The current top-tier Apocalypse Warlock build stacks Overpower to roughly 16 (well beyond the baseline cap) using Command Volokh and the Hematite Stone, then converts each stack into 34% increased damage against Elites via the Overwhelming Aspect - roughly 544% total bonus damage from this one interaction chain.
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, even when described as 'multiplicative' damage. 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 is not known.
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.
Command Volokh + Hematite Stone: up to ~16 Overpower stacks. Overwhelming Aspect: 34% increased Elite damage per Overpower stack -> ~544% at 16 stacks (34*16).
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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