Zealot's Scimitar should give you Magic Barrier on hit

Zealot's Scimitar desperately need something unique to it to set it apart and make it a unique weapon, because right now it unambiguously sucks. I propose letting it increase the wielder's Magic Barrier on hit. I imagine it would work similarly to the Building anger and Keeping momentum skills: "Gain +7 magic barrier every time an enemy is hit, stacks up to 10 times" or something like that. And the tooltip could be updated to say: "A brilliant sword that channels mana into the blade to increase its power and protect its wielder" or something like that.