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'''ARMY''' is a ''[[Melee]]'' {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}} main from Long Beach, California currently residing in Newbury Park, California, | '''ARMY''' is a ''[[Melee]]'' {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}} main from Long Beach, California currently residing in Newbury Park, California. He is currently ranked 9th on the [[SoCal Melee Power Rankings]] and 26th on the [[2019 MPGR]]. | ||
He was formerly ranked #2 on the [[SoCal Melee Power Rankings]], a rank that was a long time coming for a player of his caliber. This rank made him gain notoriety in the ‘’Melee’’ community, enough for him to build a following to go all-out for [[Smash Summit 7]] voting, where he got close to making (but didn’t quite make) the event. This is presumably because no one was ready to step up to him, as they knew he would swiftly destroy them, faster than one could prepare an instant dinner, and then add them to his ever-growing list of notable victories on his ‘’Melee’’ résumé. | |||
He is inarguably the best Ice Climbers players in the world, since his main competition, {{Sm|Bananas}}, got smashed into the ground after slipping up in his own hometown at [[Low Tier City 6]]. Bananas missed top 8 at the event while ARMY placed within it, solidifying his spot as the strongest Ice Climbers player. Despite this, Bananas received an invite to Smash Summit 7 after his one good run at [[The Big House 8]], while ARMY did not. This is in spite of the fact that he had more consistent strong showings at nationals such as 4th at Low Tier City 6 and 5th at [[Super Smash Con 2018]], and victories over top players such as {{Sm|Zain}}, {{Sm|Axe}}, {{Sm|Mango}}, and {{Sm|Rishi}}. Prominent community members would even debate their predictions concerning which top player he would defeat next in the year. | |||
== Playstyle == | |||
ARMY is infamous for his utilization of [[wobbling]], the most powerful and influential [[broken|advanced technique]] in the game. This allows him to easily dismantle lower-leveled players, especially bad {{SSBM|Falco}} mains such as {{Sm|bobby big ballz}}, who can do nothing but complain and drop out of bracket after losing [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27chz2nVVOY many sets] to ARMY. | |||
However, despite the vast amount of technical skill and mental fortitude that ARMY shows through his mastery of wobbling, he is not a flawless player. ARMY struggles against {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, who is a known expert in the {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}}-Ice Climbers matchup. He can easily [[pound]] his Climbers apart, or make them [[sing]] their own swan song as he puts them to [[rest]] by refusing to interact for 8 minutes, easily causing ARMY to [[Rollout|roll out]] of the winners’ bracket. ARMY also has occasional trouble dealing with [[dash dance]] camping by the likes of Zain, although this is not a large weakness as ARMY is in possession of the Zain domain. | |||
Aside from these weaknesses, however, ARMY excels at taking an early set lead and pressuring opponents through it, especially if that lead is 2-0. With that much of a deficit, opponents are hard-pressed to make mental comebacks as they would be in perpetual fear of ARMY simply walking up and grabbing them to remove their last few remaining stocks in the set. | |||
ARMY has also shown proficiency with {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}}, employing him mostly to prove to certain players that he is not a wobbling one-trick. He has infamously defeated bobby big ballz in a $100, three-out-of-five money match with Captain Falcon against his Falco, owing mostly to the fact that the latter did not acknowledge the money match whatsoever. | |||
LET'S GO ARMY WOOOOOO! | |||
==Tournament placings== | ==Tournament placings== |