Bae Sung-woong (Korean: 배성웅; RR: Bae Seong-ung), better known as Bengi (Korean: 벵기), is a South Korean former professional League of Legends player and currently works for head coach for Dplus KIA.
As a professional player, Bengi has won three iterations of the League of Legends World Championships, having done so in 2013, 2015, and 2016.[1] He has also won the All-Star Paris 2014. He owns three different League of Legends skins as a result of winning World Championships, which include SKT T1 Lee Sin (2013), SKT T1 Elise (2015) and SKT T1 Olaf (2016).
He had played a total number of 319 matches in his career, with 231 wins and 88 losses, and a win rate of 72.4%.[2]
Early life
Bengi was born in South Korea on November 21, 1993.
Bengi enlisted in the army on January 28, 2019.[3] He was discharged on September 4, 2020.[4]
Career
Bengi was previously known as JangTa.[5] He started his career with BBT[6] before joining SK Telecom T1 2 in 2013.[7]
On November 27, 2017, he returned as a coach for SK Telecom T1.[8] He parted ways with the team in November 2018.[9]
On November 13, 2020, he rejoined T1 as the head coach for T1 Challengers team.[10]
On December 3, 2021, Bengi was promoted as a coach from T1 Challengers to T1's main roster, which competes in LCK's main stage.[11]
On September 5, 2022, Bengi was assigned as the interim head coach of T1.[12]
On July 08, 2023, he resigned from his position as head coach of T1.[13]
On November 13, 2024, after taking 1,5 years of break, Bengi joined Dplus KIA as head coach.
