Buff doesn't appear when I cast defend

[Husidusidu]

I know there are a lot of threads how to modify the defend ability that it blocks all incomming damage
but i have one problem
my defend shall be a hero one with 8 levels 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40% block of incomming damage

I created a buff for each level and 8 extra abilities for the dmg reduce one for each level
but my buff doesnt appear when i cast my defend
why?

or are there other ways to do it over triggers?
so I mean that every level gets it own added ability
but I dont know how to check the level of the casted spell

 

[Bannar]

If you wish to create ability that blocks all imcoming damage (or a % of it) it's not a wac3 ladder defence, it will ignore melee attacks. you have to trigger it, and use damage detection system. Since i see that u aren't experienced enough, i recommend GUI friendly damage detection: here.
You will quickly get how to use it, if you read the instruction, and after just use Action that Sets unit life to Current life of given unit + 40% of damage taken - which means 40% damage was blocked.

 

[puggsoy]

You must make sure that you have added your buff in the Stats - Buffs field for each level. If not, then it will obviously not show.
However, unfortunately there is no way to add buffs to a unit using triggers.

Still, to check the level of an ability for any other reason, use an Integer Comparison as a condition, like so:

• Lvl 2 Holy Light
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Holy Light
    • (Level of Holy Light for (Casting unit)) Equal to 2
  • Actions
    • Game - Display to (All players) the text: (Level 2 Holy Light is being cast upon a + (Name of (Target unit of ability being cast)))

 

[Husidusidu]

thank you puggsoy for that
it seems logical for me but it still does not work

my trigger looks now like this

• Defend Level 1
• Events
• Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
• Conditions
• (Ability being cast) Equal to Defend
• (Level of Defend for (Casting unit)) Equal to 1
• Actions
• Unit - Add Defend Trigger 1 to (Casting Unit)

"Defend" is now my hero spell
"Defend Trigger 1" is a modified version of Anubaraks passive


I tried it now with "unit begins casting an ability" and also "unit starts the effect of an ability" but it still does not work

my "buff" in the method I used before was a "Zauberverstärker" dont know the english name but in the object editor it is the section right of the ability section.

So why does my "Zauberverstärker" not appear if I activate my defend spell?

But thank you alot from this point

 

[Bannar]

I created a simple map for you, it shows how it should look like.
If this doesn't satisfy you, pm me.

 

[puggsoy]

Well I did a quick Google and figured that abilities that don't initially have buffs can't have buffs added to them. Apparently Defend is one of these. And, as I said earlier, there isn't a command to add buffs via triggers.
However, there is one way to add buffs to a unit through triggers. Make a dummy unit cast and ability on the unit which should have the buff, and make sure that the ability doesn't do anything except add a buff.

So, for example, you'd do something like this:

• Defend Buff
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Defend
    • (Level of Defend for (Casting unit)) Equal to 1
  • Actions
    • Unit - Create 1 DefendDummy1 for Player 1 (Red) at (Position of (Casting unit)) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Unit - Hide (Last created unit)
    • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Human Sorceress - Slow (Casting unit)
    • Unit - Kill (Last created unit)

In this we would assume that I have made a unit called DefendDummy1 who has an ability that casts your desired buff for Level 1 Defend. This spell is based off Slow, therefore we order the unit to cast it.