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Smeb
Song in 2018
Personal information
Name송경호
(Song Kyung-ho)
Born (1995-06-30) June 30, 1995 (age 29)
NationalitySouth Korean
Career information
GamesLeague of Legends
Playing career2012–2020
RoleTop laner
Team history
2012Nab
20132014 Incredible Miracle 1
20152016ROX Tigers
20172019, 2020KT Rolster
Career highlights and awards

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.

Career

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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

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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

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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

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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". 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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