On November 6, 2014, Armada was picked up by Swedish eSports team Alliance, as their first Smash Bros. Īrmada earned the moniker "The Swedish Sniper" due to his incredible precision with projectiles. However, Armada cleared up the rumor by stating it was a community misconception, and that his use and training of his Fox was to compete with top Foxes in the ditto and for possible use against Jigglypuff, and he was not dropping Peach. ), which led many to believe that he would be dropping Peach in favor of Fox. Upon his return Armada used primarily Fox in European tournaments (his Fox had rarely been seen in tournament outside of one match in GENESIS Grand Finals against Mango's Jigglypuff After one year, Armada announced his return to the competitive Melee scene, entering the B.E.A.S.T 4 Melee singles tournament, and placed 2nd behind Leffen. Facing Hungrybox at Apex 2010 and Apex 2012, and PPMD at Apex 2013 and Apex 2015, placing first at 20.Īfter Apex 2013, Armada announced his retirement from competitive Melee singles events, although he was persuaded to return to compete in EVO 2013, placing 4th. 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.Īrmada has competed in Grand Finals at every Apex that he has entered. He is currently regarded as one of the " Five Gods" of Melee. Īrmada utilized Young Link to great success for the first time at Pound V, defeating Hungrybox, and continued to use the character against Hungrybox until after EVO 2014.Īrmada is famous for his pristine tournament record since his rise to the top, most notably his incredible record in US tournaments from 2011-2013. He also picked a rarely seen character to exploit Hungrybox's unfamiliarity with the character and for the initial surprise factor. Armada chose Young Link to utilize the characters ground speed and projectiles to out camp Jigglypuff, as well as utilize the character's strong vertical kill moves on floaties. For this, Armada surprised many by turning to unusual low tier character Young Link. He finally won an American tournament when he attended GENESIS 2, avenging his loss to Mango at the original GENESIS with a 3-2 victory.Īfter a harsh loss to Hungrybox at Apex 2010, Armada began searching for a possible counter character to Jigglypuff, as the Peach versus Jigglypuff matchup is considered to be highly in Jigglypuff's favor. Armada returned to the US for Pound 4, Apex 2010, and Pound V, placing highly but failing to win any of them. His breakout performance at Renaissance of Smash 4 in Europe where he placed fourth and only narrowly losing to Amsah, the best player in Europe at the time, was the beginning of a long era of tournament dominance in both Europe and North America.Īrmada made his first appearance in the United States when he traveled to GENESIS, making his mark by placing second, defeating Mew2King in Winner's Bracket, and #1 ranked player Mango in Winner's Finals before falling to Mango in 2 sets of Grand Finals. Armada is not only famous for his tournament success, but also for revolutionizing Peach and taking her character to new limits.
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