Need AA help

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I was actually asking about inferno shot as compared to shattermantle or dispelling shot. They both cost less SP and do +1[W] damage at a given rank, which seems better to me than a couple points of fire DoT.

I didn't think grace stacked with bow strength, just wanted to see if I could dump STR once I'm high enough level. Looks like not, though. I wonder if you can add dex to damage for bows without having bow STR at all.

I've had good mileage out of using both inferno and dispelling shot and alternating between the two. Personally I favour dispelling shot over shattermantle because I consider it more widely useful - you face far, far more magic-users than magic-resisters. That said, I'd still use dispelling shot on mobs that had no buffs simply for a few extra dmg dice, but my build had spell points to spare.

On the spell point front, getting all the Energy of the Wild enhancements will give you the Magical Training feat, and hence Echoes of Power, which should give just enough top-up spell points to get off another shot even when running on empty. Combining this with the Soul Magic enhancement will make things much easier.