Paul Boyer, better known as sOAZ (), is a French ''

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'' coach for LDLC OL. Formerly a professional ''

'' player, he has played for against All authority (aAa),

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, and

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of the LEC and

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of the

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. While on aAa, sOAZ was a runner-up in the Season 1 World Championship. sOAZ is one of the most decorated players to play in the EU LCS, having won five split titles (2013 Spring EU LCS, 2013 Summer EU LCS, 2014 Spring EU LCS, 2018 Spring EU LCS, 2018 Summer EU LCS) and six World Championship appearances.

Career

sOAZ first joined Fnatic in 2012 and enjoyed over two years of success with an iconic roster which included xPeke, Cyanide and Yellowstar. On 23 December 2014 sOAZ left Fnatic and soon after joined former teammate

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, who founded Origen. sOAZ is one of only 4 players who have qualified for six World Championships, along with Sneaky, Doublelift and Clearlove. He later rejoined Fnatic, and was part of the 2018 team that reached the Worlds 2018 final, albeit sharing time with fellow top laner Bwipo. For the 2019 season, sOAZ joined

, along with mid laner

Febiven Fabian Diepstraten (), better known as Febiven, is a Dutch former professional ''League of Legends'' player. During his career which spanned seven years, he played for several teams, including Misfits Gaming, Clutch Gaming, Fnatic, H2k-Gaming, a ...

. He left the team partway through the 2019 Summer Split along with support Gorilla as part of a rebuild of Misfits during their disappointing 2019 season. On 12 December 2019, sOAZ announced that he would be transferring to North America and joining LCS team

as their top laner for the 2020 Spring Split. In December 2020, it was announced that Boyer would be a coach for LDLC OL for the 2021 La Ligue Française season.

Tournament results

against All authority

* 2nd — Season 1 World Championship

Fnatic

* 1st —

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* 1st — 2013 Spring EU LCS * 1st — 2013 Summer EU LCS * 1st — 2014 Spring EU LCS * 3rd — 2017 Spring EU LCS * 3rd — 2017 Summer EU LCS * 5th–8th —

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* 1st — 2018 Spring EU LCS * 3rd–4th —

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* 1st — 2018 Summer EU LCS * 2nd —

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Origen

* 1st — 2015 Spring EU CS * 2nd —

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* 3rd–4th —

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* 1st —

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* 2nd — 2016 Spring EU LCS * 9th — 2016 Summer EU LCS

References

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