Character Level: 90
HP:
10825
ATK:
413
DEF:
1259
ENRG:
125
Phoebe Build Guide
RRTY:
5★
Character Overview
In Wuthering Waves, Phoebe is a 5-Stars Spectro character and uses Rectifier during the fight.
Phoebe can be switch between Absolution mode (Main DPS) and Confession mode(Support). In Absolution mode, Phoebe is a Main DPS which mainly deals damage by Heavy Attack: Starflash. While in Confession mode(Support), Phoebe becomes a support which maxmizes Spectro Frazzle damage.
Pros: Can play as Main DPS or Support
Cons: Among all Spectro characters other than Phoebe, Rover (Spectro) is currently the only one who can trigger Spectro Frazzle. So there’s not much choices for the team variation in the current version.
Character Mechanism
Ring of Mirrors
Phoebe’s Resonance Skill is a two-stage ability. First, she summons the Ring of Mirrors, which time-stops enemies it hits for two seconds. If Phoebe uses the skill again, she teleports into the ring (limited by distance and obstacles). The ring lasts 30 seconds. Attacks from outside the ring get refracted for extra damage and pull enemies slightly toward the center. Standing inside the ring converts Phoebe’s attacks into Chamuel’s Star, which are enhanced, three-stage basic attacks with higher damage. The skill does not immediately go on cooldown after engaging an enemy, allowing flexible usage.
Absolution mode & Confession mode
Phoebe has two Forte Circuit bars above her HP. The lower bar is called [Prayer], which functions the same way as her Resonance Liberation (ultimate) energy gauge – in ToA, it automatically fills up. Once consumed, it automatically refills at a rate of 5 points per second, up to a maximum of 120 points, so it takes 24 seconds to fully recharge. When it’s full, you can hold the Basic Attack button to activate [Absolution], entering Absolution state (also known as Main DPS mode). Alternatively, you can hold the Resonance Skill button to activate [Confession], entering Confession state (also known as Support mode).
In Version 2.1, we only need to use Main DPS mode. The Support mode is intended for future co-op with a new Spectro Frazzle DPS.
After Phoebe enters Main DPS mode, the upper Forte Circuit bar, called [Divine Voice], fills up to its maximum of 60 points, which are divided into two segments. While Phoebe has Divine Voice, every time she performs the third hit of her Basic Attack sequence (including enhanced Basic Attacks) or executes a dodge-counter, her next Heavy Attack consumes 15 points of Divine Voice to become a high-damage Heavy Attack called [Heavy Attack: Starflash].
If the target you hit has the Spectro Frazzle effect—indicated by the buff icon below its HP bar—this Heavy Attack: Starflash damage is further increased by 256%, which is indeed the damage boost you’re thinking of. With a total of 60 Divine Voice points, you can release up to four Starflash attacks.
If you’re in Support mode (Confession state), each Starflash consumes 30 points of Divine Voice, so you can only release it twice. However, each Starflash in this mode applies five stacks of Spectro Frazzle to the target.
Next, let’s look at Resonance Liberation and Outro Skill. In Main DPS mode, her Liberation simply deals one instance of damage and increases its multiplier by 255%, reaching a total of 1425%. For example, Rover Havoc’s ultimate has a multiplier of 1500%. The Outro Skill also deals damage with an increased multiplier.
It should be noted that Phoebe is currently the first character whose Outro Skill has animation. This means Phoebe’s Outro Skill can interrupt her own ongoing skill. Be careful not to cut off your own damage.
In Support mode (Confession state), the Liberation no longer gains a multiplier boost; instead, it can apply eight stacks of Spectro Frazzle. The encore then reduces the surrounding enemies’ diffraction resistance and adds a Deepen Buff that further enhances damage from Spectro Frazzle effects.
Character Skill Priority
Character Kit Description
Phoebe Basic Attack:
| Stage 1 DMG | 29.53% |
|---|---|
| Stage 2 DMG | 22.37% + 27.34% |
| Stage 3 DMG | 14.24%*8 |
| Heavy Attack DMG | 41.35%*4 |
| Plunging Attack DMG | 46.23%*2 |
| Dodge Counter DMG | 21.58%*8 |
| Chamuel’s Star: Dodge Counter DMG | 43.84%*6 |
| Heavy Attack STA Cost | 25 |
| Mid-air Attack STA Cost | 30 |
| Mid-Air Heavy Attack STA Cost | 20 |
Basic Attack
Perform up to 3 consecutive attacks of Holy Light, dealing Spectro DMG.
Heavy Attack
Consume STA to attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG.
Mid-air Attack
Consume STA to ride the staff and dive down from mid-air to attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG.
Mid-air Heavy Attack
Consume STA to ride on the staff for a distance.
– Can be re-cast after a Mid-Air Dodge or using Grapple.
Dodge Counter
After a successful Dodge, quickly use Basic Attack to attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG.
– When Phoebe is inside the Ring of Mirrors, Dodge Counter becomes Chamuel‘s Star: Dodge Counter.
Phoebe Resonance Skill:
| Skill DMG | 62.63%*2 |
|---|---|
| Ring of Mirrors: Reflected Holy Light DMG | 14.92%*2 |
| Chamuel’s Star: Stage 1 DMG | 59.35% |
| Chamuel’s Star: Stage 2 DMG | 39.77%*2 |
| Chamuel’s Star: Stage 3 DMG | 28.93%*6 |
| Cooldown | 12 |
Summon a Ring of Mirrors at the target location, immobilizing the hit target for 2s and dealing Spectro DMG. Using Resonance Skill again shortly after the summoning teleports Phoebe to the Ring of Mirrors’ location, dealing Spectro DMG.
Ring of Mirrors
– Ring of Mirrors lasts for 30s. When Phoebe summons a new Ring of Mirrors, the existing Ring of Mirrors disappears.
– When Phoebe is outside of the Ring of Mirrors, a Basic Attack or Dodge Counter that hits the Ring of Mirrors will refract Holy Light, which deals Spectro DMG to targets inside the Ring of Mirrors and pulls the targets hit to the center of the ring. The DMG dealt is considered Basic Attack DMG. Can be triggered once every 0.5s.
– When Phoebe is inside the Ring of Mirrors, Basic Attack becomes Basic Attack Chamuel’s Star, which performs up to 3 consecutive attacks, dealing Spectro DMG, considered Basic Attack DMG
Phoebe Resonance Liberation:
| Skill DMG | 401.60% |
|---|---|
| Cooldown | 25 |
| Resonance Cost | 125 |
| Concerto Regen | 20 |
Phoebe concentrates the light in her hands into the Mirror of Enlightenment and smashes it, dealing Spectro DMG.
– Absolution Enhancement: Increase DMG Multiplier by 255%.
– Confession Enhancement: Apply 8 stack of Spectro Frazzle to targets hit .
| Absolution Litany DMG | 638.19% |
|---|---|
| Utter Confession DMG | 187.88% |
| Heavy Attack: Starflash DMG | 82.69%*3 |
| Heavy Attack: Starflash STA Cost | 25 |
| Absolution Litany Concerto Regen | 10 |
| Utter Confession Concerto Regen | 40 |
When Phoebe’s Prayer is full, consume all Prayer to cast one of the following skills:
– Hold Basic Attack to cast Heavy Attack Absolution Litany, dealing Spectro DMG and applying 1 stack of Spectro Frazzle to the targets hit. Phoebe enters Absolution status, which allows her to deal more DMG.
– Hold Resonance Skill to cast Resonance Skill Utter Confession, dealing Spectro DMG and applying 1 stack of Spectro Frazzle to the targets hit. Phoebe enters Confession status, which allows her to better exploit Spectro Frazzle.
– Absolution and Confession cannot coexist. Entering into one will end the other.
– When Divine Voice is not at 0, Phoebe is unable to cast Heavy Attack Absolution Litany and Resonance Skill Utter Confession.
Heavy Attack: Starflash
When Phobe has Divine Voice, casting Basic Attack Stage 3 or Dodge Counter replaces the next Heavy Attack with Heavy Attack: Starflash, which deals Spectro DMG at the cost of 30 Divine Voice.
– Absolution Eehancement: Reduce the cost of Divine Voice by 15. When the targets hit have Spectro Frazzle, the skill gains 256% DMG Amplification.
– Confession Eehancement: Apply 5 stack of Spectro Frazzle to the targets hit.
Prayer
Phoebe can hold up to 120 Prayer.
Phoebe automatically gains 5 Prayer every second.
Divine Voice
Phoebe can hold up to 60 Divine Voice.
Casting Heavy AttackAbsolution Litany or Resonance Skill Utter Confession restores 60 Divine Voice.
Phoebe Passive Skills:
- Presence: Mid-air Heavy Attack can be cast 1 more time.
- Revelation: When in the Absolution status and Confession status, Spectro DMG Bonus is increased by 12%.
Phoebe Switch Skills:
- Golden Grace (Intro Skill): Knock back nearby enemies and deal Spectro DMG.
- Attentive Heart (Outro Skill): Deal Spectro DMG equal to 528.41% of Phoebe’s ATK to nearby targets.
– Absolution Enhancement: Increase DMG Multiplier by 255%.
– Confession Enhancement: Grants Silent Prayer to the Resonator on the field, reducing the Spectro DMG RES of nearby enemies by 10% and granting 100% Spectro Frazzle DMG Amplification. When the Spectro Frazzle effect deals damage to enemies, extend Spectro Frazzle’s damage-dealing cycle by 50%. This effect lasts 30s or until Phoebe switches to Absolution status.
Phoebe Stat Bonus:
- Crit DMG – 16%
- ATK% – 12%
Character Burst Rotation
- Intro Skill
- Echo Skill
- Resonance Skill
- Hold Basic Attack (cast Heavy Attack Absolution Litany to enter Absolution mode)
- Resonance Skill
- Resonance Liberation
- (Basic Attack * 3 + Heavy Attack: Starflash)* 5
- Resonance Skill
- Resonance Skill
- Switch to next character
Character Resonance Chain
S1: When in Absolution, Resonance Liberation Dawn of Enlightenment now increases DMG Multiplier by 480% instead of 255%.
When in Confession, Resonance Liberation Dawn of Enlightenment increases DMG Multiplier by 90% and applies Spectro Frazzle to the targets with the maximum stack the targets can receive.
S2: When in Absolution, DMG dealt by Outro Skills to enemies with Spectro Frazzle is Amplified by 60%.
When in Confession, Silent Prayer grants 120% more DMG Amplification for Spectro Frazzle. Heavy Attack Starflash applies 2 more stack of Spectro Frazzle on hit.
S3: Increase the DMG Multiplier of Heavy Attack Starflash is by 123%.
S4: When Basic Attack or Basic Attack Chamuel’s Starhits, the target’s Spectro RES is reduced by 10% for 30s.
S5: Casting Intro Skill Golden Grace increases Phoebe’s Spectro DMG Bonus 12% for 15s.
S6: Immobilize targets entering the Ring of Mirrors for 2s. This effect affects all targets entering the Ring of Mirrors and each generated Ring of Mirror will only affect the same target targets once.
When in Absolution or Confession, summoning a Ring of Mirrors with Resonance Skill will trigger an extra Heavy Attack Starflash at the Ring of Mirrors’ location. This Heavy Attack Starflash does not consume Divine Voice and is not considered as casting a Heavy Attack.
Character Build
Main Echo
Any Cost 3 Echo
Any Cost 3 Echo
Any Cost 1 Echo
Any Cost 1 Echo
Pick new Spectro set by default, unless your old gear has notably better Crit Rate sub-stats.
If you lack Shorekeeper and only have Verina, consider whether your old Spectro set has a 5% higher Crit Rate compared to the new Spectro set. If yes, use the old Spectro set.
For 4C Echo main stats: choose Crit DMG if your weapon already provides Crit Rate, otherwise choose Crit Rate.
Energy Regen around 120% is recommended, and focus on sub-stats in the order of Crit Rate/Crit DMG > ATK% > Heavy Attack Damage/ Bonus > ATK
Cost 4: 44% CRIT Dmg
Cost 3: 30% Spectro DMG or 30% ATK
Cost 1: 18% ATK
Sub Stats: Energy Regen (20%) > CRIT Rate (Before 60%) > CRIT DMG > ATK% > Heavy Attack DMG Bonus > ATK
Character Build
Main Weapon
Increase ATK by 12%. Dealing DMG to enemies with Spectro Frazzle gives 14% Basic Attack and 14% Heavy Attack DMG Bonus respectively, stacking up to 3 times for 6s. Casting Outro Skill Amplifies the DMG from Spectro Frazzle on enemies around the active Resonator by 50% for 30s. Effects of the same name cannot be stacked.
If we take equipping the R1 Signature Weapon as 100%:
R1 Yinlin Signature Weapon Stringmaster:
Personal boost: 99%
R1 Zhezhi Signature Weapon Rime-Draped Sprouts:
Personal boost: 96.7%
Therefore, for casual players, there is no need to pull for this Signature Weapon. Using a permanent 5-star or battle pass weapon is sufficient. If neither is available, other 4-star weapons like Ocean’s Gift or the new Waltz in Masquerade can also work.
Character Team Comp
Main DPS – Phoebe
Phoebe can be switch between Absolution mode (Main DPS) and Confession mode(Support). In this team, Phoebe is a Main DPS which mainly deals damage by Heavy Attack: Starflash.
Sub DPS – Rover (Spectro)
S6 Rover (Spectro) can reduce the Spectro Resistance of enemies, thereby increasing Phoebe’s damage. Additionally, Rover’s Forte Circuit prevents Spectro Frazzle stacks from diminishing over time.
Among all Spectro characters other than Phoebe, Rover (Spectro) is currently the only one who can trigger Spectro Frazzle.
Healer – Shorekeeper/Verina
In addition to providing the traditional 15% All DMG Deepen like other healers, Shorekeeper’s Liberation can offer continuous healing, crit rate, and crit damage, making it very powerful. The Outro Skill’s buff allows knocked-back teammates to immediately recover from the interruption.
Verina is a secondary healer that can provide Spectro DMG deepen and ATK% increase to teammates. While Verina is more comprehensive, her buff lasts longer, and she can protect a party member from fatal damage every 10 minutes.