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| SofM | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Lê Quang Duy | |
| Country of Birth | Vietnam | |
| Birthday | February 5, 1998 (age 26) | |
| Residency | China | |
| Prev Residencies | Vietnam SEA | |
| Competitive | ||
| Team |  Vietnam  MGN Vikings Esports | |
| 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 | ||
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Lê "SofM" (▶️ listen) Quang Duy is a League of Legends esports player, currently head coach for Vietnam and co-owner of and head coach for MGN Vikings Esports.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 GameTV | ≈Jul 2012≈2012-07-?? | ≈Jan 2013≈2013-01-?? | ≈6mo ejel | ||
 Full Louis | ≈Feb 2013≈2013-02-?? | Apr 20162016-04-26 | ≈3yr 2mo ejel | ||
 Hanoi Team Demons | Apr 20162016-04-26 | May 20162016-05-04 | 8d ejel | ||
 SuperHype Gaming | May 20162016-05-04[2] | May 20162016-05-18[1] | 14d ejel | ||
 Snake Esports | May 20162016-05-18[5] | May 20192019-05-21[3] | 3yr 3d ejel | ||
 LNG Esports | May 20192019-05-21[8] | Nov 20192019-11-26[6] | 6mo 5d ejel | ||
 Suning | Dec 20192019-12-16[11] | Nov 20212021-11-21[10] | 1yr 11mo ejel | ||
 Weibo Gaming | Nov 20212021-11-21[10] | Dec 20222022-12-08[12] | 1yr 17d ejel | ||
| Vietnam | May 20232023-05-26[13] | Present | 1yr 6mo ej | ||
 Team Whales | Oct 20232023-10-10[14] | Oct 20232023-10-15 | 5d ejel | ||
| Vikings Esports | Dec 20232023-12-31[16] | Mar 20242024-03-31[15] | 3mo ejel | ||
| Vikings Esports | Mar 20242024-03-31[15] | Jun 20242024-06-11[17] | 2mo 11d ejel | ||
| MGN Vikings Esports | Jun 20242024-06-11[17] | Present | 5mo 27d ej |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GameTV | ≈Jul 2012≈2012-07-?? | ≈Jan 2013≈2013-01-?? | ≈6mo ejel | ||
| Full Louis | ≈Feb 2013≈2013-02-?? | Aug 20132013-08-22 | ≈6mo 21d ejel | ||
| Full Louis | Aug 20132013-08-22 | Apr 20142014-04-01 | 7mo 10d ejel | ||
| Full Louis | Apr 20142014-04-01 | May 20152015-05-01 | 1yr 1mo ejel | ||
| Full Louis | May 20152015-05-01 | Dec 20152015-12-08 | 7mo 7d ejel | ||
| Full Louis | Dec 20152015-12-08 | ≈Jan 2016≈2016-01-15 | ≈1mo 7d ejel | ||
| Full Louis | ≈Jan 2016≈2016-01-15 | ≈Feb 2016≈2016-02-?? | ≈17d ejel | ||
| Full Louis | ≈Feb 2016≈2016-02-?? | Apr 20162016-04-26 | ≈2mo 25d ejel | ||
| Hanoi Team Demons | Apr 20162016-04-26 | May 20162016-05-04 | 8d ejel | ||
| SuperHype Gaming | May 20162016-05-04[2] | May 20162016-05-18[1] | 14d ejel | ||
| Snake Esports | May 20162016-05-18[5] | Jun 20162016-06-05 | 18d ejel | ||
| Snake Esports | Jun 20162016-06-05 | May 20192019-05-21[3] | 2yr 11mo ejel | ||
| LNG Esports | May 20192019-05-21[8] | Nov 20192019-11-26[6] | 6mo 5d ejel | ||
| Suning | Dec 20192019-12-16[11] | Nov 20212021-11-21[10] | 1yr 11mo ejel | ||
| Weibo Gaming | Nov 20212021-11-21[10] | Dec 20222022-12-08[12] | 1yr 17d ejel | ||
| Vietnam | May 20232023-05-26[13] | Present | 1yr 6mo ej | ||
| Team Whales | Oct 20232023-10-10[14] | Oct 20232023-10-15 | 5d ejel | ||
| Vikings Esports | Dec 20232023-12-31[16] | Feb 20242024-02-17[18] | 1mo 17d ejel | ||
| Vikings Esports | Feb 20242024-02-17[18] | Mar 20242024-03-31[15] | 1mo 14d ejel | ||
| Vikings Esports | Mar 20242024-03-31[15] | Jun 20242024-06-11[17] | 2mo 11d ejel | ||
| Vikings Esports | Jun 20242024-06-11[17] | Dec 20242024-12-05[19] | 5mo 24d ejel | ||
| MGN Vikings Esports | Dec 20242024-12-05[19] | Present | 3d ej |
News
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
 GTV | July (approx.), SofM joins. |
| GTV | January (approx.), SofM leaves. | |
 FL | February (approx.), LoliTa and SofM join. Rosica (Mid to Sub/Support) changes position. | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| FL | May 1, Fury joins as substitute. SofM (Mid to Jungle) and KoW (Jungle to Mid) change positions. | |
| 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. |
| FL | January 15 (approx.), SofM (Mid to Jungle) changes position. | |
| FL | February (approx.), SofM (Jungle to Bot) changes position. | |
| FL | April 26, Shyn rejoins. Ness, Fury, KoW, Jeff, SofM, Shinichi, and TamHeo leave. | |
 HANO | April 26, Ness, Fury, SofM, Jeff, and Shinichi join. KoW and TamHeo join as substitutes. | |
| HANO | May 4, Ness, Fury, SofM, Jeff, Shinichi, KoW, and TamHeo leave. | |
 SHG | May 4, Ness, Fury, SofM, Jeff, Shinichi, and Yun (Founder) join. KoW and TamHeo join as substitutes.[2] | |
| SHG | May 18, DHNN moves to starting roster. SofM leaves.[1] | |
 SS | May 18, SofM joins as trainee.[5] | |
| SS | June 5, SofM moves to starting roster. Zzr moves to substitute. |
| SS | February 24, SofM changes residency from SEA to Vietnam. |
| SS | May 21, Flandre, SofM, Andy, Fenfen, Asura, Hudie, Maestro, and KenZhu (Head Coach) leave. Mala's departure is confirmed.[3][4] | |
 LNG | May 21, Flandre, SofM, Fenfen, Asura, Maestro, and KenZhu (Head Coach) join.[8][9] | |
| 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.[20] | |
| LNG | November 26, SofM leaves.[6][7] | |
 SN | December 16, SofM joins.[11] |
| 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.[21] | |
| SN | December 16, SofM's contract is extended.[22] |
| 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.[23] | |
 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. | |
| WBG | December 21, SofM changes residency from Vietnam to China.[24] |
 VIE | May 26, SofM appointed head coach of the national team (on a contract basis) and will be a member of the board of VIRESA.[13] | |
 TW | October 10, SofM (Mentor Coach) joins until the end of Worlds 2023.[14] | |
| TW | October 15, SofM (Mentor Coach) leaves. | |
 VKE | December 31, SofM (Co-Owner) joins.[16] |
| 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.[18] 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.[18] | |
| VKE | March 31, SofM (Co-Owner/Head Coach to Support/Co-Owner) changes position.[15] | |
| 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.[17] | |
| MVKE | December 5, Vikings Esports renames to MGN Vikings Esports.[19] |
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.
- Reached 500 games in the LPL on February 24, 2022
- 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 | Vietnam | 2016 VCS A Spring Season Week 5 |  |  | Ezreal | Bot | W | 13/0/3 | ||
| 2015-08-16 | SEA | SEA Regional Finals 2015 | |  | Nidalee | Jun | W | 10/2/13 | Link | Link |
- Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| 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
- 2024
- February 23, Korea Challenger Highlights by , and on 랑말TV
- July 1, Funny Teacher Chapter 3: Jungler - GFL SofM by , and on Vietnam Esports TV
- August 8, Human of GPL: GFL SofM with Vietnam Esports TV on YouTube
- December 12, SofM's Quadrakill vs IGL - Riot Stream by , and on Duc Le Hoai
- December 28, HFL SofM - TOP 100 PLAYS OF 2015 랑말TV by , and on 랑말TV
- June 15, The SofM effect: An investigation into the new style of Snake eSports by Kelsey Moser on The Score
- June 18, Best of SofM|Best Vietnamese Player|(League of Legends) - Synotik Youtube Channel by , and on Synotik
- June 21, [Translation] Brief SofM interview on the recent incident by , and on TwitLonger (Original Interview on PCgames)
- August 9, Unlocked:SofM by , and on LoL Esports
- January 2, [Biography] Phê Game: "SOFM - Thần Rừng Duy Nhất Của Việt Nam (Phê Esports #15)" by Giang and Kwan on Phê Game
- 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
- October 5, SofM talks Suning's victory over Team Liquid at Worlds 2020 with Emily Rand on YouTube
- 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
- December 24, Angel: "TheShy is a very stubborn person" - Weibo Gaming documentary (2022) by LPL Andy on YouTube
- September 28, VKE SofM: "I have more responsibilities now and I feel I need to try harder to achieve my goals" with Armand Luque on Sheep Esports
- October 4, SofM reflects on his time as VKE head coach & the team's issues at Worlds with Pedro Romero on YouTube
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 |
Images[]
FL SofM, GPL 2014 Spring
SS SofM, LPL 2016 Summer
SS SofM, LPL 2017 Spring
SS SofM, LPL 2017 Summer
SS SofM, LPL 2018 Spring
SS SofM, LPL 2018 Summer
SS SofM, LPL 2019 Spring
LNG SofM, LPL 2019 Summer
SN SofM, LPL 2020 Spring
SN SofM, LPL 2020 Summer
SN SofM, Worlds 2020
SN SofM, LPL 2021 Spring
SN SofM, LPL 2021 Summer
WBG SofM, LPL 2022 Spring
VKE SofM, VCS 2024 Spring
K.O Sofm, Legend Cup Season 2
Name Pronunciation
| SofM | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | LPL Production |
| Voiced By | Candice |
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 SofM in Snake Gaming House lienminh360.vn
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 SuperHype Gaming's Facebook Post (Vietnamese) facebook.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 OMG's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 OMG's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Liên Minh 360 (Vietnamese) lienminh360.vn
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 SofM's Facebook Post (Vietnamese) facebook.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 LNG Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 PentaQ's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 WanPlus' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Weibo Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Suning's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Weibo Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 VIRESA's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Caster Hoàng Luân' Video youtube.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 Vikings Esports' Facebook Post (Vietnamese) facebook.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Vikings Esports' Facebook Post (Vietnamese) facebook.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 Archive Pages: before change - VN - 2024-06-10; after change - VN - 2024-06-11
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Archive Pages: before change - VN - 2024-02-16; after change - VN - 2024-02-17
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 MGN Vikings Esports' Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2019-05-21; after change - CN - 2019-06-11
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2019-12-18; after change - CN - 2020-01-06
- ↑ Suning's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2021-06-21; after change - CN - 2021-06-22
- ↑ Weibo Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com