Artist of War: Help with Phoenix squad mods, especially speed

Yea protection over health because you hope the protection recovery makes it impossible to deplete and actually hit health.

Here are the notes that I took on beating the final tier of the Thrawn event back in January. Hopefully this is helpful for you:

I attacked the Stormtrooper until I could clear his Taunt, then used Zeb’s first special on a Deathtrooper, then attacked the same Deathtrooper to remove all of his turn meter. Then Hera called an assist on Zeb against the other Deathtrooper, and then Ezra did the same, which stunned that one, and caused him to miss a turn.

I used Kanan’s special ability to increase protection on the ally that needed it most, and didn’t use a Taunt on him or on Chopper until it was down to just Thrawn left. If you Taunt and let them focus on a single toon, they’ll kill your tank too quickly; this is one of those rare times where you want to let the enemy spread attacks around on your squad, so they all stay alive.

Kill the Deathtroopers first, then the Commanders that Heal, and by then the Stormtrooper will have his Taunt back up again, so kill him, then get rid of Thrawn last.

I ensured that I had Zeb at the highest Speed and Potency possible, as it is critical that he goes often and that he sticks his debuffs. My Zeb was at 182 speed (+67 from the best mods I had at the time back in January) and around 60% Potency. All of them were around +65 from their base speed, except for Kanan, who I modded with a Protection Arrow.

I think it’s also critical that you Omega all of the Uniques.

My Ezra was Gear 9, plus a few pieces, and everybody else was just Gear 8.

Thanks @Val_Galahadred. I really appreciate the rundown.

I just got Thrawn 7* today.

Hera = Lvl 80, all 8 except Play to Strengths, G9, Speed 160, 4 Mods with 5-dots, 1 Mod with 4-dots, H/P: 16.0K/17.9K

Ezra = Lvl 80, all 8 except Flourish, G9, Speed 172, 5 Mods with 5-dots, 1 Mod with 4-dots, H/P: 14.5K/19.2K

Chopper = Lvl 80, all 8 except Maintenance Protocols, G9, Speed 182, 5 Mods with 5-dots, 1 Mod with 4-dots, H/P: 15.4K/16.7K

Zeb = Lvl 80, all 8 except Staggering Sweep, G9, Speed 167, 3 Mods with 5-dots, 2 Mods with 4-dots,H/P: 19.4K/19.8K

Kanan = Lvl 78, all 8 except Total Defense & Clear Mind, G9, Speed 135, 5 Mods with 5-dots, 1 Mod with 4-dots, H/P: 23.8K/23.0K

Like other posts I have read, kill order: 2 Death Troopers, Stormtrooper, 2 Commanders, then auto'd on Thrawn for last because all 5 were alive.

I auto'd 2.5 waves. Halfway through the 3rd wave, I manually played only using basics. Need to save those specials for final wave.

I also had to use Hera's Backup Plan on Kanan twice. Chopper taunted twice to take the heat off the others when Kanan couldn't taunt. So Kanan did die twice officially, and was brought back twice. Stunning Death Troopers with Zeb did also helped.

My one bit of advice is get that potency higher on Zeb. At lower levels his stagger and stun are gonna be essential.

Thanks for the advice. I believe that when I level up the potency cross to level 15, the potency percentage will increase to 24% (for a total of 49.61% for Zeb). How how do I need to shoot to get his %? 55%?

Minimum 50% at a guess. Mine is 65% and his daze/stun sticks like glue on anything without purple protection on it.

Just checked mine, forgetting I'd moved some mods around since. 60-65 should be golden. Think I was ~63%.

Thanks to both of you. Since I don't have the potency mods unlocked yet, is the best bet to keep farming to see if I can increase the secondary potency stats on the other five mods? Do you know what the max secondary potency % can be?

Not sure what the max is, but it won't increase after level 12. You can get an extra 1% swapping his and Kanan's diamonds around, but that's about it.

You'd do really well getting him 7* at mid level 70s, if you don't manage you can always try again in a couple of months.