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Dive into the mechanics of Overpower in Diablo 4! Find out how to use this powerful ability effectively and dominate your enemies.
Diablo 4 introduced a variety of new gameplay mechanics, while keeping the isometric action RPG formula mostly unchanged. However, even these small additions here and there can have a major impact on how you play. If you are looking to master the game and maximize how much damage you deal to enemies, you have to learn about Overpower in Diablo 4. In this guide, we explain the Overpower damage in detail to ensure you can wreak havoc in the ranks of your foes.
Understanding Overpower in Diablo 4
Overpower is a game mechanic that is similar to the other two critical strike abilities, namely, Lucky Hit and Critical Strike. With Overpower, you will deal excess damage to enemies, which will be equal to the sum of your Fortified and current Life. There is a 3% chance of triggering an Overpowered hit whenever you attack foes. The following formula is how the game calculates the Overpowered damage that you’ll deal:
Overpowered Damage = Stat Bonuses x Base Damage + ((Fortified Life + Life) x Stat Bonuses) x Overpower Bonus
So, you can very easily deal four or five times the damage when an Overpowered Damage triggers. This is what makes it such a powerful ability. In-game, you will be able to tell an Overpowered attack from others because the damage numbers will be displayed in blue. Also, keep in mind that Overpowered in Diablo 4 generally does not trigger on powerful passives and damage-over-time effects.
Improving Overpower Effectiveness
While there are several ways in which you can increase the damage you deal with Overpower attacks, the game doesn’t provide any way to increase the chances of it triggering. Even so, certain classes and abilities are predisposed towards a build focusing on Overpower. Here are the classes and their Skills, Glyphs, and Aspects that guarantee Overpower hits on enemies.
- If you are playing as a Barbarian, you can guarantee Overpower hits by using the Combat Bash skill, Dominate Glyph, and Earthstriker’s Aspect.
- For Druids, Overpower hits are guaranteed when unleashing Provocation or Enhanced Pulverize skills.
- If you are a Necromancer, try to use one of the following three skills to guarantee an Overpower shot when it triggers: Rathma’s Vigor, Supernatural Blood Lance, and Paranormal Blood Surge.
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How To Increase Overpower Damage in Diablo 4
As we saw, Overpower Damage relies mostly on your Life and Fortify Life stats. So, you need to improve these to increase the damage linked to Overpower. Also, building on Fortify and health stats greatly improves your survivability. But beyond these two, the following are some of the other stats that can help maximize Overpower Damage.
- Willpower greatly enhances the damage of Overpower in Diablo 4. With every additional point in Willpower, the Overpower Damage increases by 0.25%. If you are playing as a Druid, investing in Willpower will also improve your normal Damage stat.
- Investing in the Overpower Damage stat will result in a general improvement to the damage you deal when Overpower triggers.
- Overpower Damage with Weapon Type is a stat that will offer increased damage through Overpower when you use specific weapons to attack. And, if you choose maces to attack, regardless of which one, it will increase Overpower damage.
Besides these, you can slot certain rubies into your gear to maximize the damage you deal when the effect triggers. You can also use Runewords to further improve stats that have a positive effect on the Overpower ability. Check out our Diablo 4 runes guide to know more.
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