Scepter
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This article is about the class of weapon. For the specific weapon sold by NPC weaponsmiths, see Scepter (weapon).
The scepter is a ranged main-hand-only weapon that is used primarily by the scholar professions, as well as the guardian soldier profession. Scepter skills typically have a range of 900 (compared to 1200 for Staff skills), making it a mid-ranged weapon. Scepters can be crafted by an artificer. The maximum damage range for scepters is 940 - 1,060.
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Skills by profession[edit]
| Skill | Type | 
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Description | |
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| 1 | Orb of Wrath | ½ | Fire a slow-moving orb at your foe. | ||
| 2 | Symbol of Punishment | Symbol | ¼ | 6 | Strike foes in the target area repeatedly. |
| 3 | Chains of Light | ½ | 20 | Immobilize and make your foe vulnerable with ethereal chains. | |
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| Fire Attunement | |||||
| 1 | Flamestrike | 1 | Strike your foe with flame, and create an area that delivers a lesser attack a short time later. | ||
| 2 | Dragon's Tooth | 1 | 6 | Drop an explosive dragon's tooth on your foe. | |
| 3 | Phoenix | ¼ | 20 | Release a fiery phoenix that attacks foes in a line before exploding and returning to you, curing a condition and granting you vigor. | |
| Water Attunement | |||||
| 1 | Ice Shards | ¾ | Fire three ice shards at your foe. | ||
| 2 | Shatterstone | ½ | 3 | Cast a shatterstone at the target area that explodes after one second. | |
| 3 | Water Trident | ½ | 20 | Cast a water trident that damages foes and heals allies. | |
| Air Attunement | |||||
| 1 | Arc Lightning | 3½ | Cast an arc of electricity at your foe. | ||
| 2 | Lightning Strike | 5 | Strike your foe with lightning. | ||
| 3 | Blinding Flash | 10 | Blind your foe with a flash of light. | ||
| Earth Attunement | |||||
| 1 | Stone Shards | 1½ | Fling stone daggers at your foe to bleed them. | ||
| 2 | Rock Barrier | 1 | 15 | Envelop yourself in a stony barrier that improves toughness. | |
| 2 |  Hurl
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Hurl the rocks from your rock barrier at your foe. | |||
| 3 | Dust Devil | 15 | Blind your foes with a blast of sand. | ||
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| Fire + Water | |||||
| 3 | Fiery Frost | Dual Attack | ¾ | 15 | Launch a fire and ice bolt while evading. |
| Fire + Air | |||||
| 3 | Plasma Beam | Dual Attack | 1¼ | 18 | Fire a superheated jet of plasma at your foe. |
| Fire + Earth | |||||
| 3 | Fracturing Strike | Dual Attack | 1 | 12 | Call a meteor from the sky that crashes to the ground, creating an eruption of magma. |
| Water + Air | |||||
| 3 | Glacial Drift | Dual Attack | ¾ | 15 | Whirl air and ice together, sending out a supercooled projectile that chills enemies it strikes. |
| Water + Earth | |||||
| 3 | Stone Tide | Dual Attack | ¾ | 15 | Bleed your foe with ice and sharpened stones. |
| Air + Earth | |||||
| 3 | Earthen Synergy | Dual Attack | ¾ | 20 | Smite your enemies with the earth and sky, dealing damage from below and then stunning from above. |
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| 1 | Ether Bolt | Chain | ½ | Shoot a bolt of energy at your target. | |
| 1 | Ether Blast
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½ | Shoot a second bolt of energy at your target. | ||
| 1 | Ether Clone
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Clone | ¾ | Deliver a damaging attack directly to your target. Summon a clone that casts Ether Bolt. Inflict torment instead if you have the maximum number of illusions. | |
| 1 |  Ether Barrage
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Ambush | 1½ | 1 | Launch a barrage of chaos orbs at your foe, inflicting either confusion or torment each hit. Condition duration halved for clones. |
| 2 | Illusionary Counter | Clone | 2 | 8 | Block the next attack. Counter by applying Torment and creating a clone that casts Ether Bolt. |
| 2 | Counterspell
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½ | Shoot out a bolt that blinds foes in a line. | ||
| 3 | Confusing Images | 2 | 12 | Channel a beam of energy that damages and confuses your foe. | |
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| 1 | Blood Curse | ½ | 0 | Bleed your foe. | |
| 1 | Rending Curse
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½ | Bleed your foe. | ||
| 1 | Putrid Curse
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½ | Poison and bleed your foe. | ||
| 2 | Grasping Dead | ¾ | 10 | Summon skeletal hands to cripple foes in the target area. | |
| 3 | Feast of Corruption | ¾ | 10 | Strike your target, gain life force, and corrupt boons on your foe. For each condition on your target up to the condition threshold, gain additional life force and inflict torment. | |
Related traits[edit]
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Zealous Scepter — Gain might when your justice passive effect triggers; gain more might while wielding a scepter. -
Right-Hand Strength — Critical hit chance with one-handed weapons is increased. Sword skills recharge faster. -
Malicious Sorcery — Increases attack speed while wielding a scepter. Reduces recharge on scepter skills. -
Lingering Curse — While wielding a scepter, your condition damage is increased. Conditions inflicted by scepter skills have increased durations.
Trivia[edit]
- The scepter is the only one-handed weapon that cannot be used in the off-hand by any profession.
