Magmatrooper for R2D2?

I'm not sure how much difference is made to the event by the Palpatine and Vader rework. I would imagine the event will be easier however I would want more gear on Palpatine and Vader given magmatrooper's weakness.

I have 4 star Stormtrooper, could buy 10 shards from cantina per day plus RNG from 3 different hard nodes. Not sure if that is possible to get 7 star before the event. Would be a mad dash.

I am indeed talking about 7*, but hoping to get opinion with new EP lead now that folks have had a chance to play with it. Does it feel strong enough to do 7* R2D2 with that given team? Going to get some insight from people that have played with empire before and after the rework. I never used EP before the rework so I don't have any knowledge to compare before and after, hoping the buff alone is enough that I can pull it off with lesser gear than what you posted.

Thanks for your advice! I've watched many YouTube videos of folks with characters and gear much better than mine and they were having a difficult time. I would be putting all my faith in the EP and Vader rework for this event, not sure that is enough from the sound of it. Probably more realistic to snag my 6 star r2d2 and be ready for the next event, which should be just before CLS so maybe it will all work out in the end

Are your mods amazing?

I could get 1 toon to a pretty amazing level, but not 5. I got lucky with 3 mods at 20+ speed on secondary and I've got a handful around 10 speed. Many at 4ish. Pretty much 1 flash character and 4 sub optimal. This has been working great in arena for me ^^

When he first came out I did it with magma no problem, but I had dv ep tarkin rg magma all gear 11

The rework should make it easy even with a deadweight in your team