Shield Charge

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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 ^[1]

Shield Charge is an attack skill. 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.

Skill functions and interactions

Damage and reduced enemy stun threshold are proportional to the distance charged. The maximum charge distance is 60 units^[2] Note that the in-game average damage tooltip for Shield Charge does not factor in the bonus gained from charge distance.

The damage dealt on strike is based on the main hand weapon and is not affected by the shield in any way. Shield Charge can also be used unarmed; however, it cannot be used with a wand.

Area of Effect: Shield Charge deals AoE damage at the end animation of the charge in a circle in front of the player. Modifiers to area radius and damage affect the skill.

Charge speed: Both modifiers to attack speed and movement speed affect the charging animation speed.^[3] However, only attack speed reduces the ending lag after the charge.

Multistrike: Shield Charge cannot be supported by Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Multistrike Support".

Gem level progression

Level			Exp.	Total Exp.
1	10	29	0	0
2	13	35	9569	9569
3	17	43	28189	37758
4	21	52	59146	96904
5	25	60	111192	208096
6	29	69	193800	401896
7	33	77	320280	722176
8	36	83	359090	1081266
9	39	90	498508	1579774
10	42	96	682057	2261831
11	45	102	921777	3183608
12	48	109	1727879	4911487
13	51	115	1791769	6703256
14	54	121	2353679	9056935
15	57	127	3070912	12127847
16	60	134	9095466	21223313
17	63	140	16039890	37263203
18	66	146	29817117	67080320
19	68	151	62895056	129975376
20	70	155	212051599	342026975
21	72	159	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	N/A

Quest reward

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Vendor reward

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Version history

Version	Changes
2.3.0e	Shield Charge now has 20% less area of effect and the maximum distance has been increased from 50 to 60.
2.3.0	Shield Charge is now an Area of Effect skill. It deals damage to enemies you collide with as you charge, then deals a larger aoe at the end of the charge. It no longer always stuns. It gains more damage and stun threshold reduction the further you travel, up to a certain distance.
2.1.0	Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards.
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 Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Shield Charge". Please choose only one of the following ids: ProphecyRhoaShieldCharge - (10-20)% increased Attack Speed, 50% increased Stun Threshold reduction on enemies at Maximum charge distance, (20-10)% more Damage with Hits at Maximum Charge Distance, 100% increased Movement Speed, Gain 15% of Physical Damage as Extra Lightning Damage, Melee Hits Fortify (page) VaganShieldCharge - (10-20)% increased Attack Speed, 50% increased Stun Threshold reduction on enemies at Maximum charge distance, (20-10)% more Damage with Hits at Maximum Charge Distance, 50% increased Movement Speed (page) and Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Melee Splash".
0.11.1	The Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Melee Splash" support gem now works with Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Shield Charge". Please choose only one of the following ids: ProphecyRhoaShieldCharge - (10-20)% increased Attack Speed, 50% increased Stun Threshold reduction on enemies at Maximum charge distance, (20-10)% more Damage with Hits at Maximum Charge Distance, 100% increased Movement Speed, Gain 15% of Physical Damage as Extra Lightning Damage, Melee Hits Fortify (page) VaganShieldCharge - (10-20)% increased Attack Speed, 50% increased Stun Threshold reduction on enemies at Maximum charge distance, (20-10)% more Damage with Hits at Maximum Charge Distance, 50% increased Movement Speed (page). 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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Path of Exile. "Strength skills". Official Path of Exile website.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Mark_GGG (July 11, 2013). "Shield Charge". Official Path of Exile website. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Mark_GGG (June 14, 2016). "Mechanical Questions Thread". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved June 14, 2016.

[Description-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Path of Exile. "Strength skills". Official Path of Exile website.

[ChargeDistance-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Mark_GGG (July 11, 2013). "Shield Charge". Official Path of Exile website. Retrieved November 7, 2015.

[ChargeSpeed-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Mark_GGG (June 14, 2016). "Mechanical Questions Thread". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved June 14, 2016.

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