Love my Oracle, but ...

[TheCiscoKid]

Maybe it's just me because I'm a new player, but jeez the expansion was very very hard for my Oracle. She has decent DPS about 760 and was about level 40 when she got to Hades Palace. I died zero times throughout the entire game, but then got CRUSHED 17 friggen times in Hades Palace by some yellow Dactyl mob and the flying queen thingy before Hades chamber. I mean it was ridiculous how quick these mobs killed me..oh and that darn Albino spider got me bad too. I'm hoping epic will be much more fun. Does the Lich King get better...how about the Outsider? My Outsider was getting one shotted by mobs!

Here's my build so far - TitanCalc by stonedonkey - A Titan Quest Calculator - Oracle (http://www.titancalc.com/TitanCalc.asp?mastery=Oracle&master1=2&master2=8&sa=7&m1=32-1-0-8-0-0-0-0-0-8-0-3-0-0-2-0-6-0-1-1-0-0&m2=21-0-10-0-1-8-0-0-12-0-0-0-6-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)

I'm really debating shelving this chracter for a bit and moving onto something that can take serious hits lol.

[Uzael]

First off, Dactyl is by far the most dangerous mob in the game. Much tougher than any boss but also a rare spawn.

I've heard spell breaker with it's synergy skill works well on it, so it won't use his wave ability.

Also, pets in normal are pretty weak, but in epic become much stronger.

[dostyvesky]

The Dactyl and the other hero you are talking about were two of the hardest enemies for my Oracle on Normal. I struggled with them both. Both pets get much better in Epic. If fact you will probably find Epic Greece and Egypt a breeze, so I wouldn't shelve her yet. In Epic, the Outsider and Lich are a killing machine. They took out Epic Typhon in less than one minute with almost no help from me. Same with an Epic Dactyl - I ran into one and he was dead in a few seconds - I couldn't believe it.

Having said all that, I did hit a wall in Act III Epic when I was dying a lot against Dragonians so I shelved him a while and played another character. In the meantime, I got some nice gear that I passed along. I started playing him again recently, with the good gear, and I'm now in Act II Legendary cruising along easily.

Outsider and Liche are the ultimate boss killers. The three of us kill the Hydra in about 10 or 15 seconds.

My only advice on your build is to max Ternon and Aracane Lore ASAP. I would consider taking 5 out of Storm Nimbus and 2 out of Wraith Shell to put into those. For next priorities, I would put a few more points into Thunderball and the synergy and try and get Eye of the Storm soon.

Good luck.