Channel Abilitys

[frozenbrain]

Whats the best way to do channel abilitys which look like lifedrain but they only deal damage and dont drain any life?

like in World of Warcraft "Mind Flay" from Shadowpriest

 

[ShadowFlare]

Just take life drain and set the Life steal data to 0.

 

[-SoulBurn]

Just take life drain and set the Life steal data to 0.

Actually, if you set that to 0 probably the dmg would be 0 too.

 

[Vosty]

Actually, if you set that to 0 probably the dmg would be 0 too.

Actually, I thought they were unrelated. They are two different values, I believe.
Can't be sure without my WE though.

 

[Champara Bros]

make ability based on life drain set all drain values to 0.01. Create dummy with 0 spell type attack with 1 second cooldown.make ability based on claws of attack. Give it as many levels as you want and set damage bonus for each level.Make trigger that when unit starts casting Mind Flay-like ability trigger creates a dummy for neutral passive with invulnerability.Hide it and give it claws of attack.set level of claws of attack to level of Mind Flay-like ability.order dummy to attack targeted unit of ability being cast.Make wait action that ends when unit stop casting Mind Flay-like ability. then remove your dummy.

 

[Section]

Same as above, but might be better if using "Damage Target" instead of dummyAttacker.

 

[Champara Bros]

no that is another trigger and he would have to use variables/hashtables and it would not be mui, and he would have to make arrays and mess around with hashtables for a long periods.

 

[frozenbrain]

i made now 4 triggers! first one starts the dmg trigger and one is turning it off when the timer is expired and when caster stops casting the dmg trigger is also canceld
but thanks