Phoebe strikes a unique balance between complexity and ease inWuthering Waves, making her both fun and powerful to play. If you’re pulling for her, learning how to set her up, optimize her kit, and master her mechanics will help you maximize her strengths.
Best Phoebe build in Wuthering Waves
Phoebe is a highly unique character in that she has two separate stance stances that actively determine her role. She is aSpectro Main DPSwhen in herAbsolutionstance, and aSpectro Sub-DPSwhen in herConfessionstance. More on her stances shortly. Her weapon of choice is theRectifier, and she is focused on dealing ranged damage.
Before we can dive into Phoebe’s core game plan, you need to understand exactly how her rather complete kit works in conjunction with the Spectro Frazzle debuff.
Spectro Frazzle
Spectro Frazzle is a DoT (Damage over Time) status that stacks up 10 times, and a ‘tick’ will reduce that stack by one. Each ‘tick’ deals damage based on how many stacks are currently active on the target.
Phoebe’s damage, as a Main DPS, iscompletely reliant on a target having at least one Spectro Frazzle stack applied to them. This is because Phoebe’s most powerful DPS tool,Heavy Attack: Starflash, gains a walloping256% DMG Amplificationto targets afflicted with Spectro Frazzle, while she is inAbsolution stance. This is the single most important aspect of Phoebe’s kit, so remember it as I proceed. While inConfession stance, Phoebe’s Heavy Attack: Starflash, instead,applies five Spectro Frazzleto all targets hit.
Absolution Stance
Absolutionis Phoebe’s Main DPS stance, and the one she will be in for a majority of her on-field time. Phoebe can choose to enter Absolution Stance every 24 seconds byholding Heavy Attack, which allows her to cast Heavy Attack: Starflashfour times. You want all four Starflashes to land while your target has Spectro Frazzle on them. Otherwise, Phoebe’s damage will be quite poor and underwhelming. In summary:
Confession Stance
Confessionis Phoebe’s Sub-DPS stance and the one that Phoebe will not be in for most rotations. Phoebe can choose to enter Confession stance every 24 seconds byholding Skill, which allows Phoebe’s Heavy Attack: Starflash can be casttwo times, with each one applyingfive stacks of Spectro Frazzleon targets hit. Confession stance Starflashes do not deal much damage, as a result, as the point is the Spectro Frazzle application. You want to land both Starflashes so that the target(s) have the maximum amount of Spectro Frazzle stacks, which is 10. In summary:
Forte Circuit
Now that you understand Spectro Frazzle and Phoebe’s two stances, it’s time to talk about her two Forte Circuit mechanics:Divine VoiceandPrayer.
Prayeris what determines when Phoebe is allowed to enter one of her two stances. Prayer fills up over time, and when it is full, Phoebe can enter either Absolution or Confession stance. When you invoke one of her stances,it takes 24 seconds before Prayer fills back up to full, thus allowing you the option of entering one stance once more.
Divine Voiceis the second part of her Forte, and it determines how many times Phoebe can cast Heavy Attack: Starflash when in Absolution or Confession stance. Phoebe can only gain Divine Voice while:
Only after both criteria above are met will Phoebe be able to cast Heavy Attack: Starflash.
Resonance Skill
Phoebe’s Resonance Skill places a large yellow circle on the ground nearby or at a target’s location. This circle will cause enemies inside to stagnate for two seconds, preventing all movement entirely. Note that enemies moving in and out of the circle will not cause the stagnation effect. For enemies to be affected by stagnate, they must have been within the circle’s AoE at the moment of the cast. Stagnate works on bosses.
When Phoebe attacks fromoutsideof the circle and hits it, her attacks bounce off the circle’s inner edges, dealing bonus damage and grouping enemies toward the center. When Phoebe attacks fromwithinthe circle, her basic attacks deal more damage to all enemies, and her attacks and gain significantly increased AoE. Ideally,Phoebe should be within her circle as much as possibleformaximum DPSwhen attacking.
Using her Resonance Skill again following a previous cast (within 10 seconds) will allow Phoebe to teleport to the center of the circle. During the initial cast animation until the teleportation animation ends,Phoebe is impervious to all damage.
Resonance Liberation
Phoebe’s Resonance Liberation is nothing complex. She invokes a massive Spectro nuke in a big AoE around herself that deals a bunch of damage. However, the stance Phoebe is in when casting it does dramatically change its effects.
You will want to be in Absolution Stance in a majority of casesbeforeyou use Phoebe’s Resonance Liberation for maximum damage.
Absolution vs Confession Stance
Phoebe requires Spectro Frazzle to deal significant damage in Absolution stance, but she cannot apply Spectro Frazzle unless she is in Confession Stance. This means that Phoebe must open in Confession stance and, after 24 seconds, enter Absolution stance to deal her damage. This is not efficient.
Instead, have Phoebe inAbsolution Stance at all timesand pair with a teammate who can apply Spectro Frazzle. Phoebe should be paired withSpectro Rover, so that she can function effectively. This will likely change as new Resonators are released. However, Phoebe will always need a teammate who can apply Spectro Frazzle to function as a main DPS. Future characters likely will give her Confession stance a use case, but for now, just use Absolution stance.
In Summary
Phoebe’s overall rotation is as follows:
This is Phoebe’s very standard rotation every time she is thrown into the field, and what you want to adhere to as much as possible. However, if, for any reason, your enemy does not have Spectro Frazzle applied,do not continue the rotation until they do.I must stress that Phoebe’s damage is extremely poor if Spectro Frazzle is not applied to the enemy(s) she is attacking and is not worth the rotation time or Forte wasted.
Best Echoes for Phoebe in Wuthering Waves
Due to Phoebe’s reliance on Spectro Frazzle, she only has one Echo set you should use, which is tailor-made for her.
Best Weapons of Phoebe in Wuthering Waves
As a Rectifier user, Phoebe is blessed with two viable options in terms of weapon choice.
Best Team Compositions for Phoebe in Wuthering Waves
Spectro Frazzle being such a paramount part of Phoebe’s game plan means that her team compositions must fit around the constant supply and application of this debuff. However, since Phoebe gains so much damage from a target suffering from Spectro Frazzle, she does not need Outro buffs from other characters to perform well. This allows her to use unique dual DPS team comps instead of your standard Sub-DPS/Support setup.Spectro Rover, however,is non-negotiablethanks to their ability to apply Spectro Frazzle.
Phoebe, Spectro Rover, Verina
This is one of Phoebe’s strongest team comps, and it is also very inexpensive to get functioning. Phoebe is thrown out onto the field after Verina has activated her ATK % buff, and Spectro Rover has applied several stacks (ideally 10) of Spectro Frazzle. Once Phoebe is on the field, she needs to cast all four of her Starflash nukes for maximum damage. Then, simply repeat the cycle until the fight is over.
Phoebe, Spectro Rover, Any DPS
This team functions identically to the above-mentioned composition, replacing Verina’s support capabilities with simply more DPS instead. Since Phoebe is not sensitive to sub-DPS buffs that require her to stay on the field, she can very easily play in quick-swap comps with any other DPS without losing much of anything. Currently, Phoebe is the only DPS character inWuthering Waveswith this unique benefit.
Best Sequences for Phoebe in Wuthering Waves
Phoebe’s Sequences are a rather mixed bag in terms of value effectiveness. Early on, her Sequences are quite strong, adding a lot of power to her kit. However, her later Sequences focus less on damage and more on giving her strong utility, which is not really necessary inWuthering Waves’game state. However, if you’re interested in pulling a few dupes for Phoebe, here’s what each one does, and their values.
