Best elite build is a four offensive skill build all with crowd control: fire, ice, wind, time. You
will want to charge all of these skills. This leaves almost no time for "auto attack." Thus you
want the weapon that has the highest damage and thus the highest skill damage. The oracle
guns have a higher damage than even the best rod (lvl26 firesquid rod of assault). That is
why I say you should just use the gun. The only situation for which a rod if better is when
you are fighting a boss and you want the highest dps, and you are better off leaving this to
a rogue.