AoE Armor Debuff

[BagOfChips]

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_]

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

 

[BagOfChips]

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_]

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

 

[BagOfChips]

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]

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]

'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.