Smeb

Smeb
Smeb
Personal information
Name	송경호; (Song Kyung-ho)
Born	June 30, 1995 (age 26)
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
2014–2016	ROX Tigers
2016–2019,; 2020	KT Rolster
Career highlights and awards
	2× LCK champion (2016 Summer, 2018 Summer); 2× LCK regular season MVP (Spring & Summer 2016); 2× KeSPA Cup champion (2016, 2017);
Esports
League of Legends
World Championship

Song Kyung-ho (Korean: 송경호; born June 30, 1995),^[1]^[2] better known by his in-game name Smeb, is a retired South Korean professional League of Legends player who played as the top laner for KT Rolster of the LCK before retiring.

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]

Tournament results[]

Year	Team	Event	Place
2012	NaB	OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013	Non-qualified
2013	Incredible Miracle #1	League of Legends Club Masters	5th
		IEM Season 7 World Championship	5th–8th
		OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013	9th–12th
		HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013	9th–16th
2014		HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014	9th–16th
		ASRock Machi Show Tournament	1st
		SKT LTE-A LoL Masters 2014	7th
		HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014	9th–16th
	HUYA Tigers	IEF 2014	1st
2015	GE Tigers	Intel Extreme Masters Season 9 World Championship	3rd-4th
	GE Tigers	League of Legends Champions Korea Spring 2015	2nd
	KOO Tigers	League of Legends Champions Korea Summer 2015	3rd
	KOO Tigers	Season 5 World Championship	2nd
	Tigers	2015 League of Legends KeSPA Cup	9th-14th
2016	ROX Tigers	League of Legends Champions Korea Spring 2016	2nd
		League of Legends Champions Korea Summer 2016	1st
		Season 6 World Championship	3rd-4th
		2016 League of Legends KeSPA Cup	1st
	Team Fire	League of Legends All-Star 2016	2nd
2017	kt Rolster	League of Legends Champions Korea Spring 2017	2nd
		League of Legends Rift Rivals 2017 LCK-LPL-LMS	2nd
		League of Legends Champions Korea Summer 2017	3rd
		2017 Korea Regional Finals	2nd
		League of Legends KeSPA Cup 2017	1st
2018		League of Legends Champions Korea Spring 2018	3rd
		League of Legends Rift Rivals 2018 LCK-LPL-LMS	2nd
		League of Legends Champions Korea Summer 2018	1st
		Season 8 World Championship	5th-8th
		2018 League of Legends KeSPA Cup	3rd-4th
2019		League of Legends Champions Korea Spring 2019	9th
2019		League of Legends Champions Korea Summer 2019	8th
2020		League of Legends Champions Korea Summer 2020	6th
2020		2020 Korea Regional Finals	4th

Individual awards[]

2016 — League of Legends Champions Korea Spring Regular Season MVP
2016 — League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Regular Season MVP
2016 — Korea e-Sports Association League of Legends Popularity Award^[12]

References[]

^ Field Level Media (May 29, 2020). "Smeb rejoins KT Rolster for Summer Split". Reuters. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
^ 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.
^ Rand, Emily (May 29, 2019). "KT Rolster's PraY signing latest indication of LCK's talent erosion". ESPN. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
^ "Esports equivalent: Smeb and Kevin Durant". Retrieved December 11, 2016.
^ "Smeb penta kill".
^ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/koo-tigers-sweep-fnatic/
^ "Smeb wins LCK MVP for second straight season". Retrieved December 11, 2016.
^ "League of Legends top 10 players". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
^ Kang, Ashley (March 4, 2018). "Smeb is the 6th LCK player ever to get 1000 kills". Korizon. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
^ "smeb 2018 PyeongChang olympic torch relay".
^ "[오피셜] '스맵' 송경호, 은퇴 선언...타이거즈 멤버 역사 속으로". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved December 17, 2020.
^ "Faker sweeps the 2016 KeSPA eSports Awards". www.invenglobal.com. Retrieved July 18, 2019.

External links[]

Smeb on Twitter

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[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". Retrieved December 11, 2016.

[5] "Smeb penta kill".

[6] ttp://www.dailydot.com/esports/koo-tigers-sweep-fnatic/

[7] "Smeb wins LCK MVP for second straight season". 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. Retrieved July 18, 2019.

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