Ensnare damaging over time?

[johannesr]

How can i make the ensnare skill so that the ensnared target will take damage over time?

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Well the spell Airial Shackles is like ensare kinda and would do damage. My bet would be a dummy spell that does damage over time like shadow strike, then a trigger that detects when a unit casts ensnare, which creates a dummy unit and orders him to fire our dummy shadow strike. If you need a map with that trigger, I would be happy to make one.

 

[RedBlade]

• Damaging Ensnare
• Events
  • Unit - A unit begins casting an ability
• Conditions -
  • Ability - Ability being cast equal to Ensnare
• Actions
  • Unit - Cause casting unit to damage target of ability being cast, dealing 10 damage of attack type spells and damage type normal.
  • Wait - Wait 1 second
• Unit - Cause casting unit to damage target of ability being cast, dealing 10 damage of attack type spells and damage type normal

Do this for the ensnare's time duration.
If u want to change at each level the damage do this :

• Damaging Ensnare
• Events
  • Unit - A unit begins casting an ability
• Conditions -
  • Ability - Ability being cast equal to Ensnare
• Actions
  • If/Then/Else Multiple Funcions
    • If - Level of Ensnare for casting unit equal to 1
    • Then -
      • Unit - Cause casting unit to damage target of ability being cast, dealing 10 damage of attack type spells and damage type normal.
  • Wait - Wait 1 second
• Unit - Cause casting unit to damage target of ability being cast, dealing 10 damage of attack type spells and damage type normal
  • Else - Do nothing

And do this for each level.

 

[atropos007]

btw aerial shackles is different that ensnare b/c ensnare allows the unit to attack

 

[RedBlade]

If u want to ensnare it but at the same time not attack, u just put first in the actions position pause target of ability being cast and before the last dmg you do unpause target of ability being cast. Simple ....

 

[Rui]

Guys, did you read the ReadMe?

~Moved to Spells and Systems

 

[johannesr]

Redblade so that trigger does 10 dmg per sec to the target and the duration is the ensnare duration right?

 

[paskovich]

Havent you guys heared about Entangling Roots??

 

[PurplePoot]

Entangling Roots disables the attack. I think it also doesn't allow a missile.

And johan, you'd have to put RedBlade's trigger in a loop, something like

• Set Target = (Target Unit of Ability Being Cast)
• For Each Integer A from 1 to (duration), do actions
  • Loop - Actions
    • Unit - Cause (Triggering Unit) to damage Target, dealing ...
    • Wait 1.00 seconds

 

[johannesr]

Ah entangling roots... Why didnt i think of that

 

[RedBlade]

I dont get how loops and Integers work ... no though... i get out without em

 

[Teh_Ephy]

Entangling Roots disables the attack

I was going to suggest roots myself, but remembered it and then read this a half second later. If disabling attack is fine with you, then go ahead.

 

[Just_Spectating]

ok i cool way i would do this would be making a dummy unit cast a shadow strike when u cast ensnare so that u can see the damage also and add another cool effect buff.

 

[Teh_Ephy]

Um... thank you for trying to help but if he hasn't answered in three days, either his problem is solved or he has spontaneously disappeared on us.

 

[Just_Spectating]

Teh_Ephy, im just thinking of new ideas for him.

 

[Teh_Ephy]

And it's appreciated, but again, the original problem has been solved. It's a little um... awkward.