How does overpower work?

Hi all,

Blood Necro here. I am playing necro since day one and did so many hours of testing. I am quite frustrated, maybe someone can help me out. How does overpower work and how does it scale?

I have 10k HP and 10k Fortification. I have around 1500% overpower damage. My understanding of overpower is that my overpower attacks get an added 20k*1500% = 300k bonusdamage (*dmg mods). Thats not the case, its so much less. I also have 400% in damage modifiers that do what?

I also tested a lot with modifiers, most does not seem to work, skill level, close range damage and so on. when stacking 150% close damage for testing, i didnt see a difference. Weapon can also be a lvl 1 white dagger or a lvl 800 2handed scythe, doesnt matter.

Its hard to run a blood build, but its even harder when I’m not sure how to scale properly. My research showed me best thing to do is:

  • stack HP and fortify

  • core skill damage

  • int- blood skill damage

  • and of course overpower damage itself

and take Weapon → as fast as possible + offhand with shield for even more hp. What is a shame, i loved my 2h scythe : /

so i will take any tips or guides or pages that explain the mechanic or help me to improve my damage.