Adding an Ability to a Unit

[pOke]

My question is how I can add an ability to a unit, yes, you use the Add ability trigger, but the problem is my ability is based off of defend/magic defense, the "Starts the effect of an ability" "Begins casting a spell" and similar events do not seem to proc the addition of the spell. Is there some other way to do this? (My only explanation is that Defend/Magic Defense is not considered a spell by the game, but I'm not sure)

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[Dr Super Good]

They do not proc as no ability is cast. Passives are never cast and usually modify the base properties of the unit the ability is given to. This is why multi-level item health/mana bonus has a glitch that allows permanent modification of a unit's health. It is also why the Chaos ability has problems if a unit has used tomes or the described ability glitches to boost stats in the past as it only considerers default stats (why the Orc dude was so powerful in the campaign).

You may want to consider using StarCraft II as there all passive effects have been moved to a "behaviour" catalog. These come with their own natives to detect addition and loss. Just one of the many ways StarCraft II is superior to WarCraft III.

 

[Nichilus]

Defend and MagicDefense are toggle-able abilities. You cannot use "starts the effect of ability" etc., but you can use

• Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target

as an event and if you want to order that unit to use that ability, you use Issue Order with no target

• Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to Human Footman - Defend

To find out what order unit has been issues, you have conditions -> Order comparison

 

[pOke]

Ahh, yes Nichilus that with the addition of some other things works perfectly! Thank you