Dual Wield Question

I am currently playing a dual wield paladin with warpath + rive, sigils of hope and holy aura, while having healing hands as my “passive” 5th skill.
now currently i am running level 80 mono’s with no problem, while using a mace and sword combo.
However, warpath with “cyclone of war” and healing hands would benefit from a scepter in main hand and I plan on switching to one.

But what about rive?
I have skilled “weapon specialist” inside the rive skill - are scepters considered a mace in there or is there just no bonus for scepters inside rive?

Rive will only benefit from Swords, Axe and Maces and only proportional by the stats on that trait.

Idk what build you are following (or its your own creation) but both Rive and Warpath shine better with Void Knight because of the Echos traits with both skills have.