Thanks everyone for the insightful posts and responses on the site as they have been incredibly helpful. I'm a newer player (May 2018) who would appreciate any assistance with my Phoenix squad in trying to take a crack at 7* Thrawn. Unfortunately, I'm only level 72 with Gear 8 for Phoenix (should hit 74 to unlock the sixth gear slot for Ezra to take him to Gear 9 later this week). Any assistance with the mods and/or moving around the speed for the five Phoenix characters would be much appreciated, e.g., do I try to increase Hera or Zeb's speed by taking some away from Chopper? My current speed stats are: Chopper (203), Ezra (193), Hera (167), Zeb (156), and Kanan (125).https://swgoh.gg/u/mightyrevan/collection/Many thanks.

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/17.9KEzra = Lvl 80, all 8 except Flourish, G9, Speed 172, 5 Mods with 5-dots, 1 Mod with 4-dots, H/P: 14.5K/19.2KChopper = Lvl 80, all 8 except Maintenance Protocols, G9, Speed 182, 5 Mods with 5-dots, 1 Mod with 4-dots, H/P: 15.4K/16.7KZeb = Lvl 80, all 8 except Staggering Sweep, G9, Speed 167, 3 Mods with 5-dots, 2 Mods with 4-dots,H/P: 19.4K/19.8KKanan = 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/23.0KLike 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.

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

Da_Bauers
New Spectator
7 years ago
But maxed out 2-dot potency mod pair gives the same +10% set bonus as a pair of 5-dot potency mods. Just use them for the square or diamond slot and it won't cost you better stats from the other positions.

4- or 5- dot health mods everywhere else, particularly the cross and arrow to max those primary stats as much as possible though.

Under your character in-game when managing mods it shows what pairs you have on them. Click on that and it shows you all possible set bonuses, both for below level 15 and maxed level 15. Does not change depending on the dot level of the mod.
jameslawre68
Rising Newcomer
7 years ago
That is accurate but I think the rewards of a 5 dot mod will outweigh the chance of 10% potency. Yes zeb is potency but he also needs high protection because his unique recovers that and is shared with the squad. Especially if he is going for 6* or less which at 72 is very difficult to get 7* thrawn because you won’t omega any ability.
Da_Bauers
New Spectator
7 years ago
Can't get +% protection on either square or diamond, hence why I said to throw 2-dot Potency on there. Get the set bonus and put +23.5% protection 5-dots on the circle and triangle positions. Even the arrow if it has decent secondary speed.
SP4RT4N_549
7 years ago
http://mods-optimizer.swgoh.grandivory.com/

I highly recommend this site to optimize your mods. I had mine somewhat stockpiled and raised over 75 spots in arena (currently top 100) I’m FTP and I imagine this would help to optimize them for your Phoenix, or any squads in the future. Best if used in a computer. A bit harder on mobile but doable. Good luck!
jameslawre68
Rising Newcomer
7 years ago
Awesome tool @Spartan549 ! Just tried it on my phone and you hit it right on...use a pc or larger tablet but still a good tool.
MightyRevan3994
7 years ago
Thanks everyone for weighing in, and Spartan549 for the mod optimizer. Did anyone have an issue with the suggested changes? For example, the optimizer suggested the following changes to Ezra: -4156 health, +13766 protection, -1.08% CC, -17.71% potency, -0.46% tenacity, -142 offense, and +4 defense (total value of the set increases from 9037.60 to 12592.50). I thought that Ezra wanted to have increased CC, potency, and offense and, while protection is good, I thought that it needed to be balanced with health.
Da_Bauers
New Spectator
7 years ago
Ezra doesn't need potency at all because he doesn't inflict anything. Protection on all Phoenix is key because they share Zeb's regeneration unique each turn.
MightyRevan3994
7 years ago
Thanks for the help on that Vendi1983. Given Zeb and Chopper's uniques, is it more important to increase protection or health for the squad?
Da_Bauers
New Spectator
7 years ago
It's easier to gain plenty of protection, because the maximum from +health I believe is +5.88, whereas a protection primary on a 5-dot is +23.5%.

A set of 6 health mods will net you a +15% gain total plus any additional +health or +% health on primary and secondary. You can, if you want to sacrifice speed on Zeb and Kanan, put four 5-dot mods on that all have +23.5% protection (arrow, triangle, circle, cross). My Kanan has 4 health mods, 2 CC mods. He has 21k health at G8, but 19k protection (including 10k just from mods) because I put protection on arrow, circle and triangle.

Zeb's unique grants +15% protection recovery doubled if debuffed.

Chopper's is only 15% health plus a protection up buff, and Kanan grants protection up too.
MightyRevan3994
7 years ago
Great. Thanks to both of you for the advice.

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