How to get latest events using Helix?

Sure, but it’s gonna die soon.

So if helix doesn’t do what you need, make a feature request on the uservoice

https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/310213-developers

Personally to “refill” missing data, I’m using webhooks so my database, always has the “last sub” on hand anyway. So I don’t need to backfill like you describe