Amaterasu X V1.3

[Daffa]

Here's one with model and sound as shown in the preview video.

So, after a long time of spell crafting in Warcraft III and multiple criticism in regards to aesthetic, I try to improve things related to aesthetic as I move forward. Hope this will be an improvement in comparison to my older works.

EDIT:
This and Amaterasu v1.2 are very distinct interpretations of the same spell (hence I include X for this version to help distinct them). This one is a channel-less blast+DOT combo while the other is a channeling blast ability, so they are not the same spell.

 

[Daffa]

There's a bug from TSELL and DOT system interaction that I cannot patch with TELL, hence I have rewritten DOT system to discard TELL requirement and become standalone. I will update this resources with the new DOT system.

The bug can be found when there's dead corpse of a unit kept getting burnt by Amaterasu or triggered at somewhat random occurence when DOT and TSELL collides.
EDIT:
Patched DOT to v1.3, patched Amaterasu to v1.1

 

[Rheiko]

As a fan of anime spells, splendid! Finally, an improvement at aesthetic aspect. I also like the concept you came up with, the main flame deals heavy damage to units that stay in the location but the damage is not immediate, allowing them to escape with only burn damage which isn't as destructive as the main flame but punish those who stays for too long.

Although simple, it is an effective design with an apparent flaw (one can easily avoid this ability by using blink or if they have movement speed buff. But the caster can also do a combo with a stun or slow ability to make this ability more effective) and that's what makes it great. Of course, anyone can further tweak the settings to balance it even more or adjust it to their liking.

It surprisingly works well without custom models, too. But adjusting the model size is unfortunately not available in the config trigger, you have to change TSELL_Scale in AmaterasuXCast for it to happen. I suggest adding some options to tweak the model from config trigger, this way if the user has no idea how the spell works, they are still able to simply change it in config trigger.

Not really a fan of blight but since it's optional, everything's good. Overall, good job with this one.
That being said,
Approved

 

[Daffa]

As a fan of anime spells, splendid! Finally, an improvement at aesthetic aspect. I also like the concept you came up with, the main flame deals heavy damage to units that stay in the location but the damage is not immediate, allowing them to escape with only burn damage which isn't as destructive as the main flame but punish those who stays for too long.

Although simple, it is an effective design with an apparent flaw (one can easily avoid this ability by using blink or if they have movement speed buff. But the caster can also do a combo with a stun or slow ability to make this ability more effective) and that's what makes it great. Of course, anyone can further tweak the settings to balance it even more or adjust it to their liking.

It surprisingly works well without custom models, too. But adjusting the model size is unfortunately not available in the config trigger, you have to change TSELL_Scale in AmaterasuXCast for it to happen. I suggest adding some options to tweak the model from config trigger, this way if the user has no idea how the spell works, they are still able to simply change it in config trigger.

Not really a fan of blight but since it's optional, everything's good. Overall, good job with this one.
That being said,
Approved

Happy to hear, I will think about the part with escaping and easy to avoid. I think it is sort of how Amaterasu is 'easy' to avoid but once you get hit, it's game point in the anime and manga.

I'll add scaling option to configuration as a todo.

 

[Rheiko]

I will think about the part with escaping and easy to avoid. I think it is sort of how Amaterasu is 'easy' to avoid but once you get hit, it's game point in the anime and manga.

Indeed, you catch that essence very well with this design compared to your previous amaterasu. Good work.

 

[Daffa]

Also, Version 1.2: Added configurable to alter SFX scale for the Area SFX

 

[Rheiko]

Forgot to mention, although the DoT disappears properly after the unit dies, the main flame will still register corpses nearby to DoT. You might want to tinker with the filtering to exclude dead units unless that's the direction you are after.

 

[Daffa]

Forgot to mention, although the DoT disappears properly after the unit dies, the main flame will still register corpses nearby to DoT. You might want to tinker with the filtering to exclude dead units unless that's the direction you are after.

I think I'll prevent DOT from applying to dead units to minimize the spell load.