Emperor's Demise (Phoenix Squadron)
Apologies if it's been touched on today already, but I wanted to let everyone know Phoenix squadron worked well in the Emperor event. Really well.
I have Phoenix leveled to 85 in their entirety, and all modded to what most seem to consider 'meh' levels (5* defense mods, though very few have speed secondaries and when they do is the variety that appeared during the upgrade process). I also omega upgraded every unique, and the more important abilities. The actual team is:
Hera (L), gear 8
Sabine, gear 10
Kanan, gear 9
Ezra, gear 8
Zeb, gear 8
I had two tiers to complete, as I'd previously unlocked the Emperor without Wiggs. When the time came to farm Wedge, Thrawn was set to be released and I decided to go for Phoenix instead. It paid off. I really thought the battle was going to be much harder, based on the negative reviews I'd seen of Phoenix.
The first tier was a chuckle. Nobody lost more than a single bar of protection, despite everybody getting stunned immediately. The Emperor was fast, but ultimately was his own demise when he attacked Sabine with expose over his head. She countered.
The final tier started with Vader committing suicide via counters, and the emperor then stunning everyone. From there it went mostly like the previous tier. This time nobody fell below 3/4 protection aside from Kanan, who fell just below.
I was astonished by how well it worked, and figured I should share, if for no other reason than to let everyone know that this team can unlock both Thrawn and the Emperor at 7*.
I have Phoenix leveled to 85 in their entirety, and all modded to what most seem to consider 'meh' levels (5* defense mods, though very few have speed secondaries and when they do is the variety that appeared during the upgrade process). I also omega upgraded every unique, and the more important abilities. The actual team is:
Hera (L), gear 8
Sabine, gear 10
Kanan, gear 9
Ezra, gear 8
Zeb, gear 8
I had two tiers to complete, as I'd previously unlocked the Emperor without Wiggs. When the time came to farm Wedge, Thrawn was set to be released and I decided to go for Phoenix instead. It paid off. I really thought the battle was going to be much harder, based on the negative reviews I'd seen of Phoenix.
The first tier was a chuckle. Nobody lost more than a single bar of protection, despite everybody getting stunned immediately. The Emperor was fast, but ultimately was his own demise when he attacked Sabine with expose over his head. She countered.
The final tier started with Vader committing suicide via counters, and the emperor then stunning everyone. From there it went mostly like the previous tier. This time nobody fell below 3/4 protection aside from Kanan, who fell just below.
I was astonished by how well it worked, and figured I should share, if for no other reason than to let everyone know that this team can unlock both Thrawn and the Emperor at 7*.
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Jyn (Lead and Truncheon Strike ability Omega'd) gear 7, lvl 80
Cassian gear 7, lvl 63
St Han gear 7, lvl 72
Wedge gear 8, level 70
Biggs gear 8, level 78
It was pretty easy with a plenty of expose thanks to Cassian and Jyn's leadership. Stormtrooper Han was also useful, his taunt helped me a lot.
Jyn was stunning Emperor and gaining full turn meter. And at last, Wiggs. They were of course fantastic damage dealers. I want to 7* my Phoenix Squadron to get Thrawn at 7* and maybe Emperor, as you say that it actually worked. Congrats of 7* Palpatine, btw.
In PvP, however, they are terrible.
Hey man. I finish this event on 6 star emperor palpatin wit hthis squad.
ezra bridger 6 star 8 gear level
Wedge antilles(L) 7 star 8 gear level
biggs darklighter 7 star 8 gear level
princess leia 7 star 8 gear level
luke skywalker 6 star 8 gear level.
but if you try attack to 7 star that 10 gear level or 9 must be
The Emperor's event and Yoda's event are a joke. My Jedi are so weak they couldn't deal 1% damage to either boss raid, yet I got a t7 Yoda months ago. I think Phoenix is a cool squad and I am building it and my Rogue One team. I used a classic Wedge led Wiggs Leia Lando and Pathfinder to beat the Emperor. Love Pathfinder. Probably most undervalued in game, or close to it. Never lost a bit of health. R2 event was way way harder. I liked it... You actually had to have a real Rebel team to succeed at t7. T5 was still easy enough anyone could get him if they had enough characters though.
Used G8 Hera lead lvl 75, Ezra G7 lvl 78, Kanan G7 70, Chopper G7 75, and Biggs G9 78. Mods were good not spectacular. All phoenix had their shareable abilities maxed at 7 no omegas on them folks and at least 5 on their other abilities except Ezra who had all 7. Biggs' abilities were maxed. It did take me a few tries to get RNG with Phiggs and plan of attack not having barney. Took out first RG immediately with Biggs & Ezra with dispelling taunt and reducing TM. Then also got good RNG on counters of Vade & EP. Keeping Kanan alive for retribution is key. Emperor started going all Luke on you by shocking and putting you in a bind as he sped up. Yet dispels of debuffs by Kanan and a useful game plan by Hera on chop followed by a good timing taunt by chop took down last RG. After that was easy to pass taunt, get protection up, and take out EP & then Vader. Did not lose anyone.
Agree with statements from fellow players that Phoenix is a great little bunch, would have been so much easier with Zeb to stun or have the power of Sabine with the rest. Great to have for GW as keep health & protection high. Disclaimer since their power is weak it does make battles longer. Ships: I am still waiting to see how Whales use them since have become farm-able. Synergy goes along way, they do require expensive gear to get above G8 and will be needed at least G9 for 7* Thrawn. Can not wait to use them against Empire this weekend in Military Might.
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Hardly. I just beat tier 7 with the following team:
Ackbar G7 (Lead)
Wedge G7
Biggs G8
SThan G8
Ezra G7
All level 70. Didn't even have to move any good mods over. Just loaded them with older mods with +2 and +3 speed secondaries.
I do wish we could replay these events, especially since we have so many new potential squads now; at the very least we should have the opportunity to 3-star any tiers we didn't on the first run.
Agreed. However, classic rebels are still a good choice if you want higher in arena and don't care for thrawn.
I beat Palp 7* in December with level 65 gear 7 Wiggs and gear 6 Akbar (L), St Han and Farmer Luke. Keep in mind I had 1 and 2 dot mods only at the time.
Now both squad are worth leveling
Phoenix for 2 events
Rebels for 1 event but more DMg output
Your RNG must have been amazing. I did it with a G7-G8 squad yesterday and it took 20+ attempts. That's with 3*-4* mods with speed secondaries (minimal speeds boosts of course). Vader starting with a turn and getting bonus TM was brutal. His AOE DoTs took my G7 toons to 3/4 health on it's own.
I almost don't believe you
Yep, and now I need to upgrade a couple more empire to get R2 to 7*
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Oh sure, but you used the OP Wedge-Biggs combo. Pretty sure Wedge was a premium P2P (Aurodium?) character when Emperor's Demise was first introduced.
Goobers like me had to use Luke and HRSc instead of Wedge and Ezra, so we needed g9. Leia and Lando were options for the foresighted. Lucky for me I had Luke g11 and some g10 in there, so I crushed it.
Point is, the new releases might make it a little easier, but that's okay. It does not sound like it is terribly easier than before.
I suspect you will get that done as well
Oh yes, definitely
Already got Vader, Palp, & Tarkin at 7*, and the shards to get Magmatrooper to 7*. Just gotta get ERG from 6 to 7, and work on gear
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They're great for new players - two legendary characters with just 5 toons? Sign me up
With 2 of them (Kanan, Ezra) being able to participate in another one (Yoda)