[JASS] Beserk / Unholy Frenzy on a unit

[AussieLauren]

Hi all

Once again, I am puzzled;

I am trying to run a function that takes a unit then damages it over time and reduces it's armour (or increases the damage delt)

i have tried:

• Custom ability based on beserk to do increase damage when hit - when i get a unit to order this on itself, it loses it's previous move order
• Custom ability based on Unholy Frenzy - can't get the unit to even cast it on itself, nor to get a dummy unit to cast it on the target unit
• My allowed targets on both is: enemy, air, ground.

I know I can do the DoT via timers, but what about the armour reduction / damage increase?

My attempt at using the dummy to do the work:

function Scorched_Actions takes unit u, integer level returns nothing
    local unit dummy = CreateUnit(Player(0), 'h005', GetUnitX(u), GetUnitY(u), 270)
    if level == 1 then
        call UnitAddAbility(dummy, 'A027')
        call UnitAddAbility(dummy, 'A028')
        call IssueTargetOrder(dummy, "berserk", u)
        call IssueTargetOrder(dummy, "unholyfrenzy", u)
        call UnitRemoveAbility(dummy, 'A027')
        call UnitRemoveAbility(dummy, 'A028')
    elseif level == 2 then
        call UnitAddAbility(dummy, 'A029')
        call UnitAddAbility(dummy, 'A02A')
        call IssueTargetOrder(dummy, "berserk", u)
        call IssueTargetOrder(dummy, "unholyfrenzy", u)
        call UnitRemoveAbility(dummy, 'A029')
        call UnitRemoveAbility(dummy, 'A02A')
    elseif level == 3 then
        call UnitAddAbility(dummy, 'A02B')
        call UnitAddAbility(dummy, 'A02C')
        call IssueTargetOrder(dummy, "berserk", u)
        call IssueTargetOrder(dummy, "unholyfrenzy", u)
        call UnitRemoveAbility(dummy, 'A02B')
        call UnitRemoveAbility(dummy, 'A02C')
    elseif level == 4 then
        call UnitAddAbility(dummy, 'A02D')
        call UnitAddAbility(dummy, 'A02E')
        call IssueTargetOrder(dummy, "berserk", u)
        call IssueTargetOrder(dummy, "unholyfrenzy", u)
        call UnitRemoveAbility(dummy, 'A02D')
        call UnitRemoveAbility(dummy, 'A02E')
    elseif level == 5 then
        call UnitAddAbility(dummy, 'A02F')
        call UnitAddAbility(dummy, 'A02G')
        call IssueTargetOrder(dummy, "berserk", u)
        call IssueTargetOrder(dummy, "unholyfrenzy", u)
        call UnitRemoveAbility(dummy, 'A02F')
        call UnitRemoveAbility(dummy, 'A02G')
    elseif level == 6 then
        call UnitAddAbility(dummy, 'A02H')
        call UnitAddAbility(dummy, 'A02I')
        call IssueTargetOrder(dummy, "berserk", u)
        call IssueTargetOrder(dummy, "unholyfrenzy", u)
        call UnitRemoveAbility(dummy, 'A02H')
        call UnitRemoveAbility(dummy, 'A02I')
    endif
    call TriggerSleepAction(0.2)
    call KillUnit(dummy)
    call RemoveUnit(dummy)
endfunction

Cheers and Thank-you!

 

[PurplePoot]

By the way

A) if you kill the dummy, you don't need to remove it (and vice versa)
B) Instead of all those abilities, use SetUnitAbilityLevel with 6-leveled abilities
C) you can't cast both spells at once from one dummy, most likely
D) berserk is self-targeting
E) use UnitApplyTimedLife as opposed to waiting and then removing/killing

 

[AussieLauren]

Ty for comments.

decided to "aim lower" - just simple trigger damage, and remembered the "faerie fire" ability and based it off that.
Thanks PP!