Spiteful Scutum (Rev. 40)

Spiteful Scutum Scutum Wave A shield from a place beyond the gates of war and peace.


Tier UT
MP Cost 90
On Equip +2 ATT, +10 DEF, +2 SPD
Effect(s) Gold Five Pointed Star Stunned for 4 seconds
Piercing Shots hit multiple targets
Passes cover Shots pass through obstacles
Armor Piercing Ignores defense of target
Shots 2 (arc gap: 8°)
Damage 400–600 (average: 500)
Total Damage 800–1200 (average: 1000)
Projectile Speed 14 tile(s)/second
Lifetime 0.25 second(s)
Range 3.5 tiles
Amplitude 0.5 tile(s)
Frequency 0.5 cycle(s)/shot
Cooldown 1.5 second(s)
XP Bonus 7%
Soulbound Soulbound
Feed Power 800
Forging Cost 90 Rare Material / 120 Common Material / 720 Forgefire / 1 Mark of Janus
Dismantling Value 30 Rare Material / 40 Common Material


Blueprint Spiteful Scutum Blueprint
Drops From Oryx the Mad God 2
Court of Oryx
Most exaltation dungeons
Obtained Through Grand Bazaar ( Fame 5700 /  Realm Gold 600)

Notes
Compared to other high-tiered shields, this shield gives an extra second of stun and costs 10 MP less. However, it only has two shots and a lengthy cooldown, requiring precise aiming to be used properly. While each shot deals the highest damage of any shield, the total damage is comparable to the Tier 4 Golden Shield. The stat bonus is 2 DEF lower than the Tier 6 Colossus Shield, but provides 2 SPD and 2 ATT, which is an acceptable tradeoff for many players because of Knight’s generally high defense.

This is the safest shield in the game. It stuns for an extra second over tiered shields, as well as having a slightly higher range, matching that of a tiered sword’s. Its shots also pierce Armor, making it useful for enemies with higher defense, such as the Stone Guardians and Avatar of the Forgotten King and his minions in the Shatters. Overall, this shield is most useful for situations in where the Knight would have a hard time initiating a chain stun, like the Wine Cellar or Tomb of the Ancients.

This shield does take a bit of getting used to. It’s easier to miss your target, and if you’re used to just a tiered shield, you have to adjust to the 4 second stuns. Also worth noting is that this shield has a 1.5 second cooldown, making missed stuns potentially fatal. For those who can aim the shield, paired with a maximized Legendary Pet you should be able to chain stun by yourself.

It should be noted that this shield, possessing an arc gap, firing an even number of shots, and having an amplitude, is affected by an anomaly in the game’s code. This anomaly causes its shot pattern to vary depending on how many shots have been fired using the equipped weapon (assuming the weapon fires an odd number of shots). What actually happens is that the polarity of the shot amplitude gets “flipped” every time a weapon that fires an odd number of shots is used.

Trivia
The Name “Spiteful Scutum” likely refers to the Scutum, a large oblong wooden shield carried by the Roman infantry. The Spiteful Scutum shares visual resemblance to scuta used by ancient Romans. The name might also simply derive from “scūtum, scūtī,” a Latin word for “shield.”