Finalizer bonus tier harder now?

It was a 5 hour horror show before I beat it the first time. Same this time. Maybe you just got incredible RNG on the first round.

Man! I beat it originally the first time around, before even leveling up Hux. I've put resources into ship and crew, and now I can't even down a single opponent. Any suggestions toward kill order, or overall strategy?

I won with HT Kylo shuttle, Slicer in front and RI with Vader and Xanadu Blood. Actually got two stars this time.

I got it the first time last time, got it the third or fourth time this time. I think I just got lucky on the first go-around and that a couple tries is the norm.

The key bit seems to be getting Breach up. It didn't stick the first few tries, then on the successful try it landed and was pretty easy. Command Shuttle would use its ability to drain Tooth's TM so that it never took a turn and Taunt stayed up the whole time. My gear is straight trash, so I know I should be having a tougher time. But that seems to be what works.

I got through with very little difficulty and no upgrades on any abilities besides the first three on hux. So I say get your ships and crew up to scratch

Silencer, KRCS, HT. Opening try to stun Anakin. Then ability block Y Wing with KRCS. Hunted on Anakin because he'll likely go into stealth when he triggers the buff from Negotiator. But Hunted remains. Keep passing turns to Silencer and calling it with Finalizer. His basic was 250k by the end of the battle.

to me it was easier. first time i struggled for like an hour and finally got a strategy down, this time i did it first try with less deaths in my lineup

I guess they buffed it for some and nerfed it for others. lol this thread