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
Name송경호
(Song Kyung-ho)
Born (1995-06-30) June 30, 1995
NationalitySouth Korean
Career information
GamesLeague of Legends
Playing career2012–2020
RoleTop laner
Team history
2012Nab
2013–2014Incredible Miracle 1
2014–2016ROX Tigers
2016–2019,
2020		KT Rolster
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× LCK champion (2016 Summer, 2018 Summer)
    • 2× LCK regular season MVP (2016 Spring & 2016 Summer)
  • 2× KeSPA Cup champion (2016, 2017)

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.

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
League of Legends Champions Korea Spring 2015 2nd
KOO Tigers League of Legends Champions Korea Summer 2015 3rd
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
League of Legends Champions Korea Summer 2019 8th
2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer 2020 6th
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
  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.


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