Drake, the third scepter hit spawns a clone that does no damage (in melee range), and the only condition it applies is the traited "on crit, free bleed". But the attack chain of the scepter hasn't done Confusion since BWE1. It does ultra weak damage compared to pretty much any other weapon choice, and is very fast to overwrite your phantasms for no real gain. It's not hard to see why anyone would want to "pass that up", if you will.