Talk:Sparyard of Scant Mercy/@comment-5.66.234.59-20131015052856

Combine lvl 3 Magic Bow with Great Sacrifice and the Preemptive Strike augment, plus Demons Periphats as neccessary, with only your main pawn out, and you can fire a powerful bolt that will pretty much one hit one of the drakes that you ambush that doesn't see you. Then you can run out, back in, use the Riftstone (if you can afford the 25,000 crystals, one time fee) and blast the other one.

Other than getting lucky with Cursed Dragon ambushes when using rancid bait meat, it's one of the fastest ways to Dragon Forge magic or ranger level equipment in the game.