European ARMS' logo which is commonly associated with the EUAC event series.
EU ARMS Challenge (abbreviated as EUAC) is an online biweekly ARMS tournament series originally created and organized by Cojora and Raffa which was ran by Ripha and ocrim until the series' end of regular events. The later duo took control of the series starting with EUAC #5 on July 15th, 2018. EU ARMS Challenge began in October of 2017 and continued until December 4th, 2022 with EU ARMS Challenge #107. Although regularly held biweekly events will no longer continue, there may still be occasional spur of the moment EUACs. Considering the series ran for more than 5 years with over 100 events, EU ARMS Challenge is the longest running European-only ARMS tournament series.
Format
Like most events, EU ARMS Challenge ran double elimination brackets. Players utilized the EU ARMS Discord server to communicate with their opponents as the brackets (aside from the first event) were ran on Challonge, a site that lacks player-to-player chat functions. The tournament was streamed through EU ARMS' Twitch account and has featured many different casters over time including Defur, Layla, Mathias Wolfbrok, and more. In terms of the tournament's stage list, the "Backroom" stages were initially used, though starting with EUAC #64 Ninja College replaced Scrapyard as a counterpick stage. Generally, the event utilizes a modified Backroom ruleset.
EU ARMS Challenge events have always counted toward the EU ARMS Power Ranking since said ranking's inception. At the end of power ranking seasons, invitational events with prize pools have traditionally been held, though prior to these occurring specific EUAC events featured prize pools instead. These events are EUAC #19 and #25, both of which had a $100 pot.
Tournaments
| Bracket |
Date |
Winner |
Character(s) used
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| EU ARMS Challenge #1 |
October 21, 2017 |
Maxou |
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| EU ARMS Challenge #2 |
November 12, 2017 |
Raffa |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #3 |
December 9, 2017 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #4 (EUROPE BRACKET) |
January 21, 2018 |
FrankTank |
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| EU ARMS Challenge #5 |
July 15, 2018 |
Yätta |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #6 |
July 29, 2018 |
Yätta |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #7 |
August 19, 2018 |
Yätta |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #8 |
September 2, 2018 |
Yätta |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #9 |
September 16, 2018 |
Raffa |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #10 |
October 7, 2018 |
Yätta |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #11 |
October 21, 2018 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #12 |
November 4, 2018 |
Yätta |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #13 |
November 18, 2018 |
Iceman92 |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #14 |
December 2, 2018 |
Yätta |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #15 |
January 6, 2019 |
Yätta |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #16 |
January 20, 2019 |
Iceman92 |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #17 |
February 3, 2019 |
Yätta |
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| EU ARMS Challenge #18 |
February 17, 2019 |
Iceman92 |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #19 |
March 10, 2019 |
Iceman92 |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #20 |
March 31, 2019 |
Iceman92 |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #21 |
April 14, 2019 |
Iceman92 |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #22 |
April 28, 2019 |
Yätta |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #23 |
May 12, 2019 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #24 |
May 26, 2019 |
Ripha |
  
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #25 |
June 9, 2019 |
Iceman92 |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #26 |
June 23, 2019 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #27 |
July 7, 2019 |
Yätta |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #28 |
July 21, 2019 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #29 |
August 4, 2019 |
Yätta |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #30 |
August 18, 2019 |
Ripha |
  
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #31 |
September 1, 2019 |
Iceman92 |
 
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #32 |
September 15, 2019 |
Grimwood |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #33 |
September 29, 2019 |
Yätta |
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| EU ARMS Challenge #34 |
October 13, 2019 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #35 |
October 27, 2019 |
Replicant |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #36 |
November 10, 2019 |
Iceman92 |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #37 |
November 24, 2019 |
Iceman92 |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #38 |
December 8, 2019 |
Replicant |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #39 |
December 15, 2019 |
Shedy |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #40 |
January 26, 2020 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #41 |
February 9, 2020 |
Iceman92 |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #42 |
February 23, 2020 |
Iceman92 |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #43 |
March 8, 2020 |
Shedy |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #44 |
March 15, 2020 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #45 |
April 5, 2020 |
Grimwood |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #46 |
April 19, 2020 |
Jr |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #47 |
May 3, 2020 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #48 |
May 17, 2020 |
Raffa |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #49 |
May 31, 2020 |
Raffa |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #50 |
June 14, 2020 |
Grimwood |
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| EU ARMS Challenge #51 |
June 28, 2020 |
Raffa |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #52 |
July 12, 2020 |
Grimwood |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #53 |
July 26, 2020 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #54 |
August 9, 2020 |
Replicant |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #55 |
August 23, 2020 |
Grimwood |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #56 |
September 6, 2020 |
Grimwood |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #57 |
September 20, 2020 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #58 |
October 4, 2020 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #59 |
October 18, 2020 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #60 |
November 1, 2020 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #61 |
November 15, 2020 |
Grimwood |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #62 |
November 29, 2020 |
Iceman92 |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #63 |
December 13, 2020 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #64 |
January 17, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #65 |
January 31, 2021 |
Jr |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #66 |
February 14, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #67 |
February 28, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #68 |
March 14, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #69 |
March 28, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #70 |
April 11, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #71 |
April 25, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #72 |
May 9, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #73 |
May 23, 2021 |
Alistair |
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| EU ARMS Challenge #74 |
June 6, 2021 |
Alistair |
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| EU ARMS Challenge #75 |
June 20, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #76 |
July 4, 2021 |
Iceman92 |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #77 |
August 1, 2021 |
Grimwood |
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| EU ARMS Challenge #78 |
August 15, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #79 |
August 29, 2021 |
Yam |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #80 |
September 19, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #81 |
October 3, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #82 |
October 17, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #83 |
November 14, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #84 |
November 28, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #85 |
December 12, 2021 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #86 |
January 23, 2022 |
Replicant |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #87 |
February 6, 2022 |
Alistair |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #88 |
February 20, 2022 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #89 |
March 20, 2022 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #90 |
April 3, 2022 |
Alistair |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #91 |
April 24, 2022 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #92 |
May 8, 2022 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #93 |
May 22, 2022 |
Ripha |
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| EU ARMS Challenge #94 |
June 5, 2022 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #95 |
June 19, 2022 |
Grimwood |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #96 |
July 3, 2022 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #97 |
July 17, 2022 |
Alistair |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #98 |
July 31, 2022 |
Alistair |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #99 |
August 14, 2022 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #100 |
August 28, 2022 |
Alistair |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #101 |
September 11, 2022 |
Alistair |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #102 |
September 25, 2022 |
Alistair |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #103 |
October 9, 2022 |
Alistair |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #104 |
October 23, 2022 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #105 |
November 6, 2022 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #106 |
November 20, 2022 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #107 |
December 4, 2022 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge - Pre Vortex Workout |
February 5, 2023 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #108 |
April 16, 2023 |
Ripha |
|
| EU ARMS Challenge #109 |
July 2, 2023 |
Ripha |
|
Trivia
- With 48 wins, Ripha has the most EUAC wins out of all 12 unique victors.
- Ripha also has the highest win streak in the series, winning 7 tournaments in a row.
- Yätta's 4 event EUAC win streak throughout the Summer of 2018 garnered him the nickname "King of Europe".
- EU ARMS Challenge #5 had the most participants out of any EUAC tournament with 25 entrants.
- EU ARMS Challenge is the third ARMS tournament series to reach 100 events, with Champions of the Era being the first and The Biweekly Procrastination being the second. The series, however, is the first European-only tournament series to reach 100 tournaments.
- EUAC 100 was initially announced on August 14th, 2022 with a trailer being presented on camera by Ripha.[1] Alongside the announcement of EUAC 100, a week of special events were also announced that were to build up to the milestone tournament.
- Although EU ARMS Challenge 100 did not have a direct logo itself, each of the special events leading up to it did and, aside from the CotEU logo, they were all created by Dendy.[2]
- YoshiBowser first entered EUAC #8 and continued to play in every single event until the series stopped running regularly scheduled events with #107. This means that YoshiBowser entered 100 tournaments in the series in a row.
Gameplay Videos
EU ARMS Challenge #22 Playlist
EU ARMS Challenge #23 Playlist
EU ARMS Challenge #24 Playlist
EU ARMS Challenge #25 Playlist
EU ARMS Challenge #26 Playlist
EU ARMS Challenge #27 Playlist
EU ARMS Challenge #29 Playlist
EU ARMS Challenge #65 Full VOD
References
