Armada (gamer)

Adam Lindgren (born 28 March 1993), known by his handle Armada, is a Swedish professional Super Smash Bros. player from Gothenburg. He is widely considered one of the greatest Super Smash Bros. Melee players of all time and the greatest Melee Peach player of all time.[2] Lindgren has won several major tournaments: he is a three-time champion of GENESIS, two-time champion of EVO, two-time champion of Apex and one-time champion of The Big House. Considered one of the "Five Gods" of Melee, alongside Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph "Mango" Marquez, Juan "Hungrybox" DeBiedma, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, Lindgren was ranked one of the top two Melee players in the world every year from the beginning of formal rankings in 2013 until his retirement from singles tournaments in 2018, with Lindgren ranked as the number one Melee player in the world in 2015 and 2016. [3][4] Lindgren retired from professional Melee singles tournaments in September 2018, citing declining interest in the game, although he still occasionally enters doubles tournaments teaming with his brother Andreas "Android" Lindgren. [5] He also runs a YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers.[6]

Armada
Adam Lindgren
Armada in 2018
Personal information
Born (1993-03-28) 28 March 1993
HometownGothenburg, Sweden
Nickname(s)Armada
Swedish Sniper
The Beast From Sweden
Career information
StatusActive
LeagueMajor League Gaming
Evolution Championship Series
Current teamAlliance
GamesSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Project M
Career prize money$310,122.44[1]
Career history
2009–2014Empire Arcadia
2014Play 4 Keeps
2014–presentAlliance
Career highlights and awards
Twitch information
Channel
Followers131.3 thousand
Total views4.72 million
Follower and view counts updated as of February 2020.

He uses Peach and Fox,[7] and formerly used Young Link as a secondary character.[8] Lindgren rose to fame playing Peach exclusively, but he added Fox as a secondary in early 2015 in order to deal with a select few opponents.[9] He is also considered one of the best doubles players in the world and is famous for teaming with both of his brothers Andreas "Android" and Alexander "Aniolas" Lindgren, as well as with Mew2King.[10][11] Lindgren has also played Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Project M competitively, primarily playing Inkling in the former and Peach and Pit in the latter. Lindgren has been nicknamed the Swedish Sniper, in reference to his precision with Pit's arrows in Project M and Peach's turnips in Melee.

Gaming career

Lindgren started his gaming career in 2003 competing in the Swedish Nintendo Championship.[12] 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.

By 2009, Armada had firmly established himself as the strongest player in Europe and so he decided to travel to Genesis, a tournament held in Antioch, California which was attended by the best players in the larger and more prominent American community. Many Americans did not expect Armada to do well, but he shocked the country by reaching the finals of the tournament, upsetting top American players such as Mew2King and Mang0. Armada would eventually lose in Grand Finals to Mang0, but Genesis established Armada as a legitimate contender for best in the world and was the start of a prolific rivalry between Armada and Mang0.[13]

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.[14] Lindgren remained undefeated worldwide[15] 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[16] 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 Mang0 0–2 in losers' semis. He returned to the scene a year later, with B.E.A.S.T, a tournament held in his hometown of Gothenburg which he helped to organize, as his first tournament back.

Lindgren also had a fairly short-lived, but very successful career in Project M, winning Apex 2014's Project M title by defeating Mew2King in grand finals.[17] On 6 November 2014 he left Empire Arcadia and became sponsored by professional gaming team Alliance.[18]

Lindgren initially showed some interest in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U stating that he found it considerably different from Melee and felt that he needed to spend more time playing it, but has not publicly practiced or competed in the game since a short time after its release.[19] Since 2015, Armada has switched from using 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.[20][21][22] Armada faced PPMD in the Grand Finals of Apex 2015, while coming from the losers bracket, but eventually lost after forcing a bracket reset.[23] Armada was the EVO 2015 Melee champion after defeating Hungrybox in the Finals.[24] By winning EVO, Lindgren received the largest single prize 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 Mang0.[25]

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 against crews representing 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 Mang0, Lucky, HugS, Westballz, and MacD. Even though Armada took eight stocks off of SoCal, SoCal came back, with Mang0 convincingly beating Ice by two stocks in the final battle.[26] In doubles, Armada won with his brother Android, beating Mew2King and Hungrybox in Grand Finals.[27] In singles Top 16 winner's side, Armada beat Mexico's best player Javi 3–0, Fox player SFAT 3–0, and Mew2King 3–1 in Winner's Semifinals to face off against Hungrybox in Winner's Finals. There, he beat Hungrybox 3-0 and then again 3–2 in Grand Finals to take home the title.[28]

Armada continued his tournament success in 2016 and 2017, winning events such as Genesis 3, Dreamhack Winter 2016, Genesis 4, and EVO 2017 as well as a multitude of doubles events with his teammate and brother Android. In addition, Armada won the first four iterations of the highly prestigious invitational tournament series Smash Summit. In doing so, Armada became the first Melee player to win the same major tournament series three and four times consecutively. Armada was ranked the number one player in the world on the Melee it On Me (MIOM) year end SSBMRank for 2016 and on the mid year Summer SSBMRank for 2017.[3]

Armada holds positive records over every Smasher he has ever played with the exception of Captain Jack (0–2) and Silent Spectre (0–1). He was previously the only Smasher to have a positive record over Mang0, who has since lost acquired several negative records (26–20).[29] He has lost serious tournament sets to only nine different Smashers ever since he was considered a God: Mang0, PPMD, Mew2King, Leffen, Hungrybox, Amsah, Silent Spectre, Swedish Delight, and Plup. 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).[30] Armada's lowest placing in his entire Melee career, excluding tournaments which he forfeit or did not seriously compete, is 5th place at both Paragon Orlando 2015 and Get On My Level 2016.

Armada retired from competing in Melee singles on September 18, 2018.[31]

Personal life

Lindgren has 10 siblings, two of whom, Alexander "Aniolas" and Andreas "Android", also play Melee competitively.[32] Lindgren formerly worked as a substitute teacher in Gothenburg, but now dedicates his time fully to competing, producing YouTube videos, and streaming on Twitch.

Armada is one of the subjects of the spin-off of the documentary The Smash Brothers by producer Travis "Samox" Beauchamp entitled Metagame,[33] which was released on December 11, 2020.[34] The project raised over US$30,000 on Kickstarter.[35]

Notable tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee
Tournament[36]Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
The Renaissance of Smash 43–6 July 20074th4thAniolas
Epita Smash Arena 223–24 February 20083rd5thAniolas
SMASH ATTACK3–5 April 20091st3rdAniolas
Epita Smash Arena 311–12 April 20091st1stAniolas
GENESIS10–12 July 20092nd7thAniolas
Pound 416–18 January 20104th5thAniolas
Epita Smash Arena 426–27 June 20101st1stAniolas
Apex 20106–8 August 20102nd3rdAniolas
Smash Needs You10–12 August 20101st1stAniolas
B.E.A.S.T7–9 January 20111st1stAniolas
Pound V19–21 February 20112nd1stMew2King
GENESIS 215–17 July 20111st4thAniolas
B.E.A.S.T II11–14 August 20111st1stAniolas
Apex 20126–8 January 20121st1stMew2King
Epita Smash Arena 520–23 April 20121st1stIce
Smashers' Reunion: Melee Grande13–15 July 20121st1stIce
King Funk's Castle II: Måske4–7 October 20121st1stAniolas
hf.lan 41–2 December 20121st1stOvertriforce
Apex 201311–13 January 20131st1stMew2King
EVO 201312–14 July 20134th4thAndroid
Apex 201417–19 January 2014—4thIce
B.E.A.S.T 412–16 February 20142nd1stAniolas
Avalon III8 March 20141st1stAniolas
Smash Ain't Dead 315 March 20141st——
Smash or DI3 May 20141st1stVA
Republic of Fighters 317–18 May 20142nd1stIce
SKTAR 331 May – 1 June 20144th1stMew2King
Super SWEET7–8 June 20141st1stMew2King
SSS Lock-In14–15 June 20141st1stMew2King
MLG Anaheim 201420–22 June 20142nd1stMew2King
CEO 201427–29 June 20141st1stMew2King
Kings of Cali 45–6 July 20142nd1stMew2King
EVO 201411–13 July 20143rd9thAniolas
COMEBACK I1–3 August 20141st2ndC
Shadowloo Showdown V29–31 August 20141st1stSyke
Hit & Stun Tournament 26–7 September 20141st1stTrif
The Shape of Melee to Come 527 September 20141st1stDuck
The Big House 44–5 October 20144th1stMew2King
Justice 411 October 20141st1stHax
DrommeLAN 4.07–9 November 20141st1stAndroid
Avalon VI29 November 20141st1stMarc
B.E.A.S.T 59–11 January 20152nd1stAndroid
Paragon 201517–18 January 20155th4thMew2King
Apex 201530 January – 1 February 20152nd2ndAndroid
CEO 201526–28 June 20152nd1stShroomed
EVO 201517–19 July 20151st2ndIce
DreamHack London 201519–20 September 20151st——
The Big House 52–4 October 20151st1stAndroid
Smash Summit5–8 November 20151st2ndMew2King
DreamHack Winter 201526–28 November 20152nd3rdAndroid
GENESIS 315–17 January 20161st1stMew2King
Battle of the Five Gods17–19 March 20163rd——
Smash Summit 221–24 April 20161st1stMew2King
Get On My Level 201620–22 May 20165th4thShroomed
WTFox 21–3 July 20162nd1stMew2King
EVO 201615–17 July 20162nd——
Heir 319–21 August 20161st1stAndroid
The Big House 67–9 October 20162nd2ndAndroid
Canada Cup 201628–30 October 20161st1stMew2King
Smash Summit 33–6 November 20161st1stMew2King
GENESIS 4 20-22 January 2017 1st 1st Android
Smash Summit - Spring 2017 3-5 March 2017 1st 1st Mew2king
Frame Perfect Series 2 17-19 March 2017 — 1st Mew2king
Smash Summit 6 3-6 May 2018 2nd 1st Leffen
Super Smash Con 2018 9-12 August 2018 1st 2nd Android

Project M
Tournament[37]Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
King Funk's Castle II: Måske4–7 October 20121st2ndAniolas
B.E.A.S.T 33–7 April 20131st——
Apex 201417–19 January 20141st——
B.E.A.S.T 412–16 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 SWEET7–8 June 20141st——
CEO 201427–29 June 20145th4thHungrybox
COMEBACK I1–3 August 20141st——
Shadowloo Showdown V29–31 August 20141st1stDreadtech
Hit & Stun Tournament 26–7 September 20141st——
The Big House 44–5 October 20147th5thProfessor Pro
DrommeLAN 4.07–9 November 20141st——
B.E.A.S.T 59–11 January 20153rd——

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
Tournament[38]Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
DrommeLAN 4.07–9 November 20142nd——

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Tournament[39]Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
B.E.A.S.T 59–11 January 20154th——

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