Overpower Damage in Diablo 4

Complete Guide to Overpower Damage in Diablo 4

Diablo 4 – the game where you see some really colorful big numbers on your screen and you actually don’t know what they are. Well, welcome to our Complete Guide to Overpower Damage in Diablo 4, which is actually that big number we were talking about.

What is Overpower Damage?

When you are hitting enemies or defeating them, you will see multiple numbers with various sizes, values, and even colors. Yes, we know it sucks, but there is a complete history behind them.

It could be White, Yellow, Orange or sometimes it’s just Teal colored. Out of these, you will find a specific color pointing toward the Overpower Damage. It isn’t the same as the Critical Damage but rather goes around with the build optimization.

The Overpower Damage number is always present in the Blue Green number, which somewhat Teal.

Overpower Damage in Diablo 4 compared to Critical Damage

Overpower Effect vs Critical Effect

Overpower is an activation type of damage that enhances your capabilities of bonus damage inflicted on the enemies with your attack.

Yes, that sounds quite similar to the critical damage, but the main difference here is that the Overpower damage has a fixed chance of activating and will also scale with your stats.

Critical Effect is shown as a Yellow Number and it is also possible to deal Overpower Critical, combining both damage effects, showing an Orange number.

Overpower Damage Stats

  • 3 Percent Fixed Activation Chance which can’t be changed, but you can use Weapon Affects that guarantee this.
  • Extra damage to the skills you are using during the activation of Overpower Effect in Diablo 4.
  • It scales with Fortify and Life Stats but has a cap of 150 percent and a base value of 50 percent.
  • DPS, Passive, and Channeled abilities don’t have Overpower Damage effects enabled.

Creating Builds with Overpower Effect

Considering both Overpower and Critical Damage, you can make builds that can focus on the Overpower Damage maximization. Or, you can simply roll with the skills that activate the Overpower Effects, it is totally up to you.

Then again, there is another path which is of Critical change and deals damage that will activate Overpower with that, combining other of them. The damage is going to be devastating and makes a lot of doors open to you.

Creating Builds with Overpower Damage Effect in Diablo 4

Conclusion

That’s our Complete Guide on Overpower Damage in Diablo 4. Yes, there are a ton of numbers on your screen and yes, critical can be combined with the Overpower Effect. The best practice is to simply go with the best thing with your build.

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