Thrawn event is a colossal waste of time

It’s strategy, mods and gear level more than anything. I kept tweaking and eventually got it. My post on this thread for thrawn best practices should help.

It's mostly my fault as I colossally underestimated it. My crew is

Ezra GL9, the rest GL8. I've played 150+ times (apparently I have that kinda time) and I get my clock cleaned every time.

The most I got was both DTs and tank and then Thrawn one shots everyone. Evertime I get my a$$ handed to me, I feel CGs hands on my wallet. I refuse to spend any money on this pig. If I can't clear it so be it. Just way more frustrating than fun lately. Don't get me started on GW

"forrestfire5050;c-1307264" wrote:
It’s strategy, mods and gear level more than anything. I kept tweaking and eventually got it. My post on this thread for thrawn best practices should help.

We pretty much don't care about advices at this time in the game. After remaining with four characters alone with Thrawn, and after being hit five times by Zeb with no stunning taking place, in the meantime eliminating all my team, I was surprised to find at the restart that the elite Stormtroopers in the first wave we're harder to kill. Probably RNG, most likely programing. The pilots too, and the DT from the third wave too. Probably my mods and gear were worn-out from all that grinding...

They could at least eliminate the useless tier 1-3. Talk about wasting time.

I struggled seriously too. Finally changed mods a little and found correct kill order thanks to a post on here... Beat it 20 min later. This was just a couple hours ago so i know where you're at but don't give up.

My team had 2 g9 rest g8. And no ezra...

I played that game the first time Thrawn came around.

If you enjoy putting the least amount of effort it, go for it.

This time I had all Phoenix toons 85 and omega'd and at least G8 with Ezra and Sabine at G10 with good mods and the the ability to get Hera to G9 if needed.

I beat it first try.

100+ tries? Moving around arena mods?
Ain't nobody got time for that!

The Thrawn thread on Reddit was right on the money. All G8, no Sabine, omegas on their uniques, other abilites level 5/6, arena-tier mods (10+ speed secondaries, etc.) Kill order: DTs first, Thrawn last.

Took me two tries. The winning try ended with everyone alive, with most of their health & protection intact. Similar results have been reported by too many others for my run to be mere luck.

"Sirlagzalott;d-138408" wrote:
Thrawn is great, blah blah blah. You can beat if you play the RNG odds. Blah blah blah

I guess I'm just throwing a temper tantrum. Just reading posts, if you attemp 100-200 times, the RNG will be in your favor and you can win. Who has that kinda time!?! I play games for fun. Not mind numbing repetition and ultimate frustration. I know CG could care less. All they want is to sell packs to the Fan boys that are dumping wicked cash.

I feel your frustration. I could not get Thrawn either. I got one lucky battle after hundreds of tries. It can be done. You’re probably tired of hearing the same stuff about people beating it at g8. I agree with you also. This event is a waste of time, but it’s worth it.
Here’s the squad that beat the event: https://swgoh.gg/u/ravib/collection/?f=phoenix
I didn’t change anything.

Feel a bit embarrassed for all the ranting and raving. I got him this afternoon playing while waiting in line of all places. I went from totally wiping (and wiping fast) to clearing him in 3 tries. The difference was speed. I used today's credit heist to upgrade mods like crazy which made a huge difference. Although RNG is important, without proper speed it's a lesson in frustration as your toons are hit 2-3 times vs every attack. Speed slows it down so you can better strategize.

Here is the crew I was successful with:

Ezra (85) GL10; speed 176
Hera (85) GL8; speed 174
Zeb (83) GL8; speed 179
Kanan (80) GL8; speed 100
Chopper (80) GL8: speed 175

I did it with basically this team with the same gear levels but my Zeb, Hera and Chop were nowhere near that high nor did I have all the skills maxed out. There is definetely a skill aspect to it based on the order but at lower gear levels there is a ton of luck involved as well. You need all your counters to hit, you need your stuns to actually land, you need the fracture to hit a useless toon. You need choppers random buffs to be helpful. There is skill but you need everything to go right to really have a chance. The first an only time I got down to just Thrawn I was lucky enough to beat him. With Zeb and Hera left.