Scorn

Scorn
Character	Maya
Type	Melee Override
Tier	6
Maximum Points	1
Skill Tree	Harmony
Minimum Level	31
Effect	Melee Override Skill. Throw an Orb of Slag that constantly damages enemies near it. This ability has a cooldown. Perform a regular melee attack when Scorn is on cooldown.

Scorn is a tier 6 skill in Maya's Harmony skill tree. Your melee attack now throws an Orb of Slag. The slag orb takes a short time to wind-up and throw, once thrown it continues in a straight line until it hits an object. It will pass through most enemies in its path. Enemies near the orb take constant light Slag damage. The orb does not require a direct hit to deal damage (damage can occur several meters away from the orb itself), and the longer enemies stay near the orb, the more times they take damage. The orb detonates when its center touches any object or surface, dealing minor Slag damage in a moderately large radius.

Notes

• The cooldown is 18 seconds.

• The explosion can slag Maya herself if she is close enough.

• Although thrown with the melee button, Scorn is more appropriately considered a slag attack. It does not benefit from effects that directly improve melee or weapon damage, but does benefit from improved slag damage (i.e. Elemental relics). Strength relics will not improve its damage, but will improve cooldown if they possess a +Melee Override Cooldown Rate ability.

• Due to the path it takes and its ability to hit multiple enemies, Scorn combines well with kiting tactics or with Converge, as both of these tend to cluster enemies together. Its significant wind-up time and low damage make it troublesome to use in Fight For Your Life mode, but the virtually-guaranteed Slag effect might make it worth the trouble.

• The cooldown for Scorn is shown on the effects bar (just above the experience bar), denoted with its skill icon. The icon disappears when it is ready to use.
• The thrown orb will also target any world object which can take damage, including but barrels, radios, cash crystals and destructible projectiles such as enemy rockets. This can be used effectively (for example, to block a salvo of rockets from a Constructor), but can also be potentially hazardous. For instance, if Maya stands in front of a barrel and launches the orb it will damage the barrel behind her and detonate it.
• The damage dealt by Scorn does not always Slag an enemy. This is most likely when launching the orb at the ground or directly at an enemy. Thus, the best way to use it is to launch it between enemies, in order to damage them all as long as possible.

• The Scorn orb has a small collision hitbox. It will only detonate prematurely if the center touches an enemy or surface; this may give it the illusion of passing through objects.

• With extremely rapid button-pressing, more than one orb may be thrown. This seems to occur due to server lag.

• Scorn can target the Minecraft blocks in the Caustic Caverns, which produces an excessive amount of noise; no harm comes to the blocks. Similar noise is made when it hits a Creeper, although these do take damage.

Video

Scorn skill video preview