Phoenix Team worth it to farm?

Yes. They can also be used for the 'Paplatine' event and do well in LS: Territory Battles.

Yes. You need them for Thrawn Event, LS TB and some other Events. Take Ezra to G10 and the rest to G8, omega all of his Uniques and leave out either Sabine or Chopper, your call. If you prefer to kill at a rapid pace - choose Sabine.

I put them on ice after Thrawn and have regretted it now that LS TB is out. As they as rebels they can fulfil any of the battle requirements in that TB as well as having their own special. Plus their ships have nice big power rating - you can put them in as reserves to bump up your ship squad power and scare noobs away.

"PowerMaster;c-1361725" wrote:
They are very impressive. The AI won't do them justice when your defending in arena though. Of course I'm sure that is the same with several teams.

Phoenixes issue isn't AI but their terrible damage output and really fragile synergy.

If you can't kill a thing you can't compete, and Phoenix really lacks of damage. Countering is only useful against teams that heavily relies upon AoE, a thing that has totally disappeared from arena since Luke anyway.

Once Hera has been killed your team is worthless. Both tanks aren't working well as taunters and i don't think a lot of teams struggle to kill Hera fast. Next you kill Ezra and your team doesn't have damage anymore.

Sadly most Phoenix issues have not been solved with zeta, they're better but still a really awkward and situational faction especially with 4-5 zetas. Hopefully Ezra fits really well in a rebel or jedi team, and Chopper shines in a droid team.

Phoenix is a pain to farm, a pain to gear and a pain to zeta. Results aren't worth the investment tbh. If one has fun with them so be it, but no team in the entire game is performing that bad with so many rare gears and precious zetas.

Thanks for your replies.

And many thanks to zombiwan_kenobi. Know the struggle is real to farm or not to farm Phoenix :D

I mean i just need them for Thrawn..I already have a decent Rebel Team for Palpatine..and atm i have no space left in my fleet squad for them.

Just for thrawn really.
Those zetas would go alot further in arena and other parts of the game on other characters

They get you Thrawn, but also needed with ships for the Chimera. They fill roles in LS TB and platoons (though that's a moving goal post.....)
I think having them means they'll get put in as a late cycle TW defense team too, they're enough that if you don't kill a toon, they'll regain Protection/Health/TM so fast they can hold in late TW.
CG kind of forced Phoenix down our throats so there is much hate for them, mine included, but once you have them they're not a waste either.

You may potentially need them early next year aswell. With the final season of rebels finishing in the early months of 2018 they'll probably be needed to get new characters such as agent Callis and perhaps Rukh. You may want to start loosley working on Gar Saxon they may release Saxon's brother.

I enjoy playing with Phoenix very much. But, this -

"zombiwan_kenobi;c-1361845" wrote:

"PowerMaster;c-1361725" wrote:
They are very impressive. The AI won't do them justice when your defending in arena though. Of course I'm sure that is the same with several teams.

Phoenixes issue isn't AI but their terrible damage output and really fragile synergy.

If you can't kill a thing you can't compete, and Phoenix really lacks of damage. Countering is only useful against teams that heavily relies upon AoE, a thing that has totally disappeared from arena since Luke anyway.

Once Hera has been killed your team is worthless. Both tanks aren't working well as taunters and i don't think a lot of teams struggle to kill Hera fast. Next you kill Ezra and your team doesn't have damage anymore.

Sadly most Phoenix issues have not been solved with zeta, they're better but still a really awkward and situational faction especially with 4-5 zetas. Hopefully Ezra fits really well in a rebel or jedi team, and Chopper shines in a droid team.

Phoenix is a pain to farm, a pain to gear and a pain to zeta. Results aren't worth the investment tbh. If one has fun with them so be it, but no team in the entire game is performing that bad with so many rare gears and precious zetas.

"Snowlock2017;c-1363104" wrote:

"zombiwan_kenobi;c-1361845" wrote:

"PowerMaster;c-1361725" wrote:
They are very impressive. The AI won't do them justice when your defending in arena though. Of course I'm sure that is the same with several teams.

Phoenixes issue isn't AI but their terrible damage output and really fragile synergy.

If you can't kill a thing you can't compete, and Phoenix really lacks of damage. Countering is only useful against teams that heavily relies upon AoE, a thing that has totally disappeared from arena since Luke anyway.

Once Hera has been killed your team is worthless. Both tanks aren't working well as taunters and i don't think a lot of teams struggle to kill Hera fast. Next you kill Ezra and your team doesn't have damage anymore.

Sadly most Phoenix issues have not been solved with zeta, they're better but still a really awkward and situational faction especially with 4-5 zetas. Hopefully Ezra fits really well in a rebel or jedi team, and Chopper shines in a droid team.

Phoenix is a pain to farm, a pain to gear and a pain to zeta. Results aren't worth the investment tbh. If one has fun with them so be it, but no team in the entire game is performing that bad with so many rare gears and precious zetas.

I disagree with most of this. They have very high damage output at high levels, G12/Zeta. They can take out any team outside of GK/zBarris. They positively EAT CLS. In fact, CLS is the least of their concerns. R2 stealthing Raid Han is far more dangerous to CLS.

You can lose Hera. And Ezra is not the highest dps'er. That would be Sabine. And maybe even zZeb. Don't run with Chopper in high levels.

Phoenix will clear all rebel events, do you well in TB and I've been currently as high as 5 on my shard in arena. I still have 1 zeta and have to finish gearing. I have 4 G12's and 1 G11, but my G12's aren't maxed.

Two things I would agree with: 1) gearing sucks. It's a brutal grind. 2) their defense AI sucks too. Prepare for massive swings in rank in arena.

Can you beat nightsisters?
How old is your shard?

It is rare to see a phoenix team in the top 50 of any shard, especially an older one. But you should be aiming for top reward teams....#5 isnt much more crystals than #20.

It seems 5 zetas is alot of work for ok offense against most teams, especially when the toons are barely useful outside this team.
Zeta Finn resistance can climb easier with 1 zeta and far less gear, and are far better at every part of the gane outside arena.