Question about: Claws of the Magpie (notable passive)

Notable Description:
Claws of the Magpie is a notable passive skill that grants increased damage and increased attack speed with claws. It also grants additional chance to steal charges when hitting an enemy with claws.

My Question:
Can it steal from any monster or just from monsters that have or can generate charges?

You can steal charges with Claw of the Magpie (or Surgebinder) when hitting any enemy that has some of them, from any source - whether they generate them by modifier (for example, "Frenzies when kin slain") or from other sources (for example, Frenzy Charges from "frenzies allies").

Mind that "charges" in the context of Claw of the Magpie only refers to Endurance Charges, Power Charges and Frenzy Charges. You cannot Steal other kind of charges (for example, Zeal Charges from a Legacy of Zeal pack)

Thx for the info...

I'm not sure if my evaluation of this notable is correct but as is it seems very weak to me...

25% chance (+ 10% from Surgebinder) and I can only get them from monsters that have some charges active....

I find that quite underwhelming or am I missing something?

Nothing missed. That's all that Magpie does. Steal charges from monsters. Useful for getting up some material for your Discharge, or just get some boost from a map with a lot of "monsters gain charges on hit" modifier.

I want also to point out you don't want your monster to gain charges, since charges' effect on monsters and minions is higher than on you.

Specifically:

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Endurance charges:
+15% to all Elemental Resistances per Endurance Charge
15% additional Physical Damage Reduction per Endurance Charge

Frenzy charges:
15% increased Attack Speed per Frenzy Charge
15% increased Cast Speed per Frenzy Charge
4% more Damage per Frenzy Charge
5% increased Movement Speed per Frenzy Charge

Power charges:
200% increased Critical Strike Chance per Power Charge

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It's not about stealing charges. It's about sending a message. The message is "Don't think so"

Yeah, I know they are like steroids for minions and monsters.

Thx for the chat mate, appreciate it.