Overcharged Cartridges

Armament. Your next few explosion attacks deal more damage. Using this skill while you already have stacks of Overcharged Cartridges causes you to supercharge your remaining cartridges. — In-game description

Overcharged Cartridges

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Specialization

Bladesworn

Slot

Utility

Type

Armament

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

68085

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Overcharged Cartridges

Armament. Your next few explosion attacks deal more damage. Using this skill while you already have stacks of Overcharged Cartridges causes you to supercharge your remaining cartridges.

 Overcharged Damage Increase: 15%

 Supercharged Damage Increase: 20%

 Supercharged Damage Increase: 25%

₅ Overcharged Cartridges (10s): Your explosions do more damage.

₅ Supercharged Cartridges (10s): Your explosions do extreme damage.

 Maximum Count: 2

 Count Recharge: 20 seconds

 Number of Hits: 5

— In-game description

Notes

Bug:

The historical skill Detonate Cartridges is still listed in the tooltip when this skill is viewed in the training tab.

Related traits

Bladesworn

• Fierce as Fire — Gain increased strike damage for each round of ammunition spent.
• Lush Forest — Using the first round of ammo on an ammunition skill reduces the recharge of all warrior skills. Does not affect the recharge of Unsheathe Gunsaber, Sheathe Gunsaber, and Dragon Trigger.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 19, 2025	Reduced the supercharged cartridge damage bonus from 25% to 20% in PvE only.
June 24, 2025	This[sic] skill is replaced by Supercharged Cartridges[sic]. Supercharged Cartridges causes your remaining overcharged cartridges to increase explosion damage even more.
June 28, 2022	Overcharged Cartridges has been added to the game and replaced Bulletproof Barrier. Using this skill makes your next five Explosion attacks deal 15% more damage. Using the skill again while you still have charges triggers Detonate Cartridges.