Armada (Super Smash Bros. player)

Armada
Adam Lindgren
Status Active
Date of birth (1993-03-28) 28 March 1993
Hometown Gothenburg, Sweden
Current team Alliance
League Major League Gaming
Evolution Championship Series
Games Super Smash Bros. Melee
Project M
Career prize money ~US$80,610.55
Championships Apex 2012 (Melee)
Apex 2013 (Melee)
Apex 2014 (PM)
EVO 2015 (Melee)
GENESIS 3 (Melee)
Nickname(s) Armada
Swedish Sniper
The Beast From Sweden
Professional career
2009–2014 Empire Arcadia
2014 Play 4 Keeps
2014–present Alliance

Adam Lindgren (born 28 March 1993), known by his handle Armada, is a Swedish professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player from Gothenburg. He is a two-time champion of Apex and two time champion of Genesis as of 2016. He finished 4th at EVO 2013, 3rd at EVO 2014, 1st at EVO 2015 and runner-up to Joseph "MaNg0" Marquez at MLG 2014.[1] He is considered to be the highest ranked player from 2011 to 2013, as well as 2015 to present. He got second at Apex 2015 and won EVO 2015 and GENESIS 3 in January 2016. Lindgren uses Fox and Peach,[2] and formerly used Young Link as a secondary character.[3] His rise to fame was with Peach and is still considered by far the best Peach in the world.[4] He is also considered one of the best 2 vs. 2 players.[5][6] Lindgren's other nickname is the Swedish Sniper, which comes from his use of Pit's light arrows in Project M[7] and, less notably, Peach's turnips in Melee.

As of 2016, Lindgren is ranked 1st in Melee power rankings.

Gaming career

Lindgren started his gaming career in 2003 competing in the Swedish Nintendo Championship.[8] Armada came to prominence in 2007 finishing 4th at The Renaissance of Smash 4, his first national tournament. Seven months later, he finished 3rd at Epita Smash Arena 2, the largest tournament in Europe at the time, defeating top ranked Japanese player, Masashi, before losing to Ryota "Captain Jack" Yoshida.

Each passing year, Lindgren was ranked progressively higher. In July 2011, Armada won the major tournament at the time, GENESIS 2, defeating number one ranked player, MaNg0. Lindgren remained undefeated for two years until EVO 2013 where he lost the title and 1st rank back to MaNg0.

After Apex 2013, Armada announced his retirement from competitive Melee[9] 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. He returned to the scene a year later, with B.E.A.S.T being his first tournament back.

Lindgren won Apex 2014's Project M title defeating Mew2King in grand finals.[10] He along with Zimmerman, Marquez, Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, and Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma, are considered to be the "Five Gods" of Melee.[6] On 6 November 2014 he left Empire Arcadia and became sponsored by professional gaming team Alliance.[11]

At EVO 2014, Armada used Young Link as a counterpick against Hungrybox, who chose Falco as his counterpick. After convincingly defeating him in Game 1, Hungrybox switched to Jigglypuff and took both games 2 and 3 to take the set and move on to Grand Finals. Armada then had to face the best Pikachu player in the world, Axe, who just came out of an infamous 4-stock against Silent Wolf.[12] Axe took an intense game 1 from Armada. Armada then convincingly took game 2. In the third game, it came down to a last stock, last hit situation. Armada barely took the last game, moving on to Loser's Semifinals. Armada convincingly beat PPMD 2-0, but lost to Hungrybox 2-3 in Loser's Finals. EVO 2014 was won by Mango over Hungrybox.[13]

Lindgren finds Super Smash Bros. for Wii U considerably different from Melee and feels that he need to spend more time playing it.[14] Since 2015, Armada has switched from maining only Peach to both Peach and Fox in tournaments. He cites Fox's ability to put mental pressure on opponents as a reason for this change.[15][16][17] Armada faced PPMD in the grand finals of Apex 2015, while coming from the losers bracket, but eventually lost after forcing a bracket reset.[18] Armada was the EVO 2015 Melee champion after defeating Hungrybox in the finals.[19] By winning EVO, Lindgren received the largest single paycheck ever awarded in a Melee tournament at that time.

After winning EVO 2015, Melee It On Me (MIOM) ranked Armada as the best Melee player for the 2015 Summer SSBMRank, ahead of Leffen and Mango.[20]

At Dreamhack London, Armada started off the Top 16 with a 3-0 win over Spain's Overtriforce. He then beat Sheik main and Holland's best player Amsah in Top 8. He then beat Falco main Westballz in both Winner's Finals and Grand Finals, both 3-0, to win a free trip to Dreamhack Winter. Westballz also earned a free trip by placing second.[21][22]

At The Big House 5 in Dearborn, Michigan, Armada and his Europe crew, which also consisted of Android, Norway's Widl, Britain's Professor Pro, and Germany's Ice, participated in a crew battle, which consisted of Europe, SoCal, NorCal, Midwest, Canada, Tri-state, Florida, and New England. After a very close win against the Midwest that went down to the last hit and last matchup for Ice against KJH and another close win against Canada, which ended with Armada taking Kage's last stock, Europe went on to face SoCal, which consisted of Mango, Lucky, HugS, Westballz, and MacD. Even though Armada took eight stocks off of SoCal, SoCal came back, with Mango convincingly beating Ice by two stocks in the final battle.[23] In doubles, Armada won with his brother Android, beating Mew2King and Hungrybox in Grand Finals.[24] In singles Top 16 winner's side, Armada beat Mexico's best player Javi 3-0, Fox main SFAT 3-0, and Mew2King 3-1 in Winner's Semifinals to face off against Hungrybox in Winner's Finals. There, he beat the Jigglypuff God 3-0 with his Fox and then 3-2 in Grand Finals to take home the title.[25]

Armada holds positive records over every Smasher he has played with the exception of Captain Jack (0–2) and Silent Spectre (0–1). He is also the only Smasher to have a positive record over Mango (18–12).[26] He has lost sets to only eight different Smashers ever since he was considered a God: Mango, PPMD, Mew2King, Leffen, Hungrybox, Amsah, Trifasia, and Silent Spectre. Lindgren is also the only God to stand in the way of four Smashers who need to beat him to claim the title of beating all five Gods (Axe, Wobbles, Fly Amanita, and Lucky).[27]

Personal life

Lindgren has 10 siblings, two of whom, Alexander "Aniolas" and Andreas "Android", also play Melee competitively.[28] Lindgren currently works as a substitute teacher in Gothenburg and streams on twitch.tv on his spare time.

Armada is the subject of the upcoming spin-off of the documentary The Smash Brothers by producer Travis "Samox" Beauchamp entitled Metagame,[29] due to be released in 2016. The project raised over US$30,000 on Kickstarter.[30]

Notable tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament[31] Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
The Renaissance of Smash 4 3–6 July 20074th4thAniolas
Epita Smash Arena 2 23–24 February 20083rd5thAniolas
SMASH ATTACK 3–5 April 20091st3rdAniolas
Epita Smash Arena 3 11–12 April 20091st1stAniolas
GENESIS 10–12 July 20092nd7thAniolas
Pound 4 16–18 January 20104th5thAniolas
Epita Smash Arena 4 26–27 June 20101st1stAniolas
Apex 2010 6–8 August 20102nd3rdAniolas
Smash Needs You 10–12 August 20101st1stAniolas
B.E.A.S.T 7–9 January 20111st1stAniolas
Pound V 19–21 February 20112nd1stMew2King
GENESIS 2 15–17 July 20111st4thAniolas
B.E.A.S.T II 11–14 August 20111st1stAniolas
Apex 2012 6–8 January 20121st1stMew2King
Epita Smash Arena 5 20–23 April 20121st1stIce
Smashers' Reunion: Melee Grande 13–15 July 20121st1stIce
King Funk's Castle II: Måske 4–7 October 20121st1stAniolas
hf.lan 4 1–2 December 20121st1stOvertriforce
Apex 2013 11–13 January 20131st1stMew2King
EVO 2013 12–14 July 20134th4thAndroid
Apex 2014 17–19 January 2014—4thIce
B.E.A.S.T 4 12–16 February 20142nd1stAniolas
Avalon III8 March 20141st1stAniolas
Smash Ain't Dead 315 March 20141st——
Smash or DI3 May 20141st1stVA
Republic of Fighters 3 17–18 May 20142nd1stIce
SKTAR 331 May – 1 June 20144th1stMew2King
Super SWEET 7–8 June 20141st1stMew2King
SSS Lock-In 14–15 June 20141st1stMew2King
MLG Anaheim 2014 20–22 June 20142nd1stMew2King
CEO 2014 27–29 June 20141st1stMew2King
Kings of Cali 4 5–6 July 20142nd1stMew2King
EVO 2014 11–13 July 20143rd9thAniolas
COMEBACK I 1–3 August 20141st2ndC
Shadowloo Showdown V 29–31 August 20141st1stSyke
Hit & Stun Tournament 2 6–7 September 20141st1stTrif
The Shape of Melee to Come 527 September 20141st1stDuck
The Big House 4 4–5 October 20144th1stMew2King
Justice 411 October 20141st1stHax
DrommeLAN 4.0 7–9 November 20141st1stAndroid
Avalon VI29 November 20141st1stMarc
B.E.A.S.T 5 9–11 January 20152nd1stAndroid
Paragon 2015 17–18 January 20155th4thMew2King
Apex 201530 January – 1 February 20152nd2ndAndroid
CEO 2015 26–28 June 20152nd1stShroomed
EVO 2015 17–19 July 20151st2ndIce
DreamHack London 2015 19–20 September 2015 1st — —
The Big House 5 2–4 October 20151st1stAndroid
Smash Summit 5–8 November 20151st2ndMew2King
DreamHack Winter 2015 26–28 November 20152nd3rdAndroid
GENESIS 3 15–17 January 20161st1stMew2King
Battle of the Five Gods17–19 March 20163rd — —
Smash Summit 221-24 April 20161st1stMew2King

Project M

Tournament[32] Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
King Funk's Castle II: Måske 4–7 October 20121st2ndAniolas
B.E.A.S.T 3 3–7 April 20131st——
Apex 2014 17–19 January 20141st——
B.E.A.S.T 4 12–16 February 20141st——
Avalon III8 March 20141st——
Smash Ain't Dead 315 March 20141st——
Smash or DI3 May 20141st——
SKTAR 331 May – 1 June 20145th2ndMew2King
Super SWEET 7–8 June 20141st——
CEO 2014 27–29 June 20145th4thHungrybox
COMEBACK I 1–3 August 20141st——
Shadowloo Showdown V 29–31 August 20141st1stDreadtech
Hit & Stun Tournament 2 6–7 September 20141st——
The Big House 4 4–5 October 20147th5thProfessor Pro
DrommeLAN 4.0 7–9 November 20141st——
B.E.A.S.T 5 9–11 January 20153rd——

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS

Tournament[33] Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
DrommeLAN 4.0 7–9 November 20142nd——

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament[34] Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
B.E.A.S.T 5 9–11 January 20154th——

References

  1. ↑ Li, Kevin (24 June 2014). "MLG Anaheim 2014 Winners: Super Smash Bros. Melee Returns Big as Mango Defeats Armada". Latin Post. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Armada tweets about his mains".
  3. ↑ "Armada tweets about Young Link "He is Dead!"".
  4. ↑ "Melee It On Me 2014 rankings, #2".
  5. ↑ Higgins, Chris (28 October 2014). "How eight-player Super Smash Bros brawls will work". Red Bull. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 "The most important people in esports in 2014". The Daily Dot. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Taylor, Nicholas "MajinTenshinhan" (26 January 2015). "'My biggest challenge to overcome at Apex 2015 will be myself' – Armada talks Apex 2015, character choices, Europe's Smash scene and more". EventHubs. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Armada_ comments on Armada here, AKA the EVO champ for Melee, AMA time. Reddit.com (22 July 2015). Retrieved on 2015-10-04.
  9. ↑ Omni (22 January 2013). "Apex 2013 Champion, Armada, Announces His Retirement". SmashBoards. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
  10. ↑ Usmani, Basim (24 February 2014). "This Is Your Brain on ESports". Vice Motherboard. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Ian J. Barker (6 November 2014). "Alliance signs Smash powerhouse Armada". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  12. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k3EThLc-i0
  13. ↑ http://wiki.teamliquid.net/smash/EVO_2014/Finals
  14. ↑ Ian J. Barker (4 October 2014). "Zero and Armada talk Smash 4 at Big House 4". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  15. ↑ AMHenry comments on Armada here, AKA the EVO champ for Melee, AMA time. Reddit.com (22 July 2015). Retrieved on 2015-10-04.
  16. ↑ Armada_ comments on Armada here, AKA the EVO champ for Melee, AMA time. Reddit.com (22 July 2015). Retrieved on 2015-10-04.
  17. ↑ Armada_ comments on Armada here, AKA the EVO champ for Melee, AMA time. Reddit.com (22 July 2015). Retrieved on 2015-10-04.
  18. ↑ Taylor, Nicholas 'MajinTenshinhan' (1 February 2015). "Apex 2015 results feat. Mango, PPMD, Armada, Mew2King, Hungrybox, Leffen, Wobbles, Ice, Axe, aMSa, PewPewU, Lucky and more". EventHubs. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  19. ↑ Womack, Barrett (20 July 2015). "Melee at Evo 2015: Armada Is the Champion". Red Bull Esports. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  20. ↑ Melee It On Me – SSBMRank 2015 Top 25 1. Meleeitonme.com. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  21. ↑ http://wiki.teamliquid.net/smash/DreamHack_London_2015/Singles_Bracket
  22. ↑ http://wiki.teamliquid.net/smash/DreamHack_London_2015
  23. ↑ http://wiki.teamliquid.net/smash/The_Big_House_5/Crews_Bracket
  24. ↑ http://wiki.teamliquid.net/smash/The_Big_House_5/Doubles_Bracket
  25. ↑ http://wiki.teamliquid.net/smash/The_Big_House_5/Singles_Bracket
  26. ↑ Tafostats. T5dev.smash4tips.com (21 October 2013). Retrieved on 2015-10-04.
  27. ↑ List of all Non-Gods to beat Gods : smashbros. Reddit.com (8 May 2015). Retrieved on 2015-10-04.
  28. ↑ Apex 2010: Interview With Armada & Aniolas Part 1 – SSBB – SSBB. Interview with Tw1n; Twin A. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  29. ↑ Important Update. 1 April 2015.
  30. ↑ Beauchamp, Travis (12 May 2014). "The Smash Brothers: Armada". Kickstarter. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  31. ↑ "Melee". SmashBoards. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  32. ↑ "Project M". SmashBoards. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  33. ↑ "Smash 3DS". SmashBoards. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  34. ↑ "Smash Wii U". SmashBoards. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

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