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Power Charge
Charge
Power Charge status icon
Power Charge status icon

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Has stat id::~*power_charge*
Has stat id::!~*max*
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Power charges are one of the three charge types. They grant a temporary buff associated with intelligence and represent an increase to concentration and arcane energies during combat. They are visualized as glowing blue orbs surrounding the character. Gaining a new power charge resets the duration of all remaining power charges.

Source of Power Charges

Skill Gems

  • Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Assassin's Mark". Please choose only one of the following ids:
    AssassinsMark - Base duration is (6-9.8) seconds, Hits against Cursed Enemies have +(30-49)% to Critical Strike Multiplier, Hits against Cursed Enemies have +1.5% to Critical Strike Chance, Cursed enemies grant (65-600) Life when Killed, Cursed enemies grant (25-80) Mana when Killed, Cursed enemies have a 100% chance to grant a Power Charge when slain (page)
    AssassinsMarkTriggered - Base duration is (7.4-8.2) seconds, Hits have +1.5% additional Critical Strike Chance against you, Trigger this Skill when you Hit a Rare or Unique Enemy (page)
    is a curse that causes enemies a chance to grant a power charge when killed.
  • Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Power Charge On Critical Support" grants the linked active gem a chance to generate a power charge on critical strike.
  • Power Siphon skill iconPower Siphon and Vaal Power Siphon skill iconVaal Power Siphon grant a power charge on kill.
  • Ice Spear skill iconIce Spear grants a chance to gain a power charge on critical strike with the appropriate helmet enchantment.
  • Cold Snap skill iconCold Snap grants a chance to gain a power charge on kill with the Winter's Bounty inventory iconWinter's BountyWinter's Bounty
    Cobalt Jewel
    Limited to: 1
    Radius: Medium
    (10-15)% increased Cold Damage
    With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Cold Snap grants Power Charges instead of Frenzy Charges when Enemies die in its Area
    With at least 40 Intelligence in Radius, Cold Snap's Cooldown can be bypassed by Power Charges instead of Frenzy Charges
    As a boy, Rigwald was taught to hunt,
    Through the first snows of winter,
    When beasts have gorged their fill,
    And see nothing but the long slumber ahead.
    Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.
    Winter's Bounty inventory icon
    threshold jewel.

Passive Skills

Items

The following items grant a chance to generate a power charge:

Source of maximum Power Charges

These unique items grant increased maximum power charges:

The theoretical maximum power charges is 11 (+3 base, +3 passives, +1 quest reward, +3 items1, +1 as Occultist).

1 Disregards Malachai's Loop since it removes power charges at maximum charges.

The unique jewel Powerlessness inventory iconPowerlessnessPowerlessness
Cobalt Jewel
-1 to Maximum Power Charges
Corrupted
"Your desires will mislead you."Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.
Powerlessness inventory icon
decreases maximum power charges by 1.

Consume Charges

Related effects

These passive skills and unique items have modifiers related to power charges:

Passives

There passive skills are related to power charges:

Template:Passive table

Ascendancy passive skills

There are Ascendancy passive skills that affect power charges.

Template:Ascendancy passive table

Effects on monsters and minions

The effects of power charges are much more significant on monsters and minions. Note that player totems themselves cannot gain or have power charges. {{#ask:

-Has subobject::Monster
Has stat id::~*power_charge*
|?Has stat text=
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|format=ul
|sort=Has stat text

}}

See also

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