Shield Charge

Shield ChargeAttack, AoE, Melee, Physical, Channelling, Travel
Tier: 3
Level: (1-40)
Cost: (7-622) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Attack Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attack Damage: (70-579)% of baseChannel to charge in the target direction. You will crash into enemies on your path, stopping your charge and dealing damage to enemies in an area, and extra damage to the enemies you collided with. While charging, your Shield is raised and you will Block all incoming Blockable hits.Area of Effect
(4-88) to (6-132) Base Off Hand Physical Damage
6 to 8 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield
Impact radius is 2.4 metres

Collision
Attack Damage: (210-655)%
Knocks Back Enemies
50% more Stun buildup
Impact radius is 2.4 metres
6 to 8 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0-10)% increased Cooldown Recovery RateSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemShieldCharge

Shield Charge is an attack skill that charges forwards, dealing damage to enemies. During the charge, the character counts as blocking. Shield Charge requires an equipped shield.

Gem level progression

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Level			Mana Cost	Attack Damage	Off Hand Physical Damage	Collision Attack Damage
1	1	1	7	70%	4 to 6	210%
2	3	9	8	77%	5 to 7	231%
3	6	16	9	85%	7 to 10	254%
4	10	25	10	92%	8 to 13	277%
5	14	34	12	100%	10 to 16	299%
6	18	43	13	107%	13 to 19	322%
7	22	52	15	115%	15 to 23	344%
8	26	61	16	122%	18 to 27	365%
9	31	72	18	128%	21 to 31	383%
10	36	83	21	134%	24 to 37	402%
11	41	95	23	141%	28 to 42	422%
12	46	106	26	148%	32 to 48	443%
13	52	119	29	155%	37 to 55	465%
14	58	133	33	163%	42 to 63	489%
15	64	146	36	171%	48 to 72	513%
16	66	151	41	180%	54 to 82	539%
17	72	164	46	189%	61 to 92	566%
18	78	178	51	198%	69 to 104	594%
19	84	191	57	208%	78 to 117	624%
20	90	205	64	218%	88 to 132	655%
21	—	—	72	229%	99 to 148	688%
22	—	—	81	241%	111 to 167	722%
23	—	—	90	253%	125 to 187	758%
24	—	—	101	265%	140 to 210	796%
25	—	—	113	279%	157 to 235	836%
26	—	—	127	293%	176 to 264	878%
27	—	—	142	307%	197 to 295	922%
28	—	—	159	323%	221 to 331	968%
29	—	—	178	339%	247 to 371	1016%
30	—	—	200	356%	277 to 416	1067%
31	—	—	224	373%	311 to 466	1120%
32	—	—	251	392%	348 to 522	1176%
33	—	—	281	412%	391 to 586	1235%
34	—	—	315	432%	438 to 657	1297%
35	—	—	353	454%	492 to 738	1362%
36	—	—	395	477%	552 to 828	1430%
37	—	—	442	500%	620 to 931	1501%
38	—	—	496	525%	697 to 1046	1576%
39	—	—	555	552%	784 to 1177	1655%
40	—	—	622	579%	883 to 1324	1738%

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Overpower	Stomping Ground	Unbreakable
II	Close Combat	Ingenuity	Momentum
III	Coming Soon	Physical Mastery	Rupture

Item acquisition

Shield Charge has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Shield Charge has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0e	Resonating Shield, Shield Charge and Shield Wall now have 6-8 added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on your Shield at all Levels.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.