Shield Charge

"In the hands of a talented combatant, even a shield becomes a deadly weapon. With Shield Charge, a warrior dashes forward at a single enemy, slamming them senseless. The violence of the charge will push nearby foes out of its path, and inflict great damage on target. An opponent unlucky enough to be struck by the full brunt of a Shield Charge will be knocked back and stunned for a time."

— Description on the official Path of Exile website

The player charges at an enemy and bashes it with his shield. The target is damaged, knocked back, and stunned. Enemies in the way are pushed to the side. Damage and stun duration are proportional to the distance charged. As the skill levels up, damage increases. Higher quality Shield Charge gems deal increased damage. This skill requires a shield and cannot be used with a wand, but it does not require a melee weapon. The damage dealt on strike is based on the main hand weapon and is not affected by the shield in any way. Note that ingame average damage tooltip for Shield Charge does not factor in the bonus gained from charge distance. Faster Attacks modifier increases the running speed during the charge and the end animation which occurs after the strike and has a fixed duration.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Multistrike: Shield Charge cannot be supported by .

Gem level progression

Template:GemLevelTable |- ! 1 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 50% | 200% | 0 | 0 |- ! 2 | 13 | 35 | 6 | 51% | 212% | 9,569 | 9,569 |- ! 3 | 17 | 43 | 6 | 52% | 224% | 28,189 | 37,758 |- ! 4 | 21 | 52 | 6 | 53% | 236% | 59,146 | 96,904 |- ! 5 | 25 | 60 | 6 | 54% | 248% | 111,192 | 208,096 |- ! 6 | 29 | 69 | 7 | 55% | 260% | 193,800 | 401,896 |- ! 7 | 33 | 77 | 7 | 56% | 272% | 320,280 | 722,176 |- ! 8 | 36 | 83 | 7 | 57% | 284% | 359,090 | 1,081,266 |- ! 9 | 39 | 90 | 7 | 58% | 296% | 498,508 | 1,579,774 |- ! 10 | 42 | 96 | 7 | 59% | 308% | 682,057 | 2,261,831 |- ! 11 | 45 | 102 | 7 | 60% | 320% | 921,777 | 3,183,608 |- ! 12 | 48 | 109 | 7 | 61% | 332% | 1,727,879 | 4,911,487 |- ! 13 | 51 | 115 | 7 | 62% | 344% | 1,791,769 | 6,703,256 |- ! 14 | 54 | 121 | 8 | 63% | 356% | 2,353,679 | 9,056,935 |- ! 15 | 57 | 127 | 8 | 64% | 368% | 3,070,912 | 12,127,847 |- ! 16 | 60 | 134 | 8 | 65% | 380% | 9,095,466 | 21,223,313 |- ! 17 | 63 | 140 | 8 | 66% | 392% | 16,039,890 | 37,263,203 |- ! 18 | 66 | 146 | 8 | 67% | 404% | 29,817,117 | 67,080,320 |- ! 19 | 68 | 151 | 8 | 68% | 416% | 62,895,056 | 129,975,376 |- ! 20 | 70 | 155 | 9 | 69% | 428% | 212,051,599 | 342,026,975 |- ! 21 | 72 | 159 | 9 | 70% | 440% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 22 | 74 | | 9 | 71% | 452% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 23 | 76 | | 9 | 72% | 464% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 24 | 78 | | 9 | 73% | 476% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 25 | 80 | | 9 | 74% | 488% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 26 | 82 | | 10 | 75% | 500% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 27 | 84 | | 10 | 76% | 512% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 28 | 86 | | 10 | 77% | 524% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 29 | 88 | | 10 | 78% | 536% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |- ! 30 | 90 | | 10 | 79% | 548% | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A | class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |}

Version history

Version	Changes
2.0.0	The end animation now scales with attack speed. Shield Charge can no longer be supported by Multistrike. Base Damage is now 50%. Damage at maximum range has been increased, and the stun duration has been set to 200% at all levels. Now has 50% increased movement speed increasing to 69% at level 20. Now grants 1% increased damage per 1% quality (was 0.75% per 1% quality).
1.3.1b	Fixed a bug with Shield Charge that would cause it to get out of sync.
1.3.0e	Fixed a bug with Shield Charge where it could repeat the end animation several times per skill use.
1.3.0	Shield Charge now supports Facebreaker.
0.11.1c	Fixed a bug where Shield Charge Multistrike hits after the first did no damage.
0.11.1b	Fixed a crash with and .
0.11.1	The support gem now works with . Shield charge can now be evaded.
0.11.0	Fixed a bug where Shield Charge would deal no damage if used very close to a monster.
0.10.0c	Fixed a game server crash that could occur when using Shield Charge.
0.10.0	Fixed a bug where your speed would not change when using Shield Charge to travel through ground ice or ground tar.
0.9.12t	Fixed a crash that would occur if a player or monster tried to use Shield Charge while caught in a Bear Trap.
0.9.12qq	From 1% damage per quality point to 0.35%.
0.9.10	Removed increase to knockback distance based on charge distance.
0.9.6b	Improved the effects for Shield Charge
0.9.4	Shield Charge now provides no damage bonus if used at minimum range, because it's fast and doesn't miss. It still provides the same damage bonus at longer ranges.
0.9.1	Fixed a bug that allowed Shield Charge to be spammed really fast. Increased stun and knockback