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{{Smasher Infobox
| name          = Armada
| image        = Armada_evo_win.png
| mainssbm      = Peach
| 2ndmainssbm  = Fox
| otherssbm    = Young Link
| 2ndotherssbm  = Sheik
| mainssbb      = Sheik
| mainpm        = Peach
| otherpm      = Fox
| 2ndotherpm    = Pit
| mainssb4      = Diddy Kong
| crew          = [[Alliance]]
| former crews  = Play-For-Keeps, [[Empire Arcadia]], [[CLASH Tournaments]], Ultimate Gamers of Sweden (UGS)
| skillssbm    = Top professional
| skillpm      = Top professional
| winningsssbm  = ~$113,975.30
| winningspm    = ~$4,702.23
| rankingssbm  = [[2015 SSBMRank]]: 1st
| realname      = Adam Lindgren
| birthday      = 28
| birthmonth    = 3
| birthyear    = 1993
| location      = Gothenburg
| country      = Sweden
}}
'''Armada''' is a [[smasher]] from Sweden who [[main]]s {{SSBM|Peach}} and {{SSBM|Fox}}. Initially considered only a promising player, Armada later emerged as the best Peach player in Europe, and his fame continued to grow in the community. Armada is considered the best Peach main in the world by a wide margin, and also is a top Fox main, taking sets/games off of {{Sm|Leffen}}, {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, {{Sm|PPMD}}, and {{Sm|Mango}} with Fox (going on a tear with Fox in [[Apex 2015]]). Also, with a score of 9.893, the [[2014 SSBMRank]] ranked him as the second best ''Melee'' player in the world, behind only {{Sm|Mango}} and edging out competition from {{Sm|PPMD}} and {{Sm|Mew2King}}. A year later, in the [[2015 SSBMRank]], he was ranked as the best player, with a perfect score of 10. Armada is currently ranked 1st on the [[European Melee Power Rankings]].
 
Armada is primarily known for his domination of tournaments in the United States from 2011 until 2013, and domination of tournaments in Europe starting from 2009 until the present, and currently remains one of the two best players in Europe (along with {{Sm|Leffen}}) and one of the top six players in the world (along with Leffen and the four top players in the United States; {{Sm|PPMD}}, Mango, {{Sm|Mew2King}}, and Hungrybox). He is also known for holding a five-year winning streak against Mew2King, not losing to him in ''Melee'' singles tournaments until [[SKTAR 3]] in 2014.
 
Armada is also known for his domination of doubles events at American tournaments when teaming with Mew2King. The team was widely considered to be the most dominant ''Melee'' doubles team in the world from 2011 to 2014, having won nationals such as [[Pound V]], [[Apex 2012]], [[Apex 2013]], [[SKTAR 3]], [[CEO 2014]], and [[Kings of Cali 4]], although this streak eventually ended at [[Paragon Orlando 2015]], where the team lost to {{Sm|Shroomed}} and {{Sm|SFAT}} in winners semis and Leffen and {{Sm|MacD}} in losers semis. The team usually consists of Armada's Peach and Mew2King's {{SSBM|Sheik}}, and both players make great utilization of team combos and setups. They continue to be a dominant team after winning [[GENESIS 3]]. Armada has also dominated doubles events at European tournaments with {{Sm|Ice}} and his brothers {{Sm|Android}} and {{Sm|Aniolas}}, all three of whom are also Sheik players.
 
==Tournament history==
===Rise to fame===
After a handful of promising performances in locals around his area, Armada surprised the entire European community in July 2007 by claiming 4th place at [[The Renaissance of Smash 4]], his first national, eliminating {{Sm|Faab}} 3-0 in losers' quarters, and even coming close to knocking {{Sm|Amsah}} out in losers' semis (who was then considered the best player in Europe by a sizable margin).
 
Seven months later, at [[Epita Smash Arena 2]] (the largest European tournament at the time), Armada placed 3rd in singles. He lost to {{Sm|Captain Jack}} in winners' semis, and then eliminated {{Sm|Adam}} 3-0 in losers' quarters and {{Sm|Masashi}} 3-1 in losers' semis (including a 4-stock against his Marth in game 4), before losing to Captain Jack 2-4 in losers' finals.
 
===Taking the European crown and debuting in the United States===
In 2009, Armada won his first national, [[SMASH ATTACK]]; although he lost to {{Sm|Zgetto}} 2-4 in winners' finals, he managed to take both sets of grand finals against Zgetto, winning 8-0. He won [[Epita Smash Arena 3]] shortly after without dropping a set, defeating Amsah 4-0 in grand finals. Armada was soon considered the best smasher in Europe. He also attended his first tournament in the United States, [[GENESIS]], in which he won sets against {{Sm|DaShizWiz}}, Mew2King, and Mango in the winners' bracket, playing undefeated before losing to Mango in both sets of grand finals, placing 2nd in the ''Melee'' singles tournament.
 
In 2010, Armada attended [[Pound 4]], which was his second tournament in the US. He was upset by {{Sm|SilentSpectre}} in winners' bracket, losing 0-2, though he managed to eliminate {{Sm|Hax}}, {{Sm|Plank}}, {{Sm|Lucky}}, and Mew2King in losers' bracket before being eliminated by Amsah 1-3 in losers' semis, placing 4th in the ''Melee'' singles tournament. Later that year, he placed 2nd in ''Melee'' singles at [[Apex 2010]], defeating {{Sm|Axe}} and {{Sm|Zhu}} in winners' bracket before losing to Hungrybox in winners' semis, and then eliminating PPMD and Mew2King in losers' bracket before losing to Hungrybox 0-3 in grand finals. That year, he also won [[Epita Smash Arena 4]] and [[Smash Needs You]].
 
===Period of dominance===
In 2011, Armada won [[B.E.A.S.T]] without dropping a set, once again defeating Amsah 4-0 in grand finals. At [[Pound V]], he started using {{SSBM|Young Link}} as a counter to Hungrybox's Jigglypuff, and the result was defeating Hungrybox 2-0 in winners' bracket. He also defeated PPMD in winners' finals, but lost to PPMD in both sets of grand finals to take 2nd place in ''Melee'' singles. Later that year, Armada won his first major tournament in the US, [[GENESIS 2]], where he defeated Mango 3-2 in grand finals. This was the start of a nearly two year long period in which Armada consistently won all of the major nationals in the US that he entered. He also won [[B.E.A.S.T II]], once again not dropping a single set, and defeating {{Sm|Ice}} 4-0 in grand finals.
 
In 2012, Armada won ''Melee'' singles at [[Apex 2012]], and also won ''Melee'' doubles with Mew2King. He defeated top professionals such as {{Sm|Shroomed}}, PPMD, Mango, and Hungrybox. At [[Smashers' Reunion: Melee Grande]], he defeated PPMD in winners' finals, lost the first set of grand finals against him, and then won an extremely close second set 4-3. Armada then defended his titles in 2013, winning ''Melee'' singles at [[Apex 2013]] by defeating {{Sm|Silent Wolf}}, {{Sm|Wobbles}}, {{Sm|KirbyKaze}}, Hungrybox, and PPMD once again in grand finals. He also won ''Melee'' doubles with Mew2King by defeating {{Sm|Aza}} and {{Sm|Javi}}, Shroomed and {{Sm|PewPewU}}, and Hungrybox and {{Sm|Plup}} in grand finals.
 
===Retirement===
After Apex 2013, Armada [http://smashboards.com/threads/retire.332831/ announced his retirement from competitive ''Melee''] singles events, although he did return to compete in [[EVO 2013]], where he placed 4th, losing to PPMD 0-2 in winners' bracket and being eliminated by Mango 0-2 in losers' semis.
 
===Return to the scene===
After one year, Armada announced his return to the competitive ''Melee'' scene, and entered the [[B.E.A.S.T 4]] ''Melee'' singles tournament, placing 2nd behind {{Sm|Leffen}}. At this point, Armada started using a lot of {{SSBM|Fox}} in singles, alongside his Peach. Armada had previously used Fox sparingly in tournaments, including against Zgetto in winners' finals at SMASH ATTACK, Mango in the second set of grand finals at GENESIS, and in doubles against Hax and Hungrybox at GENESIS. In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weuHWMqwYeU an interview] with Armada at Avalon III, Armada stated that he would be using Fox primarily against Jigglypuff and in the Fox ditto in the future, the matchups he claimed to have the most trouble with using Peach. In the same interview, he also stated that he would be attending major tournaments in the US once again to try and regain his throne, confirming that he was fully active in the scene once again.
 
After winning various tournaments around Europe using a combination of Fox and Peach, Armada attended [[Republic of Fighters 3]], a 5000 point [[MLG Anaheim 2014]] qualifier, in May. He teamed with Ice and won ''Melee'' doubles over Leffen and {{Sm|Fuzzyness}}. In ''Melee'' singles, he defeated {{Sm|Professor Pro}} 2-0 and {{Sm|aMSa}} 3-0 to make it to winners' finals against Leffen, where he won 3-0 in Fox dittos (including a low percent 3-stock in game 3). However, in grand finals, Leffen came back and won 6-0 against Armada's Fox, taking the tournament over Armada. Due to this loss, Armada stated that his Fox was not ready for events in the summer, and that he would likely not use him in singles until next year. He reverted to using Peach against Fox again, subsequently managing to defeat top Fox players in tournament, such as Mango. Despite having claimed to be using Fox against Jigglypuff, Armada also proceeded to use Young Link against Hungrybox, and initially continued to do very well with him, winning their set in pool play at MLG Anaheim 2014 3-0, and also taking two sets off of Hungrybox's Fox primarily using Young Link at CEO 2014.
 
===Reappearing in the United States for the Summer of 2014===
Armada's first tournament in the United States since EVO 2013 was [[SKTAR 3]], where he placed 4th in ''Melee'' singles, losing to PPMD 1-2 in winners' semis and then beating {{Sm|Westballz}} 2-0 in losers' quarters before being eliminated by Mew2King 1-2 in losers' semis. However, at [[Super SWEET]] the next week, Armada managed to beat Mew2King 3-1 in winners' semis, Mango 3-2 in winners' finals, and Mew2King 3-1 in grand finals, winning the tournament. He proceeded to take 1st place at [[SSS Lock-In]], defeating Mew2King 3-1 once again in grand finals. At all three of these tournaments, Armada won ''Melee'' doubles with Mew2King in a dominant fashion, only dropping one set.
 
Having qualified for the championship bracket at [[MLG Anaheim 2014]] due to his strong placements at Republic of Fighters 3 and SKTAR 3, Armada managed to defeat every player in his pool without dropping a set. He beat Mew2King 3-0 in winners' semis, but lost to Mango 2-3 in winners' finals. After eliminating Mew2King 3-2 in losers' finals, he once again lost to Mango 2-3 in grand finals, taking 2nd place at the tournament. Armada later attended [[CEO 2014]], where he beat Hungrybox 2-1 in winners' semis, and lost to Mango 1-3 in winners' finals. After eliminating Hungrybox 3-0 in losers' finals, he managed to win both sets of grand finals against Mango (3-0 and 3-1) to take 1st place at the tournament.
 
Armada's next tournament was [[Kings of Cali 4]], where he defeated Lucky and {{Sm|Fly Amanita}} 3-0 before reaching winners' finals against Mango, where he lost 1-3. He eliminated Mew2King 3-0 in losers' finals, and took the first set of grand finals against Mango 3-0, though still lost the second set 1-3, placing 2nd overall in singles at the tournament. CEO 2014 and Kings of Cali 4 also extended Armada and Mew2King's dominance in ''Melee'' doubles events.
 
At [[EVO 2014]], Armada defeated {{Sm|Plup}} and Fly Amanita 2-0 in the winners' quarters pool to make it into the top 8 from winners' bracket. However, in winners' semis, he lost to Hungrybox 1-2. He eliminated Axe 2-1 in losers' quarters and PPMD 2-0 in losers' semis, but lost to Hungrybox again in losers' finals, this time 2-3, placing 3rd overall at the tournament.
 
===Post-Summer 2014===
Armada's first tournament in Europe since Republic of Fighters 3 was [[COMEBACK I]]. At this tournament, he defeated {{Sm|Dev}} 3-0 in winners' semis to make it to a highly anticipated match against Leffen in winners' finals. He ended up winning this set 3-1. In grand finals, he defeated Leffen again, this time 3-2, winning ''Melee'' singles at the tournament. In ''Melee'' doubles, he placed 2nd with {{Sm|C}}, losing to {{Sm|Android}} & {{Sm|Zoler}} 2-3 in winners' semis, then defeating them 3-2 in a rematch in losers' finals, and losing to Leffen & {{Sm|Beat}} 1-3 in grand finals.
 
Later that month, enough funds were raised for Armada and Lucky to attend [[Shadowloo Showdown V]], an Australian national tournament. At this tournament, Armada convincingly won both ''Melee'' singles and ''Melee'' doubles, defeating {{Sm|Dekar}} 3-0, Lucky 3-1, and Lucky 3-0 to win singles, and teaming with {{Sm|Syke}} to take doubles over Lucky and {{Sm|Skeletom}}.
 
One week later, Armada attended [[Hit & Stun Tournament 2]] in Spain, and won ''Melee'' singles without dropping a game, defeating {{Sm|Overtriforce}}, Leffen, and Ice. He teamed with {{Sm|Trif}} in ''Melee'' doubles and defeated {{Sm|Strawhat Dahean}} & Overtriforce 3-0 and Leffen & Ice 3-2 to make it to grand finals, where they lost the first set to Leffen and Ice 2-3, but still took the second set 3-1.
 
In late September, Armada traveled to the United States once again, primarily to attend [[The Big House 4]], a very large national tournament in Michigan featuring competition from all other North America and Europe. During the first week of his stay, Armada won both singles and doubles at [[The Shape of Melee to Come 5]], convincingly defeating Mango 3-1 in winners' finals and 3-0 in grand finals to win singles.
 
At The Big House 4, Armada defeated {{Sm|Darkrain}} 2-0 to make it into the top 32 bracket, where he defeated SFAT 2-0 and Westballz 3-1 to make it to winners' semis against Leffen, in which he lost a very close set 2-3. After defeating Hax 3-1 in losers' quarters, he was eliminated by Mango 1-3 in losers' semis, placing 4th in ''Melee'' singles. He continued his and Mew2King's winning streaks in ''Melee'' doubles by defeating {{Sm|DoH}} & {{Sm|Colbol}} 3-0 and Hungrybox & Plup 3-1 and 3-0 to take 1st place in ''Melee'' doubles.
 
He left Play-For-Keeps and [[Empire Arcadia]] simultaneously on November 2nd, 2014, the same day that {{Sm|ZeRo}} resigned from [[CLASH Tournaments]]. On November 6th, Swedish team [[Alliance]] announced that they were signing him and entering the ''Smash'' arena.
 
===EVO 2015===
[[EVO 2015]] had a total of 1,869 entrants for ''Melee'', surpassing the record set by EVO 2014 and becoming the largest ''Melee'' tournament of all time. In winners quarters pool, Armada defeated Silent Wolf 2-1 and PewPewU 2-0, to make it into the top 8 via winners' bracket. In the top 8 winners bracket, Armada defeated Hungrybox 2-1 in winners semis and PPMD 3-0 in winners finals. He then once again defeated Hungrybox 3-2 on grand finals, to take 1st place.
 
===Other ''Smash'' games===
During 2008 and 2009, Armada occasionally entered ''Brawl'' tournaments, primarily using {{SSBB|Sheik}}. He won ''Brawl'' singles at SMASH ATTACK and placed 17th in ''Brawl'' singles at GENESIS, though he never made any large impacts in the ''Brawl'' scene and has not played ''Brawl'' competitively since.
 
Armada also plays the ''Brawl'' mod, ''[[Project M]]''. He used to main {{PM|Pit}} in version 3.0.2 of [[Project M]], and currently mains {{PM|Fox}} in version 3.5 of the mod. He was considered the premier Pit main in the world during his debut, making full use of his character's aerial combos, followups, and edgeguarding, and infamously disrupting recoveries with [[Palutena's Arrow]], and is still considered one of the two best Pit mains along with ZeRo. Armada won ''Project M'' singles at [[Apex 2014]] and proceeded to win ''Project M'' tournaments without dropping a single set for four months, until {{Sm|Professor Pro}} took a set off of him in winners finals at Smash or DI (though Armada still won two sets of grand finals). He defeated a large number of ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' professionals in tournament with his ''Project M'' Pit, taking sets off of Mew2King, {{Sm|DEHF}}, Mango, and others. SKTAR 3 was the first ''Project M'' tournament that Armada failed to win, placing 5th after losing to {{Sm|Emukiller}} and {{Sm|ESAM}}.
 
==Playing Style==
All aspects of Armada's gameplay are well-rounded. He is most notorious, however, for his punishes and edge-guarding. As Fox, he is one of the best shine-spikers in the business and has a heavy punish game (showcased in his set against Leffen at Paragon Orlando 2015, where he 4 and 3 stocked Leffen in two back to back games in the Fox ditto). His neutral game with Fox is also amazing, convincingly defeating even the likes of PPMD. However, Armada is most well-known for his Peach, although he has elected to use her for specific match-ups. His Peach emphasizes strong punishes, amazing neutral (consistently playing on par with PPMD's Marth), and an insane edge-guard game. Armada is not only mechanically strong in Melee, but also has one of the strongest mental games out there. This is well demonstrated in his matches versus Hungrybox, where Armada was the only one of the top Fox players (Himself, Mango, and Leffen) to effectively counter Hungrybox's use of ledge-stalling at EVO 2015. Because of his mental game, he does not lapse as easily as the other Gods, leading to very consistent tournament results. Combined with an amazing understanding of doubles play (teaming numerous times with his brothers and Mew2King, and netting almost just as many doubles wins as singles), Armada may just be the most complete player of all time.
 
==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=100857 Smashers' Reunion 2]||March 31st-April 3rd, 2007||4th||4th||{{Sm|Aniolas}}
|-
|[[The Renaissance of Smash 4]]||July 3rd-6th, 2007||4th||4th||Aniolas
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=112697 Smashers' Reunion 3]||August 7th-10th, 2007||1st||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=131163 XsMASh]||December 14th-16th, 2007||2nd||3rd||Aniolas
|-
|[[Epita Smash Arena 2]]||February 23rd-24th, 2008||3rd||5th||Aniolas
|-
|[[SMASH ATTACK]]||April 3rd-5th, 2009||1st||3rd||Aniolas
|-
|[[Epita Smash Arena 3]]||April 11th-12th, 2009||1st||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||2nd||7th||Aniolas
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=247050 ZEST4]||August 29th, 2009||1st||3rd||Aniolas
|-
|[[Pound 4]]||January 16th-18th, 2010||4th||5th||Aniolas
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=271132 Berlin Calling]||April 2nd-4th, 2010||1st||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=274005 ZEST5]||April 30th-May 1st, 2010||1st||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[[Epita Smash Arena 4]]||June 26th-27th, 2010||1st||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=282942 STIIG]||July 13th-20th, 2010||1st||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=282623 The Tunes Monthlies # 8]||July 31st, 2010||1st||2nd||Aniolas
|-
|[[Apex 2010]]||August 6th-8th, 2010||2nd||3rd||Aniolas
|-
|[[Smash Needs You]]||August 10th-12th, 2010||1st||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=289506 SKN2]||October 8th-10th, 2010||1st||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T]]||January 7th-9th, 2011||1st||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=297722 SKN3]||February 11th-13th, 2011||1st||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[[Pound V]]||February 19th-21st, 2011||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=302689 Tampora 2]||April 29th-May 1st, 2011||1st||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[[GENESIS 2]]||July 15th-17th, 2011||1st||4th||Aniolas
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T II]]||August 11th-14th, 2011||1st||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=314843 Tampora 3]||November 25th-27th, 2011||1st||1st||{{Sm|Android}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=315419 Beauty 3]||December 2nd-4th, 2011||1st||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||1st||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=318616 Gamers Meetup STHLM]||February 18th-19th, 2012||1st||2nd||Aniolas
|-
|[[Epita Smash Arena 5]]||April 20th-23rd, 2012||1st||1st||{{Sm|Ice}}
|-
|[http://www.smash-bros.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=952 Haags Kwartiertje 6]||June 16th, 2012||1st||1st||{{Sm|Faab}}
|-
|[[Smashers' Reunion: Melee Grande]]||July 13th-15th, 2012||1st||1st||Ice
|-
|[[King Funk's Castle II: Måske‎]]||October 4th-7th, 2012||1st||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[[hf.lan 4]]||December 1st-2nd, 2012||1st||1st||{{Sm|Overtriforce}}
|-
|[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||1st||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[EVO 2013]]||July 12th-14th, 2013||4th||4th||Android
|-
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||—||4th||Ice
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 4]]||February 12th-16th, 2014||2nd||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[[Avalon III]]||March 8th, 2014||1st||1st||Aniolas
|-
|[[Smash Ain't Dead 3]]||March 15th, 2014||1st||—||—
|-
|[[Smash or DI]]||May 3rd, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|VA}}
|-
|[[Republic of Fighters 3]]||May 17th-18th, 2014||2nd||1st||Ice
|-
|[[SKTAR 3]]||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||4th||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[Super SWEET]]||June 7th-8th, 2014||1st||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[SSS Lock-In]]||June 14th-15th, 2014||1st||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[MLG Anaheim 2014]]||June 20th-22th, 2014||2nd||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[CEO 2014]]||June 27th-29th, 2014||1st||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[Kings of Cali 4]]||July 5th-6th, 2014||2nd||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[EVO 2014]]||July 11th-13th, 2014||3rd||9th||Aniolas
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=363629 Gameguys Intergalactic Kegger]||July 26th-27th, 2014||—||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[COMEBACK I]]||August 1st-3rd, 2014||1st||2nd||{{Sm|C}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=364720 MUST 1]||August 15th-17th, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Lolex}}
|-
|[[Shadowloo Showdown V]]||August 29th-31st, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Syke}}
|-
|[[Hit & Stun Tournament 2]]||September 6th-7th, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Trif}}
|-
|[http://forum.smashbros.se/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1502&start=30&view=print Beauty 8]||September 12th-14th, 2014||1st||2nd||Aniolas
|-
|[[The Shape of Melee to Come 5]]||September 27th, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Duck}}
|-
|[[The Big House 4]]||October 4th-5th, 2014||4th||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[Justice 4]]||October 11th, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Hax}}
|-
|[http://forum.smashbros.se/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1518&view=print Arenan I]||October 17th-19th, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Dev}}
|-
|[[DrømmeLAN 4.0]]||November 7th-9th, 2014||1st||1st||Android
|-
|[[Avalon VI]]||November 29th, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Marc}}
|-
|[https://www.facebook.com/events/854700887907475/permalink/884778671566363/ Beauty 9]||December 5th-7th, 2014||1st||1st||Android
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 5]]||January 9th-11th, 2015||2nd||1st||Android
|-
|[[Paragon Orlando 2015]]||January 17th-18th, 2015||5th||4th||Mew2King
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=388394/ SWEET XVII]||January 24th, 2015||1st||1st||{{Sm|Beach}}
|-
|[[Apex 2015]]||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||2nd||2nd||Android
|-
|[[McSmashter 4]]||February 21st-22nd, 2015||1st||1st||{{Sm|I.B}}
|-
|[[Beauty 10]]||April 2nd-6th, 2015||1st||1st||Android
|-
|[[I'm Not Yelling!]]||April 11th-12th, 2015||1st||2nd||{{Sm|Shroomed}}
|-
|[[MVG Sandstorm]]||April 18th-19th, 2015||1st||2nd||Mew2King
|-
|[[DrømmeLAN 4.5]]||April 24th-26th, 2015||1st||1st||Android
|-
|[[HFLAN Melee Edition]]||May 9th-10th, 2015||1st||1st||{{Sm|Zhu}}
|-
|[[CEO 2015]]||June 26th-28th, 2015||2nd||1st||Shroomed
|-
|[[FC Smash 15XR: Return]]||July 4-5th, 2015||3rd||1st||{{Sm|Hungrybox}}
|-
|[[WTFox]]||July 10th-11th, 2015||3rd||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[EVO 2015]]||July 17th-19th, 2015||1st||2nd||Ice
|-
|[[Heir II the Throne]]||August 14th-16th, 2015||1st||1st||Android
|-
|[[DreamHack London 2015]]||September 19th-20th, 2015||1st||—||—
|-
|[[Helix]]||September 26th-27th, 2015||1st||1st||Ice
|-
|[[The Big House 5]]||October 2nd-4th, 2015||1st||1st||Android
|-
|[[Gaston]]||October 16th-18th, 2015||1st||1st||Android
|-
|[[Smash Summit]]||November 5th-8th, 2015||1st||2nd||Mew2King
|-
|[[Eclipse]]||November 14th-15th, 2015||1st||3rd||Android
|-
|[[DreamHack Winter 2015]]||November 26th-29th, 2015||2nd||3rd||Android
|-
|[[GENESIS 3]]||January 15th-17th, 2016||1st||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[Kickstart 5]]||January 24th, 2016||2nd||1st||Android
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 6]]||February 19th-21st, 2016||1st||2nd||Android
|}
 
===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[King Funk's Castle II: Måske‎]]||October 4th-7th, 2012||1st||2nd||{{Sm|Aniolas}}
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 3]]||April 3rd-7th, 2013||1st||—||—
|-
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||1st||—||—
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 4]]||February 12th-16th, 2014||1st||—||—
|-
|[[Avalon III]]||March 8th, 2014||1st||—||—
|-
|[[Smash Ain't Dead 3]]||March 15th, 2014||1st||—||—
|-
|[[Smash or DI]]||May 3rd, 2014||1st||—||—
|-
|[[SKTAR 3]]||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||5th||2nd||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|-
|[[Super SWEET]]||June 7th-8th, 2014||1st||—||—
|-
|[[CEO 2014]]||June 27th-29th, 2014||5th||4th||{{Sm|Hungrybox}}
|-
|[[COMEBACK I]]||August 1st-3rd, 2014||1st||—||—
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=364720 MUST 1]||August 15th-17th, 2014||1st||—||—
|-
|[[Shadowloo Showdown V]]||August 29th-31st, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Dreadtech}}
|-
|[[Hit & Stun Tournament 2]]||September 6th-7th, 2014||1st||—||—
|-
|[http://forum.smashbros.se/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1502&start=30&view=print Beauty 8]||September 12th-14th, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Professor Pro}}
|-
|[[The Big House 4]]||October 4th-5th, 2014||7th||5th||Professor Pro
|-
|[[DrømmeLAN 4.0]]||November 7th-9th, 2014||1st||—||—
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 5]]||January 9th-11th, 2015||3rd||—||—
|-
|[[McSmashter 4]]||February 21st-22nd, 2015||1st||5th||{{Sm|n0ne}}
|-
|[[MVG Sandstorm]]||April 18th-19th, 2015||—||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[HFLAN Melee Edition]]||May 9th-10th, 2015||1st||—||—
|-
|[[DrømmeLAN 4.5]] All-Star||April 24th-26th, 2015||2nd||—||—
|-
|[[WTFox]]||July 10th-11th, 2015||—||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[Helix]]||September 26th-27th, 2015||1st||—||—
|-
|[[Gaston]]||October 16th-18th, 2015||1st||—||—
|}
 
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{b|SMASH ATTACK|tournament}}||April 3rd-5th, 2009||1st||—||—
|-
|[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||17th||—||—
|}
 
==={{for3ds}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[DrommeLAN 4.0]]||November 7th-9th, 2014||2nd||—||—
|}
 
==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://www.facebook.com/events/854700887907475/permalink/884778671566363/ Beauty 9]||December 5th-7th, 2014||2nd||—||—
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 5]]||January 9th-11th, 2015||4th||—||—
|-
|[[DrømmeLAN 4.5]]||April 24th-26th, 2015||—||3rd||{{Sm|Smasher89}}
|}
 
==Trivia==
*Armada's precision with {{PM|Pit}}'s [[Palutena's Bow|light arrows]] in ''Project M'' has earned him the nickname "Swedish Sniper". His accuracy with {{SSBM|Peach}}'s [[vegetable|turnips]] also occasionally elicits this title.
*Armada holds positive records against every smasher he has played with the exception of {{Sm|Captain Jack}} (0-2) and {{Sm|SilentSpectre}} (0-1).
**Armada is the only smasher to have a positive record against {{Sm|Mango}} (18-12).
<!--{{Sm|Replicate}} and {{Sm|Cereal Rabbit}} beat a drunk Armada at [[Get Smashed at the Foundry]] #40, but these are generally not recognized as losses.-->
*Armada is {{Sm|Aniolas}}'s younger brother and {{Sm|Android}}'s older brother. He also has nine other siblings.
*Armada received the largest prize check in a ''Melee'' tournament with a total of $11,525.15 at [[Smash Summit]], surpassing the previous record of $11,214.00 at [[EVO 2015]], which was also won by Armada.
*Armada frequently teams with Sheik players in tournament, most notably Mew2King, Aniolas, Android, Ice, and Shroomed. The Peach-Sheik team in doubles is also considered one of the best synergies, possibly due to Armada's consistently high performances with the aforementioned players.
*Armada is also a pioneer of what has come to be known as the "Armada Shine." This tech involves dropping below the ledge, sometimes very far, in order to shine-spike a Fox or Falco during their vulnerability frames of their up-b. He is very accurate with this technique, which is likely why it is named after him.
**Armada does, however, admit that {{Sm|KJH}} is the one who taught him this technique.
*Armada is the only ''Smash'' player to earn over $100,000 in a respective game in the series, being ''Melee''.
 
==Gameplay videos==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0osuNxURlzE Apex 2013 - Melee W6: Armada (Young Link) vs Hungrybox (Ness, Jigglypuff)]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSX1B3-T1Cg Apex 2012 - Melee Singles: Mango (Fox) vs. Armada (Peach) WF]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgaGdpxvI0Y B.e.a.s.t 3 - Armada (Peach) vs. Mang0 (Fox) - Match or Combo Video? (4 Stock)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBMgkr-s4jI APEX 2013 SSBM GF Dr PP VS Armada]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q91rme6AePY CEO 2014 Grand Finals: Armada (Peach) vs Mango (Fox)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgxUc5DJnJY EVO 2015 Grand Finals: Armada (Fox) vs Hungrybox (Jigglypuff)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XyGIF9EoPM The Big House 5 Grand Finals: Armada (Fox) vs Hungrybox (Jigglypuff]
 
==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/ArmadaUGS Twitter account]
*[http://www.twitch.tv/armadaugs Twitch channel]
*[http://smashboards.com/members/armada.168874/ SmashBoards profile]
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/ArmadaUGS Youtube channel]
*[https://www.reddit.com/user/Armada_ Reddit account]
*[https://www.reddit.com/user/ArmadaUGS Old Reddit account]
 
[[Category:Swedish smashers]]
[[Category:Fox professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Peach professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Young Link professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Sheik professionals (SSBB)]]
[[Category:Peach professionals (PM)]]
[[Category:Fox professionals (PM)]]
[[Category:Pit professionals (PM)]]
[[Category:VIP players]]
[[Category:2013 SSBMRank ranked players]]
[[Category:2014 SSBMRank ranked players]]
[[Category:2015 SSBMRank ranked players]]
[[Category:2013 SSBMRank top 25]]
[[Category:2014 SSBMRank top 25]]
[[Category:2015 SSBMRank top 25]]

Revision as of 20:54, March 1, 2016

Armada
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Character info
Melee mains Peach, Fox
Other Melee characters Young Link, Sheik
Brawl main Sheik
Smash 4 main Diddy Kong
Project M main Peach
Other Project M characters Fox, Pit
Team info
Crew(s) Alliance
Former crews Play-For-Keeps, Empire Arcadia, CLASH Tournaments, Ultimate Gamers of Sweden (UGS)
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Melee 2015 SSBMRank: 1st
Winnings Super Smash Bros. Melee ~$113,975.30
Project M ~$4,702.23
Personal and other info
Real name Adam Lindgren
Birth date (age 31)
Location Gothenburg Sweden
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Melee Top professional
Project M Top professional

Armada is a smasher from Sweden who mains Peach and Fox. Initially considered only a promising player, Armada later emerged as the best Peach player in Europe, and his fame continued to grow in the community. Armada is considered the best Peach main in the world by a wide margin, and also is a top Fox main, taking sets/games off of Leffen, Hungrybox, PPMD, and Mango with Fox (going on a tear with Fox in Apex 2015). Also, with a score of 9.893, the 2014 SSBMRank ranked him as the second best Melee player in the world, behind only Mango and edging out competition from PPMD and Mew2King. A year later, in the 2015 SSBMRank, he was ranked as the best player, with a perfect score of 10. Armada is currently ranked 1st on the European Melee Power Rankings.

Armada is primarily known for his domination of tournaments in the United States from 2011 until 2013, and domination of tournaments in Europe starting from 2009 until the present, and currently remains one of the two best players in Europe (along with Leffen) and one of the top six players in the world (along with Leffen and the four top players in the United States; PPMD, Mango, Mew2King, and Hungrybox). He is also known for holding a five-year winning streak against Mew2King, not losing to him in Melee singles tournaments until SKTAR 3 in 2014.

Armada is also known for his domination of doubles events at American tournaments when teaming with Mew2King. The team was widely considered to be the most dominant Melee doubles team in the world from 2011 to 2014, having won nationals such as Pound V, Apex 2012, Apex 2013, SKTAR 3, CEO 2014, and Kings of Cali 4, although this streak eventually ended at Paragon Orlando 2015, where the team lost to Shroomed and SFAT in winners semis and Leffen and MacD in losers semis. The team usually consists of Armada's Peach and Mew2King's Sheik, and both players make great utilization of team combos and setups. They continue to be a dominant team after winning GENESIS 3. Armada has also dominated doubles events at European tournaments with Ice and his brothers Android and Aniolas, all three of whom are also Sheik players.

Tournament history

Rise to fame

After a handful of promising performances in locals around his area, Armada surprised the entire European community in July 2007 by claiming 4th place at The Renaissance of Smash 4, his first national, eliminating Faab 3-0 in losers' quarters, and even coming close to knocking Amsah out in losers' semis (who was then considered the best player in Europe by a sizable margin).

Seven months later, at Epita Smash Arena 2 (the largest European tournament at the time), Armada placed 3rd in singles. He lost to Captain Jack in winners' semis, and then eliminated Adam 3-0 in losers' quarters and Masashi 3-1 in losers' semis (including a 4-stock against his Marth in game 4), before losing to Captain Jack 2-4 in losers' finals.

Taking the European crown and debuting in the United States

In 2009, Armada won his first national, SMASH ATTACK; although he lost to Zgetto 2-4 in winners' finals, he managed to take both sets of grand finals against Zgetto, winning 8-0. He won Epita Smash Arena 3 shortly after without dropping a set, defeating Amsah 4-0 in grand finals. Armada was soon considered the best smasher in Europe. He also attended his first tournament in the United States, GENESIS, in which he won sets against DaShizWiz, Mew2King, and Mango in the winners' bracket, playing undefeated before losing to Mango in both sets of grand finals, placing 2nd in the Melee singles tournament.

In 2010, Armada attended Pound 4, which was his second tournament in the US. He was upset by SilentSpectre in winners' bracket, losing 0-2, though he managed to eliminate Hax, Plank, Lucky, and Mew2King in losers' bracket before being eliminated by Amsah 1-3 in losers' semis, placing 4th in the Melee singles tournament. Later that year, he placed 2nd in Melee singles at Apex 2010, defeating Axe and Zhu in winners' bracket before losing to Hungrybox in winners' semis, and then eliminating PPMD and Mew2King in losers' bracket before losing to Hungrybox 0-3 in grand finals. That year, he also won Epita Smash Arena 4 and Smash Needs You.

Period of dominance

In 2011, Armada won B.E.A.S.T without dropping a set, once again defeating Amsah 4-0 in grand finals. At Pound V, he started using Young Link as a counter to Hungrybox's Jigglypuff, and the result was defeating Hungrybox 2-0 in winners' bracket. He also defeated PPMD in winners' finals, but lost to PPMD in both sets of grand finals to take 2nd place in Melee singles. Later that year, Armada won his first major tournament in the US, GENESIS 2, where he defeated Mango 3-2 in grand finals. This was the start of a nearly two year long period in which Armada consistently won all of the major nationals in the US that he entered. He also won B.E.A.S.T II, once again not dropping a single set, and defeating Ice 4-0 in grand finals.

In 2012, Armada won Melee singles at Apex 2012, and also won Melee doubles with Mew2King. He defeated top professionals such as Shroomed, PPMD, Mango, and Hungrybox. At Smashers' Reunion: Melee Grande, he defeated PPMD in winners' finals, lost the first set of grand finals against him, and then won an extremely close second set 4-3. Armada then defended his titles in 2013, winning Melee singles at Apex 2013 by defeating Silent Wolf, Wobbles, KirbyKaze, Hungrybox, and PPMD once again in grand finals. He also won Melee doubles with Mew2King by defeating Aza and Javi, Shroomed and PewPewU, and Hungrybox and Plup in grand finals.

Retirement

After Apex 2013, Armada announced his retirement from competitive Melee singles events, although he did return to compete in EVO 2013, where he placed 4th, losing to PPMD 0-2 in winners' bracket and being eliminated by Mango 0-2 in losers' semis.

Return to the scene

After one year, Armada announced his return to the competitive Melee scene, and entered the B.E.A.S.T 4 Melee singles tournament, placing 2nd behind Leffen. At this point, Armada started using a lot of Fox in singles, alongside his Peach. Armada had previously used Fox sparingly in tournaments, including against Zgetto in winners' finals at SMASH ATTACK, Mango in the second set of grand finals at GENESIS, and in doubles against Hax and Hungrybox at GENESIS. In an interview with Armada at Avalon III, Armada stated that he would be using Fox primarily against Jigglypuff and in the Fox ditto in the future, the matchups he claimed to have the most trouble with using Peach. In the same interview, he also stated that he would be attending major tournaments in the US once again to try and regain his throne, confirming that he was fully active in the scene once again.

After winning various tournaments around Europe using a combination of Fox and Peach, Armada attended Republic of Fighters 3, a 5000 point MLG Anaheim 2014 qualifier, in May. He teamed with Ice and won Melee doubles over Leffen and Fuzzyness. In Melee singles, he defeated Professor Pro 2-0 and aMSa 3-0 to make it to winners' finals against Leffen, where he won 3-0 in Fox dittos (including a low percent 3-stock in game 3). However, in grand finals, Leffen came back and won 6-0 against Armada's Fox, taking the tournament over Armada. Due to this loss, Armada stated that his Fox was not ready for events in the summer, and that he would likely not use him in singles until next year. He reverted to using Peach against Fox again, subsequently managing to defeat top Fox players in tournament, such as Mango. Despite having claimed to be using Fox against Jigglypuff, Armada also proceeded to use Young Link against Hungrybox, and initially continued to do very well with him, winning their set in pool play at MLG Anaheim 2014 3-0, and also taking two sets off of Hungrybox's Fox primarily using Young Link at CEO 2014.

Reappearing in the United States for the Summer of 2014

Armada's first tournament in the United States since EVO 2013 was SKTAR 3, where he placed 4th in Melee singles, losing to PPMD 1-2 in winners' semis and then beating Westballz 2-0 in losers' quarters before being eliminated by Mew2King 1-2 in losers' semis. However, at Super SWEET the next week, Armada managed to beat Mew2King 3-1 in winners' semis, Mango 3-2 in winners' finals, and Mew2King 3-1 in grand finals, winning the tournament. He proceeded to take 1st place at SSS Lock-In, defeating Mew2King 3-1 once again in grand finals. At all three of these tournaments, Armada won Melee doubles with Mew2King in a dominant fashion, only dropping one set.

Having qualified for the championship bracket at MLG Anaheim 2014 due to his strong placements at Republic of Fighters 3 and SKTAR 3, Armada managed to defeat every player in his pool without dropping a set. He beat Mew2King 3-0 in winners' semis, but lost to Mango 2-3 in winners' finals. After eliminating Mew2King 3-2 in losers' finals, he once again lost to Mango 2-3 in grand finals, taking 2nd place at the tournament. Armada later attended CEO 2014, where he beat Hungrybox 2-1 in winners' semis, and lost to Mango 1-3 in winners' finals. After eliminating Hungrybox 3-0 in losers' finals, he managed to win both sets of grand finals against Mango (3-0 and 3-1) to take 1st place at the tournament.

Armada's next tournament was Kings of Cali 4, where he defeated Lucky and Fly Amanita 3-0 before reaching winners' finals against Mango, where he lost 1-3. He eliminated Mew2King 3-0 in losers' finals, and took the first set of grand finals against Mango 3-0, though still lost the second set 1-3, placing 2nd overall in singles at the tournament. CEO 2014 and Kings of Cali 4 also extended Armada and Mew2King's dominance in Melee doubles events.

At EVO 2014, Armada defeated Plup and Fly Amanita 2-0 in the winners' quarters pool to make it into the top 8 from winners' bracket. However, in winners' semis, he lost to Hungrybox 1-2. He eliminated Axe 2-1 in losers' quarters and PPMD 2-0 in losers' semis, but lost to Hungrybox again in losers' finals, this time 2-3, placing 3rd overall at the tournament.

Post-Summer 2014

Armada's first tournament in Europe since Republic of Fighters 3 was COMEBACK I. At this tournament, he defeated Dev 3-0 in winners' semis to make it to a highly anticipated match against Leffen in winners' finals. He ended up winning this set 3-1. In grand finals, he defeated Leffen again, this time 3-2, winning Melee singles at the tournament. In Melee doubles, he placed 2nd with C, losing to Android & Zoler 2-3 in winners' semis, then defeating them 3-2 in a rematch in losers' finals, and losing to Leffen & Beat 1-3 in grand finals.

Later that month, enough funds were raised for Armada and Lucky to attend Shadowloo Showdown V, an Australian national tournament. At this tournament, Armada convincingly won both Melee singles and Melee doubles, defeating Dekar 3-0, Lucky 3-1, and Lucky 3-0 to win singles, and teaming with Syke to take doubles over Lucky and Skeletom.

One week later, Armada attended Hit & Stun Tournament 2 in Spain, and won Melee singles without dropping a game, defeating Overtriforce, Leffen, and Ice. He teamed with Trif in Melee doubles and defeated Strawhat Dahean & Overtriforce 3-0 and Leffen & Ice 3-2 to make it to grand finals, where they lost the first set to Leffen and Ice 2-3, but still took the second set 3-1.

In late September, Armada traveled to the United States once again, primarily to attend The Big House 4, a very large national tournament in Michigan featuring competition from all other North America and Europe. During the first week of his stay, Armada won both singles and doubles at The Shape of Melee to Come 5, convincingly defeating Mango 3-1 in winners' finals and 3-0 in grand finals to win singles.

At The Big House 4, Armada defeated Darkrain 2-0 to make it into the top 32 bracket, where he defeated SFAT 2-0 and Westballz 3-1 to make it to winners' semis against Leffen, in which he lost a very close set 2-3. After defeating Hax 3-1 in losers' quarters, he was eliminated by Mango 1-3 in losers' semis, placing 4th in Melee singles. He continued his and Mew2King's winning streaks in Melee doubles by defeating DoH & Colbol 3-0 and Hungrybox & Plup 3-1 and 3-0 to take 1st place in Melee doubles.

He left Play-For-Keeps and Empire Arcadia simultaneously on November 2nd, 2014, the same day that ZeRo resigned from CLASH Tournaments. On November 6th, Swedish team Alliance announced that they were signing him and entering the Smash arena.

EVO 2015

EVO 2015 had a total of 1,869 entrants for Melee, surpassing the record set by EVO 2014 and becoming the largest Melee tournament of all time. In winners quarters pool, Armada defeated Silent Wolf 2-1 and PewPewU 2-0, to make it into the top 8 via winners' bracket. In the top 8 winners bracket, Armada defeated Hungrybox 2-1 in winners semis and PPMD 3-0 in winners finals. He then once again defeated Hungrybox 3-2 on grand finals, to take 1st place.

Other Smash games

During 2008 and 2009, Armada occasionally entered Brawl tournaments, primarily using Sheik. He won Brawl singles at SMASH ATTACK and placed 17th in Brawl singles at GENESIS, though he never made any large impacts in the Brawl scene and has not played Brawl competitively since.

Armada also plays the Brawl mod, Project M. He used to main Pit in version 3.0.2 of Project M, and currently mains Fox in version 3.5 of the mod. He was considered the premier Pit main in the world during his debut, making full use of his character's aerial combos, followups, and edgeguarding, and infamously disrupting recoveries with Palutena's Arrow, and is still considered one of the two best Pit mains along with ZeRo. Armada won Project M singles at Apex 2014 and proceeded to win Project M tournaments without dropping a single set for four months, until Professor Pro took a set off of him in winners finals at Smash or DI (though Armada still won two sets of grand finals). He defeated a large number of Melee and Brawl professionals in tournament with his Project M Pit, taking sets off of Mew2King, DEHF, Mango, and others. SKTAR 3 was the first Project M tournament that Armada failed to win, placing 5th after losing to Emukiller and ESAM.

Playing Style

All aspects of Armada's gameplay are well-rounded. He is most notorious, however, for his punishes and edge-guarding. As Fox, he is one of the best shine-spikers in the business and has a heavy punish game (showcased in his set against Leffen at Paragon Orlando 2015, where he 4 and 3 stocked Leffen in two back to back games in the Fox ditto). His neutral game with Fox is also amazing, convincingly defeating even the likes of PPMD. However, Armada is most well-known for his Peach, although he has elected to use her for specific match-ups. His Peach emphasizes strong punishes, amazing neutral (consistently playing on par with PPMD's Marth), and an insane edge-guard game. Armada is not only mechanically strong in Melee, but also has one of the strongest mental games out there. This is well demonstrated in his matches versus Hungrybox, where Armada was the only one of the top Fox players (Himself, Mango, and Leffen) to effectively counter Hungrybox's use of ledge-stalling at EVO 2015. Because of his mental game, he does not lapse as easily as the other Gods, leading to very consistent tournament results. Combined with an amazing understanding of doubles play (teaming numerous times with his brothers and Mew2King, and netting almost just as many doubles wins as singles), Armada may just be the most complete player of all time.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Smashers' Reunion 2 March 31st-April 3rd, 2007 4th 4th Aniolas
The Renaissance of Smash 4 July 3rd-6th, 2007 4th 4th Aniolas
Smashers' Reunion 3 August 7th-10th, 2007 1st 1st Aniolas
XsMASh December 14th-16th, 2007 2nd 3rd Aniolas
Epita Smash Arena 2 February 23rd-24th, 2008 3rd 5th Aniolas
SMASH ATTACK April 3rd-5th, 2009 1st 3rd Aniolas
Epita Smash Arena 3 April 11th-12th, 2009 1st 1st Aniolas
GENESIS July 10th-12th, 2009 2nd 7th Aniolas
ZEST4 August 29th, 2009 1st 3rd Aniolas
Pound 4 January 16th-18th, 2010 4th 5th Aniolas
Berlin Calling April 2nd-4th, 2010 1st 1st Aniolas
ZEST5 April 30th-May 1st, 2010 1st 1st Aniolas
Epita Smash Arena 4 June 26th-27th, 2010 1st 1st Aniolas
STIIG July 13th-20th, 2010 1st 1st Aniolas
The Tunes Monthlies # 8 July 31st, 2010 1st 2nd Aniolas
Apex 2010 August 6th-8th, 2010 2nd 3rd Aniolas
Smash Needs You August 10th-12th, 2010 1st 1st Aniolas
SKN2 October 8th-10th, 2010 1st 1st Aniolas
B.E.A.S.T January 7th-9th, 2011 1st 1st Aniolas
SKN3 February 11th-13th, 2011 1st 1st Aniolas
Pound V February 19th-21st, 2011 2nd 1st Mew2King
Tampora 2 April 29th-May 1st, 2011 1st 1st Aniolas
GENESIS 2 July 15th-17th, 2011 1st 4th Aniolas
B.E.A.S.T II August 11th-14th, 2011 1st 1st Aniolas
Tampora 3 November 25th-27th, 2011 1st 1st Android
Beauty 3 December 2nd-4th, 2011 1st 1st Aniolas
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 1st 1st Mew2King
Gamers Meetup STHLM February 18th-19th, 2012 1st 2nd Aniolas
Epita Smash Arena 5 April 20th-23rd, 2012 1st 1st Ice
Haags Kwartiertje 6 June 16th, 2012 1st 1st Faab
Smashers' Reunion: Melee Grande July 13th-15th, 2012 1st 1st Ice
King Funk's Castle II: Måske‎ October 4th-7th, 2012 1st 1st Aniolas
hf.lan 4 December 1st-2nd, 2012 1st 1st Overtriforce
Apex 2013 January 11th-13th, 2013 1st 1st Mew2King
EVO 2013 July 12th-14th, 2013 4th 4th Android
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 — 4th Ice
B.E.A.S.T 4 February 12th-16th, 2014 2nd 1st Aniolas
Avalon III March 8th, 2014 1st 1st Aniolas
Smash Ain't Dead 3 March 15th, 2014 1st — —
Smash or DI May 3rd, 2014 1st 1st VA
Republic of Fighters 3 May 17th-18th, 2014 2nd 1st Ice
SKTAR 3 May 31st-June 1st, 2014 4th 1st Mew2King
Super SWEET June 7th-8th, 2014 1st 1st Mew2King
SSS Lock-In June 14th-15th, 2014 1st 1st Mew2King
MLG Anaheim 2014 June 20th-22th, 2014 2nd 1st Mew2King
CEO 2014 June 27th-29th, 2014 1st 1st Mew2King
Kings of Cali 4 July 5th-6th, 2014 2nd 1st Mew2King
EVO 2014 July 11th-13th, 2014 3rd 9th Aniolas
Gameguys Intergalactic Kegger July 26th-27th, 2014 — 1st Mew2King
COMEBACK I August 1st-3rd, 2014 1st 2nd C
MUST 1 August 15th-17th, 2014 1st 1st Lolex
Shadowloo Showdown V August 29th-31st, 2014 1st 1st Syke
Hit & Stun Tournament 2 September 6th-7th, 2014 1st 1st Trif
Beauty 8 September 12th-14th, 2014 1st 2nd Aniolas
The Shape of Melee to Come 5 September 27th, 2014 1st 1st Duck
The Big House 4 October 4th-5th, 2014 4th 1st Mew2King
Justice 4 October 11th, 2014 1st 1st Hax
Arenan I October 17th-19th, 2014 1st 1st Dev
DrømmeLAN 4.0 November 7th-9th, 2014 1st 1st Android
Avalon VI November 29th, 2014 1st 1st Marc
Beauty 9 December 5th-7th, 2014 1st 1st Android
B.E.A.S.T 5 January 9th-11th, 2015 2nd 1st Android
Paragon Orlando 2015 January 17th-18th, 2015 5th 4th Mew2King
SWEET XVII January 24th, 2015 1st 1st Beach
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 2nd 2nd Android
McSmashter 4 February 21st-22nd, 2015 1st 1st I.B
Beauty 10 April 2nd-6th, 2015 1st 1st Android
I'm Not Yelling! April 11th-12th, 2015 1st 2nd Shroomed
MVG Sandstorm April 18th-19th, 2015 1st 2nd Mew2King
DrømmeLAN 4.5 April 24th-26th, 2015 1st 1st Android
HFLAN Melee Edition May 9th-10th, 2015 1st 1st Zhu
CEO 2015 June 26th-28th, 2015 2nd 1st Shroomed
FC Smash 15XR: Return July 4-5th, 2015 3rd 1st Hungrybox
WTFox July 10th-11th, 2015 3rd 1st Mew2King
EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015 1st 2nd Ice
Heir II the Throne August 14th-16th, 2015 1st 1st Android
DreamHack London 2015 September 19th-20th, 2015 1st — —
Helix September 26th-27th, 2015 1st 1st Ice
The Big House 5 October 2nd-4th, 2015 1st 1st Android
Gaston October 16th-18th, 2015 1st 1st Android
Smash Summit November 5th-8th, 2015 1st 2nd Mew2King
Eclipse November 14th-15th, 2015 1st 3rd Android
DreamHack Winter 2015 November 26th-29th, 2015 2nd 3rd Android
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 1st 1st Mew2King
Kickstart 5 January 24th, 2016 2nd 1st Android
B.E.A.S.T 6 February 19th-21st, 2016 1st 2nd Android

Project M

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
King Funk's Castle II: Måske‎ October 4th-7th, 2012 1st 2nd Aniolas
B.E.A.S.T 3 April 3rd-7th, 2013 1st — —
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 1st — —
B.E.A.S.T 4 February 12th-16th, 2014 1st — —
Avalon III March 8th, 2014 1st — —
Smash Ain't Dead 3 March 15th, 2014 1st — —
Smash or DI May 3rd, 2014 1st — —
SKTAR 3 May 31st-June 1st, 2014 5th 2nd Mew2King
Super SWEET June 7th-8th, 2014 1st — —
CEO 2014 June 27th-29th, 2014 5th 4th Hungrybox
COMEBACK I August 1st-3rd, 2014 1st — —
MUST 1 August 15th-17th, 2014 1st — —
Shadowloo Showdown V August 29th-31st, 2014 1st 1st Dreadtech
Hit & Stun Tournament 2 September 6th-7th, 2014 1st — —
Beauty 8 September 12th-14th, 2014 1st 1st Professor Pro
The Big House 4 October 4th-5th, 2014 7th 5th Professor Pro
DrømmeLAN 4.0 November 7th-9th, 2014 1st — —
B.E.A.S.T 5 January 9th-11th, 2015 3rd — —
McSmashter 4 February 21st-22nd, 2015 1st 5th n0ne
MVG Sandstorm April 18th-19th, 2015 — 1st Mew2King
HFLAN Melee Edition May 9th-10th, 2015 1st — —
DrømmeLAN 4.5 All-Star April 24th-26th, 2015 2nd — —
WTFox July 10th-11th, 2015 — 1st Mew2King
Helix September 26th-27th, 2015 1st — —
Gaston October 16th-18th, 2015 1st — —

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
SMASH ATTACK April 3rd-5th, 2009 1st — —
GENESIS July 10th-12th, 2009 17th — —

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
DrommeLAN 4.0 November 7th-9th, 2014 2nd — —

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Beauty 9 December 5th-7th, 2014 2nd — —
B.E.A.S.T 5 January 9th-11th, 2015 4th — —
DrømmeLAN 4.5 April 24th-26th, 2015 — 3rd Smasher89

Trivia

  • Armada's precision with Pit's light arrows in Project M has earned him the nickname "Swedish Sniper". His accuracy with Peach's turnips also occasionally elicits this title.
  • Armada holds positive records against every smasher he has played with the exception of Captain Jack (0-2) and SilentSpectre (0-1).
    • Armada is the only smasher to have a positive record against Mango (18-12).
  • Armada is Aniolas's younger brother and Android's older brother. He also has nine other siblings.
  • Armada received the largest prize check in a Melee tournament with a total of $11,525.15 at Smash Summit, surpassing the previous record of $11,214.00 at EVO 2015, which was also won by Armada.
  • Armada frequently teams with Sheik players in tournament, most notably Mew2King, Aniolas, Android, Ice, and Shroomed. The Peach-Sheik team in doubles is also considered one of the best synergies, possibly due to Armada's consistently high performances with the aforementioned players.
  • Armada is also a pioneer of what has come to be known as the "Armada Shine." This tech involves dropping below the ledge, sometimes very far, in order to shine-spike a Fox or Falco during their vulnerability frames of their up-b. He is very accurate with this technique, which is likely why it is named after him.
    • Armada does, however, admit that KJH is the one who taught him this technique.
  • Armada is the only Smash player to earn over $100,000 in a respective game in the series, being Melee.

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External links

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