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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9460485" data-attributes="member: 7030563">Yeah this is a huge benefit.  You use it AFTER you hit and it does not use a bonus action.  You can also crit fish with it.It is also more damage at level.It is not the cat's meow but at mid-to-high level it is better than HM.  The reason is you usually have something better than HM (or FF) to concentrate on.  On the relatively rare occasions when that is not the case you squeeze off a use of Favored Foe or 3, without using a bonus action, between the better spells that are going to be bread and butter concentration.Also Bonus actions are relatively valuable on a Ranger.  At high level it is competing with Nature's Viel and at all levels it is competing with two-weapon fighting.  Even if you are comparing it to other 1st level Concentration spells there is Ensnaring Strike which is generally going to be better.</blockquote>