[Solved] Combined passive abilities

[DingoT]

Is there any other way to have one hero ability consist of many normal passive abilities besides having a specially designed spellbook which contains all of the passive abilities within it turned into a hero skill?

 

[ArchDuke]

You mean your hero learns 1 skill, but that one skill consists of many others?

I've seen this done before, in Silventria, a hero unit I believe had an ability called "Divine Shell" which gave him heavy hp & mana regeneration, as well as reducing all magic damage he took by 67%. It wasn't a spellbook though, it was just an ability, no clue to how it was done

 

[DingoT]

No spellbook ? It must've been executed by trigger, a trigger would probably make the hero unit learn a spellbook ability

That's the only thing I can think of

 

[Grey.Knight]

I think I know what you guys are talking about, here's how it's done:

The hero ability which you learn is actually a modified " engineering upgrade " ability

The hero already has a normal (non-Hero) spellbook at the x=0, y=-11 position, but initially this spellbook is empty; it contains no passive abilities

There exists a second spellbook ability with all the necessary passives within it, its also supposed to be located at the x=0, y=-11 position in the abilities gui.

The Engineering upgrade ability is modified such that it replaces the empty spellbook with the spellbook full of abilities


Let me give you an example

Spellbook 1 abilities : none
Spellbook 2 abilities: permanent immolation, spell immunity, defensive bonus, attack bonus

Engineering upgrade renamed to "Might of Ifrit"
Description reads something like "Bestows upon the hero the intense powers of Ifrit, thereby giving him permanent immolation, making him immune to all spells and magic attacks, making his attacks stronger, and enhancing his defense"

In the abilities which engineering upgrade will upgrade, it should name spellbook 1 as the ability it replaces, and spellbook 2 as the replacement.

Anyway you guys get the general idea....this is a very useful tactic btw

 

[ArchDuke]

Woa, you know your stuff, excellent tutorial

 

[Grey.Knight]

Thank you for the kind words, I try to pass on what I know

 

[DingoT]

Thank u so much for this, wow, this is exactly what I was looking for

 

[ArchDuke]

This is an excellent technique, your description and tutorial of it deserves much more rep and recognition than I can possibly give

 

[Pyrogasm]

If you just made a levelable hero-ability spellbook located at (0,-11) that would work exactly the same; it just wouldn't appear on the command card. No need to involve engineering upgrade.