Path of Exile 2: Endurance Charges Explained

Path of Exile 2 is 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 from PoE 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.

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How Do Endurance Charges Work in PoE 2

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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:

You gain an Endurance Charge through a Skill, Support, Passive, or item.
You consume the Endurance Charge through a second Skill, Support, or item. The effects of these items will be buffed in various ways.

How to Gain Endurance Charges in PoE 2

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There are multiple ways to gain Endurance Charges in Path of Exile 2, and most of them are from the Warrior class. They are:

Source	Type	Description
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
Cranial Impact	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 +1 to Maximum Endurance Charges
Resonance	Keystone	Gain Power Charges instead of Frenzy Charges Gain Frenzy Charges instead of Endurance Charges Gain Endurance Charges instead of Power Charges
Elemental Infusion	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

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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.

Source	Type	Description
Endurance	Passive Notable	+2 to Maximum Endurance Charges
Guts	Passive Notable	Recover 3% of maximum Life for each Endurance Charge consumed +1 to Maximum Endurance Charges
Grit	Passive Notable	5% chance that if you would gain Endurance Charges, you instead gain up to maximum Endurance Charges +1 to Maximum Endurance Charges
Belt Enchantment	Vaal Orb Outcome	+1 to Maximum Endurance Charges

How to Consume Endurance Charges in PoE 2

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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:

Source	Type	Description
Infernal Cry	Warrior Skill	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	Warrior Skill	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	Warrior Skill	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	Support Gem	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.
Nebuloch	Unique Mace	Attacks consume an Endurance Charge to Critically Hit Take 100 Chaos damage per second per Endurance Charge

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Released: December 6, 2024
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