Charge

Required Level: 12
Prerequisites: Smite
Synergies: Charge receives damage bonuses from points placed in:

Vigor: +20% Damage Per Level
Might: +20% Damage Per Level

Details: A rushing attack that moves the Paladin very quickly to the target. Includes a knock back effect allowing it to be used over and over again on the same enemy, knocking them back until they die or run into an obstacle.

Despite the icon and location on the skill tree (after Smite) Charge does not require a shield, nor does the shield damage factor into the damage dealt if you have a weapon equipped. Charging with a big damage, two-handed weapon can be very effective.
Like all of the Paladin's combat skills, Charge is best used on the left click, while an aura is active on the right.
Charge can not be used in melee range; only from further away. Smite for the knock back, then Charge is a useful combination.
Charge can be used without a target by holding down the shift key. This will let your Paladin traverse long distances very quickly, though it uses up a lot of mana and leaves minions far behind.
Bugs with Charge can freeze the Paladin in place, or make him walk backwards (the moonwalk bug). Switching weapons or getting hit will usually snap him out of it.
Charge was the favorite low level PK skill in early D2 days. Beware low level Paladins with Vigor and big two-handed weapons. (Such as Bonesnap.)

Charging Speed

ChargeSpeed = BaseRunSpeed * (1 + Skill_FRW / 100 + Armor_Speed / 100) * 150%

where the terms are as above. By substituting BaseRunSpeed and multiplying it by 150%, we get:

ChargeSpeed = 9 yards/s * (1 + Skill_FRW / 100 + Armor_Speed / 100)

There is no lower limit to ChargeSpeed. It can be even negative.

Mana:	9

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Damage	+AR	Slvl	Damage	+AR	Slvl	Damage	+AR	Slvl	Damage	+AR
1	+100%	50%	6	+225%	125%	11	+350%	200%	16	+475%	275%
2	+125%	65%	7	+250%	140%	12	+375%	215%	17	+500%	290%
3	+150%	80%	8	+275%	155%	13	+400%	230%	18	+525%	305%
4	+175%	95%	9	+300%	170%	14	+425%	245%	19	+550%	320%
5	+200%	110%	10	+325%	185%	15	+450%	260%	20	+575%	335%

Classes of the Diablo games - Skills [e] Diablo II:AmazonBarbNecroPaladinSorceress LoD:AssassinDruid Other:Diablo IDiablo III

The Amazon - Amazon Skills [e]
Bow and Crossbow Skills		Javelin and Spear Skills		Passive and Magic Skills
• Magic Arrow • Fire Arrow • Cold Arrow • Multiple Shot • Exploding Arrow	• Ice Arrow • Guided Arrow • Immolation Arrow • Strafe • Freezing Arrow	• Jab • Power Strike • Poison Javelin • Impale • Lightning Bolt	• Charged Strike • Plague Javelin • Fend • Lightning Strike • Lightning Fury	• Inner Sight • Critical Strike • Dodge • Slow Missiles • Avoid	• Penetrate • Decoy • Evade • Valkyrie • Pierce

The Barbarian - Barbarian Skills [e]
Combat Masteries Skills		Combat Skills		Warcry Skills
• Sword Mastery • Axe Mastery • Mace Mastery • Polearm Mastery • Throwing Mastery	• Spear Mastery • Increased Stamina • Iron Skin • Increased Speed • Natural Resistance	• Bash • Leap • Double Swing • Stun • Double Throw	• Leap Attack • Concentrate • Frenzy • Whirlwind • Berserk	• Howl • Find Potion • Taunt • Shout • Find Item	• Battle Cry • Battle Orders • Grim Ward • War Cry • Battle Command

The Necromancer - Necromancer Skills [e]
Curse Skills		Poison & Bones Skills		Summoning Skills
• Amplify Damage • Dim Vision • Weaken • Iron Maiden • Terror	• Confuse • Life Tap • Attract • Decrepify • Lower Resist	• Teeth • Bone Armor • Poison Dagger • Corpse Explosion • Bone Wall	• Poison Explosion • Bone Spear • Bone Prison • Poison Nova • Bone Spirit	• Raise Skeleton • Skeleton Mastery • Clay Golem • Golem Mastery • Raise Skeletal Mage	• Blood Golem • Summon Resist • Iron Golem • Fire Golem • Revive

The Paladin - Paladin Skills [e]
Combat Skills		Defensive Auras		Offensive Auras
• Sacrifice • Smite • Holy Bolt • Zeal • Charge	• Vengeance • Blessed Hammer • Conversion • Holy Shield • Fist of the Heavens	• Prayer • Resist Fire • Resist Cold • Resist Lightning • Defiance	• Cleansing • Vigor • Meditation • Redemption • Salvation	• Might • Holy Fire • Thorns • Blessed Aim • Concentration	• Holy Freeze • Holy Shock • Sanctuary • Fanaticism • Conviction

The Sorceress - Sorceress Skills [e]
Cold Skills		Fire Skills		Lightning Skills
• Ice Bolt • Frozen Armor • Frost Nova • Ice Blast • Shiver Armor	• Glacial Spike • Blizzard • Chilling Armor • Frozen Orb • Cold Mastery	• Fire Bolt • Warmth • Inferno • Blaze • Fireball	• Fire Wall • Enchant • Meteor • Fire Mastery • Hydra	• Charged Bolt • Telekinesis • Static Field • Lightning • Nova	• Chain Lightning • Teleport • Thunder Storm • Energy Shield • Lightning Mastery

The Assassin - Assassin Skills [e]
Martial Arts Skills		Shadow Disciplines Skills		Traps Skills
• Tiger Strike • Dragon Talon • Dragon Claw • Fists of Fire • Cobra Strike	• Dragon Tail • Claws of Thunder • Blades of Ice • Dragon Flight • Phoenix Strike	• Claw Mastery • Psychic Hammer • Burst of Speed • Cloak of Shadows • Weapon Block	• Fade • Shadow Warrior • Mind Blast • Venom • Shadow Master	• Fire Blast • Shock Web • Blade Sentinel • Charged Bolt Sentry • Wake of Fire	• Blade Fury • Lightning Sentry • Wake of Inferno • Death Sentry • Blade Shield

The Druid - Druid Skills [e]
Elemental Skills		Shapeshifting Skills		Summoning Skills
• Firestorm • Molten Boulder • Arctic Blast • Fissure • Cyclone Armor	• Twister • Volcano • Tornado • Hurricane • Armageddon	• Werewolf • Lycanthropy • Werebear • Maul • Feral Rage	• Fire Claws • Rabies • Shock Wave • Hunger • Fury	• Raven • Poison Creeper • Oak Sage • Summon Spirit Wolf • Carrion Vine	• Heart of Wolverine • Summon Dire Wolf • Solar Creeper • Spirit of Barbs • Summon Grizzly

Diablo I - Spells				Hellfire - Spells [e]
Rogue - Sorcerer - Warrior				Barbarian - Bard - Monk
• Apocalypse • Blood Star • Bone Spirit • Chain Lightning • Charged Bolt • Elemental • Fireball	• Firebolt • Fire Wall • Flame Wave • Flash • Golem • Guardian • Healing	• Heal Other • Holy Bolt • Identify • Inferno • Infravision • Lightning • Mana Shield	• Nova • Phasing • Resurrect • Stone Curse • Telekinesis • Teleport • Town Portal	• Berserk • Immolation • Jester • Lightning Wall • Magi	• Mana • Reflect • Ring of Fire • Search • Warp

Diablo III Classes		Diablo III Class Info [e]
Diablo III: • Barbarian • Demon Hunter • Monk • Necromancer • Witch Doctor • Wizard	Other classes: • Archivist (April Fool's) • Dervish (rejected) • Fan-made classes	Skill info: • Active skills • Passive skills • Signature skills • Fan-made skills	Archetypes: • Caster • Melee • Ranged	Archetype sub-types: • DPS • Healer • Summon/Spawn • Tank • Utility