Best strategy for thrawn?

"valincovici;c-1432559" wrote:
I am level 75 and im running with Chopper. Have Ezra at lvl9, rest at lvl8. Still cant beat Tier VII and i was wondering if taking Hera, Kannan and Chopper at gear lvl9 would make a difference.

I saw alot of replyes (and some youtube videos too) that it can be done with lvl8 gear but everyone was level 85 or close to that.
My real question its can a higher gear (3 toons upgraded from 8 to 9) compensate for the 10 level difference (lvl75-lvl85)?

Thanks!

Gear is way more important than level. put your absolute mods on them (potency on zeb, protection on kannan, speed and crit chance/damage on hera, Ezra, and Sabine was my strategy). If still having problems then up the gear

"DedrickRogue;c-1432613" wrote:


I'm not going to say impossible, because I'm sure it can be cleared without Kanan given enough gear and good mods. That said, he's IMO the second most vital member behind Hera. Phoenix REALLY needs that 70% counter chance.

Thanks. I’ll get Kanan to 7 stars for the next iteration of this event.

"valincovici;c-1432559" wrote:

My real question its can a higher gear (3 toons upgraded from 8 to 9) compensate for the 10 level difference (lvl75-lvl85)?

Thanks!

Level is unimportant except for the fact that you can't max abilities without being level 80 or spend any omegas without being level 76.

As to whether it's doable or not I say go for it and keep going for it no matter how hard it seems. I tried 100s of times and I finished it with a level 77 squad 4 gear ix. and two basics omegaed and all 5 left standing. 4 characters had full health and some protection at the end.

The fact that all characters were left standing brings me to this advice you can do it if you try enough times. Its a rng event unless you go to gear xi.

"Mobewan;c-1432503" wrote:
Congrats man,

Dear all, as this thread shows, dont waste a zeta to unlock thrawn. There are so many much more powerful zetas than phoenix until you've played the game for 2 years.
If you cant beat this event without a zeta, as so many have proven in this and other threads, then you may be undergeared, have bad mods or the wrong strategy.

The simple strategy i used was having a potency cross on zeb, get good +protection on low gearrd tanks, auto first 2 waves, then use basics in wave 3 to be ready for wave 4. Then dispel taunts and kill deathtroopers first, then troopers, then thraen. I call zeb for assists to get stuns. Others call ezra. Gear 8 can do it, but the higher ezra is geared, the easier. Most use chopper and find chopper easier.

I had the extra zeta laying around & literally it negates the need for wasting a ton of gear for TB pheonix specific missions.

Imo, it's a solid choice in zetas just for TB.