[Shield Charge] short question ...

Is Shield Charge supposed to stun targets?
Because it doesn't.

What am I doing wrong?

I play on 1920x1200 and when I charge across the whole screen the only effect I see is that monsters turn away for a brief second and that's it. Is that the stun you speak of?

I'm bit dissappointed, but I found out the skill is way better as an escape anyway (playing HC).

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Mark_GGG wrote:

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misterioes wrote:

Is Shield Charge supposed to stun targets?
Because it doesn't.

What am I doing wrong?

It stuns targets if you charge a long enough distance before hitting them

Regardless of the damage it does? For example, can I stun a high level enemy with a level 1 shield charge on my witch if the travel distance is long enough?

Might be good to know for PvP in particular, thanks.

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misterioes wrote:

I play on 1920x1200 and when I charge across the whole screen the only effect I see is that monsters turn away for a brief second and that's it. Is that the stun you speak of?

I'm bit dissappointed, but I found out the skill is way better as an escape anyway (playing HC).

I could be wrong on this one, but I think the problem here is that you may not understand what a stun is in this game. In a lot of other games, stun has a more obvious animation. Here, stun is an interrupt followed by a brief "recoil" animation for most monsters. It can also happen anytime you do a large enough percentage of a monsters' HP in damage.

do you get hit while charging? for example when zig-zagging through pack of enemies

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misterioes wrote:

I play on 1920x1200 and when I charge across the whole screen the only effect I see is that monsters turn away for a brief second and that's it. Is that the stun you speak of?

I'm bit dissappointed, but I found out the skill is way better as an escape anyway (playing HC).

You can only stun the creature that you target with your cursor. If you click on the ground, no one will be stunned.

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draygourn wrote:

do you get hit while charging? for example when zig-zagging through pack of enemies

My experience with shield charge is 50/50

Facts:
First things first: You are not immune to damage while charging

You'll be moving too fast for normal melee mobs to hit you. Same with projectiles you'll be long gone before the projectile reaches your starting point unless you're charging straight at the archer in question. Spells however can be an issue as quite a few of them are AoE and cannot be dodged. The same happens if you charge straight into a fireball; you're still gonna get hit.

My opinion:
As far as escape skills go it's pretty good, also if your defense is high enough (I'm a def stacking Templar with fire skills) you should be able to Shield charge into mages and archers and take them out before they can really deal serious damage. Haven't reached Merciless yet with this char but in my opinion it's a great utility skill