Overwhelming Presence – No Indicators / No Scaling (0.3.0b)

Bug Report ID: #3494177430

Description:

The aura Overwhelming Presence appears to be bugged in 0.3.0b.

Issues observed:

* No indicators: Enemies within aura range don’t display any visual effect or debuff icon.
* No scaling: Shock magnitude stays at the base value. Gem quality and passive nodes with “Aura Skills have % increased Magnitude” don’t increase the shock effect.

Expected behavior:

* Enemies in range should display a debuff indicator/visual overlay.
* Shock magnitude should scale with gem quality and aura magnitude modifiers.

Repro steps:

* Activate Overwhelming Presence.
* Stand near enemies – no visuals or icons appear.
* Increase gem quality or allocate aura magnitude passives.
* Observe that shock magnitude does not increase beyond the base value.

Version tested: Path of Exile 2 – Patch 0.3.0b (Sept 2025).

Yeah. i cant see the visual effects of this buff to enemies.

You are misunderstanding the purpose of Overwhelming Presence I believe.

Overwhelming Presence doesn't make your ailments stronger, it makes it easier to apply them. Since the chance to apply shock is determined by the lightning damage dealt compared to the enemy's ailment threshold (Which is lowered by Overwhelming Presence)

And increased aura magnitude doesn't make your ailments stronger either, they just make it so that overwhelming presence makes it even easier to apply those.

What you are looking for is Shock Magnitude.

I don’t think so. I used Overwhelming Presence extensively in 0.2, and my experience doesn’t line up with your explanation.

However, to debate your point: your interpretation feels unnecessarily convoluted. If the intent is only to reduce Elemental Ailment Threshold, then having gem quality scale Aura Magnitude as the indirect mechanism is a roundabout design. Why not have the quality bonus explicitly increase Elemental Ailment Threshold reduction instead? A more straightforward reading is that the gem quality effect should increase the magnitude of the ailment once applied, not just the chance of applying it.

Regardless, the core issue is that there’s no visual indicator showing Overwhelming Presence is doing anything. Without an icon or effect on enemies, it’s hard to know its working or validate any hypothesis.

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Sajro#0357 wrote:

You are misunderstanding the purpose of Overwhelming Presence I believe.

Overwhelming Presence doesn't make your ailments stronger, it makes it easier to apply them. Since the chance to apply shock is determined by the lightning damage dealt compared to the enemy's ailment threshold (Which is lowered by Overwhelming Presence)

And increased aura magnitude doesn't make your ailments stronger either, they just make it so that overwhelming presence makes it even easier to apply those.

What you are looking for is Shock Magnitude.

And you can't read correctly. The post is about no indication that the buff works, not about the mechanics.