Phaedra

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

Current Gear

Head	Crown of the Ogre King or Chief Architect's Monocle
Neck	Tempest Talisman or Archlight Talisman
Shoulders	Elder Wizard's Mantle
Cloak	Amplifying Cloak (with +70 armor enchant) or Archivist Cape of Fiery Wrath
Chest	Robe of Everlasting Night
Wrists	Shizzle's Nozzle Wipers (with +7 Intellect enchant) or Orphic Bracers (with +7 Stamina enchant)
Gloves	Abyssal Cloth Handwraps of Sorcery
Waist	Abyssal Cloth Sash of Sorcery
Legs	Skyshroud Leggings
Feet	Highborne Footpads or Fire Striders
Ring	Frigid Ring
Ring	Blood of the Martyr
Trinket	Royal Seal of Eldre'Thalas
Trinket	Mark of Resolution or Rune of the Dawn
Weapon	Stoneflower Staff or Trindlehaven Staff (with Lesser Elemental Slayer enchant)
Wand	Stormrager

Notes:

• Crown of the Ogre King, Tempest Talisman and Stoneflower Staff are +spell crit gear and are therefore not a good idea in most groups so they are swapped out in favor of gear with higher Intellect bonuses.

• The second trinket slot uses the Rune of the Dawn only when hunting in the Plaguelands or facing undead mobs.

• Fire Striders and Archivist Cape of Fiery Wrath are preferred in situations I will be facing mobs that Frostbolt is not efficient for, e.g. frost-immune mobs, chill-immune mobs, or ranged mobs. (I.e. anything I can't kite.)

• Archivist Cape of Fiery Wrath is also preferred for the mana regen during times where there will be little downtime for drinking.

• Orphic Bracers is an experiment in AE efficiency. The additional arcane damage does not seem to add much thus far (as expected).

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 - 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)

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	Honored
Cenarion Circle	Neutral
Hydraxian Waterlords	Neutral
Thorium Brotherhood	Honored
Timbermaw Furbolgs	Honored
Wildhammer Clan	Friendly

Projects

Thorium Brotherhood Reputation

Status on getting to Revered with Thorium Brotherhood:

Total ore needed	2190
Ore turned in	1180
Ore yet to turn in	385

Materials for Robe of the Archmage

Have the pattern, just need the essences now.

Type	Have	Need
Essence of Air	1	10
Essence of Earth	1	10
Essence of Fire	4	10
Essence of Water	8	10

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
Evil Bat Eyes	1	600

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	No	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

Discussion

Phaedra's primary role is PvE grinding. Her DPS and endurance are higher than Astraea's, allowing her to go through mobs faster. 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.

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.