Shillien Oracle guide

Shillien Oracle is a support class that features an impressive M.Atk buff called Empower and naturally high INT. While not as powerful as a Wizard, it still makes sense for a Shilien Oracle to have a high M.Atk weapon available for solo and small-group attack support.

Get at least 1 level of Light Armor Mastery and Robe Mastery, regardless of what kind of armor you have. This will make you more flexible when trying to come up with the right combination of P.Def (light armor) and Max MP/MP regeneration (robes). There's no penalty in mixing light and robe armor when you have at least one level of masteries in both.

Use one of the hotkey panels (Alt-Fn) for just buffs. All buffs last 20 minutes, and it will be easiest to buff your entire party all together, instead of having party members ask you when they run out. Buff yourself first, and when your buffs start flashing, tell the party to rest after the next monster. That should keep everyone fully buffed.

Don't cast buffs on anyone unless you are sure that they are not in the middle of a battle. Monsters are aware of buff spells and will turn on the Mystic casting the buff, even if they have been battling another player for some time.

Be aware of the basic class of your party members — cast attack buffs on the Fighters and magic buffs on the Mystics, rather than every buff on everybody.

Try to keep your party members with almost full HP, instead of waiting for them to be near death and saving them. You can't predict when a monster will score a critical hit. Also, don't heal too early, or you will waste the full MP cost of the heal for only a partial effect. Healing more than max HP loses that HP.

Be aware of your party member's HP, or at.

least their level. This gives you an idea of how much total HP they have and allow you to gauge when one heal would restore them to almost full.

It is not uncommon to charge a fee for buffs. In Chronicle 1, Level 30 Oracles have been known to charge 2,000 adena for their buffs.

Recharge is an excellent buff for bow users, like Elven Scouts, Assassins and Rogues. It also helps Dwarves make items faster. Be sure to take advantage of opportunities to hunt or make money with these classes using Recharge.

Disrupt Undead is your most powerful attack spell, but it only works on the undead. There are undead monsters for just about all levels — seek those out and hunt them for most efficient XP gain. Purchase spiritshots if you wish to gain more experience in exchange for lower adena gain.

When in a party, save your MP for healing and use your weapon to score melee hits for supporting damage. It will look like you are just watching and not contributing, but your heals help the party last significantly longer than they could without you.