Phaedra

Human Mage, level 60
Player: Soraia
Server: Stormrage
Current build
Phaedra's wish list

Current Gear

I'm the middle of updating this. This could take a while. -- 09 Feb 2006, CAE

Location	Normal Gear	Stamina Gear	Fire Resist Gear	Situational Gear
Head	Arcanist Crown		Wizardweave Turban	Arcane Resist: Wizardweave Turban
Neck	Tempest Talisman	Stormpike Sage's Pendant	Drakefire Amulet or Elder Magus Pendant	Nature Resist: Nature's Whisper
Shoulders	Burial Shawl (with +5 fire resist enchant)	Necropile Mantle	Burial Shawl (with +5 fire resist enchant)	N/A
Cloak	Stormpike Sage's Cloak	Sergeant's Cape	Mageflame Cloak (with +7 fire resist enchant)	Arcane Resist: Bloodmoon Cloak Fire Damage: Archivist Cape of Fiery Wrath Frost Resist: Fluctuating Cloak of Frost Resistance Mana Regen: Archivist Cape of Intellect
Chest	Robe of the Archmage (with +100 health enchant)	Mindsurge Robe (with +100 health enchant)	Wizardweave Robe (with +100 health enchant)	Arcane Resist: Wizardweave Robe (with +100 health enchant) Frost Resist: Coldtouch Phantom Wraps
Wrists	Zandalar Illusionist's Wraps (with +7 Stamina enchant)			N/A
Gloves	Bloodtinged Gloves			Additional Spell Crit: Gordok Handwraps Shadow Resist: Shadowy Laced Handwraps
Waist	Stormpike Cloth Girdle			N/A
Legs	Skyshroud Leggings	Cenarion Reservist Pants	Wizardweave Leggings	Arcane Resist: Wizardweave Leggings Nature Resist: Cenarion Reservist Pants
Feet	Bloodvine Boots		Fire Striders	Fire Damage: Fire Striders
Ring	Frigid Ring or Zanzil's Band	Blood of the Martyr	Frigid Ring or Zanzil's Band	Fire Damage: Flaming Band of the Eagle
Ring	Band of Rumination	Flaming Band of the Eagle	Band of Rumination	More Damage: Songstone of Ironforge
Trinket	Eye of the Beast		Ward of Elements	All Resists: Ward of Elements
Trinket	Nat Pagle's Broken Reel or Royal Seal of Eldre'Thalas		Royal Seal of Eldre'Thalas	Against undead: Rune of the Dawn
Weapon	Trindlehaven Staff (with +22 Intellect enchant)		Gift of the Elven Magi (with +22 Intellect enchant)	One-hand Weapon: Gift of the Elven Magi (with +22 Intellect enchant)
Off-hand	N/A		Magebane Scion	Arcane/Frost Resist: Magebane Scion
Wand	Dragon Finger of Frozen Wrath	Stormrager	Dragon Finger of Frozen Wrath	Frost Resist: Banshee Finger Shadow Resist: Serpentine Skuller

Enchanting Formulas

(Rare or dropped formulas for now)

Boots
Enchant Boots - Greater Agility (+7 Agi)
Enchant Boots - Greater Stamina (+7 Sta)
Enchant Boots - Spirit (+5 Spi)

Bracers
Enchant Bracer - Greater Intellect (+7 Int)
Enchant Bracer - Greater Spirit (+7 Spi)
Enchant Bracer - Greater Stamina (+7 Sta)
Enchant Bracer - Lesser Strength (+3 Str)
Enchant Bracer - Mana Regeneration (4 mana/5 sec)
Enchant Bracer - Minor Spirit (+1 Spi)
Enchant Bracer - Minor Strength (+1 Str)
Enchant Bracer - Superior Spirit (+9 Sta)
Enchant Bracer - Superior Stamina (+9 Sta)
Enchant Bracer - Superior Strength (+9 Str)

Chest
Enchant Chest - Minor Mana (+5 mana)

Cloak
Enchant Cloak - Lesser Agility (+3 Agi)
Enchant Cloak - Lesser Shadow Resistance (+10 Shadow Resistance)
Enchant Cloak - Minor Agility (+1 Agi)

Gloves
Enchant Gloves - Advanced Mining (+10 Mining)
Enchant Gloves - Fishing (+2 Fishing)
Enchant Gloves - Greater Agility (+7 Agi)
Enchant Gloves - Mining (+5 Mining)
Enchant Gloves - Skinning (+5 Skinning)

Shield
Enchant Shield - Stamina (+5 Stamina)

Weapon
Enchant Weapon - Agility (+15 Agi)
Enchant Weapon - Demonslaying
Enchant Weapon - Icy Chill
Enchant Weapon - Lesser Beastslayer
Enchant Weapon - Lesser Elemental Slayer
Enchant Weapon - Mighty Spirit (+20 Spi)
Enchant Weapon - Minor Beastslayer
Encahnt Weapon - Strength (+15 Str)

Weapon, Two-Handed
Enchant 2H Weapon - Lesser Spirit (+3 Spi)
Enchant 2H Weapon - Superior Spirit (+9 Spi)

Other
Smoking Heart of the Mountain

Tailoring Patterns

(rare or dropped patterns for now)

Chest
Brightcloth Robe
Felcloth Robe
Flarecore Robe
Frostweave Robe
Frostweave Tunic
Ghostweave Vest
Gray Woolen Robe
Red Linen Robe
Red Linen Vest
Red Mageweave Vest
Runecloth Tunic
Wizardweave Robe

Cloak
Brightcloth Cloak
Cindercloth Cloak
Heavy Woolen Cloak

Feet
Argent Boots
Mooncloth Boots
Red Woolen Boots
Spider Silk Slippers

Hands
Flarecore Gloves
Frostweave Gloves
Ghostweave Gloves
Phoenix Gloves
Red Mageweave Gloves

Head
Felcloth Hood
Wizardweave Turban
Red Mageweave Headband
Runecloth Headband
White Bandit Mask

Legs
Brightcloth Pants
Cindercloth Pants
Frostweave Pants
Red Mageweave Pants
Wizardweave Leggings

Shoulders
Crimson Silk Shoulders
Felcloth Shoulders
Flarecore Mantle
Red Mageweave Shoulders
Runecloth Shoulders

Waist
Ghostweave Belt
Spider Belt
Wisdom of the Timbermaw

Bags
Black Silk Pack
Mooncloth Bag

Shirts
Stylish Blue Shirt

Other
Gordok Ogre Suit

Faction Reputation

Alliance
Darnassus	Honored
Gnomeregan Exiles	Honored
Ironforge	Honored
Stormwind	Revered
Steamwheedle Cartel
Booty Bay	Friendly
Everlook	Friendly
Gadgetzan	Friendly
Ratchet	Friendly
Other Factions
Argent Dawn	Revered
Cenarion Circle	Friendly
Hydraxian Waterlords	Honored
Thorium Brotherhood	Revered
Timbermaw Furbolgs	Honored
Wildhammer Clan	Friendly
Zandalar Tribe	Friendly

Projects

Materials for Belt of the Archmage

Don't have the pattern here. However, Kateley can make it should I not get the pattern by then.

Type	Have	Need
Essence of Fire	0	12
Essence of Water	0	12

Collection for Orb of the Darkmoon

Should I ever get there...

Type	Have	Need
Darkmoon Tickets	429	1200

Magister's Regalia Collection

Piece	Binding	Have?	Where Found
Belt (waist)	BoE	Yes	Crimson Battlemage, Stratholme (Scarlet-side) Spirestone Mystic, Lower Blackrock Spire Thuzadin Necromancer, Stratholme (Undead-side) Thuzadin Shadowcaster, Stratholme (Undead-side)
Bindings (wrist)	BoE	No	Bloodaxe Evoker, LBRS Firebrand Invoker, LBRS Firebrand Pyromancer, LBRS Rage Talon Fire Tongue, UBRS Scarshield Spellbinder, LBRS
Boots (feet)	BoP	No	Postmaster Malown, Stratholme
Crown (head)	BoP	No	Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance
Gloves (hands)	BoE	Yes	Doctor Theolen Krastinov, Scholomance Scholomance Adept, Scholomance
Leggings (legs)	BoP	No	Baron Riverdare, Stratholme (Undead-side)
Mantle (shoulders)	BoP	No	Ras Frostwhisper, Scholomance
Robe (chest)	BoP	No	General Drakkisath, UBRS

The Postmaster Set Collection

Piece	Have?
Band (head)	No
Seal (finger)	No
Treads (feet)	No
Trousers (legs)	No
Tunic (chest)	Yes

Completed Projects

Thorium Brotherhood Reputation

This project was completed on 10 December 2005.

In the process of farming the coin to purchase the Dark Iron Ore required, Phaedra reached Honored with the Timbermaw furbolgs. The Deadwood furbolgs at Felpaw Village were particularly kind to her since they dropped a Libram of Resilience near the beginning of the project (sold to Cybitar for 85g) and dropped a Glowing Brightwood Staff later on (sold on the auction house for 800g). The coin from auctioning the staff paid for most of the rest of the Dark Iron Ore needed at that point.

The final turnin of 1,010 ore was done on 10 December with help from Starkos of House Harpell and Ranavalona, Sevanna, Tuftears, and Verrfrey of The Basin. Obligatory screenshot

Materials for Robe of the Archmage

This project was completed on 28 January 2006.

I originally won the pattern on one of martini's instance runs. That was an insane run for me since I got the pattern, Skyshroud Leggings from Omokk, and Trindlehaven Staff from Wyrmthalak. I felt bad about it afterwards.

Farming elementals for essences is not too much unlike, say, farming furbolgs. For me, the water elementals are the hardest since they can't be kited with frost. I farmed most of the essences myself with a decent number of donations at the end from Sevanna, Verrfrey, and Sangochan.

It may be somewhat ironic that Robe of Volatile Power dropped the next day. Luckily (or unluckily), someone else bid on the robe and let me keep wearing my new shiny blue robe.

Discussion

Phaedra's primary role is PvE grinding and, more recently, group DPS and crowd control. Her DPS and endurance are higher than Astraea's, allowing her to go through mobs faster although her survivability might be lower. Originally spec'd a full 31 Arcane with points in Fire, her spec was changed to primarily Frost as a way to learn kiting. It seems to have worked well. The first respec was intended to be 30 Frost/21 Arcane with Presence of Mind. Seeing as how Presence of Mind was never used, switching to 33 Frost/18 Arcane made the most sense. Participating in PvP may result in a respec back to Presence of Mind if experience shows that it is necessary.

I do not know how well this build will work in PvP. I have yet to try this. Since her gear is primarily +damage or +spell crit oriented, she may have enough burst damage to kill an assailant before they get her.

Phaedra is named after my character in an Amber campaign long ago. The name itself is from Some Velvet Morning, a duet between Nancy Sinatra and some guy whose name I can't remember. (I was aware that the name was Greek and had a place in Greek culture/mythology but did not discover what it actually was until recently.)

Her in-game RP concept is that she is a survivor of Dalaran who was still an apprentice when it was attacked. She was shipped off to Stormwind to finish her training by her master who has not been seen since the Scourge's attack.