Keep Baze super slow to extend his taunt. This is all the more crucial since you don't have GK. Try to get R2 and CI the fastest, followed by Rex. Mod everyone for health, not protection, because Chaze skills work off of max health percentage. Give CI a crit dmg primary triangle if possible, and use his special if all of your toons are buffed.
Oftentimes you'll face an opponent Baze that will AOE debuff but in the meantime you need to have tenacity up to deal with DV, R2, Boba. So, I would use Rex ten up first, and CI ten up after Baze does his AOE.
I would load Rex with tenacity, try to get north of 70%.
At the very least, try to be faster than the opposing DN or Boba, to get ten up before a drain force or AOE ability block.
I wouldn't use R2's burn right away, as it'll just get cleansed.
Honestly, without GK, either zeta QG and run Jedi, or zeta Kylo if you want to take #1. That's what a lot of f2p are using as a crutch nowadays.
Also, if you have a zeta on DN unique that applies health down, it really messes up Thrawn on defense, since he'll cleanse instead of using fracture.
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