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Path of Exile 2is a game that revels in complexity, and understanding how its layered systems all interact with each other is not an easy task, even for veteran players fromPoE 1.
There are three types of charges in the game:Power Charges, Frenzy Charges, and Endurance Charges. Functionally, all of them follow the same rule set, but the details of how they work are different. Here’s the breakdown.
How Do Endurance Charges Work in PoE 2
Endurance Charge is a type of buff that can be consumed to empower certain attacks that support it.Only certain skills that explicitly state that they interact with Endurance Charges do so, and these charges are not interchangeable with Power Charges and Frenzy Charges; those two have their own special Skills they interact with.
The sequence of events that happens in order for an Endurance Charge to function is as follows:
How to Gain Endurance Charges in PoE 2
There are multiple ways to gain Endurance Charges inPath of Exile 2, and most of them are from theWarrior class. They are:
Magma Barrier
Warrior Skill
When you raise your Shield it is infused with magma for a short time. Blocking during this time will spray magma at the attacker and grant you an Endurance Charge.
Break Endurance
Support Gem
40% chance to gain an Endurance Charge when Supported Skills Fully Break Armour
Passive Notable
30% increased Stun Buildup
Gain an Endurance Charge when you Heavy Stun a Rare or Unique Enemy
Grit
Passive Notable)
5% chance that if you would gain Endurance Charges, you instead gain up to maximum Endurance Charges
Amazon Ascendancy Passive
Grants Skill:Infuse Weapon
When you Consume a Power Charge Trigger Infuse Weapon to gain 2 Cold Infusion
When you Consume an Endurance Charge Trigger Infuse Weapon to gain 2 Fire Infusion
When you Consume a Frenzy Charge Trigger Infuse Weapon to gain 2 Lightning Infusion
How to Increase Maximum Endurance Charges in PoE 2
The default maximum number of Endurance Charges players can have at any one time is 3. Players can increase this number through the following skills and items.
Recover 3% of maximum Life for each Endurance Charge consumed
+1 to Maximum Endurance Charges
How to Consume Endurance Charges in PoE 2
Warrior Skills and items consume Endurance Charges to empower themselves to devastating effect. Here are all the ways players can use Endurance Charges in the game:
Infernal Cry
Perform a warcry, Empowering subsequent Attacks. Consumes all Endurance Charges to Empower additional attacks. Enemies in the warcry’s area are destabilized and will Combust on death.
Seismic Cry
Perform a damaging warcry, Knocking Back nearby enemies. If a Heavy Stunned enemy is hit, your next Slam is Empowered to perform an additional Aftershock. If not, this skill’s cooldown is reset. Only counts Heavily Stunned enemies for purposes of counting Power Gained.
Shielding Cry
Perform a warcry, Empowering subsequent Shield Attacks if there are enemies nearby. Consumes all Endurance Charges to Empower additional attacks. Empowered Shield skills perform a counterattack on hit or block, consuming one Empower.
Charge Infusion
Skill
While active, you gain powerful Buffs based on your active Charges. However, maintaining the Buff Consumes Charges every few seconds.
Rally
Supports Melee Attacks you use yourself. Supported Skills Consume all Endurance Charge on use, causing you to restore a percentage of your maximum Life for each Charge Consumed.
Take 100 Chaos damage per second per Endurance Charge
