User blog comment:LivesByProxy/Oracle, the World's Witness/@comment-24385282-20160324130354/@comment-24385282-20160325015715

By beam, my mind was going to the projectile of  after it splits apart. Apparently "energy bolt" would have been the more accurate word. The image of the bolt in my head somewhat resembled this bow + arrow combined, but with the icon's color scheme and a much larger "tail" of light. Also, there would be no actual bow or arrow; that's just the general shape I'm trying to convey.

The way I envision this happening is Oracle selects a target for Hypgnosis, then channels for <1 second, and fires an energy bolt. The camera then zooms in so the energy bolt is in one corner/side of the screen while her target is in the opposite. As the two move closer or further apart, the camera zooms in or out. The energy bolt will follow Oracle's cursor at (or it will move towards the direction of the most recent E + RMB, perhaps) and a set turning speed.

After 1) X seconds have passed 2) the enemy moves X units away from Oracle or 3), the energy bolt fizzles out and the camera snaps back to Oracle at whatever her zoom setting was. If , it stuns them for X seconds and deals X true damage.

It's also possible that she sort of...astral projects herself in the energy bolt. I figured it would be too unfair to leave her so vulnerable when using her only damaging spell, I thought this sort of fit her psychic theme. Another possibility would be that she enters or simply takes reduced damage while she takes over the task of guiding the energy bolt.

That's what I took from Will's description of "Having Oracle seek out her target in order to damage and stun them could probably lead to some interesting cat-and-mouse gameplay."

Hope this the  I was having.