Charge

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Amazon Assassin Barbarian Druid Necro Paladin Sorceress Paladin Skill Levels Combat Skills Offensive Auras Defensive Auras 1 2 Sacrifice Smite 3 4 Holy Bolt Zeal 5 6 Charge Vengeance 7 8 Blessed Hammer Conversion 9 10 Holy Shield Fist of the Heavens Type Medium range melee single attack Tier 3 Required level 12 Required skills Smite Requirements Bare hand or melee weapon, out of range Left button Yes In town No Mana cost 9 Attack no mana Yes Weapon damage 100% Synergy skills Might, Vigor Level01 6 12 18 24 30 In showing fear, a Paladin displays his lack of faith, and a faithless Paladin is less than a man - let alone a knight. This is vital in that when all else fails, it is faith that will carry the Paladin through to victory. Warriors of faith never shirk from combat, but rush forward with heads down and shields up, allowing their glory to carry them into the thick of battle to deliver the first blow. Detail Stat Value +% Attack Rating 35 + (15*slvl) +% Damage 75 + (25*slvl) +% Damage 20 * (Might.blvl+Vigor.blvl) To attack a target, it must be selected, within line of sight but outside melee range, and unobstructed. Paladin will then charge toward target and attack it when within melee range. Regardless of the success of the attack, eligible target will always be knocked back, and when unobstructed this will normally place them outside melee range, allowing consecutive charges: these will normally be 8-9 frames apart, depending on charge speed, resulting in ~2.778 or 3.125 attacks per second. [1] When target is within melee range, or none is selected and any target is within melee range, using Charge will cost mana but only result in a normal Attack, with no +% Attack Rating and +% Damage from Charge. Charge will also cost mana when used while obstructed. Although Charge excels with a two-handed weapon, Smite can be a useful companion skill to allow targets within melee range to be knocked back out of it, allowing Charge to be used again. Attack rate does not apply to Charge attacks. While charging, blocking is reduced to 1/3 (maximum 25%) but attackers still require a hit-check (so they do not always hit, as would be the case while running). [2] Charge speed is not modified by Faster Run/Walk, but it is modified by all other movement speed modifiers. However, due to the way it is calculated these modifiers aren't normally as significant as when applied to walk or run speed: Charge speed = (Base run speed * max( (100 + Speed) / 100 , -50) ) + (Base run speed * 150/100) [3] Base run speed is 9 yards per second [4] [5], so base Charge speed is normally 22.5 yards per second (9 + (9 * 1.5) ). [6] Speed is the sum of the following modifiers: Vigor Body armor and shield speed penalties Cold length Holy Freeze Decrepify Slows Target Since there is a floor of -50% movement speed, minimum Charge speed is normally 18 yards per second ( (9*0.5) + 13.5). [7] However, when movement is modified while already charging, Charge bonus may be lost and charge speed is simply calculated as follows: Charge speed = max(9 + (6 * (100 + Speed) / 100) , 1.5) [8] Faster Run/Walk still doesn't apply, and Charge speed can be reduced to the floor of 1.5 yards per second (although this requires -125% movement speed). [9] Charge bonus may also be lost when an obstruction causes a change of course, but does not actually prevent Paladin from reaching his destination. Base Charge speed of 22.5 yards per second is equivalent to running with +225% movement speed, giving the Paladin almost unrivalled movement speed. Charge can be used to travel quickly by selecting it on the right mouse button, or the left mouse button while holding down the Shift key, and not selecting a target: Paladin will charge to the cursor as long as he is unobstructed and buttons are held down. However, if he is within melee range of any target before or after charging he will attack it without charging, so it is best to use the left mouse button and release the Shift key to allow him to run out of range and resume charging. Who needs a horse when you can run 100 yards in less than five seconds? On rare occasions there may be a glitch which results in Paladin being unable to move. When encountered, first try switching weapons; if this does not resolve the issue, the game will have to be saved and exited. Source The following monsters also use Charge as an attack (although it always hits and cannot be blocked): Claw Viper (Act 5 only) Reanimated Horde An Aura Enchanted Claw Viper in Act 5 or Reanimated Horde with Might will receive a synergy bonus from it. [10] Skill bonus +(1-3) Charge (Paladin Only) can spawn on ilvl >11 scepters. Levels 1-60 Stat Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 +% Attack Rating 50 65 80 95 110 125 140 155 170 185 +% Damage 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 Stat Level 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 +% Attack Rating 200 215 230 245 260 275 290 305 320 335 +% Damage 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 525 550 575 Stat Level 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 +% Attack Rating 350 365 380 395 410 425 440 455 470 485 +% Damage 600 625 650 675 700 725 750 775 800 825 Stat Level 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 +% Attack Rating 500 515 530 545 560 575 590 605 620 635 +% Damage 850 875 900 925 950 975 1,000 1,025 1,050 1,075 Stat Level 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 +% Attack Rating 650 665 680 695 710 725 740 755 770 785 +% Damage 1,100 1,125 1,150 1,175 1,200 1,225 1,250 1,275 1,300 1,325 Stat Level 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 +% Attack Rating 800 815 830 845 860 875 890 905 920 935 +% Damage 1,350 1,375 1,400 1,425 1,450 1,475 1,500 1,525 1,550 1,575 Reference Combat Skills (Arreat Summit) Charging Monsters (Technical Discussion) Run/walk speed (Technical Discussion Archives) Onderduiker, Clarification of movement speed (Technical Discussion) SSoG, Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Charge... 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