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Charge

Charge
8 - 25 yd range

Instant	20 sec recharge

Requires Warrior
Requires level 3

Charge to an enemy, rooting it for 1.50 sec. Generates 20 Rage.

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School

Physical

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n/a

Cost

None

Range

8 - 25 yards (Charge)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

20 seconds

GCD

0 seconds

Effect #1

Charge

Effect #2

Dummy
Value: 200
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Effect #3

Trigger Spell

	Warrior Charge Drop Fire Periodic

Effect #4

Trigger Spell

	Double Time

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Comment by alididas

This technique has pretty much the same effect as intercept, except that it doesn�t cost rage. One of the downsides of this is that if you�re in combat, then you�re unable to use this spell (say a person runs away during combat). For pvp, a good combo is to use this move first, in order to get to the person, and if they decide to run, use intercept to stop them.

Comment by UrsineWrath

o yeah i found a cheap trick with charge in Arathi basin i saw a draenei shaman guarding the mines and me(orc warrior) i jumped down the clift east of the blacksmith and charged at him when i was falling and guess what i took no fall dmg and stunned him good and i just got a new strategy to attack the mines hehehe hmm....does it work if i jump off a flying mount well time to test that out :)

Comment by Dokandre

Charge is simply a great startup for PvP. I've been only playing on private servers but as far as my experience can tell charge makes the difference in a large ammount of PvP's since you get some rage, you get close to your target and the target is stunned for a bit.
Personally i like to use hamstring after the charge so the enemy won't get far from you so easily and you can start spaking his/her arse for some more rage.

Comment by Warhead

Some skilled warriors utilize the Charge mechanism by running away after applying Hamstring or Intercept, then Charging the moment Combat fades. This will reward extra rage, a stun, and can decide 1 on 1 battles with a melee class if used well.

Comment by twarden94

My friend who is a lvl 51 night elf warrior (needs to be a hunter or druid) tried it with a bow he was lvl 16 or so. he told me it didnt work when i told him to try it. So no i dont think it works must be becuse of the new patchs.

Comment by Mardukaz

Don't forget kids: when you're in battlegrounds, make this macro:
/charge
/y FORWARDS!!! %t is first to die!
/cast Charge
you know, for some drama. :)

Comment by Satoku

Charge can also be used to ascend slopes that might otherwise be unclimbable. If your target is at the top of a slope that you cannot climb, charge will navigate you right up it. This tactic can be pretty useful in battlegrounds when your enemy is just out of reach.

Comment by Groundlord

There seems to be a bug in determining if there's a path available to the target. If you stand with your back to a wall, it will say that "No path is available" even if there is nothing between you and your target.

The game mechanics also don't seem to understand that a gap between two objects that you can pass through is NOT something that would block your path, while it will take you around a tree or a pole or something that is actually blocking a straight line (I can run around a pole, how much harder can it be to run through a 5-foot gap between a cage and a house?).

Comment by Less

Very hard to use on hunters if they see you coming.

They'll just send their pet at you and take away pretty much your only advantage.

Comment by abegaza

Charge can use, since patch 3.02, in DEFENSIVE stance

Comment by Alabaster

Can charge be used on divine-shielded paladin?

Comment by yitian10

Know to prodject lore as "Bum Rush"

Comment by Lurven

The warrior trainers in Stormwind don't train out this abillity but the one in Northshire does.

Comment by bobgoatse

No longer shares diminishing returns with other controlled stuns (intercept now lasts the full 3 seconds if you've charged!) and an increased duration to 1.5 seconds on the current PTR.

Comment by Mitokok

A tactic I found to be usful at low lvls (Before you get your mount) is to charge critters while running to your destination.
If you keep the W key held down you will keep running past whatever you charged and it will get you from point A to point B a tiny bit faster.

It's situational and not too incredible, but every little bit helps... right?

Comment by darkwind9627

Does the RAWRbomb work as of 3.2? just wondering as blizzard tends to fix things like that.

Comment by peti89n

Do critterwalk!

When you're travelling on foot just select a critter in the direction you're heading and cast Charge!
Easy way to get faster to your destination... :P

Comment by Alyondria

Anyone know what the actual speed increase is on this?

Comment by Xebenatros

I was thinking say in a boss or some elite situation, if you used a macro, starting with Charge, then Rend, and then switching to Berserker Stance, wouldn't that cause a decent amount of dps at the start of a battle. Charge the enemy, gain enough rage for Rend, switch into Berserker and use Bloodrage at the moment or before the fight. I think its helped but could someone give me an opinion if this would work in most, if not all situations. Please and thank you.

Comment by extroletje

nice note: If u dismount from your flying mount and use charge on a enemy then u get no fall dmg

Comment by SgtFrog

Interesting to note is that, thankfully, Charge can curve around trees. I don't know about other obstacles. Tested this in Deathknell with a lvl 4 Forsaken warrior.

Comment by TantricMuffin

Delightful Charge Tricks:
1. Charge/intercept work IN MID AIR. Nothing quite as scary as getting murdered by a free-falling warrior.
2. You can completely avoid fall damage (from any height) by charging/intercepting an enemy before you hit the ground. This also works with the new Heroic Leap, which requires no target.
3. Since charge and intercept do not have global cooldowns, you can macro things to them. For example, I have
/cast Battle Shout
/cast Charge
for my charge, so that I get an additional 20 rage added onto the charge (not to mention I don't have to worry about having Battle Shout up, since I always open with charge). You can make a similar macro for intercept, and tag Recklessness onto it as well, so that you arrive at the target with as much rage as possible and 3 guaranteed special crits.
4. If you won't need charge in the next 15-20 seconds, randomly charging critters and autoattacking them is a nice way to instantly get 30+ free rage. With Battle Shout macroed to charge and the Blitz talent, I'm able to get around 60 rage from this single Charge as an Arms Warrior.
5. Since Charge and Intercept both stun the target, they are not only useful as a way of getting within melee range, but also as an interrupt. For example, if Pummel is on cooldown and you are trying to interrupt a caster, simply run a few yards, turn around, and then charge or intercept them to stop their spell cast.
6. The Multi Charge: Arms warriors are getting nerfed shortly, but for the current patch, it is actually possible to get 4 "charge" animations consecutively. For example: Charge one enemy, Intercept to another, Intervene to one of your allies, and then Heroic Leap to the finish. Even more disturbingly, you can technically get five in a row as Fury, since you can open with Charge, then Intercept, then Heroic Fury/ Intercept again, Intervene, and finally Heroic Leap.

Comment by Alpha0727

Another trick that was not listed here and that I have been using for a few years now is for Fury Warriors. When you Charge an enemy and switch to Berserker Stance, you normally lose most, if not all, of the rage from the Charge if you do not have Tactical Mastery. But, if you time your switch just right, you can keep 100% of the rage from the Charge. You have to switch stances mid-Charge. After that, I pop Berserker Rage and Battle Shout for a grand total of ~70 rage.

Comment by daswood

For all low levels that want to get around faster but don't have a mount, this is your tool! a warrior with hamstring can get a round areas quite fast with the use of charge. here are the steps:
1- choose the mob farthest away that can be charged
2- hit charge
3-as soon as you charge him use hamstring
4- repeat those steps and you will be moving fast! remember to hamstring and move on or else its pointless if you fight the mob.

Comment by angelblack

Trainer: Listen here champ, if you RUN towards your target you may just get there faster.
That will be 60 copper, come back at level 50 for another pro-tip.

Comment by Leachmore

Arrrgh that makes me enraged! How the heck should I find out the stun duration with that "great" spell tooltip and such a "detailed" spell details.

Comment by N0VIS

Awesome macro to use:
/cast Charge
/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\\\Creature\\\\Rotface\\\\IC_Rotface_Aggro01.wav")

This will have your warrior yell "Wheeeeeee!" in a high-pitched voice while charging.

Edit: Also works amazingly with Bladestorm. XD

Comment by ahua

Generate 15 Rage on the tooltip though the actual generated rage is 13 or 14.

Comment by Orthis

After many years, it is here, the end of jump charging.
Charging a jump-spamming opponent will no longer leave a gap in 4.3; as they will drop directly to the ground upon getting charged. Thus, stopping the jump charge problem.

In addition, your warrior will actually continue to run toward to target until satisfying the "graphical touch" range, if you will. Even if the target is on a mount, charge will effectively close a gap such that no space is left between you and your target.

Take this comment as a time capsule of pre-4.3 When our class would be exploited countless times in PVP. When smart mages would jump your charge and frost nova you in place. When Charge couldn't bring you close enough for melee range, which then any snare on you would dely your uptime a bit more as you slowly catch up to your target (Yes, this means even without the opponent jumping, there was still a gap left). Congratulations warriors, jump charging, is a thing of the past!

Comment by brucek2

The debuff created by this ability is named "Charge Stun"

Comment by Mantrhax

Charge still bugged, u run towards the mob and finish behind him facing the wrong direction. congratulations blizzard

Comment by TheMuffinMan

The stun (outside of Warbringer) is less to actually CC them (although it does mess with cast times), but more to keep them in position so you aren't standing 9 yards away from the Hunter you just rushed.

Comment by xXzCodProxXz

This is NOT a stun, but a gap closer
a controlled stun, is, say Shockwave or Hammer of Justice

When facing enemy warriors,make sure to always DENY them their charge by staying up in their grills(if you are melee). That way, especially at lower levels, warriors will literally be helpless and unable to generate rage.(bloodrage is no longer in the game)
Hunters no longer have a deadzone, so you can expiriment with this as well.
do NOT allow warriors to run away from you and gain distance, but stay on their toes

If a ranged dps, just stay at 30-40 feet, as most hunter shots are now 40 yard range. Same goes for mages, the range for spells have been buffed as well
the 1.5 second is so obnoxious....use to be 1 second. I guess somebody's warrior was lagging ,he complained and this retarded spell got a buff

Comment by jakennnbake

/castsequence Charge;
Intervene;

I frickin LOVE charge... I mean LOVE LOVE LOVE it... It's by far the BEST ability amongst all classes.. no exceptions. Blasting around the battlefield is awesome.. especially when combined with heroic leap, death from above, double time and intervene... Can anyone else keep up?

Anyways, now that my fanboy nerd moment is over.. here's my favorite macro. Charge when targeting a badguy, intervene on a good guy.. short, sweet and simple.

/castsequence Charge;
Intervene;

Comment by Bananamod1

This is one of the best abilities to use on a DK,
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