My first event for FAB was the Outsiders prerelease. I love the things Azalea does, but hate seeing her on the other side of the table cause she is so strong!!!!😂
I love Azalea because her story was one of the most compelling I've read in the FaB lore. Desperately clawing her way out of the absolutely horrible situation she found herself in as a child and the incredibly questionable things she did and still does to avoid ever falling back down there. Plus she got unwittingly roped into acting as Santa with Arakni, what's not to love?! I haven't been able to afford a CC deck of hers so I've been playing and tinkering with my commoner list for her since Dynasty and it absolutely popped off with Outsiders. So glad she is getting an accessible deck and that you as her long time champion got to be the one to reveal it. :)
I just recently started with her but I have always appreciated how she's been a bit of an underdog that manages to catch the spotlight and make people take notice with some big wins by people who know how to run her.
I love Azalea for the added complexity of getting the cards you want into your arsenal before you can play them. I started playing Azalea and FaB as a whole about 2 months ago
I started playing Azalea in CRU days. I've always been a big ranger fan in general, so I immediately tried her out. I'd get demolished at armories but man was it a blast to play it out.
Congrats on getting the full reveal for this deck, Azz! The Azalea Cult salutes you 💘 I started playing Azalea as my first hero when I got into the game, just before Monarch released. I love playing Ranger classes in any game, as the RPG elements of sniping your enemies always appealed to me. Azalea just looking cool and having a powerful hero ability sealed the deal! I am so happy to have stuck with her through the growth of FAB because she’s become such a powerful hero over the last year, and I can’t wait to play with these new toys!
I've always loved rangers in every game I've played, as soon as I started getting into fab I gravitated towards her and I'm absolutely loving her playstyle! Those blind Azalea flips, card draw and meaningful on hits are so sick and having even more tools with this armoury deck and potential decklists variations just makes it even better :)
Got into the game trying to get away from MtG. WotC had just been driving me nuts, so I wanted to branch out. I found Azalea, and I have a crippling addiction to rangers on any genre, so I went with it. Only issue was this was back before Outsiders, back when she really was a joke. I found everything I loved in TCGs. Card advantage, top deck information, huge swings, aggravating on hits, and a tad bit over complicated for the purpose of flavor. When I finally decided to leave MtG behind for good, it was Outsiders spoiler season and they revealed the diseases. I get to play with my green/blue poison deck again, just in a far better game, far more balanced, and people don’t automatically assume I’m the biggest threat at the table regardless of board state.
I love Azalea because she was the hero for the guy running the FaB scene at my LGS. Lots of good memories associated with learning the game through Azalea on the other side of the table. I first played Azalea when I borrowed his deck but haven't touched it since. I'd love to get into the cult through the armory deck.
Very articulate video man! Personally, I started playing flesh and blood in early 2023, have yet to play azalea but am super interested in her mechanics. Things like, manipulating your library in order to not whiff seems like a cool and easy to grasp thing, sweet product!
I came to azalea through your content and dedication. I really like the idea of take the bow, prepare the deadly arrow, load it and pull the string. Then take aim for the deadly shot. Besides this very nice idea, i like the playstyle - finding arrows put them in arsenal, dominate and aim counter. However I had not the opportunity to play azalea in person because collect my deck together. But time is near to pull the string an ... :-) Thanks for your content
I absolutely love the ranger class as a whole. The thematic way arrow attacks are executed with the arsenal slot just feels so right, and aim counters are an awesome expansion to that thematic design space. I do hope to one day see a ranger that gets an animal companion to fight alongside them, but I understand if LSS doesn’t want go that route with the class.
I started playing FaB with Azalea by picking up her Outsiders precon and I've been repping her in CC ever since with Sandscour Greatbow. Aim counters are a hell of a drug!
I love that azalea is the come back Queen. From joke of the meta to one of the top threats. A real go getter! Viva la Pits. Started playing after Arcane Rising. Was a Dori main... Not touched that deck in a long time!
Gotta say, as someone who grew up with azaleas in front of their house, and whose hometown has a whole entire Azalea festival, and who's been playing ranger since i found the game... I still haven't actually played as Azalea yet. Played Lexi first, then built Riptide after she hit LL, but never played the OG. Gotta build her sometime. Congrats on the unveiling of the deck, and keep up the good work!
I love Azalea because of how fun it is to play! Even though she has 38HP she still packs a punch! She gets to fire arrows AND play defensively with Trap cards that neuter your opponents and deals damage! Plus her Specializations really help make the deck shine! Specialized traps for unique scenarios! Intoxicsting Shot and Murky Waters enabling your traps and getting them back! Im so excited to add these new cards to my current Azalea de-...... Oh I thought this was a Riptide Armory deck! 😜
I started playing Azalea around 2022, and I honestly love her for the unique on-hits she throws out and punishing players for not blocking. There’s also no better feeling than opting ~3 times for a solid arrow to ‘azalea’ into your arsenal, such an absolutely brilliant feeling piloting the deck.
Back when I was just starting the game, I bought a used full azalia decklist (pre-monarch) off of FB Marketplace. It came with an RF Tunic (that I still use today), and I used it to win my first ever game of constructed FaB. Can't wait to see how these new cards will continue to propell Azalea and the ranger class in the meta.
Congrats on the getting the spoiler drop! Azalea was one of the first heroes our group was drawn to due to how thematically cool rangers play in FAB back in late 2022. The first set I bought a box for was Outsiders and was hyped to see her get the additional support she needed!
I started playing Azalea because I enjoy doing archery. And I have always like playing Rangers in D&D. So when I started in with this game in 2023 I started playing Azalea because she was calling too me. Thanks Azz for the final reveals and mini deck tech.
I was introduced to FAB just a few days ago and the first deck I got for free was Azalea. I tried some of her decks online and I really like her style. I think this game got me hooked already.
I’m still new to FaB, but the whole asthetic of Azalea plus the play style really appealed to me. I recently started playing her even though my deck isn’t fully optimized and got stomped in my armory, but still had tons of fun. She is my favorite by far and will shed a tear when she LLs.
I started playing azalea about a month ago when I started playing flesh and blood. I love the arsenal manipulation and ability to filter hands so efficiently.
I first played azalea in outsiders and at that point she didn't really click with me. After I learned how she played I grew a real appreciation for her. I never picked her up as a main hero but over the time I've been playing I have helped multiple people in my community make decks for her and supply them with the cards they need to enjoy her.
After resisting for so long, I'm taking the plunge just in time for this deck. Azalea, Nuu and Victor look the most interesting to me, so I'm real excited to jump in now. Big fan of the continued pressure that she seems to bring to the table and the the whole arsenal manipulation piece looks like a really fun twist on the format.
I got into Azalea because I chose to draft her at my local Armory. It didnt go so well. Paired up with another guy who drafted her. Best limited game ever, just trying to shoot a big arrow and who sticks it to the other one first. After that, I was hooked. Loved playing a underdog hero and she deserves every bit of sunshine she gets currently!
I started playing (casually) azalea when OUT came out, i find her and the class itself having such a unique mechanic different from the other classes which led me to try riptide aswell (HES SO FUN!!!).
I love Rangers from D&D and always like those prepared-for-anything types so I was instantly drawn to the amazing art and playstyle of Azalea. I first got to try her out on a Sealed League just before Monarch but didn't get great results due to my inexperience. I forced Azalea despite having a great pool for Wizard but it just didn't resonate with me as a bow and arrow do. Once Outsiders gave us her best tools to date, I haven't looked back. Congratz on getting the spoilers!
When I started playing at Tales of Aria. At first I play Ranger especially Azalea because I was curious why it was hated on. One player actually quit the game because they couldn't understand how Ranger works. I'm the kind of person who takes the challenge and see if I can make her work before Outsider was release. For a long time I play her as a 'job' but now I actually like how she's played and I hone the skill so much that my group is scared of Azalea. And I'm the only active Ranger in my group haha
I am really new to the game and feel lucky to have found Azz as a resource to learn things from, especially Ranger stuff!! My twin sons got me into the game, and Azalea was one of the first decks they shared with me. Really looking forward to having my own!
recently just started playing FAB and my first hero was Azalea. I love her because of how powerful her arrows can get, specially with aim counters and hit effects. Opponent will surely have a hard time blocking when it has dominate!
I started getting into FAB just before Mist veil. Lexi looked cool and I wanted to play her, but then I learned about living legend. So then I looked at Azalea because she was also a ranger. The mechanic of arrows having to attack from arsenal was kinda annoying at first, but as I got used to it and I played decks with more go again and reload I started to see that it was an archer notching an arrow to attack. I find Azalea ability really fun as it is basically and slot machine sometimes if you can't find or fix an arrow on top your forced to blind top deck. The DOPAMINE of hitting a blind arrow after trying to dig with opt and armor is just chefs kiss.
While I haven't played Azalea a lot, I've always been intrigued by the dominated on hits and the armory deck seems just like the quickest way to finally get a deck for her
Started playing Azalea after Chane hit LL. Learning to play ranger really reinforced learning how to properly sequence and really gives a felt sense of preparing, loading, and shooting arrows for maximum effect. The arrow/bow mechanics feel the most on flavor compared to other heroes/talents.
Thanks for doing this and the opportunity at obtaining the deck! I started playing FaB November last year. I always get drawn to Rangers in any game I ever play (WoW, Diablo, etc...) so naturally I got the azalea blitz deck and have been focusing on her ever since. I love the disruption and arrow/arsenal aspect of her and couldn't stop playing her. The aim counter portion of Azalea now getting more support is very exciting and I really look forward to playing around with it.
I started playing flesh and blood and azalea when arcane rising released. A brand new LGS opened in my hometown which just so happened to be living realms, a friend sent me some pictures of the cards and I was hooked from there. Also an honorary member of the azalea cult!
I love azalea because of the mix of control and aggression she presents. I start playing with her after the bright lights release, which is the same time a got in the game. Just started as commoner deck and fell in love with her mechanics and built a deck.
I just started playing Azalea around a month ago after doing an outsiders draft with some friends. I was reminded how much I enjoy the playstyle she offers and wanted to build her for CC. Still practicing and getting in the reps but of the heroes I've built I enjoy her playstyle the most!
Got a box of Arcane Rising for a birthday gift and the first pack of FaB I ever opened had the Azalea token. Her cards had the sickest art and gave this new player a very clear view that this game was not the same as any other. She was also very much an underdog in so many metas that it was insanely fun trying to figure her out more so than any other hero. I tried out others, liked a few, but nothing ever beat the feeling of blind flipping for the win!!
I love the thematic nature of rangers, loading in an arrow is really such a unique feeling in this game! Azalea in particular is fun because it feels like you have to work for it 😂
Started with Azalea from the get go. Was getting into Blitz with some friends and looking over Blitz Decks as Heavy Hitters was coming out. Kassai was sold out at the store and as I looked over play styles and such, Azalea was appealing with her ability to shoot off big arrows and massive loss of life and dots to my opponent. Love the game as a whole, where there are so many different ways to play the game depending on your class, but cohesively play as one game.
I started playing just after the release of Outsiders and started on Riptide. I have been a Riptide fan despite his struggles, but one of my favorite matchups is Azalea. I love Azalea because she creates a interesting decisions, or lack of, for opponents when things line up just right. Judge, Jury, Executioner is probably my favorite card when conditions are perfect. I have always enjoyed the Rangers and am looking forward to the additional support the class!
Still a new player here, (started with HVY) but a friend of mine rocked Azalea in front of me and I thought it was amazing. Loved the mechanics of how it plays, always liked ranged classes in several other types of games and seeing how FaB does the class got me in. Now, I haven’t started playing with her yet, but I’m hoping to pick this deck up and start my journey from there! 🏹
Started playing FAB shortly before MON 1st ed come out.. the option hero at that time limited to the original 8th.. Got hooked with the game due to Dash ngl (boost go again very simple) - but since many friends picked up Dash as main hero, I'm looking out for another hero. LGS owner offer me the Azalea deck nobody wants to adopt.. From the day one performing the ritual (Skullbone flip, scry until Azalea activation gains dominate) + her ajumma-vibes, I know that she is the one
I started playing Fab in January, I've always liked the ranger class, and so I picked her as my fist deck, and things just clicked. So I'm a dedicated Azalea main.
I haven't played azalea yet but it's one of the things that piqued my interest once I learned about flesh and blood , I was like "you need to load arrows in order to use your bow? cool!!!" and it got me hooked in to flesh and blood. I've been playing dash since then but I haven't forgotten the thing that sparked my curiosity and that was azalea. Now I can get a chance to play azalea when this armory deck releases.
Azalea was my first hero that i played when starting FaB right after Monarch came out. Our LGS got in some Arcane Rising boxes to try the game out and me and 3 friends split a case. We each took a box and made a deck out of those cards. My very first pack had a Nock the Deathwhistle, which made me instantly want to build her. I thought that all the art for the ranger cards were just absolutely amazing. My 3 friends each picked a different hero, Kano Viseri and Dash, which became one of my favorite times playing this game, with us learning the game and trying to play these heroes properly (many mistakes were made 😂). A little while after that i found out about the lore and that made me love Azelea as a character in general and is one of my favorite fictional characters too. Im so glad you were able to give us the preview for her deck and ill have so much fun trying out aim counter synergies with her dominate!
I got interested in azalea when I saw Levi Rauch's incredible tournament run back before outsiders, though I didn't start playing her until the next summer. I love the complexity of playlines and the constant knife's edge that she balances on.
I don't play Azalea yet (since I just started playing Flesh and Blood) but I really like her lore, playstyle and the concept of ranger in general, so I'd love this as my first CC deck :D
The first time I played Azalea was in a limited setting with a couple of co-workers (I had a box of Arcane Rising Unlimited). There was just something about the gameplay of Azalea that I really enjoyed. That Dominate ability is fantastic - that could really finish off some games! Thanks for doing the work of revealing the deck list, Az!
I love Azalea because she's the best and most interesting Go-Tall hero in the game. I also love that she had a real rags to riches story, going from meme tier to top tier once Lexi LLed. I aim to start playing Azalea as soon as the deck comes out. I already have my copies of Codex!
First started playing azalea once Lexi LL’d after last year’s national season. Took Azalea to worlds and managed to beat Pablo Pintor in the back up stream game (I have the footage 👀). I didn’t love her until I put memorial grounds in the deck. Then they printed Judge, Jury, Executionar and I could put an aim counter on it 7 times in a game with barbed cast away. Or with Death Dealer follow up with endless arrow shenanigans after I reacted with a razor reflex on the judge jury, bonus laughter when my opponents overblock by 2 in anticipation of a rain razors 😂
I started playing Riptide last Summer, practically because it was one of my first Blitz precons. Fell in love with the hero because of the ability to close games when defending. If you have ever played a Collapsing Trap and forced the opponent to discard a god hand, or played Buzzsaw Trap into a dominated buffed attack for 14, you know why. Oh wait, why does it have "Azalea" in the name?
Love Azalea, she got me into the Ranger class when no one else wanted to play her. I've played her since I got involved in FAB right before Tales of Aria. I've played her at locals and regional PQ's and RTN's ever since. THe most fun i had playing her was a year or so ago tinkering with the triple Epot pitch stack combo build. Recently Top 8'd a PQ with her, and also play her ranger sibling Riptide quite a bit as well. Super excited about the new aim counter support i've got 100's of Talishar games trying to get it work but it's never quite lined up, i'm really looking forward to the deck and new toys. would love to win one!
Started playing Azalea after a couple months of playing FaB, right between ELE and EVR, and have pretty much exclusively played her ever since. For me, there’s no other hero in the game that’s as fun as Azalea with the all the card manipulation you can do with top deck, arsenal, and hand. Plus the ranger playstyle is so thematic and fun!
I love Azalea because of the aim counter build. I had a Sandscour Greatbow build before the reveal of this deck, and the excitement that I got when I saw this was insane. I can't wait to be able to use the new cards and get to show people the power of the Sandscour build compared to Death Dealer.
I started to play Azalea in Dynasty when the aim counter mechanic came out. Sandscour great bow and drill shot looked very interesting and like a fun gameplay loop.
I've technically never played azalea since there are no stores in my city, buy despise that I have been watching most of the tournaments online and I just love watching players like Brodie dominate (pun intended) the competition, so I think this could be the perfect opportunity to go to locals nearby my city and really start my FaB journey ✨
Whaaaaat a sweet deck! I love Azalea because I love interaction in card games and her on hit effects can really put a brake on your opponent's shenanigans! I started playing with her earlier this year and the new cards look sooooo cool
I love just doing big dominate attacks. I started playing her around Dynasty which is when I entered the game.
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Hell yeah, im playing our Queen Azalea since 2022, i was starting in the game and looking for a hero, then i saw that Greatbow with the Aim Stuff, it got me curious so ive gone to find more about the class and got into Nock the Deathwhistle... damn, love at first sight, never regret, playing her as my main since then
Thx for the great reveal video! I was quite curious for this deck. I tried her first in Blitz when I was really new to the game, but did really play her for the first time during my nats prap this year. Besides the fact I love the way she plays (she truly feels like playing a ranger!- it's something so unique), I love the name. So she is actually is the namesake for the second name of my little daughter, born this summer. That's why I borrowed the deck and tried to learn her in two weeks, to take her with me to my first big event! It was such a blast and a lot of fun, best part being at home again after a long weekend 😊
I actually picked up my first 3 blitz decks last Friday. It was Dromai, Boltyn and Azalea. Really fell in love with Azalea's playstyle, but I already want to change quite a few cards (did some testing on felttable website). This armory deck would perfect to upgrade my blitz deck and try out CC for the first time.
Azalea was the first hero I played after Lexi LL'd because she was the only hero I had enough cards for, discovered Red in the Ledger and never looked back
First, congrats on getting this reveal! Very happy for you. Second, I started playing Azalea after picking up the Outsiders blitz deck. It's a great introduction to the character. Those dominated arrows are addictive!
Always loved the underdog Azalea and her story, I've played her some times and I have all Ranger cards to build the Sandscour decks with aim counters, I'd love to join this to the other Armory decks and make a battle box to have at home for some intermediate play. Great video Azz!
Started playing Fab with the mistveil prerelease and chose to build Azalea as my first cc deck because the ranger class looked the most interesting and her playstyle the most fun!
i just love the dominate effect. This arrow will hit you. It was my first deck because i love rangers and she seems the most true to a real ranger with no magic!
Just got into FaB and found azalea to be a really cool (and scary) hero. Havent really been able to play her, but this deck looks like a really good place for me to start
i play Azalea and FaB since monarch. Azalea take my attention because of the game style, charge your arrow and play any card that give you OPT just for gambling and arrow on the top of your deck and buff your atk. i really love use all kind of tricks to make a big atk dominate, im happy to be all the way since Azalea was a low tier deck to one of the best of all the game
I'm only 50/50 on Azalea, but my brother is a Ranger fan. We started playing between Monarch and Tales, he really likes the class but doesn't have time to keep up with the game. I just got the Boltyn armory deck and would love to give him the Azalea so we can play each other on even footing.
Cheers, awesome video! Amazing the LSS reached out to you for the reveal, you deserve it! 🎉 I’ve started playing Azalea around when ELE and EVR came out, the gameplay and flavor of Ranger always did it for me, but Lexi just didn’t sit right with me for a while, so I started the class with Azalea and loved her ever since and saw huge potential. Felt vindicated when OUT dropped and she got some lovely support and even though I played a bunch of Lexi too later on because she was just such a powerhouse, my heart always yearned for Azalea and now I’ve been rocking her for the better part of 1-2 years. Also big fan of Riptide. Rangers are just awesome! Deck looks lovely besides there only being one Red in the Ledger. Baffling decision in my opinion, but I do like the special icon on all the arrows behind the text box. I just wish LSS did those more consistently. They had them on Sink Belows in the Dromai Blitz Deck for example, but then never used them again which is sad, because I think those icons always looked pretty dope. But now the removed them on the pumps of all the Laces and their tokens? Why?? 😂 Anyways, good luck, everyone!
I loved Ranger since the ToA days with Lexi. When she went LL, I started testing the New Horizon's lists and oh boy, that Azalea control lists where fun as hell. I've never actually fully committed to her, but would love to become a ranger main with her as the flagship
I love Azalea because I love the aesthetic of the hero and I love making tall dominated attacks 😂 I started playing her as a second hero after Dorinthea
This deck is looking really playable out of the box! I'm a much newer player and don't have a cc deck yet but Ive been playing a ton of different heroes online to choose, and Aza is currently my favorite because I find her mechanics to just be purely more fun and interesting to play than other heroes
Heck yeah! Great video, congrats on getting the review! I liked Azalea from when I first discovered the game in 2020. I really enjoyed the themey feel of arsenaling the arrow to fire it. Just felt so clever and right!
Stone Rain is awesome! Such a unique way to add some disruption, and another great 0/4. Even without an aim counter its a good vessel for other on hits
Having faced Azalea and read her lore, i've got a lot of respect for her. And seeing her new deck, i can't wait to play it. Would be awesome to scoop it up too specially with the bad luck i've been having lately XD
