Warlock's Ritualist Shard + Overwhelming Aspect turns Overpower into the build's primary damage multiplier via forced overstacking - Diablo IV Season 15 mechanics

The current top-tier Apocalypse Warlock build stacks Overpower to roughly 16 (well beyond either disputed baseline cap, see brk_overpower_stack_cap_dispute) using Command Volokh and the Hematite Stone, then converts each stack into 34% increased damage against Elites via the Overwhelming Aspect - reported as roughly 544% total bonus damage from this one interaction chain.

Detail

This is presented by its own guide as 'multiplicative' damage, but 34%-per-stack summed across 16 stacks (34 x 16 = 544) is arithmetically an ADDITIVE summation before being applied as this Aspect's own bucket - a live example of exactly the kind of bucket-labeling confusion covered in mult_summed_multiplier_wording_trap. Whether Overwhelming Aspect's bucket then applies as a true independent Global Multiplier (multiplicative with the rest of the build) or feeds into the shared Additive Damage Multiplier bucket was not confirmed by the fetched guide text.

Why it works

The Hematite Stone is documented as granting 200% increased potency to Command Volokh, the Ritualist Shard, and its Fragments - a force-multiplier on the whole Overpower-stacking chain, not just the final Aspect.

Numbers

Command Volokh + Hematite Stone: up to ~16 Overpower stacks reported. Overwhelming Aspect: 34% increased Elite damage per Overpower stack -> ~544% at 16 stacks (34*16).

How to use it

Before assuming this interaction is a clean x5.44 multiplier, verify in-game (or via a damage meter) whether Overwhelming Aspect's bonus sits inside your Additive bucket (subject to the diminishing-returns math in mult_crowded_additive_diminishing_returns) or is a true separate Global Multiplier - this changes how much further Additive investment is worth after taking it.

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