Shield Charge

Attack, AoE, Melee, Physical

Skill Gem · Tier 3

Level: 1–40

Cast Time: 1s

Channel 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.

At level 1

3 to 5 Base Off Hand Physical Damage
3 to 5 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield
Maximum more damage from distance@100%
Impact radius is 2.4 metres
80% increased maximum travel distance

At level 40

247 to 371 Base Off Hand Physical Damage
3 to 5 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour on Shield
Maximum more damage from distance@100%
Impact radius is 2.4 metres
80% increased maximum travel distance

Shield Charge is a tier 3 Strength skill gem in Path of Exile 2 (Attack, AoE, Melee, Physical). Support gems that can support it: 244.

Published Sep 27, 2026 · patch 0.5.5 Forbidden Rites

Support gems for Shield Charge (244)

Per level

Level	Cost	Weapon Physical Damage
1	432	3–5
2	500	5–8
3	573	8–12
4	651	11–17
5	734	14–21
6	823	18–26
7	919	21–32
8	1021	25–37
9	1130	29–43
10	1246	33–50
11	1371	37–56
12	1503	42–63
13	1644	47–70
14	1795	52–78
15	1955	57–85
16	2125	62–93
17	2306	68–101
18	2499	73–110
19	2704	79–119
20	2921	85–128
21	3152	92–137
22	3398	98–147
23	3658	105–157
24	3934	112–167
25	4227	119–178
26	4538	126–189
27	4867	133–200
28	5216	141–211
29	5586	149–223
30	5978	157–235
31	6392	165–247
32	6831	173–260
33	7296	182–273
34	7787	191–286
35	8307	200–299
36	8857	209–313
37	9438	218–327
38	10053	228–342
39	10702	237–356
40	11389	247–371

Shield Charge

Support gems for Shield Charge (244)

Attack (60)

Physical (25)

Lineage (24)

Fire (13)

AoE (10)

Chaos (10)

Cold (10)

Lightning (10)

Spell (9)

Channelling (4)

Duration (3)

Minion (2)

Warcry (2)

Conditional (1)

Payoff (1)

Remnant (1)

Other (59)

Per level