What is Overpower Damage and How to Increase It

Overpower Damage is a damage type available to Diablo 4 (D4)! Read on to learn everything about Overpower damage including how to deal Overpower damage, sources of Overpower damage, and how to increase your Overpower damage!

What is Overpower Damage?

Damage Based on the Sum of Maximum and Fortified Life

Overpower damage is a damage type that is based on the sum of your character's current HP and Fortify HP. Overpower damage is shown as Teal colored text when damaging an enemy.

How to Maximize Overpower Damage

Has a Flat 3% Chance of Proccing

Overpower damage has a flat 3% chance of proc chance. This percentage cannot be increased, so take that into consideration when you're trying to create a build focused on Overpower damage.

However, although you have no way of raising those chances, other sources such as Skills, Paragon, and Aspects for certain classes do offer guaranteed Overpower procs.

Use Skills or Aspects that Guarantee Overpower

There are various skills, aspects, and even Vampiric Powers that allows you to get guaranteed Overpower attacks. This will allow you to override the low 3% chance of Overpower Triggers by relying on other conditions to use Overpower attacks.

How to Determine Overpower Procs

Overpower Damage Text is Colored Blue

To know if you have dealt Overpower damage, you'll know that it is one if you see a Teal colored damage text from the enemy. There are no other indicator to know aside from watching for Teal texts during the battle.

Overpower Damage with Critical Strike Damage is Colored Orange

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While Critical Strike Damage is normally colored Yellow, it will turn to a much deeper Orange when Overpower Damage occurs simultaneously.

Overpower Affixes

Overpower Aspects

Barbarian

Aspect	Effect and How to Get
Earthstriker's Aspect (Offensive)	How to Get: Maugan's Works (Dungeon Clear) After swapping weapons 8 times, your next non-Basic Attack will Overpower and deal (30-50)% increased Overpower damage.

Necromancer

Aspect	Effect and How to Get
Aspect of Rathma’s Chosen (Offensive)	Whenever your Blood Skills Overpower you gain (20-50)% Attack Speed for 4 seconds.
Aspect of Untimely Death (Offensive)	Each percent of your Maximum Life you Heal beyond 100% grants you 0.5% bonus Overpower damage on your next Overpowering attack, up to a (20.0-60.0)% bonus.

Overpower Related Skills

Barbarian

Skill	Effect
Brute Force	Your Overpowers deal XX% increased damage when using a Two-Handed weapon.
Gushing Wounds	When causing an enemy to Bleed, you have a chance equal to your Critical Strike Chance to increase the Bleed amount by 100% of your Critical Strike Damage bonus. Overpowering a Bleeding enemy creates an explosion that inflicts 11% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.

Druid

Skill	Effect
Provocation	When you remain in Werebear form for at least XX seconds, your next Skill will Overpower.
Ursine Strength	While Healthy, deal 25% increased damage, and 25% increased Overpower damage.

Necromancer

Skill	Effect
Rathma's Vigor	After being Healthy for 12 seconds, your next Blood Skill Overpowers. This timer is reduced by 2 seconds each time Blood Orbs Heal or Overheal you for an amount greater than or equal to your base Life.
Tides of Blood	Your Blood Skills deal XX% increased Overpower damage. This bonus is doubled while you are Healthy.

Overpower Uniques

Overpower Vampiric Powers

Vampiric Power Cost	Effect
Blood Boil 0 0 6	When your Core Skills Overpower an enemy, you spawn 3 Volatile Blood Drops. Collecting a Volatile Blood Drop causes it to explode, dealing 60% Physical damage around you. Every 20 seconds, your next Skill is guaranteed to Overpower.

Note that Vampiric Powers are only available in Season 2.

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