Phoenix squad

can't see your info but at a glance, it's just not a very strong team to take on a rex/phoenix.   with no rex, yes.  but you really don't have anything on your Empire team to stop the onslaught.  

 it's often strategy over galactic power. for example, a lower gear sith trio can often beat a full team of 5 geos. a single wampa (omnicron) can sometimes  beat gas, grievous , and other teams.  low gear gungans or iden can slaughter some relic teams.  in every case, there's a huge gp difference.  it's a matter of countering abilities.  like Pokémon lol a water creature could probably beat a stronger fire monster (I'm not a poke expert)

it allows for variety. that way the same teams don't dominate every single mode like tb,tw,gac, etc. 

I do understand your frustration.  I'm a lil under 12 mil gp. I could not imagine starting over with limited team options and long grinds just for one team. unless you whale or become super efficient those are just the dues. 

I sometimes lose to much lower Gp's because they outplay me on defense. but usually because rngeezus abandons me

I would use Emporer for lead, not Vader for your SA team.

Also, you would do better if you worked on getting 5 or 6 dot mods.  These (taken from EP) are not helping you.

Try this link for help with modding https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePlaybook

Thanks for the ally code. 

If you’ve bought the HDB, I can’t impress upon you enough how important it is to learn how mods work.