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Armada
Armada atUGC Smash Open.
Character info
Smash 64main	Captain Falcon
OtherSmash 64characters	Yoshi,Luigi
Meleemains	Peach,Fox
OtherMeleecharacter	Sheik,Marth,Falco
RetiredMeleecharacter	Young Link
Brawlmain	Sheik
Smash 4mains	Sheik,Diddy Kong
Ultimatemain	Inkling
Project Mmain	Peach
OtherProject Mcharacters	Fox,Falco,Captain Falcon
RetiredProject Mcharacter	Pit
Team info
Former sponsor(s)	CLASH Tournaments, Play-For-Keeps,Empire Arcadia,Alliance
Formercrews	Ultimate Gamers of Sweden (UGS)
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	MPGR 2018: 2nd OrionRank Europe Top 75: 33rd
Best historical ranking	SSBMRank 2016: 1st OrionRank Europe Top 75: 33rd
Best tournament result	1st / 41 atSmashers Reunion 4 1st / 1,428 atEVO 2017 17th / 292 atGENESIS 4th / 136 atB.E.A.S.T 5 17th / 1,017 atThe Big House 9 1st / 382 atApex 2014
Winnings	~$296,238.98 ~$2,057.93 ~$4,616.29
Personal and other info
Real name	Adam Lindgren
Birth date	March 28, 1993(age 32)
Location	Göteborg, Västra Götalands Län

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Armada is asmasher from Gothenburg,Sweden whomainsPeach andFox inMelee. One of the "Five Gods" ofMelee, he is widely considered the greatest Peach player of all time, showcasing outstanding skill for many years with a character still considered to be subpar compared to other top tiers. Since 2007, Armada has never placed below 5th at a tournament, won a multitude of majors and supermajors, and cultivated a streak over 8 years long in which he did not drop a serious tournament set to a player outside ofMelee's upper echelon. His remarkable consistency and numerous periods of dominance lead many to regard Armada asthe greatestMelee player of all time.

Armada cemented himself as the best European player in 2009, winningSMASH ATTACK andEpita Smash Arena 3, and facingMango in grand finals atGENESIS, his first American major. In 2011 and 2012, he was considered the best player in the world, as he wonGENESIS 2,Apex 2012, andApex 2013. This was followed by a semi-retirement in 2013 which ended withB.E.A.S.T 4 in 2014. He then regained the title of best player in the world in the following year, with major tournament wins includingEVO 2015,The Big House 5,Smash Summit, and remained the best player in the world until the beginning ofHungrybox's dominance in 2017. He retired for a second time in 2018, though he briefly remained active as a commentator starting fromThe Big House 8.

Armada is also known for his domination of doubles events at tournaments when teaming withMew2King. The Peach/Sheik team was considered the bestMelee doubles team in the world from 2011 to 2014, having won many majors includingPound V, Apex 2012, Apex 2013,SKTAR 3,CEO 2014, andKings of Cali 4. They are still considered to be one of the best teams in the world, along withPewFat, as they won GENESIS 3 and Smash Summit 3. Armada also dominates doubles events at European tournaments with his younger brotherAndroid, in what is known as the "UGS Team". Their best achievements include winning The Big House 5 andGENESIS 4 doubles. Armada also used to team withIce and his brotherAniolas.

Outside ofMelee, Armada alsoProject M competitively from 2012-2015, mainingPit. He was one of the bestProject M players in the world in the 3.02 era, with his precision with Pit's light arrows earning him the nickname "The Swedish Sniper." In addition, he had seen some competitive play in the otherSmash titles that came afterMelee. His greatest performances in these otherSmash games took place in early-Ultimate where he was considered one of the bestInkling players from Europe, though he primarily competed outside said region and as such was recognized as an honorable mention on the inauguralEuropean Ultimate Power Rankings. He was also one of the most successfulMelee players in early-Ultimate, having placed 17th at the supermajorsMainstage andThe Big House 9 and defeatedZD atSmash Ultimate Summit. He stopped competing afterDreamHack Winter 2019 and has fully retired from competitiveSmash.

Armada was sponsored byAlliance on November 6th, 2014^[1]. On December 12th, 2016,Alliance was spun-off into a player-owned organization by former parent companyTwitch^[2]. Armada, along with the originalDota 2 members, was given a percentage of the organization.^[3] Armada would part ways with Alliance on February 16th, 2024, after more than nine years with the organization.^[4]

Tournament history[edit]

Origin of the name[edit]

In 2004, Armada and his brothersAniolas andAndroid entered aNintendo contest in Gothenburg, Sweden. Each brother ultimately failed in going through the tournament, Armada specifically mentioning that Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 was the hardest game, as he had never played it up to that point. After the tournament, Adam, Aniolas, and Android, along with 3 other friends founded TheUltimate Gamers of Sweden or UGS. Patrick, one of these three other founding members gave the name "Armada" to him and he has used it ever since.

It was rumored that Armada is short for "Action Replay Adam". AR are the 1st 2 letters and 'mada' is Adam backwards.D1 spread that rumor while commentating atApex 2012. Armada later expressed his hatred for that name calling it "lame".^[5]

2007-2008: Rise to fame[edit]

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

Seven months later, atEpita Smash Arena 2 (the largest European tournament at the time), Armada placed 3rd in singles. He lost toCaptain Jack in winners' semis, and then eliminatedAdam 3-0 in losers' quarters andMasashi 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.

2009-2010: Taking the European crown and debuting in the United States[edit]

In 2009, Armada won his first national,SMASH ATTACK; although he lost toZgetto 2-4 in winners' finals, he managed to take both sets of grand finals against Zgetto, winning 8-0. He wonEpita 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 againstDaShizWiz, Mew2King, and Mango in the winners' bracket, playing undefeated before losing to Mango in both sets of grand finals, placing 2nd in theMelee singles tournament.

In 2010, Armada attendedPound 4, which was his second tournament in the US. He was upset bySilentSpectre in winners' bracket, losing 0-2, though he managed to eliminateHax,Plank,Lucky, and Mew2King in losers' bracket before being eliminated by Amsah 1-3 in losers' semis, placing 4th in theMelee singles tournament. Later that year, he placed 2nd inMelee singles atApex 2010, defeatingAxe andZhu 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 wonEpita Smash Arena 4 andSmash Needs You.

2011-2012: Period of Dominance[edit]

In 2011, Armada wonB.E.A.S.T without dropping a set, once again defeating Amsah 4-0 in grand finals. AtPound V, he started usingYoung 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 inMelee 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 won singles at every tournament he entered, including several US nationals. He also wonB.E.A.S.T II, once again not dropping a single set, and defeatingIce 4-0 in grand finals.

In 2012, Armada wonMelee singles atApex 2012, and also wonMelee doubles with Mew2King. He defeated top professionals such asShroomed, PPMD, Mango, and Hungrybox. AtSmashers' 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.

2013: Apex 2013, EVO 2013, and Retirement[edit]

Armada later defended his titles in 2013, winningMelee singles atApex 2013 by defeatingSilent Wolf,Wobbles,KirbyKaze, Hungrybox, and PPMD once again in grand finals. He also wonMelee doubles with Mew2King by defeatingAza andJAVI, Shroomed andPewPewU, and Hungrybox andPlup in grand finals.

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

2014: Return to the scene, Competing in Americas, and Continued Success[edit]

After one year, Armada announced his return to the competitiveMelee scene, and entered theB.E.A.S.T 4Melee singles tournament, placing 2nd behindLeffen. At this point, Armada started using a lot ofFox 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. Inan 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 attendedRepublic of Fighters 3, a 5000 pointMLG Anaheim 2014 qualifier, in May. He teamed with Ice and wonMelee doubles over Leffen andFuzzyness. InMelee singles, he defeatedProfessor Pro 2-0 andaMSa 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.

Armada's first tournament in the United States since EVO 2013 wasSKTAR 3, where he placed 4th inMelee singles, losing to PPMD 1-2 in winners' semis and then beatingWestballz 2-0 in losers' quarters before being eliminated by Mew2King 1-2 in losers' semis. However, atSuper 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 atSSS Lock-In, defeating Mew2King 3-1 once again in grand finals. At all three of these tournaments, Armada wonMelee doubles with Mew2King in a dominant fashion, only dropping one set.

Having qualified for the championship bracket atMLG 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 attendedCEO 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 wasKings of Cali 4, where he defeated Lucky andFly 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 inMelee doubles events.

AtEVO 2014, Armada defeatedPlup 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.

Armada's first tournament in Europe since Republic of Fighters 3 wasCOMEBACK I. At this tournament, he defeatedDev 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, winningMelee singles at the tournament. InMelee doubles, he placed 2nd withC, losing toAndroid &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 attendShadowloo Showdown V, an Australian national tournament. At this tournament, Armada convincingly won bothMelee singles andMelee doubles, defeatingDekar 3-0, Lucky 3-1, and Lucky 3-0 to win singles, and teaming withSyke to take doubles over Lucky andSkeletom.

One week later, Armada attendedHit & Stun Tournament 2 in Spain, and wonMelee singles without dropping a game, defeatingOvertriforce, Leffen, and Ice. He teamed withTrif inMelee doubles and defeatedStrawhat 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 attendThe 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 atThe 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 defeatedDarkrain 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 inMelee singles. He continued his and Mew2King's winning streaks inMelee doubles by defeatingDoH &Colbol 3-0 and Hungrybox & Plup 3-1 and 3-0 to take 1st place inMelee doubles.

He left Play-For-Keeps andDeadly Alliance simultaneously on November 2nd, 2014, the same day thatZeRo resigned fromCLASH Tournaments. On November 6th, Swedish teamAlliance announced that they were signing him and entering theSmash arena.

2015: EVO 2015 Champion and Post-Dominance[edit]

EVO 2015 had a total of 1,869 entrants forMelee, surpassing the record set by EVO 2014 and becomingone of the largestMelee tournaments 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.

After being ranked 1st on the2015 SSBMRank after winning EVO 2015 and several other tournaments, Armada continued his dominance over other Melee competitors during the first half of 2016 with a string of firsts, only failing to winBattle of the Five Gods,Get On My Level 2016, andWTFox 2. AtEnthusiast Gaming Live Expo, Armada forfeited on day two due to stomach pains, finishing in 17th. At Get On My Level 2016, Armada placed his lowest sinceParagon Orlando 2015, placing 5th.

2016: EVO 2016 and The Big House 6[edit]

EVO 2016 is currently thelargestMelee tournament of all time, with Armada in prime position to win his second title after defeating Plup in Winner’s Finals. However, Armada lost in two sets of a Game 10 Grand Finals to Hungrybox in what many consider to be one of the greatest sets of all time, leading Hungrybox to claim his first EVO win.

Resuming his dominance after the loss at Evo, Armada won the next 12 tournaments he entered with the exception ofThe Big House 6, which Mango won. During this time, Armada was rated 1st on the2016 SSBMRank.

2017: No Longer the Best[edit]

After a period of dominance from winningGENESIS 4,B.E.A.S.T 7, andSmash Summit Spring 2017, Armada would end up losing Royal Flush to Mango. This is often jokingly attributed to the ‘Mother’s Day Effect,’ which claims that Mango performs best on Mother’s Day. He would also go on to place 3rd atSmash 'N' Splash 3, losing to Hungrybox and Leffen.

Although he would go on to winEVO 2017, defeating Mew2King in Winners Semis and Mango in Winners Finals and Grand Finals, Armada failed to continue his streak of wins. He placed 2nd to Hungrybox atGameTyrant Expo 2017 in a close Game 10 Grand Finals, considered among the best clutches of all time, and 4th atThe Big House 7. He notably lost to Plup 1-3 in Winner’s Semis, his first loss to a Sheik player since losing to Amsah atPound 4 in 2010. Though he defeated Mango 3-1 in Loser’s Quarters, Armada lost in Loser’s Semis 2-3 to Hungrybox. He would also end up placing 3rd atCanada Cup 2017 (losing 0-3 to Leffen and 2-3 to Mew2King) and 2nd at Smash Summit 5, which marked the end of his Summit win streak, losing to Leffen in Winners Semis and Hungrybox in Grand Finals. As a result of Hungrybox's rise and Armada's decline, the2017 SSBMRank placed him at 2nd to Hungrybox, marking the first time Armada is not ranked 1st in the rankings since 2014.

2018: Second Retirement[edit]

After failing to winValhalla,GENESIS 5, andSmash Summit 6, Armada won his first 2018 tournament atBattle Arena Melbourne 10, defeating ChuDat 3-1 in grand finals; he subsequently wonSmash 'N' Splash 4,DreamHack Summer 2018, andSmash Factor 7. However, inLow Tier City 6, he was knocked into loser's bracket by Leffen during winner's semis, and was eliminated by Hungrybox in loser's finals, placing 3rd. Because of his relative lack of participation in major tournaments, Armada was ranked 3rd on theSummer 2018 MPGR, marking the first time Armada was not within the top 2 since the start of the SSBMRankings.

AtEVO 2018, Armada was unexpectedly upset bySwedish Delight in round one of Top 48, sending him into an early Loser's Bracket. Despite this, he was able to defeatGahtzu, Mew2King, Zain, S2J, Mang0, Hungrybox, and Plup in an incredible Loser's run, before losing to Leffen 3-0 in Grand Finals, placing 2nd. Armada would next emerge triumphant atSuper Smash Con 2018, splitting sets with Mew2King 2-3, 3-2 in a grand finals many consider to be among the greatest ever^[6]. AtHeir 5, Armada did not enter singles, however he and Android defeatedOvertriforce andTrif in grand finals, placing 1st.

On September 18th, 2018, Armada announced that he was retiring from Melee singles, saying that he no longer has any fun playing in Singles, and stated that he would not be participating in the next Smash Summit. However, he said that he would still participate in doubles, and would be at The Big House 8.^[7] His final ranking in theMPGR was 2nd.

OtherSmash games[edit]

During 2008 and 2009, Armada occasionally enteredBrawl tournaments, primarily usingSheik. He wonBrawl singles at SMASH ATTACK and placed 17th inBrawl singles atGENESIS, though he never made any large impacts in theBrawl scene and has not playedBrawl competitively since. He also attended a fewSmash 64 tournaments at that time, mainingCaptain Falcon.

Armada also used to play theBrawl modProject M. He used to mainPit in version 3.0.2 ofProject M, and later mainedPeach andFox 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 withPalutena's Arrow, and is still considered one of the two best Pit mains along with ZeRo. Armada wonProject M singles atApex 2014 and proceeded to winProject M tournaments without dropping a single set for four months, untilProfessor 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 ofMelee andBrawl professionals in tournament with hisProject M Pit, taking sets off of Mew2King,DEHF, Mango, and others. SKTAR 3 was the firstProject M tournament that Armada failed to win, placing 5th after losing toEmukiller andESAM.

WhenSuper Smash Bros. 4 first came out, Armada played the game briefly to earn a small amount of winnings outside ofMelee andProject M. As with many players on release, he picked upDiddy Kong, and quickly became one of the best Diddy players in Sweden. He consistently got top 4 inSmash 4 tournaments with Diddy, despite not investing much time into the game. After some time passed, Armada stopped entering tournaments;DrømmeLAN 4.5 was his last majorSmash 4 tournament, where he did not enter singles. He has not entered any majors since then and would callSmash 4 his least favourite smash game. Shortly before the release ofSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate he began preparing the game by playingSmash 4 again, this time usingCorrin, although he did not attend any tournaments during this period.

Armada was invited to compete in theSuper Smash Bros. Invitational 2018 before the release ofUltimate, where he usedSamus,Pokémon Trainer, andKirby to place 4th. After the release of the game and his retirement fromMelee singles, he playedUltimate on his stream often, spending the majority of his time usingInkling. Armada's first majorUltimate tournament was to be atValhalla II, but dropped out because of sickness; his majorUltimate tournament was ultimatelyGENESIS 6, where he placed 97th. Additionally, Armada was one of the six invitees of the firstSmash Ultimate Summit. He placed 9th, with his only two wins beingZD andZeRo.

Following Summit, Armada did not return to competitiveUltimate until September, where he attendedMainstage andThe Big House 9. His performances at the two majors was better than his previous results, and he placed 17th at both tournaments, even defeating notable players such asChag andLemmon at the former tournament. His performances at these two majors qualified him for nomination forSmash Ultimate Summit 2, and he was ultimately voted in on the second round; however, he failed to garner a single win at the second Summit and placed 13th. Armada's final tournament, as well as his only EuropeanUltimate tournament, wasDreamHack Winter 2019, where he placed 5th; Armada's lack of any other results in Europe was the reason for his exclusion from theEuropean Smash Rankings, and he was ultimately listed as an honorable mention. Since then, Armada has not entered anySmash tournament.

Playing style[edit]

All aspects of Armada's gameplay are well-rounded. He is most notorious, however, for his punishes and edge-guarding. Despite the majority of his career being defined byPeach, who is a relatively slow character with merely average range, he was able to emphasize his amazing positioning and hitbox placement, strong punishes, and insane edge-guard game, particularly on spacies. Picking upFox further highlighted his excellent neutral game, as he was no longer burdened by Peach's speed problems and could now effectively tackle any previous problem matchups using Fox, such as against other floaty characters (most notablyJigglypuff) and more passive fast-fallers (in the hands ofLeffen and laterPlup). Armada is not only mechanically strong in Melee, but also has one of the strongest mental games; he is one of the few smashers willing to use the timer against the opponent and play more passively, especially before the Fox era. Even when he started using Fox, Armada was the only one of the top Fox players (himself,Mango, andLeffen) to effectively counterHungrybox's use of ledge-stalling inEVO 2015 using a balance of aggression and passivity that the other Foxes lacked on either side, and single-handedly made Hungrybox completely abandon the tactic altogether in subsequent matches. Because of his mental fortitude, he does not lapse as easily as the other Gods, leading to very consistent tournament results. Armada also possesses an amazing understanding of doubles play; he can read almost any situation, knows how and when to save his teammates, can capitalize on team combos, and tends to follow simple gameplans that allow almost any fellow smasher to succeed along with him. He has teamed numerous times with various smashers (mostlySheik players such as his brothers,Mew2King, andShroomed), and has netted almost just as many doubles wins as singles. He recruitedSnowy as a practice partner for theJigglypuff matchup, and has flown him out to events such as Summit in order to prepare for facing Hungrybox in bracket.

However, for all of his achievements, Armada is not perfect, and has faltered to other top players several times. He has been noted to have a tendency of being "too optimal" in the neutral game, which lends him to be more predictable (if difficult to approach). His matchup coverage even with his Fox was not ideal, asPPMD's combination ofFalco andMarth was reasonably suited to deal with Peach and Fox regardless of Armada's choice.Sheik also became somewhat of a problem during his later years, which ultimately broke his non-top 6 streak. In addition, Armada is heavily reliant on chaingrabs and reacting to approaches when playing Peach against fast-fallers which is why more passive players like Leffen,Swedish Delight, and PPMD have been able to force him off Peach. Armada showed to be considerably less consistent with Fox if he is not playing particularly well, which has, at worst, led to a dropped game againstBizzarro Flame'sGanondorf atI'm Not Yelling!. Mango and Leffen have also exploited this, particularly inGENESIS 3 andBattle of the Five Gods for Mango andGet On My Level 2016 for Leffen, where Armada's Peach was eventually forced out.

Rankings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

RetroSSBMRank[edit]

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
RetroSSBMRank 2008	2008	HM
RetroSSBMRank 2009	2009	2nd
RetroSSBMRank 2010	2010	3rd
RetroSSBMRank 2011	2011	1st
RetroSSBMRank 2012	2012	1st

SSBMRank/MPGR[edit]

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
SSBMRank 2013	January - November 2013	2nd
Summer 2014 SSBMRank	January - May 2014	4th
SSBMRank 2014	January - October 2014	2nd		Young Link is not listed on his player profile for the ranking.[8]
Summer 2015 SSBMRank	January - July 2015	1st
SSBMRank 2015	January - November 2015	1st
SSBMRank 2016	January 15th - December 4th, 2016	1st
Summer 2017 SSBMRank	December 10th, 2016 - June 18th, 2017	1st
SSBMRank 2017	December 10th, 2016 - December 10th, 2017	2nd
Summer 2018 MPGR	December 15th, 2017 - July 1st, 2018	3rd
MPGR 2018	December 15th, 2017 - December 16th, 2018	2nd

Top 100 Melee Players of All Time[edit]

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
First List	January 10th, 2004 - January 21st, 2018	1st
Second List	January 10th, 2004 - February 3rd, 2019	1st
Third List	January 10th, 2004 - February 16th, 2020	1st
Fourth List	January 10th, 2004 - September 12th, 2021	2nd

Tournament placings[edit]

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Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Super Smash Bros. 4[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Project M[edit]

Trivia[edit]

• InMelee, Armada holds positive records against every smasher he has played with the exception ofCaptainJack (0-2) andSilentSpectre (0-1).
  • Over 9 years later, it was discovered that Armada's set with SilentSpectre was played with alaunch rate of 0.9 instead of the standard 1.0.
• Armada has 10 siblings, including fellow smashersAniolas andAndroid. He is the fifth oldest in his family, and his youngest sibling was born in 2010.
• Armada formerly held the record of earning the highest payout of anySmash tournament, having earned $18,006.80 fromSmash Summit Spring 2017.
• Armada is a pioneer of what has come to be known as the "Armada Shine." ThisMelee tech involves dropping below the ledge asFox, sometimes very deep, in order toshine-spike a Fox orFalco during the vulnerability frames of theirup special.
• Armada andHungrybox are the only two players that have won more than $300,000 in a select Smash title, beingMelee.
• Armada was formerly the only Smash player to have won four consecutive iterations of a major tournament series, with victories at the first fourSmash Summit events. This has since been matched by Hungrybox's four consecutive wins atCEO 2016 throughCEO 2019.
  • Armada also won three consecutiveGENESIS tournaments inMelee singles (GENESIS 2,GENESIS 3, andGENESIS 4). However, Plup wonGENESIS 5, stopping Armada's streak.
• Armada did not lose aMelee set to any player outside theSummer 2018 MPGR top 6 andPPMD from: 2010 whenAmsah beat him atPound 4, to 2018 whenSwedish Delight beat him atEVO 2018.
  • Upon Leffen defeating every god, some began to call Leffen the "sixth god" having ended the streak in which only the gods themselves could defeat each other consistently. Leffen was added to the "big six" (along withPlup after both winningDreamHack Atlanta 2017 and beating Armada atThe Big House 7) as a marker of their skill being on par with the rest of the Gods.
• Armada's lowest placing inMelee tournaments (excluding forfeits and sandbagging) is 5th atGet On My Level 2016 andParagon Orlando 2015.
• Armada's hatred forJigglypuff goes as far back as the Pokémon Anime, where Armada finds her very annoying when she sings or draws on people's faces.
• Armada used to have a part-time job as a substitute teacher during his first retirement fromMelee.
• Armada is the target of theAlex19-created meme of "Android is my brudder", mocking Armada's Swedish accent.
• Armada has revealed who is his favorite player(s) for everySmash game:Prince forSmash 64, Plup andn0ne forMelee,Mr.R forBrawl,Professor Pro forProject M,ZeRo forSmash 4, andMkLeo forUltimate.
• Armada became an accomplishedSuper Mario 64 speedrunner since retiring from competitiveSmash, peaking at 10th place overall (and 1st in Sweden over former world record holder Taggo) on the 70 Star leaderboards for original Nintendo 64 hardware.^[9]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Twitter account
• Twitch channel
• Old YouTube channel
• YouTube channel
• SSBWorld profile
• Smashdata profile
• SmashBoards profile
• Reddit account
• Old Reddit account

Gameplay videos[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

• Apex 2012 - Melee Singles: Mango (Fox) vs. Armada (Peach) WF
• Pound V - Armada (Young Link) Vs. Hungrybox (Jigglypuff) - Winners Quarters
• Apex 2013 - Melee W6: Armada (Young Link) vs Hungrybox (Ness, Jigglypuff)
• B.e.a.s.t 3 - Armada (Peach) vs. Mang0 (Fox) - Match or Combo Video? (4 Stock)
• APEX 2013 SSBM GF Dr PP VS Armada
• CEO 2014 Grand Finals: Armada (Peach) vs Mango (Fox)
• EVO 2015 Grand Finals: Armada (Fox) vs Hungrybox (Jigglypuff)
• The Big House 5 Grand Finals: Armada (Fox) vs Hungrybox (Jigglypuff)
• SSC 2018 SSBM - {A} | Armada (Peach) Vs. FOX MVG | Mew2King (Marth) - Smash Melee Grand Finals

• Swedish smashers
• Fox players (SSBM)
• Peach players (SSBM)
• Young Link players (SSBM)
• Sheik players (SSBB)
• Peach players (PM)
• Fox players (PM)
• Pit players (PM)
• VIP players
• Retired players
• Back Room members
• YouTubers
• Livestream commentators
• Diddy Kong players (SSB4)
• Inkling players (SSBU)
• SSBMRank ranked players

• Articles in need of tournament results