Persona 5: The Phantom X – Best Oracle/Futaba build, team comp, and Revelation Cards

Oracle is another member of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts to join the P5X roster from Persona 5, and like most of the other Thieves, she is one of the best units to be added to the game so far. Oracle is to original Navi unit, and her abilities in P5X are second to none. She’s one of those characters that – if you’re a free-to-play player who’s been saving up your currency for the right character – you should seriously consider splurging on.

Here’s a full breakdown of everything you need to know for the best Oracle build to get the most out of her incredible abilities.

All Oracle skills and abilities in P5X

Necronomicon Skills

• Pentest Complete! – For 3 turns, decrease all foes’ Defense by 6%. Decrease Defense by 0.53% more for every 100 points of Futaba’s Attack. When foes with this Defense decrease take weakness damage, multiply he effect by 2. If Futaba’s Analysis progress is at 100%, also grant Data Storm to all allies for 2 turns.
• Vulnerability Found! – For 3 turns, increase 1 foe’s Damage Taken by 6%. Increase Damage Taken by 0.57% more for every 100 points of Futaba’s Attack. When an ally deals damage with a skill, Resonance, or Highlight to foes inflicted with this effect, gain 20% Analysis Progress. If Futaba’s Analysis Progress is at 100%, also grant Data Storm to all allies for 2 turns.
• Data Link Established! – Usable when allies have Data Storm. For 2 turns, increase 1 ally’s Attack by 226. Increase Attack by 21.7 more for every 100 points of Futaba’s Attack. Inflict Virus on all foes for 1 turn, based on the targeted ally’s attribute.
• Stat Boost (Passive) – Increase party’s stats by 20% of Futaba’s stats.

Hidden Abilities

• Programming Pro – At the start of battle, Futaba gains 100% to her Analysis Progress.
• Rootkit – When Data Storm is active, grant all allies a shield equal to 30% of Futaba’s Attack for 3 turns.

Awareness levels and abilities

• A1: Payload Optimization – When Futaba’s Analysis Progress reaches 100% or when Data Storm is active, increase allies’ critical rate by 12%.
• A2: Storage Redundancy – When an ally attacks a foe that has been debuffed by Futaba, increase Attack by 25%. Also, if any ally takes damage that would KO them, survive the attack with HP, and grant a shield to all allies for 3 turns equal to 20% of Futaba’s attack (once per battle).
• A3: Elegant Code – Increase the skill level of Data Link Established! and Vulnerability Found! by 3.
• A4: Zero-Day Exploit – When an ally uses a Highlight, Futaba gains 1 Security Flaw stack. Stacks up to 2 times. When Futaba uses Pentest Complete! or Vulnerability Found!, spend all Security Flaw stacks to increase the effect by 8% per stack.
• A5: Master Codebreaker – Increase the skill level of Pentest Complete! by 3.
• A6: Wizard-Level Hacker – When Futaba uses Data Link Established!, target all allies, and also inflict Virus on all foes corresponding to an ally’s attribute. Increase the duration of Data Storm to 3 turns, and increase allies’ weakness damage by 10%. And damage dealt by 25%.

What do Data Storm and Virus do?

What makes Oracle such an incredible unit is her ability to inflict new weaknesses upon enemies while enhancing the damage they take from their existing weaknesses. She does this by building up her Analysis progress, which builds by 5% for every ally action, or 20% if you’ve used Vulnerability Found!

Using Pentest Complete! or Vulnerability Found! while Oracle’s at 100% Analysis progress, it will set up Data Storm, which increases allies’ attack by 20%, or 40% if targeting a weakness. That’s just one part of it though, as while Data Storm is active, Oracle can use Data Link Established! to inflict Virus.

Virus is the ace up Oracle’s sleeve. Firstly, any elements that the foe has Null, Repel, or Drain for will switch to Resist. Then, any Resist elements become Neutral, and Neutral elements become Weaknesses. The real kick is the final effect though, which is that any elements that are already a Weakness for that foe will have their damage taken enhanced by 25%, meaning if you’re taking on powerful late-game bosses with only one or two weaknesses, you can absolutely pummel them with the right DPS units.

How to use Oracle in P5X

Use Pentest Complete! first

Assuming you’ve gotten Oracle to at least Level 70, then Futaba will start every battle with 100% Analysis progress, so you can use this skill as soon as she’s available to give foes a big Defense debuff while activating Data Storm.

Use Data Link Established! while Data Storm is active

Data Storm lasts for two full turns, and both of Oracle’s other skills give her a Navi cooldown of four actions, which means that – save for any shenanigans from the enemy – you’ll definitely be able to use Oracle again while Data Storm is still active, so make sure you use Data Link Established! to get Virus onto the field and activate those weaknesses.

Target foes’ existing weaknesses for maximum damage

While there will be certain foes that have no weaknesses for you to pummel with Virus, for the majority of enemies, you should still be targeting their existing weaknesses, even after Virus is active, as you’ll get a 25% damage boost when targeting those elements. This is how Oracle turns your team from a set of powerful DPSs to a veritable Shadow-meat grinder.

Best team composition for Oracle in P5X

Part of what makes Oracle such a top-tier unit is that it works with any team. It really doesn’t matter who you’re facing or what sort of setup you’re going for; Oracle enhances your party’s usability in any situation. Just make sure that you bring one or two powerful DPS units of the element your foes are weak to into each fight, and that’s how Oracle will bring the most damage out of the party. 

If you can bring a party together that uses some of the amazing 5-star DPS units like Joker or Queen, an attack-buffing support like Chord, and then tack Oracle onto that, you’ll be virtually unstoppable.

Best weapon for Oracle in P5X

The progression for weapons in this game is pretty simple: the more stars a weapon has, the better it is both in terms of stats and its abilities, so you should always try to pull the best weapon possible when building a character. Here are the stats and effects of all of Oracle’s weapons:

• Laptop (2-Star) – HP 90; ATK 30; DEF 16 – Increase Attack by 11.3%.
• High-Spec Laptop (3-Star) – HP 108; ATK 36; DEF 19 – When an ally deals weakness damage, increase Futaba’s Attack by 15%. This effect can stack up to 2 times.
• Cyberdeck Pro (4-Star) – HP 144; ATK 48; DEF 25 – Increase Attack by 12%. After inflicting Virus on a foe, increase the target’s Damage Taker by 10% for 2 turns.
• Technomage Ultra FS (5-Star) – Increase Attack by 30%. When an ally deals weakness damage, increase the ally’s Attack by 10% for 2 turns. After Futaba inflicts a debuff with a skill, increase the foe’s Critical Damage Taken by 7.6% for 3 turns. This effect can stack up to 2 times.

Best Revelation Cards for Oracle in P5X

There are now a couple of Revelation sets that specifically buff Navi unis – or Elucidators, as the text calls them. Out of those, the best pairing for Oracle is Labor & Resolve. Labor’s 4-set buff is the important one, giving an 8% buff to the party’s Max HP, Attack, and Defense when on a Navi. When combined with Resolve, foes will have their Defense reduced by 10% whenever Oracle inflicts a debuff on them, which is what all her skills do. It’s the perfect way to compound what Oracle already does best.