Thrawn Event 7* too hard - impossible to clear with reasonable gear and mods!!

Omega uniques help a lot. And as one commentor said you want zeb every where.
I got really lucky. But I cleared stormtrooper's taunt and did my best to daze, stun, and stagger the dts. Once you get through the purple protection they go down faster. Then go after stormtrooper. Then the healers. Hopefully by then you have Hera Ezra and zeb left. And take Dow. The Grand Admiral. Also rng plays a huge part- so keep trying.

"RJ__Brando;c-1134192" wrote:
I had to attempt multiple times....was very happy when I finally succeeded! A sense of accomplishment now and then never hurt anyone

But.......

https://i.imgur.com/iX9Nz4x.jpg

Just beat it with all gear 8 without chopper in line up. I did put omegas on uniques and Hera leader skill, took about 3 tries after I did that and put better speed mods on them.

Stats on them
https://imgur.com/a/Jf5Qw

Took like 15 tries but I beat it with Hera (L) Sabine and Ezra at XI, Kanan at X and Zeb at VIII. Sabine abilities maxed all omegas. Hera and Ezra abilities at 7 or maxed (w/o omegas). Kanan abilities at 7 to 3 and Zeb abilities at 6 to 3. I made a point of not using omegas aside from Sabine who I maxed months ago. I did not use my god/arena mods, just some good to okay ones I had stocked up. I finished it with Hera, Sabine and Ezra still alive.

I killed both DTs first then Thrawn then the STs. Zeb's daze is very important in that fight.

The final battle was hard. Actually it was very hard. I used up all the level 3 ability mats to give kanan and zeb a much needed boost which got me over the edge but it was annoying as I had saved them for Thrawn, where I had plenty of omega and zeta mats to use on him. But at least it got me past the event.

Finally Managed to beat him with a little more investment in Sabine and Ezra.

Sabine G10/LVL80
Ezra G10/LVL80
Hera G8/LVL75
Kanan G7/LVL73
Zeb G7/LVL75

You need all 5 at gear XI

This was a great event. The best one we've had since the original Yoda event. This time the challenge was mainly in the farming of shards and gear in order to get there in time - the actual final fight requires a little bit of strategy but with strong enough characters it is very achievable. I got my 7* Thrawn last night, but if I couldn't have got there I would have enjoyed it just as much, and got him the second time (like I did with Yoda).

For what it's worth I won with G11 Ezra, G10 Sabine, and Hera, Zeb and Kanan all at G8. You really need at least G8 because of the large increase in protection it gives. Putting my best mods on got me over the line. I have a strong sense that omegaing some of their uniques would make the event much easier, so consider doing that if you have some spare omegas. Hera's lead applies all the uniques to all characters, which is the most powerful thing about a Phoenix squad.

They added a new op char which is not easy to get on the very first day? How dare!

What I will say about this event is that the carbanti situation has spoiled it for many. CG gave us the minimum possible time to prepare for this event so that we would panic buy - fair enough, I accept that, they're a business and it's really nothing unusual for them.

The real issue is gear - you simply cannot buy carbantis, they have to show up in shipments, and every Phoenix character needs absolute bucket loads of them. The lack of carbantis turns this event into a shipments lottery for many, even after they have bought in and starred the characters, only to find that their gear wasn't good enough.

They provided packs for stars, but none for the carbanti wall that stands in the way of gearing Phoenix. With a pack of 10 carbantis, I would have them all at G10 already, but instead I've gone a week with no carbantis in shipments. It feels like I've gone back in time to when I was sitting there waiting for furnaces to show up.

I'm all for making people spend to compete, but when the items you need aren't even available to buy, the whole system needs a re-think.

I've always thought these should be harder...but as a DS user I have to admit I feel a bit peeved that Thrawn has such a high hurdle for build requirements in terms of all newer characters AND pretty tough gear reqs on those characters.....and R2 was a handout / cakewalk and he is / will be more impactful for arena given his kit and team synergy. R2 is also great in raids as well, like Thrawn.

I'll have Thrawn 7* here in a few days...but I don't understand the discrepancy in the events.