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Armada
Armada in 2018
Current team
TeamAlliance
GamesSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Project M
LeaguesMajor League Gaming
Evolution Championship Series
StatusActive
Personal information
NameAdam Lindgren
Nickname(s)Armada
Swedish Sniper
The Beast From Sweden
Born (1993-03-28) 28 March 1993 (age 31)
Team history
2009–2014Empire Arcadia
2014Play 4 Keeps
2014–presentAlliance
Career highlights and awards
Twitch information
Channel
Followers131.3 thousand
Last updated: February 2020

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. [citation needed] 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]

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][non-primary source needed] 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.[citation needed]

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][non-primary source needed] 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.[citation needed]

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][self-published source] 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] Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
The Renaissance of Smash 4 3–6 July 2007 4th 4th Aniolas
Epita Smash Arena 2 23–24 February 2008 3rd 5th Aniolas
SMASH ATTACK 3–5 April 2009 1st 3rd Aniolas
Epita Smash Arena 3 11–12 April 2009 1st 1st Aniolas
GENESIS 10–12 July 2009 2nd 7th Aniolas
Pound 4 16–18 January 2010 4th 5th Aniolas
Epita Smash Arena 4 26–27 June 2010 1st 1st Aniolas
Apex 2010 6–8 August 2010 2nd 3rd Aniolas
Smash Needs You 10–12 August 2010 1st 1st Aniolas
B.E.A.S.T 7–9 January 2011 1st 1st Aniolas
Pound V 19–21 February 2011 2nd 1st Mew2King
GENESIS 2 15–17 July 2011 1st 4th Aniolas
B.E.A.S.T II 11–14 August 2011 1st 1st Aniolas
Apex 2012 6–8 January 2012 1st 1st Mew2King
Epita Smash Arena 5 20–23 April 2012 1st 1st Ice
Smashers' Reunion: Melee Grande 13–15 July 2012 1st 1st Ice
King Funk's Castle II: Måske 4–7 October 2012 1st 1st Aniolas
hf.lan 4 1–2 December 2012 1st 1st Overtriforce
Apex 2013 11–13 January 2013 1st 1st Mew2King
EVO 2013 12–14 July 2013 4th 4th Android
Apex 2014 17–19 January 2014 — 4th Ice
B.E.A.S.T 4 12–16 February 2014 2nd 1st Aniolas
Avalon III 8 March 2014 1st 1st Aniolas
Smash Ain't Dead 3 15 March 2014 1st — —
Smash or DI 3 May 2014 1st 1st VA
Republic of Fighters 3 17–18 May 2014 2nd 1st Ice
SKTAR 3 31 May – 1 June 2014 4th 1st Mew2King
Super SWEET 7–8 June 2014 1st 1st Mew2King
SSS Lock-In 14–15 June 2014 1st 1st Mew2King
MLG Anaheim 2014 20–22 June 2014 2nd 1st Mew2King
CEO 2014 27–29 June 2014 1st 1st Mew2King
Kings of Cali 4 5–6 July 2014 2nd 1st Mew2King
EVO 2014 11–13 July 2014 3rd 9th Aniolas
COMEBACK I 1–3 August 2014 1st 2nd C
Shadowloo Showdown V 29–31 August 2014 1st 1st Syke
Hit & Stun Tournament 2 6–7 September 2014 1st 1st Trif
The Shape of Melee to Come 5 27 September 2014 1st 1st Duck
The Big House 4 4–5 October 2014 4th 1st Mew2King
Justice 4 11 October 2014 1st 1st Hax
DrommeLAN 4.0 7–9 November 2014 1st 1st Android
Avalon VI 29 November 2014 1st 1st Marc
B.E.A.S.T 5 9–11 January 2015 2nd 1st Android
Paragon 2015 17–18 January 2015 5th 4th Mew2King
Apex 2015 30 January – 1 February 2015 2nd 2nd Android
CEO 2015 26–28 June 2015 2nd 1st Shroomed
EVO 2015 17–19 July 2015 1st 2nd Ice
DreamHack London 2015 19–20 September 2015 1st — —
The Big House 5 2–4 October 2015 1st 1st Android
Smash Summit 5–8 November 2015 1st 2nd Mew2King
DreamHack Winter 2015 26–28 November 2015 2nd 3rd Android
GENESIS 3 15–17 January 2016 1st 1st Mew2King
Battle of the Five Gods 17–19 March 2016 3rd — —
Smash Summit 2 21–24 April 2016 1st 1st Mew2King
Get On My Level 2016 20–22 May 2016 5th 4th Shroomed
WTFox 2 1–3 July 2016 2nd 1st Mew2King
EVO 2016 15–17 July 2016 2nd — —
Heir 3 19–21 August 2016 1st 1st Android
The Big House 6 7–9 October 2016 2nd 2nd Android
Canada Cup 2016 28–30 October 2016 1st 1st Mew2King
Smash Summit 3 3–6 November 2016 1st 1st Mew2King
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] Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
King Funk's Castle II: Måske 4–7 October 2012 1st 2nd Aniolas
B.E.A.S.T 3 3–7 April 2013 1st — —
Apex 2014 17–19 January 2014 1st — —
B.E.A.S.T 4 12–16 February 2014 1st — —
Avalon III 8 March 2014 1st — —
Smash Ain't Dead 3 15 March 2014 1st — —
Smash or DI 3 May 2014 1st — —
SKTAR 3 31 May – 1 June 2014 5th 2nd Mew2King
Super SWEET 7–8 June 2014 1st — —
CEO 2014 27–29 June 2014 5th 4th Hungrybox
COMEBACK I 1–3 August 2014 1st — —
Shadowloo Showdown V 29–31 August 2014 1st 1st Dreadtech
Hit & Stun Tournament 2 6–7 September 2014 1st — —
The Big House 4 4–5 October 2014 7th 5th Professor Pro
DrommeLAN 4.0 7–9 November 2014 1st — —
B.E.A.S.T 5 9–11 January 2015 3rd — —

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS

Tournament[38] Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
DrommeLAN 4.0 7–9 November 2014 2nd — —

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament[39] Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
B.E.A.S.T 5 9–11 January 2015 4th — —

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