Scythe Mastery is one of the secondary attributes of the dervish profession.
Guild Wars Description
Scythe Mastery increases the damage you do with scythes and your chance to inflict a critical hit when using a scythe. Many skills, especially scythe attack skills, become more effective with higher Scythe Mastery.
The damage and effectiveness of linked skills increases with attribute rank in Scythe Mastery.
General Description
Scythe Mastery directly relates to the weapon 'scythe' and skills required by a scythe. It also affects the amount of damage a scythe and the skills related to it will do.
Scythe Mastery is a requirement for meeting a scythe's max damage. The chance of inflicting a critical hit, like all weapon attributes, will also increase depending on this attribute's level.
| Scythe Mastery | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Approximate) Critical Hit Probability | 1.0% | 2.3% | 3.7% | 5.0% | 6.3% | 7.7% | 9.0% | 10.3% | 11.6% | 13.0% | 14.3% | 15.6% | 17.0% | 18.3% | 19.6% | 21.0% | 22.3% | 23.6% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Unlike other weapon attributes, Scythe Mastery offers quite a few Melee Attacks, which can be used with any melee weapon.
Associated Skills
For a list of skills linked with the Scythe Mastery attribute, see: Category:Scythe Mastery skills