AoE Armor Debuff

BagOfChips · Apr 21, 2010

I've got this spell, it's channel(instant, no target. I want to keep it this way) with triggered Special FX and no damage. I'm trying to trigger something to lower the armor of nearby enemy units by an arbitrary amount. I can't think of how to do this. I tried making a dummy unit for the same team, and having it cast acid bomb on itself however I can't get it to affect anything other than the dummy unit. The enemy units also can obviously move.

Thanks.

Pharaoh_ · Apr 21, 2010

Get a Brilliance Aura ability with negative values (press Shift+Enter, before modifying the field) and add it to the unit, once it is casted. You will also need a hashtable:

Tr
Events
- Map Initialization
Conditions
Actions
- Hashtable - Create a hashtable
- Set Hashtable = (Last created hashtable)

To remove the effect afterwards, use a dummy unit, give it expiration timer of an amount equal to the duration of your ability

Trigger
Events
- Unit - A unit starts the effect of an ability
Conditions
- (Ability being cast) Equal to X
Actions
- Set Point1 = (Position of (Triggering unit))
- Unit - Create 1 dummy for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at Point1 facing default building degrees
- Hashtable - Save handle of (Triggering unit) as (Key(caster)) of (Key(Last created unit)) in Hashtable
- Unit - Add a 5.00 seconds generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
- Unit - Add Brilliance Aura (Custom) to (Triggering unit)
- Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_Point1)

and make a trigger:

Trigger
Events
- Unit - A unit dies
Conditions
- (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Dummy
Actions
- Set Caster = (Load (Key(caster)) of (Key(Triggering unit)) from Hashtable)
- Unit - Remove Brilliance Aura (Custom) from Caster
- Hashtable - Clear all child hashtables of (Key(Triggering unit)) from Hashtable

References:
• https://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/trigger-gui-editor-tutorials-279/hashtables-mui-133407/

BagOfChips · Apr 21, 2010

Thanks, but let me be more clear. It works like this:

1.) I cast spell.
2.) Every unit in x range gets the armor debuff
3.) If the units move away from the caster, they keep the armor debuff for an amount of time.

Yours is( I think?)
1.) I cast spell
2.) Every unit in x range gets debuff
3.) if units leave range, debuff goes away, if new units come in they get debuff

Pharaoh_ · Apr 21, 2010

Yes, you obviously didn't mention that

To do that, just get Roar ability with negative values and Targets allowed Enemy.

BagOfChips · Apr 21, 2010

Pharaoh_ said:
Yes, you obviously didn't mention that
To do that, just get Roar ability with negative values and Targets allowed Enemy.

Ahh, forgot roar gave an armor debuff. Thanks.

watermelon_1234 · Apr 21, 2010

This is more of an alternative: If you're picky about buffs being considered "debuffs" (red text), you could use Howl of Terror instead.

GhostThruster · Apr 21, 2010

'Nother way:
Pick Every Unit In X Distance of Target Point of Caster and Do
Add Self Only DA(Devotion Aura targeting self)

Then save units in unit groupd and after a timer expires, remove ability.

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