Armada Completes The Smash Summit Four-Peat

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Can anyone stop Armada (Adam Lindgren)? His recent stretch of tournament wins has never been done before. He’s only lost one set in the last five months and has won 10 out of the last 11 tournaments he’s entered. After winning his fourth consecutive Smash Summit, the question needs to be asked: can anyone beat him?

For example, players are now suggesting a bounty on Armada’s head to incentive players to try just a little harder next time. At this point, it doesn’t seem to matter what or how you approach Armada. He’s going to figure that play style out and counter twice as hard. Wether it’s his improving Fox play or his quick ability to pick up tendency’s there seems to be no answers.

Additionally, he’s now the only player who can claim a four-peat at a singular major tournament. Ken (Ken Hoang) has done this during dark ages, but winning four consecutive Summit’s relatively easily is unprecedented. The event only invites the best-of-the-best, but for Armada it’s almost like playing pools at a normal major.

He’s not only separated himself from the rest of the pack, but now has made it clear he’s a level above even the gods of Melee. It’s almost a foregone conclusion who wins the tournament. Betting for the field is a mistake. It’s Marvel vs Capcom 2 Justin Wong-esque as he wins every event.

As for his Summit performance, on the surface it doesn’t seem that impressive. He had two decisive wins over ChuDat (Daniel Rodriguez) and Leffen (William Hjelte). He went Fox for the majority of the day based on matchups. His Fox-ditto play has now surpassed the best Fox’s as he clearly had the edge against Leffen. The only match he truly struggled in was against Hungrybox (Juan DeBiedma) in winners finals.

Winners Finals 

At this point, Armada’s made a clear separation between him and Hungrybox. There was a time where he struggled against Jigglypuff in the Fox matchup. Those days are long gone as Armada has essentially optimized his play style against Jigglypuff and more specifically Hungrybox.

Early on, Armada wasn’t getting away with rolls or techs in as Hbox was able to capitalize with rest punishes. As soon as Armada noticed that, the match turned towards his favor. In a close 3-2 set, it still never really felt like Hbox had control of the game. It was a constant struggle waiting for Armada to overextend as he dodges double-lasers.

Ultimately, this win places Armada higher than any player to pick up a GameCube controller. The last quarter of the 2016-2017 has been all Armada. It’s almost annoying how good he’s become. There used to be a shred of doubt there but he’s completely destroyed that idea. He’s the best to ever do it and until further notice, he’s unstoppable

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