PhoebeBuild and Guide

Phoebe is a 5-star Spectro Rectifier DPS and Hybrid character who relies upon or applies Spectro Frazzle in order to deal damage or enable/boost the damage of teammates. She’s characterized by her two different modes allowing for two different playstyles: “Absolution” and “Confession”. In Absolution mode, Phoebe acts as the Main DPS of the team, able to dish out lots of damage on her own as long as Spectro Frazzle is applied on enemies. In Confession mode, Phoebe is instead a secondary character much like Sanhua or Mortefi who will amplify the Spectro Frazzle DMG of other characters on your team. She also applies the most Spectro Frazzle of any character in the game, and can reduce the Spectro RES of enemies to further increase Spectro damage of your Main DPS. Generally speaking, her attacks feature good AoE and even grouping, making her suited to handling several enemies at once if required.

Accessing either Absolution or Confession state is done via consuming one of her Forte bars called “Prayer”. Entering either state gives Phoebe 12% Spectro DMG Bonus. 120 Prayer which restores in 24 seconds total at a rate of 5 per second - all of Phoebe’s rotations will operate on this cooldown. Absolution is entered via casting a Heavy Attack with full Prayer, called “Absolution Litany”. Confession is entered via holding down Resonance Skill with full Prayer which performs a Resonance Skill called “Utter Confession”. Casting either of these attacks restore Phoebe’s second Forte bar, called “Divine Voice” which she restores the full 60 points of. These points will be consumed to cast her special Heavy Attacks, called “Starflash”, which can only be executed after Basic Attack 3 or a Dodge Counter, and have different effects depending on Phoebe’s state:

• In Absolution mode, Phoebe deals gains 256% Heavy ATK DMG Amplify on Starflash and they consume 15 Divine Voice (4 per rotation);

• In Confession mode, Phoebe applies 5 stacks of Spectro Frazzle to any enemies hit by Starflash and they consume 30 Divine Voice (2 per rotation).

Phoebe’s regular Basic Attacks can be ignored, however they get enhanced once her base Resonance Skill is activated: it summons a special zone called “Ring of Mirrors” at the skill’s target location for 30 seconds. Summoning this ring freezes any targets hit in place for 2 seconds, and allows her to cast her Resonance Skill again shortly after to teleport in its center. While standing outside of this Ring of Mirrors, her Basic Attacks will group enemies in its center along with a small extra attack. While standing inside of it, her Basic Attacks deal much more significant damage, roughly double the typical amount. This is unchanged whether Phoebe is in Absolution or Confession mode.

Other abilities affected by whether Phoebe is in Absolution or Confession include her Ultimate, which has a 255% multiplier increase in Absolution and applies 8 stacks of Spectro Frazzle to targets hit in Confession. Lastly, her Outro also gets a 255% multiplier increase in Absolution mode, and in Confession mode it gives the on-field character an effect called “Silent Prayer” for 30s, during which the Spectro RES of nearby targets is reduced by 10% and the character gets 100% Spectro Frazzle DMG Amplify. 

With all of this explained, we can conclude that typically Phoebe’s rotation will have you execute her Resonance Skill to summon the Ring of Mirrors, then enter either state depending on your team before casting your Ultimate (you can also cancel the animation of Absolution Litany or Utter Confession using this Ultimate for lower field time), after which you should enter the Ring of Mirrors to either do 3 Basic Attacks then Starflash, or a Dodge Counter then Starflash a total of 2 to 4 times depending on your state. After all of these actions are performed, Phoebe is ready to cast her Outro to either deal the rest of her damage or apply all of her buffs.

It should be easy to tell by the fact that Phoebe has 2 completely different modes of operation that she’s a very flexible character. You’d be correct to assume this — however Phoebe does have the restriction of being tied to Spectro Frazzle team compositions, whether that’s because she buffs that type of damage or because she relies on Spectro Frazzle to deal damage. But beyond that restriction, Phoebe slots in any Spectro Frazzle team very well, whether that’s as a Spectro Frazzle Main DPS or a Hybrid Spectro Frazzle buffer. Generally speaking, Phoebe has lots of teammates to work with featuring two different playstyles, so feel free to play whatever’s most comfortable or available for you.

Phoebe has a few weaknesses to take note of, beyond being simply tied to Spectro Frazzle. In Absolution mode, she needs Spectro Frazzle to be present on the enemies themselves — you’d be correct to assume you need to re-apply Spectro Frazzle to any new enemies than spawn in, otherwise Phoebe will deal very little damage (as her Starflash damage will be equivalent to her Confession state). This causes problems in content such as Whimpering Wastes. In Confession Mode, her team options are very scarce; right now she’s exclusively tied to Zani, as that is the only Main DPS who can take advantage of Confession Phoebe’s Spectro Frazzle buffs.

Outside of that however, Phoebe is first of all a very potent, flexible character who’s able to act both as a potent Main DPS with high and consistent damage output, but also as a buffer to Spectro Frazzle damage if you own a character who benefits from that (only Zani currently). This gives her a lot of value as even though her Confession Hybrid teams are very restrictive, her Absolution DPS team compositions are flexible and F2P-friendly, as they function just fine with a character like Spectro Rover to take her damage as high as can be.

In conclusion, Phoebe is a character who’s not only able to act as two different roles, filling two different meta niches and having two different playstyles, but she’s also able to act very effectively at both of these roles. Overall, Phoebe can be exploited well by every player, and yield good results as her performance in either Absolution or Confession mode is felt on every team she’s functional in. This gives her a very unique but also solid presence in the Wuthering Waves meta.