Best Mods for Phoenix

It is funny you should say that. I just passed it last night, on my 3rd account, and found it way easier than the first two times, with them all g8. The key was getting chopper 250 speed. He takes the fracture like a champ, and then gets right back in there to dispel the death troopers. So without that, you're gonna need to overgear everyone, swap your best speed mods, and be prepared for multiple attempts. Crit damage on Ezra, potency for Zeb and probably Sabine, but speed on everyone is gonna be the priority.

I don't have the link, but grandivory's mod manager page is outstanding, pretty much just follow his default stat weights.

Chopper is a very easy farm, and Sabine is a difficult one. I don't see a lot of people having sympathy for your predicament. If you ignored him for this long its on you.

Max potency on Zeb. All 6 mods. Kanan (or chopper) 190 speed. Everyone else protection secondaries.

Taunt Kanan, Backup plan him. (Repeat). Stagger both Deathtroopers asap to remove deathly buff. You have 2 so easy. Zeb should get all assists and Spread dazes and stuns with Zeb. Kill DTs then others then Thrawn. Congrats!

EDIT: I did it with full g8 team. What gear is your team? Speed secondaries help on others but not at expense of too much protection. Fast tank is key though.

"VonZant;c-1603482" wrote:
Max potency on Zeb. All 6 mods. Kanan (or chopper) 190 speed. Everyone else protection secondaries.

Taunt Kanan, Backup plan him. (Repeat). Stagger both Deathtroopers asap to remove deathly buff. You have 2 so easy. Zeb should get all assists and Spread dazes and stuns with Zeb. Kill DTs then others then Thrawn. Congrats!

EDIT: I did it with full g8 team. What gear is your team? Speed secondaries help on others but not at expense of too much protection. Fast tank is key though.

Thanks mate. Good and useful stuff.

Everyone G8 except two...and I forget who...but they're G10. So...I'm thinking...maybe?

I've had two half-hearted attempts and nada...but I think I have poor mods on nearly everyone to be honest...hence the thread :smile:

@CoastalJames Shouldn't this go in the Thrawn Event subforum? Anyway, here is what I posted yesterday in another thread over there about beating this event:

"Here are the notes that I took on beating the final tier of the Thrawn event back in January. Hopefully this is helpful for you:

I attacked the Stormtrooper until I could clear his Taunt, then used Zeb’s first special on a Deathtrooper, then attacked the same Deathtrooper to remove all of his turn meter. Then Hera called an assist on Zeb against the other Deathtrooper, and then Ezra did the same, which stunned that one, and caused him to miss a turn.

I used Kanan’s special ability to increase protection on the ally that needed it most, and didn’t use a Taunt on him or on Chopper until it was down to just Thrawn left. If you Taunt and let them focus on a single toon, they’ll kill your tank too quickly; this is one of those rare times where you want to let the enemy spread attacks around on your squad, so they all stay alive.

Kill the Deathtroopers first, then the Commanders that Heal, and by then the Stormtrooper will have his Taunt back up again, so kill him, then get rid of Thrawn last.

I ensured that I had Zeb at the highest Speed and Potency possible, as it is critical that he goes often and that he sticks his debuffs. My Zeb was at 182 speed (+67 from the best mods I had at the time back in January) and around 60% Potency. All of them were around +65 from their base speed, except for Kanan, who I modded with a Protection Arrow.

I think it’s also critical that you Omega all of the Uniques.

My Ezra was Gear 9, plus a few pieces, and everybody else was just Gear 8."

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Just to show many ways to skin a cat...
I was Ezra g9, rest g8.
Omega all uniques, omega Ezra basic.
Ezra was fastest (208), Hera next at 188.
Potency of about 57% on zeb.

Tons of extra health/protection on zeb/kanan/chopper
Took like 50 times, but at time 49 I changed some mods around to increase here's survivability and give kanan another +23% protection mod and all 5 were still standing

Taunt dispel then forget about that character, dispel death troopers and kill as fast as possible. Some strategies rely on stunning thrawn, but I decided to avoid trying too hard cause I found I just ended up wasting attacks that didn't do much, so that time I won it I basically just focused on the target. Erza's first unique is good to feed him turn meter, call zeb each time (I've heard people call Hera for the expose, but zeb daze and bonus protection for ezra/zeb is more important). I too didn't taunt much, but utilized his 2nd special for cleanse and protection whenever I could, and used chopper's 2nd special for dispel and turn meter whenever I could. Zeb I didn't stagger much until it was just thrawn (get him stunned then staggered), but again, kept the extra protection up whenever I could as well.

I did it with g8 using Sabine instead of chopper. I put +88 speed and some potency on zeb, then about fifty or sixty speed on the rest. I had all the omegas except kanan’s basic and zeb’s special. Called Zeb for all the assists, to spread daze/stun. Kill order: deathtroopers, stormtrooper commanders, stormtrooper, Thrawn. It took me a few hours, but eventually I beat it (I even got a three star victory).

Thank you all so much...wise and useful advice and I appreciate it. I will act upon as much of it as I can.


Now all I need is three hours, hmmm... :neutral:

"Val_Galahadred;c-1603688" wrote:
If you Taunt and let them focus on a single toon, they’ll kill your tank too quickly; this is one of those rare times where you want to let the enemy spread attacks around on your squad, so they all stay alive.

I ensured that I had Zeb at the highest Speed and Potency possible, as it is critical that he goes often and that he sticks his debuffs.

Particularly useful points, thank you.