoint tournaments in his free time and has won several major tournaments in Asia.
- And he can play many other games well in many game genres, not just MOBA.
He was awarded the title of National Esports Grandmaster by VIRESA (Vietnam Esports Federation) after achieving good results with Vietnam National Team at 2022 Asian Games on January 21, 2024.

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Team	Vs	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2016-02-27	VN Vietnam	2016 VCS A Spring Season Week 5			Ezreal	Bot	W	13/0/3
2015-08-16	SEA SEA	SEA Regional Finals 2015			Nidalee	Jun	W	10/2/13	Link	Link

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Tournament Results[]

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

SofM Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2024-09-28	19 - 20	Worlds 2024	0 : 2⁠⁠PNG	⁠⁠VKE	Nanaue, Gury, Kati, Shogun, Bie, SofM, Hankay
2024-08-18	2	VCS 2024 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠GAM	⁠⁠VKE	Nanaue, Gury, Kati, Shogun, Bie, SofM, Hankay, Suga
2024-08-04	1	VCS 2024 Summer	11 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠VKE	Nanaue, Gury, Kati, Shogun, Bie, SofM, Hankay
2024-04-07	2	VCS 2024 Spring Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠GAM	⁠⁠VKE	Fireblade, TomRio, Kati, Shogun, SofM, Hankay, Suga
2024-03-10	4	VCS 2024 Spring	7 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠VKE	Kratos, Gury, Kati, Shogun, Kairi, SofM, Hankay, Suga
2023-09-29	4	Asian Games 2022	1 : 2⁠⁠CHN	⁠⁠VIE	TRANlDS, DO, DANG, LE, TRANlQH, TRANlDH, SofM
2023-09-11	2	Asian Games 2022 KOREA Pre Evaluation - VIE x KOR	0 : 2⁠⁠KOR	⁠⁠VIE	Kiaya, Levi, Glory, Artemis, Kati, SofM
2023-06-18	5	RDAG 2022 Southeast Asia	0 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠VIE	Kiaya, Levi, Dia1, Glory, Slayder, Palette, SofM
2022-08-19	7 - 8	LPL 2022 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠LNG	⁠⁠WBG	TheShy, SofM, Angel, huanfeng, ON, maizijian, Eimy
2022-08-14	6	LPL 2022 Summer	10 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠WBG	TheShy, SofM, Angel, huanfeng, ON, SwordArt, maizijian, easyhoon, Eimy

SofM 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2018-11-25	2	VCS All-Star 2018		⁠⁠SS	2 : 3 ⁠⁠ Pake
2015-11-29	17 - 32	All-Star 2015 IWC Melbourne		⁠⁠GPL	0 : FB ⁠⁠ brTT
2015-10-12	1	Vietnam GameK Challenger Season 2	₫3,000,000	⁠⁠FL	2 : 0 ⁠⁠ Jinky
2015-05-31	1	Vietnam GameK Challenger Season 1	₫3,000,000	⁠⁠FL	3-2 ⁠⁠ Jinky
2015-04-12	3	2015 Vietnam All-stars Challenger	₫5,000,000	⁠⁠FL	0 : 1 ⁠⁠ QTV

Media[]

2015
2016
2020
2022

February 23, Korea Challenger Highlights by , and on 랑말TV
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July 1, Funny Teacher Chapter 3: Jungler - GFL SofM by , and on Vietnam Esports TV
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August 8, Human of GPL: GFL SofM with Vietnam Esports TV on YouTube
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December 12, SofM's Quadrakill vs IGL - Riot Stream by , and on Duc Le Hoai
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December 28, HFL SofM - TOP 100 PLAYS OF 2015 랑말TV by , and on 랑말TV
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June 15, The SofM effect: An investigation into the new style of Snake eSports by Kelsey Moser on The Score
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June 18, Best of SofM|Best Vietnamese Player|(League of Legends) - Synotik Youtube Channel by , and on Synotik
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June 21, [Translation] Brief SofM interview on the recent incident by , and on TwitLonger (Original Interview on PCgames)
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August 9, Unlocked:SofM by , and on LoL Esports
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January 2, [Biography] Phê Game: "SOFM - Thần Rừng Duy Nhất Của Việt Nam (Phê Esports #15)" by Giang and Kwan on Phê Game
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October 2, ‘My goal at this Worlds is to play well so more people will know me,’ says Suning’s SofM with Amanda Tan on ONE Esports
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October 5, SofM talks Suning's victory over Team Liquid at Worlds 2020 with Emily Rand on YouTube
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October 9, Suning’s SofM: ‘I’m really proud as the only Vietnamese player to make it this far’ with Amanda Tan on ONE Esports
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December 24, Angel: "TheShy is a very stubborn person" - Weibo Gaming documentary (2022) by LPL Andy on YouTube
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2024-08-17	VCS 2024 Summer Playoffs	VKE vs TW
2024-04-03	VCS 2024 Spring Playoffs	VKE vs GAM
2023-09-11	Asian Games 2022 KOREA Pre Evaluation	KOR vs VIE	Link
2022-02-12	LPL 2022 Spring	WBG vs FPX	Link
2022-01-13	LPL 2022 Spring	WBG vs WE	Link
2021-07-09	LPL 2021 Summer	SN vs OMG	Link
2021-06-18	LPL 2021 Summer	SN vs UP	Link
2021-03-26	LPL 2021 Spring	ES vs SN	Link
2021-02-28	LPL 2021 Spring	SN vs iG	Link
2021-01-28	LPL 2021 Spring	OMG vs SN	Link
2020-08-28	LPL 2020 Regional Finals	SN vs LGD	Link
2020-08-25	LPL 2020 Summer Playoffs	SN vs LGD	Link
2019-12-21	Demacia Cup 2019	SN vs LGE	Link