Shield Charge

Shield ChargeAttack, AoE, Melee, Physical, Channelling, Travel
Tier: 3
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-64) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Attack Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attack Damage: (70-218)% 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/Gems/SkillGemShieldCharge

Shield Charge is a channelling attack skill for armoured shields that makes the user charge in the target direction. Upon hitting an enemy or terrain the charge stops, dealing physical damage around the user, dealing more damage with distance traveled. During the charge, the character is considered to have their shield raised.

Skill functions and interactions

User counts as using Active Block from Raise Shield while channelling.

Base damage from this skill scales off of the equipped shield's Armour rating. Conditional modifiers that increase the Armour provided by the shield do not contribute towards the skill's damage. Passive skills with the mod X% increased Defences from Equipped Shield does not affect the skill's damage.

Your weapon's local modifiers will not scale the damage of this skill. Damage is classified as off-hand damage regardless of the type of weapon you have equipped in your main hand or if you're unarmed.

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

Shield Charge's animations are split up into three separate parts:

• Windup: Affected by attack time/speed.
• Movement: +90% to base movement speed, before any increases/reductions
• Winddown: Small finishing animation with short attack time

Gem level progression

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%

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	Steadfast ISteadfast ISupport, Channelling Category: Steadfast Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Channelling Skills you use yourself, granting you higher Stun Threshold while Channelling them.You have 50% more Stun Threshold while Channelling Supported SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Stomping GroundStomping GroundSupport, Attack, AoE, Trigger, Physical Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Travel skills, causing your footsteps to crack the earth and emit damaging shockwaves while using the skill.Support Triggers a Shockwave when you take a step while using Supported Skills Shockwave Critical Hit Chance: 5.00% Deals 100% to 150% of your Strength as Physical Damage Shockwave radius is 2 metresPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Vanguard IVanguard ISupport Category: Vanguard Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Shield Skills, causing you to gain Guard on Stunning Enemies with the Supported Skill.Gain 2 Guard per ten Strength when you Stun an Enemy Gain an additional 4 Guard per ten Strength if Heavily Stunning Guard duration is 4 secondsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II	MomentumMomentumSupport Category: Momentum Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any damaging skill that you use yourself, causing it to deal more damage if you move a sufficient distance while using the skill. Teleportation does not count towards the distance travelled.After moving at least 2 metres during a single use of a Supported Skill, the rest of that use deals 40% more DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Stun IStun ISupport Category: Stun Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to build up Stun more quickly.Hits with Supported Skills cause 50% more Stun buildupPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Vanguard IIVanguard IISupport Category: Vanguard Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Shield Skills, causing you to gain Guard on Stunning Enemies with the Supported Skill.Gain 2 Guard per ten Strength when you Stun an Enemy Gain an additional 6 Guard per ten Strength if Heavily Stunning Guard duration is 4 secondsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
III	Brink IIBrink IISupport, Attack, Melee Category: Brink Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attack Skills. Supported Skills build up Stun more quickly, but cannot themselves Stun.Stun buildup caused by Supported Skills cannot reach 100% Hits with Supported Skills cause 50% more Stun buildupPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Close Combat IClose Combat ISupport, Attack Category: Close Combat Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.Supported Skills deal 20% more Attack Damage to enemies within 1 metre of you, scaling down to no bonus at 3.5 metres or furtherPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Steadfast IISteadfast IISupport, Channelling Category: Steadfast Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Channelling Skills you use yourself, granting you higher Stun Threshold and Ailment Threshold while Channelling them.You have 100% more Ailment Threshold while Channelling Supported Skills You have 50% more Stun Threshold while Channelling Supported SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
IV	Enduring Impact IIEnduring Impact IISupport Category: Enduring Impact Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, giving it a chance to gain an Endurance Charge when causing a Heavy Stun.30% chance to gain an Endurance Charge when Heavily Stunning a non-Unique Enemy with Supported Skills Gain 3 Endurance Charges on Heavily Stunning a Unique Enemy with Supported SkillPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Heavy SwingHeavy SwingSupport, Attack, Melee, Physical Category: Heavy Swing Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attacks, boosting their Physical damage at the cost of Attack Speed.Supported Skills deal 35% more Melee Physical Damage Supported Skills have 10% less Attack SpeedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Stun IIStun IISupport Category: Stun Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to build up Stun more quickly.Hits with Supported Skills cause 70% more Stun buildupPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
V	HeftHeftSupport, Physical Category: Heft Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which deal Damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.Supported Skills deal 30% more Maximum Physical Hit DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Rapid Attacks IIIRapid Attacks IIISupport, Attack Category: Rapid Attacks Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster at the cost of Damage.Supported Skills have 35% increased Attack Speed Supported Skills deal 50% less DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Stun IIIStun IIISupport Category: Stun Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits Enemies, causing it to build up Stun significantly more quickly, at the cost of Damage.Supported Skills deal 50% less Damage Hits with Supported Skills cause 300% more Stun buildupPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.

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
0.3.0	Shield Charge: The skill's base movement speed has been reduced by 25%, but it no longer has a cooldown. Now has a Base Attack Time of 0.6 seconds (previously 0.5), and now deals up to 100% more Damage, based on the distance travelled. Area of Effect now deals 30-94% Attack Damage at gem levels 3-20 (previously 85-254%), while the Collision now deals 60-217% Attack Damage (previously 303-906%). Quality now provides Deals up to +0-40% more Damage, based on the distance travelled (previously 0-10% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate).
0.2.0	Blocking a hit by raising your shield or parrying now gives you a chance to avoid accumulating heavy stun buildup equal to the chance you would otherwise have had to evade the hit. Unified stun mechanics and terminology between players and monsters. The "stagger" that players suffer when blocking too much damage with their shield raised is now a heavy stun. Players are still unable to be heavy stunned unless a mechanic specifically states otherwise. Players can no longer be light stunned while their shield is raised. Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread. The mana cost for all Attacks, Marks and Warcries has been reduced, most notably at higher Gem levels. Now restricted to Armoured Shields.[Undocumented]
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.