Does Casting time and Cast Point STACK?

[best_player_88]

Does Casting time and Cast Point STACK? (OR choosen?)

If a unit is given 3 seconds "Stats - Cast Point" and its Holy Light spell it has 3.5 seconds "Stats - Casting Time", will the result be 6.5 seconds OR 3.5 seconds (max among the two)? in order to cast that spell?
And another question:
Does searing arrows (Toggles Orb Ability) uses the "Stats - Casting Point" or the "Stats - Attack Damage Point"?
I hope somebody knows

 

[best_player_88]

I hope somebody knows

+rep if you do...

 

[blacksheepwalll]

i think cast time is similar to animation time
and cast point is the point in the animation that the spell is actually cast

my advice would be to test the spell with a really long cast time and see what happens

 

[best_player_88]

i think cast time is similar to animation time
and cast point is the point in the animation that the spell is actually cast

my advice would be to test the spell with a really long cast time and see what happens

Casting time is the spell stats that force the caster to wait that time or have his spell failed / not cast but not lose cooldown or mana. The 2 best examples are furion from dota's blink and warcraft 3 flamestrike that if you move, you lose the spell.
Unit stats - Casting Point means how much time your hero must wait untill his spell is cast, overwize press S and move means you can stop this cast. Furion from Warcraft Entagling roots take 1 huge second to cast, very high value so you probably noticed.
Question: does a spell need Casting Time + Cast Point -/OR/- MAX(Cast Point, Casting Time)

 

[gorillabull]

yes cast point does indeed increase casting time

 

[best_player_88]

yes cast point does indeed increase casting time

Well, you made me actually check it since it was so blurry, ofc it increases but the question which kind of increase is it, a max or a plus.
Though you were the closetest one to the truth, I checked it and the truth is that Cast Point + Casting time = Time needed for that spell. not Max between both.
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[best_player_88]

+rep if you do...

Since many people read this thread and had no idea how the casting works I decided to explain it:

Lets say a Palading has Holy Light. Paladin unit stats of Cast Point = 0.6 and Cast Backswing = 0.30.
The spell itself has 0.00 casting time.
So:

First: The Paladin's Cast Point take place (Event - A unit begins channeling an ability)
Second: The Paladin's Casting Time take place ( Event - A unit begins casting an ability )
Third: The Paladin's spell is proc (Event: A unit start the effect of an ability)

*optional* Only fires if the unit stands still for the cast backswing to occure (can be skipped if the unit moved).
Forth: the paladin's Start and finishes his Cast Backswing (Event: A unit finishes casting an ability)
*optional*

And Last: The Paladin spell is stopped (Event: A unit stop casting an ability)

Edit: "a unit finishes casting an ability" was solved thanks to ezekiel12!.
Edit: All arrow abilities use the damage point, means it counts as an exact match to Attack. Arrow abilities only count as cast (go through each of the phrases) if where manualy targeted.

If you want order a unit to stop immidiatly so it will not cast its spell and you use "a unit begins channeling an ability"or else the unit will be charged for the mana , but wont start the effect of the spell.

It amaze me that my post has been here for a few days with not a single reader who knew those, so I decided to post the complete guide in that post.

Good luck map making

 

[Ezekiel12]

All arrow abilities use the damage point.

"A unit finishes casting an ability" only fires if the unit stands still for the cast backswing. As the backswing can be canceled for spells and attacks its quite unsafe to do this.

In one of my recent posts I quoted all abilities which dont use the units cast point if you're interested.

If you got more questions, keep them coming.

 

[best_player_88]

All arrow abilities use the damage point.

"A unit finishes casting an ability" only fires if the unit stands still for the cast backswing. As the backswing can be canceled for spells and attacks its quite unsafe to do this.

In one of my recent posts I quoted all abilities which dont use the units cast point if you're interested.

If you got more questions, keep them coming.

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