With the arrival of Path of Exile 3.25 update, Endurance Charges have also undergone a major change. Instead of providing additional Elemental Resistance, they now provide Elemental Damage Reduction, and still provide the additional Physical Damage Reduction they provided previously.
In this guide, we’ll talk about the importance of Endurance Charges as a defensive layer, and how to apply them to your build, even if you’re on the complete opposite side of Passive Skill Tree.
Endurance Charges Explained
For Endurance Charges mechanic in POE 3.25, you now gain 4% additional Physical Damage Reduction and 4% Elemental Damage Reduction. There are max of three Charges by default, and each Charge lasts 10 seconds by default. Once a new Charge is acquired, this resets the duration of all Charges of that type.
Additional Physical Damage Reduction
Let’s first look at how these Charges work with other defensive layers to achieve additional Physical Damage Reduction.
This is a statistic that is added to Physical Damage Reduction provided by Armor. First, Physical Damage Reduction of Armor is calculated using the following formula, where A is the total Armor and D is the total Physical Damage of the incoming strike:
Physical Damage Reduction From Armor= A/(A+5*D)
Once Physical Damage Reduction percentage is calculated, all sources of additional Physical Damage Reduction are added together. They are then added directly to this percentage to provide the final total Physical Damage Reduction.
Unlike Armor, it is capped at a maximum reduction of 90%, though additional Physical Damage Reduction can also mitigate physical damage over time, such as Bleeding or Corrupted Blood.
Elemental Damage Reduction
Now let’s talk about the other component of Endurance Charges, Elemental Damage Reduction. It works slightly differently, as it is not additive to Elemental Resistance, but instead provides multiplicative damage reduction.
For example, incoming Elemental damage is first mitigated by Resistance, then by Elemental Damage Reduction, and both Resistance and Elemental Damage Reduction are capped at 90%.
Why Are Endurance Charges So Important?
The importance of using Endurance Charges has been amplified in POE 3.25 for a few reasons.
First, while Additional Physical Damage Reduction has always been a very powerful stat, Elemental Resistance that these Endurance Charges once provided was almost always wasted on builds that didn’t specialize in Charges. But now with Elemental Damage Reduction, these Charges are very useful for every build.
On top of that, the way Physical Damage is converted to Elemental Damage has been significantly nerfed, and many builds have a harder time fighting Physical Damage than before, which is another reason we desperately need Endurance Charges.
So, no matter the reason or build, you’re going to need to find a way to get those Charges into your build. Just to be clear here, we’re going to be focusing on most Non-Lower Left Passive Skill Tree builds, as these builds require some alternate methods to get Charges.
How To Get Endurance Charges?
First, let’s look at one of the most basic ways to get Endurance Charges, which is crafting Minimum Charges on your Ring or Amulet.
Crafting Minimum Charges
This is a great way to get Charges into your build, especially early in your progression. While this may seem a bit insignificant for the amount of damage reduction each Charge provides, even just packing two Minimum Charges into your build can be very beneficial.
In addition to this, Minimum Charges have another benefit, which is that they cannot be removed by monsters. Because you may encounter a Charge Removal Rare Monster modifier, what it does is that the monster’s attacks will remove your Charges.
Enduring Cry
Next, we have Enduring Cry, a Warcry skill that was the go-to for many builds to gain Endurance Charges, and is suitable for many leagues. But in POE 3.25, Call to Arms Support was replaced with Autoexertion, which automates Warcries but prevents them from providing buffs or charges, so this is just as useless as Enduring Cry.
That being said, Enduring Cry is still a powerful tool to slot into builds as a standalone ability, especially when it provides Charges when you need them most.
The application of this skill requires calculating the power of enemies within its area of effect and grants one Endurance Charge for every five points of power. Common monsters count as 1 power, Magic counts as 2 power, Rare monsters count as 10 power, and Unique monsters count as 20 power.
Therefore, using this Enduring Cry next to a Rare monster is guaranteed to provide at least two Endurance Charges, and next to a Unique monster, it will provide at least four Endurance Charges for many players.
Honestly, this option is probably the least ideal way to get Charges, but at the same time, it’s basically the lowest investment method available. For a very low investment of POE Currency, you can get Endurance Charges that keep your build running.
Enduring Composure
The next method has to do with a Cluster Jewel, Enduring Composure. You can find it on a Small Cluster Jewel or Megalomaniac Cluster Jewel at item level 68 or higher.
Now, this is a fairly popular option. You can put Endurance Charges into your build, and as long as you have been hit recently, this Jewel will allow you to gain a Charge every second. Especially considering the new changes introduced in POE 3.25, a lot of builds still count being hit after blocking a hit. So Endurance Charges will grant a Charge after you block a hit, even if you are not currently taking damage.
Eldritch Body Armour Implicit Modifiers
The other option you will have for Endurance Charge generation is one that is quickly becoming popular in POE 3.25 leagues. That is using Eldritch Body Armour Implicit to gain Endurance Charges per interval.
This modifier starts with Charges being generated every 15 seconds at the lowest tier, and every 10 seconds at the highest tier.
Now, as mentioned before, gaining new Charges will reset the duration of existing Charges of that type. So if you can get enough Endurance or Generic Charge duration, you will be able to maintain Endurance Charges using this method.
Outro
In conclusion, there are many other ways to generate Charges that are more niche or build specific, but the ones we mention here are more widely available in terms of application. So if you haven’t taken one of these methods and loaded Endurance Charges into your build, then get going now!
Even for the seemingly small amount of damage reduction they provide per Charge, they really do matter when you have enough Endurance Charges. It’s definitely something you’ll want to take advantage of in almost every build. So grab yourself some Endurance Charges now, you won’t regret it!
