Emperor's Demise (Phoenix Squadron)

Phoenix are amazing in PvE, and you can use them to complete the 9-B and 9-C hard nodes that are so hard.

In PvP, however, they are terrible.

+1 OP, good info. People should quit dogging on Phoenix. Seems like a great, versatile squad for new players.

thanks for the info, I plan to edge-up the stars on my Phoenix over time, in prep for the next Thrawn event (only have him at 5* right now). Well done OP!

"Corrog;d-121432" wrote:
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*.

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.

Didn't the R2 event use Empire?

I totally Agree with Corrog's post. I used Phoenix and Biggs. I Spend most of my GW tokens on ships so Zeb wasn't quite 7*, but who needs the purple barney guy anyway, when you got Phiggs!

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.

@Corrog , congrats with your Phoenix win. That's awesome and now your set for light side battles and Thrawn ;)

It only proves this new releases are borberline OP and trivialized what used to be a challenge.

"Xezee;c-1178058" wrote:
It only proves this new releases are borberline OP and trivialized what used to be a challenge.

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.

Thanks so much for sharing! I've been very curious about this even though I've Palpy for a while.
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.