Lazy Lightsabers

Grinding for Legendary Characters

This question seems to come up a lot in game so I wanted to take a minute to lay out some free advice.  The following is just from my experience and there are several more qualified authorities available on the internets and in the guild.  Please let me know if you would like me to add something. 

Chewbacca

Thanks to Cam for helping with this post:

As of October 2018 we don't have any 7* Chewy's in the guild.  However, there are a few common Bounty Hunters that I think are needed to get him.  Listening to podcasts and watching videos of people who were able to get him for the most part had Boba (L), Bossk, Dengar.  Boba's leadership gives crit damage bonus but also gives bonus health of 50% of the BH potency.  So if your BH has 50% potency they would get an additional 25% health.  Bossk could also be used as a leader because BHs will heal health and protection when they give and receive debuffs.  Bossk is also needed to taunt to keep the damage dealers alive.  Dengar is needed because of his unique that prevents the enemy from stealth if Dengar is critically hit.  This ability negates R2's smoke screen and allows you to focus damage on Chewy.  Cad Bane is helpful (Cam used him but I did not) for his stun.  Greedo, IG88, Zam and the other new BH's just need to do some damage before they are killed.  

Kill Order

Chewbacca - His assists and stun will wreck your team quick.  Stun with Bossk's special attack or have Cad Bane in the team to stun on his first turn.  

Han Solo - His double tap and stun will take your team down quick.  He dies quick if you can focus him.  

R2 - Another candidate for Bossk's or Cad Ban's stun.  He has a lot of health and protection to get through.  Cam saved R2 for last 

ROLO - She is pretty easy to kill but her area attack can wipe the attempt.  She will be the other character Chewy guards so he will assist when she attacks.  Did I mention to kill Cheey first.  

Lando - His area attack hits hard but is the least threatening of the group.

Initial Onslaught - Just Survive

Chewy and his friends have preloaded turn meter and have speed around 300 (I think the max character speed in the game is around 280) so you will never go first. A lot will depend on who Han Solo stuns with his first shot.  Bossk should taunt first and Boba should execute Chewy which should deplete his health to where a few shots from the rest of your team can take him down.  

Gear

WaMila - Boba, Bossk were G12, Bossk's leadership zetaed, Zam G9, IG88 G10, Greedo G8.

Cam - Bossk G11 (Leader Zeta), Boba G8 (all abilities maxed), Dengar G8 (first three abilities maxed), Cad Bane G8 (all abilities maxed), IG 88 G9, (abilities at level 7).

Mods

I loaded my BH's with potency for the Boba's leadership and offense secondary's to do as much damage as possible.  Crit damage triangles.  I used the mod loadout system to save the configurations for the next time

BB-8

To get BB-8 you will need a full First Order team.  Historically that is a Captain Phasma (L), Kylo, First Order Officer (FOO), First Order Tie Piolet (FOTP), and First Order Stormtrooper (FOST).  Phasma in in Galactic War store.  Kylo is in hardmodes and cantina nodes (he may be in guild store randomly).  FOO is in cantina store.  FOTP is in hardmodes and fleet store.  FOST is only in hardmodes.  FOST is by far the hardest grind so start grinding him yesterday.  

The FO wild card is Kylo Ren Unmasked (KRU).  KRU is in cantina 3-f, 10 energy, with his ship.  I would highly recommend KRU be farmed first over FOST.  FOST is a pilot for Kylo's shuttle so you will miss out on that but FOST is a long grind.  

The key to winning the BB-8 fight is to have the FOO as fast as possible (minimum 170 speed).  FOO leads, uses unique to give Kylo 100% TM, Kylos area attack gives all FO 20% TM and the team is off too the races.  FOTP is your big damage dealer.  I was able to stun Poe to limit expose and TM reduction.  I killed Rey first but some recommend killing BB-8 first.  I finished the fight with Kylo and FOTP alive.  

None of my FO team were zetaed.  All omega skills were maxed out.  Kylo and FOTP were G9 the rest G8.   

Emperor Palpitine (EP)

It has been a long time since I did this so my recollection is not good.  Basically you need rebels.  I would recommend farming the rebels that have the most uses in other aspects of the game.  Phoenix Squad works for this event but I will write more on them later.  EP unlocks at 5 stars and you will need a full 7 star team to get him to 7 star.   

This is the order I would farm them:

Stormtrooper Han, arena store.  Princess Leia, arena store.  Old Ben Kenobi, cantina 2-f and 6-b, Farmboy Luke cantina and hardnode.  Wedge Antiles canitna 6-f, Biggs Darklighter, Galactic War store  Lando Calrissian cantina 1-e, 5-f. 

I would farm in this order because STH, PL, OBK, and FBL will all be needed for Commander Luke Skywalker (CLS).  More on that later.   

This event has not been updated since it launched when the gear level was G9 or 10 so G8 characters will work.  STH, PL, OBK, FBL, were all given zeta abilities last summer.  No zetas are needed for this event.  

Grand Admiral Thrawn

Thrawn came out in June 2017 and is a solid character in any team and has possibly the best capitol ship in the game.  To get Thrawn you will need Phoenix Squad (PX).  The farm to get them is not terrible and found is all the usual locations.  Sabine Wren IMO is the toughest because she has only one hard node and shows up irregularly in the guild store.  I think the game developers intend PX to be the gateway team for new players because of their easy grind and because they are very good in almost every aspect of the game.  Newer arena's will have top ranked PX teams (but will fall off quickly as CLS and JTR teams become more available), they do well in Galactic War and all have ships.  You are not wasting your time grinding this squad.  

There is no particular order and you will need them all to get Thrawn.  

The final phase of the 6 star and seven star fight are very tough and will require several tries unless you have the whole team at G11/12.  There are several members of the guild who have a better understanding of how the team works best so I would reach out on Line for specific questions.  My team was all G8 except for Hera who was G9.  All abilities were omega level and I had no zetas.  I also gave PX my best mods which was a huge pain but necessary for finishing the event. 

The decision you will have to make for this fight is which PX member to leave out.  For me it was between Chopper and Sabine.  Chopper doesn't do anything really well but his unique (shared with the rest of the squad) makes him better than Sabine.  He can remove the Shoretrooper taunt and the other buffs the troopers get during the fight.  Sabine can hit hard but is squishy and her unique is not as good as choppers IMO.   

If you are able, I would recommend getting Thrawn before you try to get R2-D2.  The R2 fight is also difficult but Thrawn will make it much easier.  More on that later.

R2-D2

IMO R2 is the most useful character in the game.  Because of that you have a lot of work to do.  For the R2 event you will need a full empire team.  The team can vary but I have never seen anyone beat it without EP as the leader.  If you have Zader, you should know that the developers disabled the turn meter loss granted by his zeta ability so don't use a Zader lead.  

My team was EP (L), Darth Vader (DV), Royal Guard (RG), Tie Fighter Pilot (TFP), Grand Moff Tarkin (GMT).  DV and TFP were G9 and the rest were G8.  I had to give them my best mods.  This was the first legendary event that I used mods based on the recommendation from crouchingrancor (this site is mentioned in a previous post).  I did not have any zetas for this fight but all abilities were omega level.

The key to this fight for me was how quickly could I kill R2.  For this fight R2's speed is incredible and seems to be going 2 or 3 times faster than anyone else.  This is why Thrawn's fracture would have been helpful.  The fight came down to my RG and EP stunning R2 several times and RG soaking up damage from Han Solo and PL.  TFP has an ability block that can prevent Chewy from taunting and R2 from burning your squad alive.  GMT's offense down also helps.  The final 7* fight is tough and there is no shame in putting the game on auto.... not that that's how I did it...

CLS

For this event you will need R2, OBK, PL, STH, and FBL.  IMO this event was not as difficult as Thrawn or R2 but the grind to get here is terrible.  Did I mention you should have started grinding OBK last week?  What are you doing reading such a long post???  Get grinding!

For this event I had a G11, zzR2 with maxed out abilities.  Perhaps that is why this event was not as difficult for me as the others.  PL was at g9 omegas, no zeta.  STH g8, omegas on taunt and attack (not his leader ability).  OBK G9 no omegas and zetas (he is supposed to die! Right?).  FBL G8, no omegas or zetas.

This event is broken up in tiers and follows episode 4 closely.  You don't fight as a group until the end and there are some 2 on 6 battles with Stormtroopers which can get difficult.  Omega abilities can be the difference especially when they add 15% damage or increase a stun chance.  I did not have to change out mods for this fight.  Moral of this story is to zzR2. 

Jedi Training Rey 

For this event you will need BB-8 (read above), Vet Smugglers Han and Chewy, Finn and Rey (Scavenger).  The most difficult characters to get are the vet. smugglers who are on their separate 16 energy cantina node.  It took me about two months of grinding to get them to 7*.  Finn is available in hardnodes and is a semi-difficult grind.  Rey is an easier grind and you get MF ep8 shards.

I had zFinn at G11 all abilities maxed, Rey at G9, all abilities omegad, BB8 at G10, abilities omegaed.  Vet Smugglers were at G8, abilities not maxed out.

The most difficult part of this event is that you are often fighting with Finn, Vet Chewy and Rey against four FO characters.  The FO riot trooper is very fast and gives protection to the other FO's.  I chose to kill the FO's and save the riot trooper for last.  If you are having trouble with this put more gear on Vet Chewy and get Rey as fast as possible.  I did not have to swap mods but my zFinn was very good already.  I specifically farmed mods for Rey to get her ready.  The final phases for this event are very easy.   

Grand Master Yoda

Farm Jedi but Jedi are terrible for now.  I would focus on the other Legendary event.  There are rumors that the Jedi will get a rework soon which is good because they need it.  I will write more on this later.