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2021/2022 Legion Chargers

What charger does it ship with?

Most models ship with a heavy 300W power brick, including RTX 3060 base models. Some RTX 3060 models and most RTX 3050/3050Ti models have been known to ship with 230W power bricks.

Alternatives

A good alternative confirmed to be fine with RTX 3070 models is the 240W GaN Charger by SlimQ, use coupon “laptopwikilegion2022” (affiliate link)

What charger wattage should I use?

Do all Legions need 300W?

Short answer? Sort of.
Long answer: Our tests showed that a Legion with RTX3070 at TGP of 140W can pull up to 308W from the wall outlet. While during regular use, a weaker charger may be sufficient, when pushing the laptop to its limits, up to 300W of power can be drawn.
For example, by charging the battery while gaming in performance mode.
In other cases, if you don’t need charging while gaming, a regular original Lenovo 230W charger or SlimQ 240W charger should be sufficient for 5800H+RTX3070 models. In case of 5900HX+RTX3080, you may encounter battery drain if using 230W charger while gaming in performance mode. However, no performance loss should be encountered.

Using USB-C charging.

Anything less is not likely going to work.
The rear USB-C port supports up to 100W USB-PD charging at 20V. Lenovo's proprietary 135W USB-C charger is confirmed to not work at full power on 2021 units, it will be limited to 100W.