Where am I going wrong?

Don't underestimate the power of mods. Move your best mods to your phoenix squad for the event. The mod filtering option on swgoh.gg is a great tool to spot where you can improve simply by moving your mods around. An example:

https://swgoh.gg/u/70m1/mods/?stat1_5=1

Your squad is wrongly modded in almost every aspect. Massive lack of speed, not enough protection, wrong kind of mod sets, wrong primaries in half your slots.

I did it in the first try today, all survived with at least 50% of their protection still remaining:
swgoh.gg/u/thepegasus1979/squads/106155/

So if I mod them in speed, protection and potency I may have a chance?

Going from that my team is arguably better off than the two posted teams of successful players.

http://swgoh.gg/u/hellsteeth30/squads/106127/

I am being absolutely hosed by the RNG.

Got it on the second try after rng got me. All gear 8 except for Ezra at 9 and meh speed. Do deathtroopers first, then I went after the taunter, then thrawn and left the two healers for last as their damage is almost negatable. Had protection left on some with Kanan being at 3/4 health. 7 Star thrawn is amazing.

If I only have enough money do to them from level 70 to 80, OR, level up some mods to give them more speed, health and potency, which should I do? Dam credit crunch

Hera G8, 170- 6 health mods, protection on triangle and circle. Tenacity on cross. Speed on arrow.

Chopper G8, 209- 6 health mods, protection on triangle, circle, and arrow (15 speed secondary), tenacity on cross.

Zeb G8, 132- 2 health 4 potency, protection on circle and triangle, potency on cross. Speed on arrow (actually forgot to put the 5-dot one from my arena FOST. He only had a 1-dot speed arrow). Potency 65%.

Kanan G8, 111 - 4 health, 2 Crit chance. Protection on triangle, circle and arrow (13 speed secondary), tenacity on cross.

Ezra G9, 173 - 4 offence, 2 health. Health on circle. Crit damage on triangle. Tenacity on cross. Speed on arrow.

Pretty straightforward if you avoid Thrawn until the end, unless he has daze/stun. DT's first, ST's, then Papa Smurf. The tenacity helped a ton as they were rarely debuffed except for the unavoidable Fracture.

First try, all with health/protection by the end. Kanan and Zeb utilized backup plan off of fracture, that was it.

See the problem I have is they either demolish Zeb or Kanan right off the bat.

I have got to Thrawn alone before but if they've done zeb in he just mops the floor with fracture as I can't stop him. I need the tanks tanking but I have no omegas left and will only be able to do one more before the event ends. Super Thrawn is no joke.

I'll get him next time. 6* is enough to work with for now. Making me far too salty to keep trying now.

@Hellsteeth30

Your squad is better off than mine gear-wise. It's coming down to just mods, and an Omega on choppers unique (I'm level 85 vs 80). That's really the only areas where I was different.

I listed all the mods I used, if possible, that might help. Should be able to do it at 80 with lucky RNG. Chopper's healing unique is nice but not critically required if everything is timed well, etc.

Have a feeling you got lucky @Vendi1983 I had Ezra g10 and everyone +70 speed at least and still took 8 tries. Might have been for 6 of them zeb got fractured right out of the bat for me.