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 RatePlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill.
Skills 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 a shield channelling attack skill that makes the user charge in the target direction. Upon hitting an enemy or terrain the charge stops, dealing physical damage around the user. During the charge, the character is considered to have their shield raised.

Skill functions and interactions

While your Shield is raised during the charge, Blocking Hits fills your Stagger bar based on the damage the Hit would have dealt. If the bar fills completely, you are Stunned and cannot take actions for a short time.

Despite it being an attack skill, the attack damage % used by Shield Charge is derived explicitly from the base off hand physical damage inherent to the gem itself. The amount of damage listed on a weapon in the main hand will not contribute to the Shield Charge damage. Mods such as X% increased Elemental Damage with Attacks found on main hand weapons, however, will increase the damage of Shield Charge if it is supported by Fire Infusion, Cold Infusion, or Lightning Infusion.

Focusing on the Armour value of your shield is one of the methods for scaling Shield Charge damage.

Passive tree nodes that contain the text X% increased Defences from Equipped Shield such as Towering Shield, Core of the Guardian, Spiked Shield, and Flashy Deflection do not impact Shield Charge damage. Instead, they modify the final Armour value added to the character rather than the implicit Armour value of the shield itself.

Channelling Shield Charge counts as having your shield lowered, allowing your Stagger bar to deplete despite accruing stagger while using the skill.[Likely due to a bug ]

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.