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Overpower
Ability meleedamage
  • Overpower
  • Row 2 Arms warrior talent
  • Melee range
  • 12 sec recharge
  • Instant
  • Requires Melee Weapon
  • Overpower the enemy, dealing (90% of Attack power) Physical damage. Cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.
Properties
Class Warrior
School Physical
Recharge 12 seconds
Talents
Talent required Ability warrior savageblow [Mortal Strike]
Improvements Ability pvp hardiness [Battlelord], Inv sword 05 [Dreadnaught], Spell holy borrowedtime [Honed Reflexes], Ability meleedamage [Improved Overpower], Ability warrior weaponmastery [Martial Prowess], Inv gauntlets 26 [Strength of Arms], Ability warrior unrelentingassault [Tactician]

Overpower is a tier 2 arms warrior talent.

Notes[]

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-07-24): Damage is now increased by 30% in PvP Combat (was 20%).
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-02-06): Damage increased by 20% in PvP Combat.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Overpower no longer deals 9% reduced damage in PvP combat.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Ranks 2 and 3 removed. Now a tier 2 Arms talent (was a level 20 Arms ability).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.2.5 (2022-05-31): Overpower damage increased by 10%. This change does not apply to PvP.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13):
    • Rank 2 added at level 28, increasing the damage of your next Mortal Strike or Cleave by 20%.
    • Rank 3 added at level 49, allowing the Rank 2 damage bonus to stack an additional time.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Overpower is now baseline and now increases the damage of your next Ability warrior savageblow [Mortal Strike]
  • Legion Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Overpower no longer costs Rage, no longer procs from auto-attacks, and may not proc itself.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Re-added as Level 15 talent for Arms. Now activated by attacks instead of Ability rogue hungerforblood [Taste for Blood].
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Ability removed due to ability pruning introduced in Patch 6.0.2.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now costs 10 rage and reduces Ability warrior savageblow [Mortal Strike]'s remaining cooldown by 0.5 seconds.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2012-09-20): Overpower now does 105% weapon damage (down from 120%)
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now an Arms specialization ability. No longer cost Rage and can be used in any stance. Weapon damage increased from 120% to 125%. Has a 60% increased chance of being a critical strike.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Overpower now has a 1.5-second cooldown and global cooldown (Taste for Blood's Overpower cooldown has not changed).
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Now does 125% weapon damage, down from 150%.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Overpower now only has one rank and no longer causes any bonus damage (i.e. weapon damage only).
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Now uses normalized attack power.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07): Fixed a bug where the ability was sometimes blocked.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): Should now be usable when a special attack is dodged.
  • Test-inline Patch 0.7 (2004-06-15): Only activates after dodge now (not block and parry).

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