Thrawn event help
Can't beat last tier of Thrawn event. Read a few tips from people who 7 starred him last time around and they had Phoenix at gear 8 and used ok mods. My Phoenix squad are gear 8 almost at gear 9 with ok mods and I can't even put a dent in the last battle. Using Hera as lead and not using chopper at all. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks
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Ezra and Sabine's job is doing damage to whatever you're trying to kill - but the others' job is making sure the team survives. Hera and Zeb should work together to stun Thrawn whenever Hera's not putting Backup Plan on someone (remember Zeb can stun off of Expose if Hera lands it, so they can do this even when she doesn't have her assist call handy), as he's the biggest threat but can't be killed quickly, so controlling him makes a big difference. Kanan should taunt ASAP, remember to use Kanan and Zeb's protection up when someone needs a little durability boost. Above all, Zeb needs to live. If he dies, you lose a big chunk of protection on everyone from his unique, and you no longer get his protection regen. You won't last long without that.
Speaking of, if you haven't yet, omegaing Kanan and Zeb's uniques helps a lot. Kanan's means more counter attacks and more healing when you're hit with debuffs, and Zeb's is a significant durability boost.
untrue, I finished my 7* this morning with a full g8 pheonix, i had to switch my arena mods over yet i have very few over 10 speed. as was just posted the trick is to despell the taunt as quickly as possible then DPS the deathtroopers off quickly, wait for the first fracture then taunt with kanan, if you can manage to get the deathtroopers down with most of your team alive you're looking good. its a big RNG game took me 17 tries to get set up right but it is possible. omegad uniques but no zetas.
I just can't believe it chap. not that i'm calling you a liar but I just don't believe that's possible. I got +115 on hera and +100 on ezra with 216% CD and not even taking the DT's down.
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I used the team without Chopper.
This was outlined in another post but I used 220spd on chopper and 195 in Ezra with the rest 125+
The trick is really to control the fight, don’t worry about pace or dmg just control
If you use only basic all the way to thrawn Ezra will have max stacks then try to take the first fracture on Kanan and use backup plan in whoever took it
Next cleanse the taunt, kill deathtroopers, cleanse taunt kill deathtroopers then magma save thrawn for last
I finished with full health and full prot on almost all
Hera g9/lv 85/random mods
Ezra g10/lv 85/mediocre arena mods (150 speed)
Kanan g9/lv 85/mediocre mods
Zeb G8/lv 85/mediocre mods
Chopper G8/lv 85/mediocre mods
All omegas, no zetas, all mods lv 15
People who got it on their first or second time, just shut up already. You got lucky and have no idea how lucky you got. It's not skill, it's RNG. Yes, many of us know what Phoenix abilites give... we know the synergies, we aren't dumb.
I absolutely hate that it took me two months to prep this and I'm still struggling... all because this poor excuse for a company has gated all toons behind stun cuffs, and the stupid carbanti pieces of crap...
I want to quit this game so bad, but I'm too far in. I might dishonorably rage quit if I don't get Thrawn though... no honor, and I'd regret it, but it will feel so good to hit delete on this game someday soon.
I just did it with level 80's and chopper at level 68! all gear 8. the key is running zeb fast with high potency. I do have decent mods to be fair.
zeb is entirely the key to this whole thing, aside from ezra's dps. here's a short guide with some specifics rather than everyone saying 'it can be done at gear 8':
1. you need chopper's TM at 80%+ going into P4.
2. you need both DT's to use their special first (rng)
3. dispel taunter with chopper
4. taunt immediately with kannen
5. stagger ONE of the DT's with Zeb
6. use a hera/ezra assist with zeb to stun and reduce that DT's TM to zero
7. then immediately go to work on the DT that still has the buff, kill him asap
8. whilst doing this, ensure hera and ezra are calling zeb at every opportunity on this DT, ensuring he's constantly stunned
9. kill the other DT
10. make sure you keep thrawn stunned with zeb basic and hera/ezra calling assists for the rest of the battle
11. kill taunter
12. kill healers
13. kill thrawn
other notes:
- keep ezra's dispel in the bank as long as the taunter is alive. don't be lured into using it to gain TM until after the taunter is dead, even then only use it when thrawn is stunned
- you will need to alternate taunt between kannen and chopper as often as possible
- for kannen's next turn after taunt, if ezra is debuffed, cleanse him so that he gets his 80% counter chance back
- don't automatically put back up plan on the taunter, it's better to see how it develops i.e. they may get fractured and taunt remove shortly after and you've wasted back up plan. with enough attempts you'll learn when you need to use it.
good luck!
This is a long match that needs a long-term strategy and patience. You need to use all of your abilities, especially the ones that aren't attacks but give Protection Up to your taunting ally. You need Chopper's 15% protection up when hit to mitigate the incoming damage. Sabine will get you killed because all she brings to the table is damage.
Use the strategy quoted below, it's how I did it.
My team did not include sabine. All my toons are gear 8, half way to g9. No zeta. I tried several attempts using mods to boost speed, but by the time I took out the death troopers, I was too weak to have a prayer. So I decided to try upping my teams protection since they do a good job of replinishing it. The first try I failed but I did see an improvement. The second attempt was a success. My toons were between 11000-15000 protection (15000 on chopper). I tried to stick to mostly health and defence mods. I kept most of my arrow mods as they were previously with 26-30 speed on each ( I had 3 or 4 of these to go around). If you don't have these, stick with protection mods.
I auto'd through the first 2 rounds and used basic attacks through the 3rd round. For the fourth, I used basic attacks on ST till his taunt ran out then dispelled and killed DT'S. While doing that, I put revive on fractured toon and taunted with chopper. Keep his defense up with Ezra. When chopper got fractured, I put revive on him and used zorro's taunt. After DTs, take out STs.
I had all 5 toons at the end. Only chopper needed revived. The only time I got a stun to land was once on a DT. Make sure you keep your protection up through the battle. The fight took a while but was worth ending my frustration. GL.
level 83 with 8 tier gear is possible with some pretty good mods on, focused a lot on speed and health(didnt use sabine)