It makes me so happy to see a new creator talking about learning from your games like this. It's one of the biggest hurdles I see people struggle with time and again when coming into FaB. People focus so much on whether their name has a W or an L next to it, and they stop focusing on trying to grow and improve with each game. I think any advice I would give you already summed up really well. Don't worry about if you won or lost. One game doesn't really matter. Try to look at each game and find where you did well, and where you could improve. Don't be afraid to ask questions. I'm notorious for even mid-armory games just stopping, flipping my hand up, and talking with my opponent about my lines. Improvement in Flesh and Blood is made in small increments. Don't focus on the short term. Just try to get just a little better every day. Focus on that and the wins will come on their own. Excellent video and I can't wait till the next one. (Also your cat is adorable.
Same, I view every game as a puzzle that has a solution. Every hand, every turn cycle is its own new puzzle to solve. With so many branching decision trees, I find that whether you win or lose, you can always find slight misplays or unoptimal play lines to improve upon in the future. FaB isn't always about paying perfectly. It's just about making 1 or 2 less mistakes than your opponent.
Thank you so much!!! (I will let the cat know). I always want to stop and ask people 'wait... did I block this right?' when the chain closes - learning just one small tip from each game is sooo helpful and the way it builds up over time is great!! Thank you for the advice 💕
Learning Flesh and Blood is a climb, but its also fun and rewarding. One bit of advice I would give to new players is to at least consider what someone is telling you if they try to help you. I know it can be salt inducing to be told what you did wrong by a better player, but most of us established players are trying to help you avoid mistakes we made for months on end
Not a "pro" player but have won my fair share of armories over the years. My biggest advice for new players would be to evaluate when to block and especially when NOT to block. Making the correct blocks at the right time can make a world of difference over the course of a game especially in CC. Same goes for when to use equipment blocks. Don't just use them to protect your life total but save them for important turns where you need your cards or when there is a scary on hit happening. Also be sure to use battleworn equipment to block before destroying the equipment for its one time effect. Thats usually a 1 or 2 life difference.
The best advice I ever got was how to think of card copies. 3 means you want to see it every game. 2 means you want to see it but not in the same hand together. And 1 means it's something useful, but situational. As for the cards you can run at different pitch values, it comes down to your personal strategy. So if a card's effect enables your strategy no matter the variant, you'd run as many as possible. The difference between 3, 6, or 9 copies for those key cards just boils down to personal preference. It's the perfect way to check yourself in my opinion as you decide not just what should go in your deck, but how much of it.
If I had a time machine I would go back and tell myself. "Don't buy cards, until you have played with them!". When I first started, I decided to just order the first net deck that I heard would be good. This was a mistake, I completely bounced off the play style the deck demanded and put down Fab for a few years. Then when I moved to where I am now, I just picked up some blitz precons played with them and then found my one true love, the big green. Riptide. As I kept playing the deck grew with me. I still don't have all the staples one would expect but the deck is fun to pilot and does well in the local meta. It doesn't dominate but I don't get walked over either. I would also recommend not worrying about actually having all of the hero's pricey Staples for the first while. LLS has been quite nice in providing alternative "little sibling" cards for most big staples that really wont break the bank but provide a similar capability as the big staple card. One thing that was stated in the video is FAB can be quite daunting. This means that the play style of a hero is kinda obtuse to someone new looking into getting into FAB. There is nothing worse than dropping quite a bit of cash on a hero then 2-3 months down the line realising you don't gel with the hero/deck. Now I use Felt table to get my feet wet with a hero, but best to remember you are basically playing in a vacuum. The AI is serviceable but pales in comparison to real human players. Then when I am happy with the deck I bring it to Talashar. Where it gets turbo wreaked. Then I tweak and tweak until the deck starts winning/not losing too badly, then I will start spending some cash on the cards.
100% second Felt Table. The ability to play as most heroes with the precons is super invaluable. Sure, they are not power houses, and don’t always represent the ‘meta’ version of the hero, but they do a great job of building your understanding the hero you may face IRL.
Didn't expect to get jumpscared by my own decklist today but here we are. Awesome video, to add to your point about not chasing the meta in fab, this game more than any other is a specialists TCG, skill expression on a single deck level generates more results than chasing the best deck, so playing your favourite is often a way better tournament strategy than meta chasing.
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More excellent content Liv !!!! I have lost way more games than i have won. One thing i see alot of newer players do is "tilt". When things aren't going well or you get unlucky alot of players tend to get disheartened and in some cases give up. If your new to the game the best way to learn is to stick at it. I have seen many matches won when at one point it looked almost hopeless.
Yeah neat decking is just a tool in your box to find a potential starting point to iterate on because when you're starting out it really helps you get an idea of base ratios.
I would add to the netdecking that while it can hurt your progress if done blindly, it can be useful when trying to understand a new hero. I started playing Azalea during Dynasty (she was BAD, like terribly bad, but so much fun) and built decks,then went and compared them to what the pros were playing (there was only one pro playing her then, Levi Rauch aka imapapaya) then I went and compared what cards were different between my deck and his and tried to understand why he was not playing the ones I though were good and why he was playing the ones he choose instead. I was lucky that he a great video on how he designed and built his deck and the thought process with each card. That helped me when I wanted to make changes to my own deck for my local meta. I did the same thing when i started playing Kano during Heavy Hitters with quite a few great content creators having awesome Kano videos. He's still good, but the gameplay isn't fun since the book burning so I am starting the journey on Nuu and trying to do the same thing. I was a decent Azalea player, I think I was a good Kano player and so far I am a terrible Nuu. But I'm having a ton of fun with her and trying to learn. I think I am getting better now, hopefully I will be able to hold my own against Jarl and will probably switch to Uzuri or one the Arkanis with the next set (I think that the new decks will be hard for Nuu with so little blue cards to steal).
The advice I would give to new players is to gradually work on getting better at evaluating your cards. You can think of it in terms of levels: Level 1 is just producing the best combination of all four cards in your hand. You don't even consider blocking. Level 2 is producing the best combination of attacking and blocking over the turn cycle, e.g. blocking with two cards on your opponent's turn and then sending a 2 card 7 attack on your turn. Level 3 is thinking about the current turn cycle and ahead to subsequent turns and how to best use your arsenal to set up powerful combos. Level 4 is doing all of the above while also considering your pitch stack and ensuring that you are pitching cards together that will produce good hands in the second cycle. Great video, by the way!
i think netdecking is a fine starting point, but the important thing is that you have to move off of it to improve. use it as a base, try to understand how it works, then go from there by trying to see what feels good and feels bad, look at other similar decks and see what makes them different, and also just ask around to gain other insights from players who may be more experienced than you. but yeah as someone who is pretty new to flesh and blood this was a very good video!
For me I found out how important it was to play other decks. My local meta has for years had a lot of really good Kano players, and it was a match I never bothered to learn how it actually worked because Kano from the outside just looks so impenetrably complicated. But I borrowed a deck for an armoury, played it, learnt how it worked, what I should be blocking, why I should be blocking it, and why when Kano did this thing, it meant that thing, and it made me so much more confident into playing against wizards. You also can analyze things like "This deck loves blocking, why does it love it so much and would my decks learn anything from doing it too?" Great vid though! Very excited to see where the channel goes!
Yes... I thought I was an assassin-only girl until I tried Zen, and I realised, "Hey, aggro is cool as hell!!!!" And the lessons about blocking - SO much easier if you've played the deck you're vsing at least once. Love this tip so much 💕
This is a wonderful video! Can't wait to see what's to come, easy decision to sub. I just started, and went to my local FaB event with a precon Azalea deck, and was talked into joining the CC tournament that was happening. So my very first game was round one of the tournament! Three wonderful losses later, I was hooked. To be fair, I have previous TCG experience, so I had an idea of the game might go, but despite having watched a couple how to pay videos, I was very much learning as I went. I'm thankful to all three of my opponents for their patience with my newbiness, as well as the advice they offered. Best of luck to you on your new channel, and to all the fellow new players out there.
As a new player myself, I highly appreciate content like this. It actually really puts into perspective things and, and in my case, figure out if you've been taking the wrong approach from the beggining. I haven't even figure out what hero I like, and was already thinking about buying the expensive cards. Really appreciate your content! Ps. Not gonna lie. Had to rewind the video a couple of times, especially at the beginning, as i kept getting distracted by the kitty lmao.
Thanks for the video!! I am a new player too, and had the same questions I was afraid to ask. I love your take on net decking, because I find myself doing it, but being afraid to make changes because they are the experts!
Nice to hear that you're a fan of Uzuri! She's my favorite hero! Give Erase Face a shot in this meta, you might be surprised! Enigma is still going to be tough, and we probably lose to CYB, but she's still viable! 😊
The point about not just copying a deck but finding a style or combination is soo good and underrated from what me having the vibe. maybe not the jam for pro or super highly competitive players but everyone else can have looooots of fun I bet they'd otherwise would just not have by "just" copying a deck. ✌️
No disrespect for any way of copying decks of course. Learning the mechanics of the already build and thought of completed deck is, me bet, already quite the deep dive by itself. 🤜🤛
Epic, love seeing in content creators for the game. Me and my son love FaB and have been playing since 2020. Keep playing :) I'll sub to your channel so my son can watch your content.
Great video and tips! As a newer FaB player I can agree with everything said. A note about netdecks though, some heroes (In my case Prism) don't actually have a high level of build variety due to the nature of their cards/gameplan. To keep on the Prism example, due to original Prism being LL, she only has one real weapon to use and trying to go the aura route just ends up being a worse Enigma, additionally the want to use light cards and the soul mechanic further hinders what cards you can actually fit in the deck. So personally I'd argue netdecking someone like Prism will make your journey easier, even if she is a tougher hero to learn the game with. A small note about the video in general - Not sure why, but the music in the intro section was quite loud compared to your speaking voice, and during the whole video there is a slight static noise present. Not sure if it's an issue with some sound gate settings or just mic sensitivity.
I'm personally a big netdecker. My Top 4 Battle Hardened and Top 8 Calling were very close to netdecks from a personal acquaintance of mine. I think being good at using Netdecks is a skill in and of itself. Often it's about being able to stare at the full 80 and just understand why it was assembled the way it is. I'm currently netdecking an Enigma list and had a 40-0 on my 2nd time ever playing that hero/deck (that might just be skewed MU spread, but what I'm saying is piloting a deck semi-blind is a skill for sure)
From my point of view, netdecking is a two edged sword. On one hand, deck building in Flesh and Blood is *really* complex. Getting the ratios of red/blue, blocking/non-blocking, attacks/non-attacks, block values, card costs, and so on just right can be incredibly hard, especially when you're new to a hero, or the game, even to someone like myself, who has a long history of deck building in other card games. The other side of the coin is, as pointed out, that if you don't understand the reason for the deck building decisions, you won't be able to play the deck effectively. Also, if you keep to purely netdecking, you won't be able to tune your deck to your own play style or local meta, and small changes can make a huge difference in how the deck performs in a different environment. My solution has been to netdeck, and if I end up deciding that its a deck I want to play on the long term, then I'll start modifying it after I've played it enough to get a basic understanding of how it works. There aren't many decks that I've played enough to feel really confident in heavily modifying, or building from scratch, but just switching out 3 cards has on occasion made a huge difference. Also, great to see a new FaB channel popping up, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more videos from you!
Netdexking is like borrowing a recipe. Theres nothing wrong with using a recipe. But sometimes you may enjoy the results more if you deviate and add in your own spice
Thanks for this Video Liv. I'm new to FAB and find it quite challenging. I would love to hear how you would deal with your opponents when they are trying to make you play certain moves or are being rude. I have found that playing fab as a newbie frustrates my opponents, often. Or that might be because I am a prism player.
@@allyhewings8974 Oh no, not Prism! Jokes aside that sounds rough though, my opponents are usually very patient and kind even when I’m being quite slow 😢 they should be understanding given that it’s such a challenging game to learn! New players are so valuable to the community, you’d think people would be nicer (Prism players being no exception). I haven’t dealt with this so I don’t have too much advice to give other than quietly talk to the store owners or judges if you feel uncomfortable. If you ever come to Auckland to play you will be more than welcome to take as much time as you like and ask all the questions in the world!!! 💕💕
I love your content so much! I know its probably not very noticeable if your listening on mobile or on speakers in general but with headphones there is a noticeable background static buzz in the audio. Not a huge thing.
Thank you so much! I tried to pretend the hissing was part of the background music, but it seems like that didn't work 🤦♂😂working on getting rid of it for the next one!
im 42 and a casual flesh and blood player. Id like to get better at the game but I work full time and dont have a lot of time to spend getting to know every single card on every single combination how best to do this besides net decking?
I think net decking is a great place to start, but also finding a hero that suits how you naturally want to play. I started on Chane, then moved to Briar and found little success. One day I picked up a Bravo deck and 6 months of real grinding later found myself sitting at US nats. A word of caution though, if you find a hero that you truly fit Living Legend is going to make you very sad one day.
Definitely not just on your end... I tried to pretend it was part of my lofi background music 😂 obviously failed at that! I'll work on it for the next one! Thanks for the feedback 🙏
not net-decking means you have no idea what you are doing... use the shared knowledge, copy tested ideas and use decks from tournaments as much as you can, this has been around since the web and is one of the reasons why we have tournaments... netdecking changed MtG, enabled communities and made it at all possible to have (successful) TCGs, there isn't a single TCG out there where you don't have tons of ways to share decks and it's for a reason (; Learning to make good plays with a bad deck will teach you to be a bad player - just learn the tournament decks
I think netdecking definitely has some value, but all the downsides mentioned in the video are very real. Netdecking in FAB is only smart to do once the meta is very established and "solved". Otherwise, your sideboard and even mainboard could be unfavorable into the field at large. I don't think I understand what you mean by your last take. I would consider most limited (draft, sealed) decks to be "bad," but playing limited at a high level doesn't make you a bad player lol. Learning how you can get the most value and make the best plays in a suboptimal deck is one of the best skills you can develop.
@@averymyles1707 playing a sub optimal deck teaches you bad plays as you are not operating with cards that provide options or ask questions, example would be ES vs whatever pitch 1 card - deal some dmg card. Mech's mill 2 cards - get 2 resources armor vs whatever block 2 or get some resources 1 time equipment, i believe you get the point (; Limited has a whole another aspect to it - drafting.... so another ball-game (; Points seem valid if you like making excuses and are totally invalid if you are the only one you blame for your experience :D Net-decking is ONLY beneficial and by a LOT, it's one of the pillars of why we have TCGs being what they are - just remember what it was back in 1995 and you'll understand my point
@xlnt2new I have no idea how to reply to this. Almost none of what you said is coherent or gives any reasoning to your beliefs. You're just stating bad opinions as facts and using mysterious acronyms that you can't expect people to understand. What is ES?? Cause I have no clue. The only part of your paragraph I understood was the first part, and I disagree with it. Having 1 use equipment rather than repeatable affects can be WAAAYYYY more skill intensive. Look at scowling fleshbag for example! That has a way higher learning curve than grasp of the arknight.
@@averymyles1707listen, the man said that not net decking means you have no idea what you are doing. Go back to 1995 and you will understand his point!
It makes me so happy to see a new creator talking about learning from your games like this. It's one of the biggest hurdles I see people struggle with time and again when coming into FaB. People focus so much on whether their name has a W or an L next to it, and they stop focusing on trying to grow and improve with each game. I think any advice I would give you already summed up really well. Don't worry about if you won or lost. One game doesn't really matter. Try to look at each game and find where you did well, and where you could improve. Don't be afraid to ask questions. I'm notorious for even mid-armory games just stopping, flipping my hand up, and talking with my opponent about my lines. Improvement in Flesh and Blood is made in small increments. Don't focus on the short term. Just try to get just a little better every day. Focus on that and the wins will come on their own.
Excellent video and I can't wait till the next one. (Also your cat is adorable.
Same, I view every game as a puzzle that has a solution. Every hand, every turn cycle is its own new puzzle to solve.
With so many branching decision trees, I find that whether you win or lose, you can always find slight misplays or unoptimal play lines to improve upon in the future.
FaB isn't always about paying perfectly. It's just about making 1 or 2 less mistakes than your opponent.
Thank you so much!!! (I will let the cat know). I always want to stop and ask people 'wait... did I block this right?' when the chain closes - learning just one small tip from each game is sooo helpful and the way it builds up over time is great!! Thank you for the advice 💕
@@TeaAndTCG Yeah, especially in casual games, I always ask questions, or try to discuss ideas. I think it's something that helps me the most to grow.
Learning Flesh and Blood is a climb, but its also fun and rewarding. One bit of advice I would give to new players is to at least consider what someone is telling you if they try to help you. I know it can be salt inducing to be told what you did wrong by a better player, but most of us established players are trying to help you avoid mistakes we made for months on end
I've been looking for a channel to teach me about this game that didn't involve a very hyper person shouting at me, so this is nice. Thank you. lol
Not a "pro" player but have won my fair share of armories over the years. My biggest advice for new players would be to evaluate when to block and especially when NOT to block. Making the correct blocks at the right time can make a world of difference over the course of a game especially in CC. Same goes for when to use equipment blocks. Don't just use them to protect your life total but save them for important turns where you need your cards or when there is a scary on hit happening. Also be sure to use battleworn equipment to block before destroying the equipment for its one time effect. Thats usually a 1 or 2 life difference.
The best advice I ever got was how to think of card copies.
3 means you want to see it every game.
2 means you want to see it but not in the same hand together.
And 1 means it's something useful, but situational.
As for the cards you can run at different pitch values, it comes down to your personal strategy. So if a card's effect enables your strategy no matter the variant, you'd run as many as possible. The difference between 3, 6, or 9 copies for those key cards just boils down to personal preference.
It's the perfect way to check yourself in my opinion as you decide not just what should go in your deck, but how much of it.
@@JSGlassbrook God I wish I could have heard this earlier. It's such an elegant way to explain it
If I had a time machine I would go back and tell myself. "Don't buy cards, until you have played with them!". When I first started, I decided to just order the first net deck that I heard would be good. This was a mistake, I completely bounced off the play style the deck demanded and put down Fab for a few years. Then when I moved to where I am now, I just picked up some blitz precons played with them and then found my one true love, the big green. Riptide. As I kept playing the deck grew with me. I still don't have all the staples one would expect but the deck is fun to pilot and does well in the local meta. It doesn't dominate but I don't get walked over either. I would also recommend not worrying about actually having all of the hero's pricey Staples for the first while. LLS has been quite nice in providing alternative "little sibling" cards for most big staples that really wont break the bank but provide a similar capability as the big staple card. One thing that was stated in the video is FAB can be quite daunting. This means that the play style of a hero is kinda obtuse to someone new looking into getting into FAB. There is nothing worse than dropping quite a bit of cash on a hero then 2-3 months down the line realising you don't gel with the hero/deck. Now I use Felt table to get my feet wet with a hero, but best to remember you are basically playing in a vacuum. The AI is serviceable but pales in comparison to real human players. Then when I am happy with the deck I bring it to Talashar. Where it gets turbo wreaked. Then I tweak and tweak until the deck starts winning/not losing too badly, then I will start spending some cash on the cards.
100% second Felt Table. The ability to play as most heroes with the precons is super invaluable. Sure, they are not power houses, and don’t always represent the ‘meta’ version of the hero, but they do a great job of building your understanding the hero you may face IRL.
Didn't expect to get jumpscared by my own decklist today but here we are. Awesome video, to add to your point about not chasing the meta in fab, this game more than any other is a specialists TCG, skill expression on a single deck level generates more results than chasing the best deck, so playing your favourite is often a way better tournament strategy than meta chasing.
More excellent content Liv !!!! I have lost way more games than i have won. One thing i see alot of newer players do is "tilt". When things aren't going well or you get unlucky alot of players tend to get disheartened and in some cases give up. If your new to the game the best way to learn is to stick at it. I have seen many matches won when at one point it looked almost hopeless.
I literally played my first game of FaB yesterday so this is very helpful
That's so awesome! Welcome to the FaB community!
Yeah neat decking is just a tool in your box to find a potential starting point to iterate on because when you're starting out it really helps you get an idea of base ratios.
I would add to the netdecking that while it can hurt your progress if done blindly, it can be useful when trying to understand a new hero.
I started playing Azalea during Dynasty (she was BAD, like terribly bad, but so much fun) and built decks,then went and compared them to what the pros were playing (there was only one pro playing her then, Levi Rauch aka imapapaya) then I went and compared what cards were different between my deck and his and tried to understand why he was not playing the ones I though were good and why he was playing the ones he choose instead. I was lucky that he a great video on how he designed and built his deck and the thought process with each card. That helped me when I wanted to make changes to my own deck for my local meta.
I did the same thing when i started playing Kano during Heavy Hitters with quite a few great content creators having awesome Kano videos. He's still good, but the gameplay isn't fun since the book burning so I am starting the journey on Nuu and trying to do the same thing. I was a decent Azalea player, I think I was a good Kano player and so far I am a terrible Nuu. But I'm having a ton of fun with her and trying to learn. I think I am getting better now, hopefully I will be able to hold my own against Jarl and will probably switch to Uzuri or one the Arkanis with the next set (I think that the new decks will be hard for Nuu with so little blue cards to steal).
The advice I would give to new players is to gradually work on getting better at evaluating your cards. You can think of it in terms of levels:
Level 1 is just producing the best combination of all four cards in your hand. You don't even consider blocking.
Level 2 is producing the best combination of attacking and blocking over the turn cycle, e.g. blocking with two cards on your opponent's turn and then sending a 2 card 7 attack on your turn.
Level 3 is thinking about the current turn cycle and ahead to subsequent turns and how to best use your arsenal to set up powerful combos.
Level 4 is doing all of the above while also considering your pitch stack and ensuring that you are pitching cards together that will produce good hands in the second cycle.
Great video, by the way!
i think netdecking is a fine starting point, but the important thing is that you have to move off of it to improve. use it as a base, try to understand how it works, then go from there by trying to see what feels good and feels bad, look at other similar decks and see what makes them different, and also just ask around to gain other insights from players who may be more experienced than you. but yeah as someone who is pretty new to flesh and blood this was a very good video!
For me I found out how important it was to play other decks. My local meta has for years had a lot of really good Kano players, and it was a match I never bothered to learn how it actually worked because Kano from the outside just looks so impenetrably complicated. But I borrowed a deck for an armoury, played it, learnt how it worked, what I should be blocking, why I should be blocking it, and why when Kano did this thing, it meant that thing, and it made me so much more confident into playing against wizards. You also can analyze things like "This deck loves blocking, why does it love it so much and would my decks learn anything from doing it too?"
Great vid though! Very excited to see where the channel goes!
Yes... I thought I was an assassin-only girl until I tried Zen, and I realised, "Hey, aggro is cool as hell!!!!" And the lessons about blocking - SO much easier if you've played the deck you're vsing at least once. Love this tip so much 💕
This is a wonderful video! Can't wait to see what's to come, easy decision to sub.
I just started, and went to my local FaB event with a precon Azalea deck, and was talked into joining the CC tournament that was happening. So my very first game was round one of the tournament! Three wonderful losses later, I was hooked.
To be fair, I have previous TCG experience, so I had an idea of the game might go, but despite having watched a couple how to pay videos, I was very much learning as I went. I'm thankful to all three of my opponents for their patience with my newbiness, as well as the advice they offered.
Best of luck to you on your new channel, and to all the fellow new players out there.
As a new player myself, I highly appreciate content like this. It actually really puts into perspective things and, and in my case, figure out if you've been taking the wrong approach from the beggining. I haven't even figure out what hero I like, and was already thinking about buying the expensive cards.
Really appreciate your content!
Ps. Not gonna lie. Had to rewind the video a couple of times, especially at the beginning, as i kept getting distracted by the kitty lmao.
We need more videos from you. Flesh and Blood content is always welcome, like Tea!
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Great video btw!
Thanks for the video!! I am a new player too, and had the same questions I was afraid to ask. I love your take on net decking, because I find myself doing it, but being afraid to make changes because they are the experts!
Nice to hear that you're a fan of Uzuri! She's my favorite hero! Give Erase Face a shot in this meta, you might be surprised! Enigma is still going to be tough, and we probably lose to CYB, but she's still viable! 😊
Omg so nice to hear you say that... so all hope is not lost 😂?! Maybe I'll give her another go with Erase Face at the next armoury...
@TeaAndTCG It's great into the new heroes, and even some other meta stuff like Nuu (she essentially can't react). 😉 Have faith!
FaB is such a great game. Love your take on things.
The point about not just copying a deck but finding a style or combination is soo good and underrated from what me having the vibe.
maybe not the jam for pro or super highly competitive players but everyone else can have looooots of fun I bet they'd otherwise would just not have by "just" copying a deck.
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No disrespect for any way of copying decks of course. Learning the mechanics of the already build and thought of completed deck is, me bet, already quite the deep dive by itself. 🤜🤛
Epic, love seeing in content creators for the game. Me and my son love FaB and have been playing since 2020. Keep playing :) I'll sub to your channel so my son can watch your content.
Love the video. I appreciate all the effort you put into editting and links in the description. Thank you for all your effort.
Great video and tips! As a newer FaB player I can agree with everything said. A note about netdecks though, some heroes (In my case Prism) don't actually have a high level of build variety due to the nature of their cards/gameplan. To keep on the Prism example, due to original Prism being LL, she only has one real weapon to use and trying to go the aura route just ends up being a worse Enigma, additionally the want to use light cards and the soul mechanic further hinders what cards you can actually fit in the deck. So personally I'd argue netdecking someone like Prism will make your journey easier, even if she is a tougher hero to learn the game with.
A small note about the video in general - Not sure why, but the music in the intro section was quite loud compared to your speaking voice, and during the whole video there is a slight static noise present. Not sure if it's an issue with some sound gate settings or just mic sensitivity.
Please make a vlog playing in your armory locals thanks
@@Rain-fe2mm Literally my next video, already started filming!!!!
I second this
@@TeaAndTCG amazing looking forward to it
I'm personally a big netdecker. My Top 4 Battle Hardened and Top 8 Calling were very close to netdecks from a personal acquaintance of mine. I think being good at using Netdecks is a skill in and of itself. Often it's about being able to stare at the full 80 and just understand why it was assembled the way it is.
I'm currently netdecking an Enigma list and had a 40-0 on my 2nd time ever playing that hero/deck (that might just be skewed MU spread, but what I'm saying is piloting a deck semi-blind is a skill for sure)
Great video Liv, looking forward to seeing more of your content!
Keep up the FaB content, love this game!
From my point of view, netdecking is a two edged sword. On one hand, deck building in Flesh and Blood is *really* complex. Getting the ratios of red/blue, blocking/non-blocking, attacks/non-attacks, block values, card costs, and so on just right can be incredibly hard, especially when you're new to a hero, or the game, even to someone like myself, who has a long history of deck building in other card games.
The other side of the coin is, as pointed out, that if you don't understand the reason for the deck building decisions, you won't be able to play the deck effectively. Also, if you keep to purely netdecking, you won't be able to tune your deck to your own play style or local meta, and small changes can make a huge difference in how the deck performs in a different environment.
My solution has been to netdeck, and if I end up deciding that its a deck I want to play on the long term, then I'll start modifying it after I've played it enough to get a basic understanding of how it works. There aren't many decks that I've played enough to feel really confident in heavily modifying, or building from scratch, but just switching out 3 cards has on occasion made a huge difference.
Also, great to see a new FaB channel popping up, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more videos from you!
I’ve been playing since arcane rising. And I STILL forget I can’t Defense React to my opponents Command and Conquer 😅
Great stuff- Keep it up!
Another Liv video, another banger!
Thank you 🥰
Netdexking is like borrowing a recipe.
Theres nothing wrong with using a recipe. But sometimes you may enjoy the results more if you deviate and add in your own spice
sure, same with mushrooms - they are always eatable - some only once...
One of the most painful things to learn was remembering to increase tunic counter 😭
@@wolfenlamb9408 omg that is so true, every freaking time 🤣
Glad i never have to deal with that cause i will never be able to get a fyendal's tunic
All great pieces of advice!
Great tips 🫡
Thanks for the tips !!
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Thanks for this Video Liv. I'm new to FAB and find it quite challenging. I would love to hear how you would deal with your opponents when they are trying to make you play certain moves or are being rude.
I have found that playing fab as a newbie frustrates my opponents, often. Or that might be because I am a prism player.
@@allyhewings8974 Oh no, not Prism! Jokes aside that sounds rough though, my opponents are usually very patient and kind even when I’m being quite slow 😢 they should be understanding given that it’s such a challenging game to learn! New players are so valuable to the community, you’d think people would be nicer (Prism players being no exception). I haven’t dealt with this so I don’t have too much advice to give other than quietly talk to the store owners or judges if you feel uncomfortable. If you ever come to Auckland to play you will be more than welcome to take as much time as you like and ask all the questions in the world!!! 💕💕
Great video! Only criticism is there appears to be a lot of background white noise which is a bit distracting. But love the content
Hey, fun video! I enjoyed it a lot, you've earned a sub. :)
Thank you so much!
I love your content so much! I know its probably not very noticeable if your listening on mobile or on speakers in general but with headphones there is a noticeable background static buzz in the audio. Not a huge thing.
Thank you so much! I tried to pretend the hissing was part of the background music, but it seems like that didn't work 🤦♂😂working on getting rid of it for the next one!
Id listen to you narrate FAB Lore!
im 42 and a casual flesh and blood player. Id like to get better at the game but I work full time and dont have a lot of time to spend getting to know every single card on every single combination how best to do this besides net decking?
I think net decking is a great place to start, but also finding a hero that suits how you naturally want to play. I started on Chane, then moved to Briar and found little success. One day I picked up a Bravo deck and 6 months of real grinding later found myself sitting at US nats. A word of caution though, if you find a hero that you truly fit Living Legend is going to make you very sad one day.
How do you end playing this TCG?
One small note is the music in the intro gets a tad loud and is competing with your voice. Great resource for newcomers to this hobby!
Thank you for the feedback! It's hard to tell after listening to my own vid so many times 🤦♀I'll work on the balance for next time!
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What is kitty's name?!
Hermione! I adopted her almost 14 years ago with that name, she had two brothers at her foster home named Ron and Harry 🥹
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I like your videos but there is some kind of like white noise in the back ground. kind of staticy? Maybe its on my end but i dont think so.
Definitely not just on your end... I tried to pretend it was part of my lofi background music 😂 obviously failed at that! I'll work on it for the next one! Thanks for the feedback 🙏
Play the hero you favor on hunting the meta? Playing for fun and this doesn't matter
not net-decking means you have no idea what you are doing... use the shared knowledge, copy tested ideas and use decks from tournaments as much as you can, this has been around since the web and is one of the reasons why we have tournaments... netdecking changed MtG, enabled communities and made it at all possible to have (successful) TCGs, there isn't a single TCG out there where you don't have tons of ways to share decks and it's for a reason (;
Learning to make good plays with a bad deck will teach you to be a bad player - just learn the tournament decks
I think netdecking definitely has some value, but all the downsides mentioned in the video are very real.
Netdecking in FAB is only smart to do once the meta is very established and "solved". Otherwise, your sideboard and even mainboard could be unfavorable into the field at large.
I don't think I understand what you mean by your last take. I would consider most limited (draft, sealed) decks to be "bad," but playing limited at a high level doesn't make you a bad player lol. Learning how you can get the most value and make the best plays in a suboptimal deck is one of the best skills you can develop.
@@averymyles1707
playing a sub optimal deck teaches you bad plays as you are not operating with cards that provide options or ask questions, example would be ES vs whatever pitch 1 card - deal some dmg card.
Mech's mill 2 cards - get 2 resources armor vs whatever block 2 or get some resources 1 time equipment, i believe you get the point (;
Limited has a whole another aspect to it - drafting.... so another ball-game (;
Points seem valid if you like making excuses and are totally invalid if you are the only one you blame for your experience :D Net-decking is ONLY beneficial and by a LOT, it's one of the pillars of why we have TCGs being what they are - just remember what it was back in 1995 and you'll understand my point
@xlnt2new I have no idea how to reply to this. Almost none of what you said is coherent or gives any reasoning to your beliefs. You're just stating bad opinions as facts and using mysterious acronyms that you can't expect people to understand. What is ES?? Cause I have no clue.
The only part of your paragraph I understood was the first part, and I disagree with it. Having 1 use equipment rather than repeatable affects can be WAAAYYYY more skill intensive. Look at scowling fleshbag for example! That has a way higher learning curve than grasp of the arknight.
@@averymyles1707listen, the man said that not net decking means you have no idea what you are doing. Go back to 1995 and you will understand his point!
@@RogueMvox OH true! My bad👀