Shield Charge - Path of Exile

Shield Charge Shield Charge is an active skill gem.

Charges at a targeted location or enemy, pushing away enemies in your path and repeatedly dealing off-hand damage in a small area in front of you. You deal damage in a larger area when you reach the target. The further you travel, the more damage you deal, and the greater your chance of stunning enemies. Cannot be supported by Multistrike.

Attack, AoE, Movement, Travel, Physical, Melee. Level: 1–20. Cost: 10 Mana. Attack Time: 0.50 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%. Charging Radius: 8. End Circle Radius: 16. End Cone Radius: 28. Requires Level 10.

  • (12–134) to (18–200) Base Off Hand Physical Damage
  • (3–5) to (4–7) Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield
  • 75% increased Stun Threshold reduction on enemies at Maximum charge distance
  • 100% more Damage with Hits at Maximum Charge Distance
  • (90–109)% increased Movement Speed

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Shield Charge(0–20)% increased Movement Speed50

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelStrength12 to 18 Base Off Hand Physical Damage90% increased Movement Speed3 to 4 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on ShieldExperience
1102912, 18903, 49,569
2133514, 22913, 428,189
3174318, 27923, 459,146
4215222, 33934, 5111,192
5256027, 40944, 5193,800
6296932, 48954, 5320,280
7337738, 57964, 5359,090
8368343, 64974, 5498,508
9399048, 72984, 5682,057
10429654, 81994, 5921,777
114510260, 901004, 51,727,879
124810966, 1001014, 61,791,769
135111574, 1101024, 62,353,679
145412181, 1221034, 63,070,912
155712790, 1341044, 69,095,466
166013498, 1481054, 616,039,890
1763140108, 1621064, 629,817,117
1866146119, 1781075, 762,895,056
1968151126, 1891085, 7212,051,599
2070155134, 2001095, 7
2172142, 2131105, 7
2274150, 2251115, 7
2376159, 2391125, 7
2478169, 2531136, 8
2580179, 2681146, 8
2682189, 2831156, 8
2784200, 3001166, 8
2886211, 3171176, 8
2988223, 3351186, 8
3090236, 3531196, 8
3191242, 3631196, 8
3292249, 3731206, 8
3393255, 3831206, 8
3494262, 3941217, 9
3595270, 4041217, 9
3696277, 4151227, 9
3797284, 4261227, 9
3898292, 4381237, 9
3999300, 4501237, 9
40100308, 4621247, 9

Shield Charge is an attack / movement / travel skill. The player charges at a location with their shield. Enemies that collide with the player while charging are damaged, knocked back, and stunned. Enemies in the way are pushed to the side. Unlike most attack skills, Shield Charge uses your shield's stats to calculate damage.

Skill functions and interactions

  • Damage and reduced enemy stun threshold are proportional to the distance charged. The maximum charge distance is 60 units 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 your shield's stats. Your main hand weapon damage would not play into effect, however, you can use wands, one hand melee weapons, and be unarmed. This also means it will not proc triggers on weapons such as Poet's pen, Cospri's Malice, or Mjölner.
  • 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.
  • Use Time: Shield Charge has three distinct sections — the start of the charge, the movement part of the charge, and the attack at the end of the charge. Your attack speed affects the startup time and ending attack portions of the skill. Modifiers to movement speed and global attack speed affect the middle movement portion of the skill. The base attack time of Shield Charge is always 0.5 seconds.
  • Shield Charge cannot be supported by Multistrike Support.

Item acquisition

Shield Charge can drop anywhere. Drop level: 10.

Recipes

Shield Charge can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
6 The Fox Random level 20 gem
8 Dying Anguish Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8 The Hook Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3 Gemcutter's Promise Random gem with 20% quality
1 Gemcutter's Incubator Random gem with 1–20% quality
1 The Void Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
The Caged Brute
Act 1		 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
The Caged Brute
Act 1
Nessa		 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		 ✓
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		 ✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Shield Charge.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Shield Charge Attack Speed 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 10% increased Shield Charge Attack Speed helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Shield Charge Attack Speed 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 15% increased Shield Charge Attack Speed helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Shield Charge Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 25% increased Shield Charge Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Shield Charge Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 40% increased Shield Charge Damage helmet 100
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Shield Charge has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
Deepwater Shield Charge Effect Your Shield Charge becomes a Deepwater Effect.
Demonic Shield Charge Effect Your Shield Charge becomes a demonic effect.
Misery Shield Charge Effect Your Shield Charge becomes a Misery Effect.