Steel Charge

Steel Charge
Tradeable
Cannot be obtained from transmutation
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Max Rank Description
Squad receives +60% Melee Damage
General Information
Type	Aura
Polarity	Madurai
Rarity	Uncommon
Max Rank	5
Endo Required To Max	620
Credits Required To Max	29,946
Base Capacity Cost	-4
Trading Tax	4,000
Introduced	Update 5.0 (2012-12-18)
Vendor Sources
Vendors Nightwave  20 for x1
Official Drop Tables
https://www.warframe.com/droptables

Steel Charge is an aura mod that increases the damage dealt by melee weapons.

Stats

Rank	Effect	Cost *
0	+10%	-4
1	+20%	-5
2	+30%	-6
3	+40%	-7
4	+50%	-8
5	+60%	-9

* Aura mods increase the amount of Mod Capacity

Acquisition

• Available at Tier 1 from The Duviri Paradox Normal Circuit during Week 1.
• Available for  20x Cred creds from the Nightwave Cred Offerings store on a rotational basis.

Notes

• The melee damage provided by this mod stacks additively with other melee mods, e.g.  Pressure Point.
• To the melee weapon the benefit of this mod is equivalent to a rank 2  Pressure Point.
• When stacked as an entire squad, it will provide 240% melee damage.
  • Using this, along with  Coaction Drift,  Pressure Point, and  Spoiled Strike, will boost an individual player's melee damage by 399.35%.
  • Using this, along with  Coaction Drift,  Primed Pressure Point and  Spoiled Strike, will boost an individual player's melee damage by 444.35%
  • An entire squad in which each player has both Steel Charge and  Coaction Drift will give +317.4% melee damage.
  • An entire squad with the complete damage boosting mods will give a total of +582.4%.
• It is one of the most proficient auras in powering a Warframe, along with  Power Donation, as the aura can potentially provide a total of 18 points (assuming it is on a matching polarity slot), compared to most auras that provide 14.
• Melee ability weapons, thrown glaives, and Archwing melee weapons all benefit from this mod.
• Steel Charge used to have a higher drain and with it a maximum modding potential of 88 could be reached. Any build which used this higher cap before the change has stayed the same despite exceeding the maximum drain, though this is likely a bug.
• As of Hotfix 16.11.5 (2015-07-15), Steel Charge will now affect the damage dealt by  Ash's  Blade Storm.

Trivia

• On Update 12.0 (2014-02-05), the melee damage bonus was increased from 3% to 5%, while its maximum rank was also increased from 5 to 10. As of Update 12.2 (2014-02-19), Steel Charge was reduced to a rank 5 mod, bringing melee damage in line to provide +60% at max rank, and granting 9 additional mod energy points at max rank (as opposed to the relatively standard 7). Any player who had a copy at rank 6 or above received two Legendary Cores as compensation.

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Patch History

Hotfix 16.11.5 (2015-07-15)

• Ash’s Blade Storm is now affected by the Steel Charge Aura Mod.

Update 12.2 (2014-02-19)

• Steel Charge Aura changed from 10 rank Aura mod to 5 rank Auramod, see further information here-> Forum Link

Update 12.0 (2014-02-05)

• Steel Charge Aura rebalanced (+5% Damage per level).

Update 9.0 (2013-07-13)

• Became an Aura mod.

Update 5.0 (2012-12-18)

• Introduced as an Artifact.