Oracle Controller

Shaman / Wizard / Bard

Spells, sustain, and crowd control. Safe and surgical.

Tier B Score 74 Well-rounded build

The combo

Primary ShamanHealer Chain armor
Secondary BardSupport Chain armor
Tertiary WizardCaster Cloth armor

Role coverage

Tank
29%
Heal
48%
DPS
81%
Utility
90%
Not a natural D4 raider yet. To make higher-difficulty content comfortable it would want to add a tank. It can still shine at lower difficulty, for leveling, or with a well-geared player driving it.

Strengths & watch-outs

✔ Strengths
  • A dedicated healer keeps the fight sustainable more or less indefinitely.
  • Heavy damage output — fights end fast.
  • You bring a slow — the single most valuable tool against tough single targets.
  • True crowd control lets you split dangerous pulls and take on multiples.
  • Built-in travel (ports or fast evac) cuts downtime between camps.
⚠ Watch-outs
  • No natural plate tank — someone in lighter armor has to hold aggro, so pull singles and carefully.

How it plays

With no plate tank, your sturdiest body — Shaman — has to hold aggro, so open with careful single pulls. Wizard carries most of your damage; focus-fire one target down rather than spreading hits. Shaman keeps everyone standing — manage mana and you can camp indefinitely. Use your crowd control to peel adds and turn bad pulls into manageable ones.

Suggested AA focus

From your Shaman
Cannibalization — Convert HP into a large chunk of mana.
Rabid Bear — Transform into a Rabid Bear (offense boost).
From your Bard
Unbound Versatility — Cast/sing through stun.
Instrument Mastery — Improves all instrument use.
From your Wizard
Manaburn — Unresistable damage based on your current mana.
Quick Damage — 2/5/10% faster damage-spell casts.

Signature class abilities worth prioritizing. Plan the full board on the AA guide, or wire it into a saved build in the Forge.

Gear direction

This trio wears Chain and Cloth. Casters and priests want mana, their casting stat, and any focus effects. See the gear-by-class guide and weapon guide for the specifics.

Ratings are computed from each class's role weighting — the same scoring the Build Forge uses — and EverQuest Legends is new and soloable by design, so treat tiers as a starting point and confirm what works in-game. The level cap is 50.