[Oracle] Build for Compendium

[Aurican]

It doesn't have to be. The only thing you're missing on is ternion and its synergies but there are enough other skills for oracles to get by.

[Schlunz]

Cassidy, thank you a lot! You have exactly my way of thinking in terms of feasibility and of putting together Oracles

I'm Lv. 44 and in Epic Orient now and just read your guide for a new idea or two and to see if I was accidentally missing some major improvement with my character - the Dark Covenant/Unearthly Power idea is great. I neglected it so far, because I thought we have so little HP anyway, but you're right with the +% lightning, of course.

@mbiesheuvel:
Wow, an Oracle with a sword! Try a lighning staff with up to 110 lightning damage and +% lightning damage - every dealer has it, just try once or twice. You can buy it, exchange it with your sword, look at the DPS/average damage - and trade it back without losing money if you don't like the result. Just so you see how much damage you're missing right now

[mbiesheuvel]

Pff yesterday I had the first real fight. In epic I came by Talos, Giant Automatoi. With my sword I could't destroy him so I took a staff. After dying 10!! times I destroyed him by luck. I've lost a whole lot of experience but he was destroyed jeej!

@ Schlunz:
I shall look for such a staff. But I'm finding it hard killing every one with the staff before reaching me. I now have a ... wratch (don't know it well cause i'm on work now) which has 79-100 damage and 100~160 poison damage in 6 secs. It worked until the Talos so I'm still satisfied with it. I have always 50 healt potions in stock but still I get killed a lot. 70 times in total since I started the game. My hp is now 2000+ so thats ok I think.

But I will report here my findings about the staff .

[whiteman]

With my Oracle I'm doing much easier against bosses compared to my Sage. I use Squall and Thunderball as well as chain lightning. The staff only gets used for single shots from time to time. Against bosses its suicide to not dodge their special attacks. If you have mega resists (all 80) it's another story.

[evul]

I've just made a new char based on your guide, and I have to say that she "burns" thru every act/boss/ mob so fast and easy, that it's not even funny ;D

I didn't mule any starting items for her, she only uses what she found by now.
I''ve just started normal Egypt, and she found Spectral rod whic is cold based staff, but allows her dps to reach 250 range, which is more than awesome for a lvl 20 character - monsters actually FLY when they get hit.
even though she is based on lighning dmg, and all skills/ synergies boost lightning type of damage, she literally "PWNS" everything with cold (not even synergised)

I only hope it remains like this untill legendary :P

[Pascal]

Calm down :P You will have problems on legendary, trust me. I am actually in legendary Egypt and those black demons on kind of hyena make me lot of troubles. I am a berserk -> I have enormous high DPS and unbelievly low hp. Oracle dies very fast and you have to be alert if you don't wanna eat dirt.

P.S
Tell me which character has difficulties on normal ? For me normal is kind of tutorial...

[evul]

I've managed to finish legendary typhon (last friday) without even dying once, and he had a lot harder time even in normal - thats why I got so excited :P

[Cassidy]

Pff yesterday I had the first real fight. In epic I came by Talos, Giant Automatoi. With my sword I could't destroy him so I took a staff. After dying 10!! times I destroyed him by luck. I've lost a whole lot of experience but he was destroyed jeej!

Talos is a downright b*stard, but he's been calmed down somewhat in 1.20 it seems. Now Manticore for instance...

[Solvent]

Just wondering, is ternion still worthwhile in v1.20?

[Aurican]

IMHO it still is. Although it is nerfed quite a bit and a lot of people are complaining about it, I don't think it's useless at all. pre 1.20 it was just way overpowered. I must say that it would be nice if the elemantal damage penalty would be a bit less but I'm still killing just fine with it. The three beams and AoE still work wonders especially with my -of devouring staff in combination with large groups.