Smeb

Song Kyung-ho (Korean: 송경호; born June 30, 1995),^[1][2] better known as Smeb, is a South Korean former professional League of Legends player.

Smeb
Song in 2018
Personal information
Name	송경호 (Song Kyung-ho)
Born	(1995-06-30) June 30, 1995 (age 29)
Nationality	South Korean
Career information
Games	League of Legends
Playing career	2012–2020
Role	Top laner
Team history
2012	Nab
2013–2014	Incredible Miracle 1
2015–2016	ROX Tigers
2017–2019, 2020	KT Rolster
Career highlights and awards
2× LCK champion 2× LCK season MVP 2× KeSPA Cup champion

Career

Song began competing in League of Legends in 2012.^[3] He joined the Tigers in 2014, upon the team's formation.^[4] Smeb got his first penta kill recorder of top solo laner; on June 13, 2015, he achieved his penta kill by playing Riven against Jin Air Greenwings.^[5] KOO Tigers finished second at the 2015 League of Legends World Championship.^[6]

He was named MVP of the 2016 LCK season.^[7] Before the beginning of the 2016 League of Legends World Championship, he was ranked the No. 1 player in the world by the Worlds analysts and the No. 2 player in the world by ESPN.^[8] Despite, his performance, the ROX Tigers lost 3–2 to SKT T1 on the semifinals.^{[citation needed]}

Smeb was the sixth player to achieve 1,000 kills of LCK overall after Faker, Pray, Bang, Score and Kuro. He achieved 1,000 kills in the second round against KONGDOO MONSTER on March 1, 2018, during League of Legends Champions Korea 2018 Spring Season.^[9] He was selected as a 2018 PyeongChang Olympic torch relay runner along with the kt Rolster members.^[10]

On December 17, 2020, he announced his retirement from professional League of Legends.^[11]

Seasons overview

Team	Year	Domestic			Mid-Season Invitational	World Championship
		League	Spring	Summer
Incredible Miracle	2013	Champions	11th–12th	13th–16th	—	Did not qualify
	2014	Champions	9th–12th	13th–16th		Did not qualify
ROX Tigers	2015	LCK	2nd	3rd	Did not qualify	2nd
	2016	LCK	2nd	1st	Did not qualify	3rd–4th
KT Rolster	2017	LCK	2nd	3rd	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
	2018	LCK	3rd	1st	Did not qualify	5th–8th
	2019	LCK	9th	8th	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
	2020	LCK	—	6th	—	Did not qualify

Awards and honors

LCK

• Two-time LCK champion — Summer 2016, Summer 2018
• Two-time LCK season MVP — Spring 2016, Summer 2016

KeSPA

• Two-time KeSPA Cup champion — 2016, 2017
• KeSPA League of Legends Popularity Award — 2016^[12]

References

1. Field Level Media (May 29, 2020). "Smeb rejoins KT Rolster for Summer Split". Reuters. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
2. Jang, Minyoung; Jang, David (July 1, 2018). "KT Smeb: "Aatrox became more fun. I think there's a good chance of him becoming a good champion."". InvenGlobal. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
3. Rand, Emily (May 29, 2019). "KT Rolster's PraY signing latest indication of LCK's talent erosion". ESPN. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
4. "Esports equivalent: Smeb and Kevin Durant". July 6, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
5. "Smeb penta kill".
6. "KOO Tigers sweep Fnatic to set up Korean only final at Worlds". www.dailydot.com. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016.
7. "Smeb wins LCK MVP for second straight season". August 6, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
8. "League of Legends top 10 players". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
9. Kang, Ashley (March 4, 2018). "Smeb is the 6th LCK player ever to get 1000 kills". Korizon. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
10. "smeb 2018 PyeongChang olympic torch relay".
11. "[오피셜] '스맵' 송경호, 은퇴 선언...타이거즈 멤버 역사 속으로". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved December 17, 2020.
12. "Faker sweeps the 2016 KeSPA eSports Awards". www.invenglobal.com. November 24, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2019.

External links

• Smeb on Twitter