User blog comment:Bharatram1/Who is stronger ? Lilith or Azazel ?/@comment-86.159.50.151-20120508112232/@comment-31.54.118.133-20120509175303

yes possessing and overpowering are two entirely differnent things. i was simply pointing out that demons in general are probably stronger than reapers. plus alstair and lilith have never shown a reason to possess reapers but yes it is a powerfl ability. i think its unlikely that the demons would follow azazel if they had no faith in lucifer what so ever but it is quite likely, as azazel said "the others have lost faith". sam and dean never even attempt exorcism when john is possessed because neither has learnt it off by heart yet so you can really determine how resilient he is to it. azazel may just have been being general when he said "his army" as he was refering to a large number of demons, none of which he or "his leader" actually command. azazel maybe didn't plan on dying but even so he probably would think he could manipulate them to not kill him, like he does with jake when he hands him the colt. azazel is probably confidant enough to think he can manipulate his "leader" to obey him or even so he'd probably think that lucifer would protect him.