Is Shield Charge affected by Fury?

I always assumed Shield Charge was affected by the brute fury bonus, but I started watching the numbers more carefully and am starting to think maybe it is not.

My test:

50 mace/shield brute moving to the middle of a spawn of Cimerorans on the wall in Cimerora. Against All Odds (1 level 50 END RDX IO) is on. Shield Charge (6 level 50 Obliteration IO) to attack the Cimerorans.

I seem to consistently hit the minions for 284 damage regardless of whether I attack immediately (with low fury) or wait for fury to build up to 78% while the Cimerorans attack me.

Am I doing something wrong? Or is Shield Charge really not affected by fury?

Shield Charge spawns a pseudo pet, which is what causes the damage to the enemies. It is set to ignore buffs... including Fury.

I'm personally more interested to see if it does the same amount of damage unenhanced as enhanced, now that I've researched it a bit...

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New test:

Level 50 mace/shield brute.
AAO off.
No build up.
Shield Charge into level 50 Cimerorans with 0 fury = 153 damage.



Level 50 mace/shield brute.
AAO off.
No build up.
Stand in Cimeroran mobs and let them swing at me until 78% fury.
Shield Charge onto level 50 Cimerorans = 263 damage.


So fury does help.


Level 50 mace/shield brute.
AAO on, about 7 mobs around me.
78% fury.
Shield charge onto level 50 Cimerorans = 284 damage.


Level 50 mace/shield brute.
AAO on, about 7 mobs around me.
78% fury.
Build up & shield charge onto level 50 Cimerorans = 284 damage.



My damage bonus according to the in game Combat Attributes monitor is 199% with AAO and 78% fury, 279% with AAO, 78% fury and build up. This seems strange because this should be well below a 400% damage cap.

Could it be the damage cap for the pet that does the actual Shield Charge damage is only around 200%?


This is making me think that shield charge may actually much better on a scrapper than a brute, due to the higher base damage.

Nice testing! Good to see that fury does affect Shield Charge like it should.

Part of what I missed in my earlier post was that all attacks begin at 100% damage, and that is part of the dmg cap total. For Shield Charge, another 300% will cap the power. So...

100% (base damage) + 95% (enh value) + 80% (build up) + 90% (8 foes in AAO) = 365%.

400-365 = 35% from capped dmg. That's only 17 points of fury, which is pretty much a guaranteed with the way fury builds now.

Without build up: 365-80 = 285%.
400-285= 115%
that's about 58 points of fury, still easily attainable and maintainable. Build Up not needed to cap SC damage in normal play.

Most softcapped /shield builds end up with some +damage bonuses from the sets used, which may affect your in-game numbers as well.


And, yes, scrappers tend to get more out of both AAO and SC than brutes with their higher base damage. It was more of an issue before they adjusted the base damage of SC, though. The set is beastly on both ATs.