snake esports announced on 21 may 2019 that it had been acquired by athletic apparel company li-ning and that it was rebranding as lng esports. top laner li "flandre" xuan-jun, jungler lê "sofm" quang duy, mid laner huang "fenfen" chen, bot laner lu "asura" qi and support hu "maestro" jian-xin remained on the team following the acquisition. to complete lng's inaugural roster, mid laner bae "plex" ho-young and support duan "duan" de-liang were acquired from griffin and vici gaming respectively.