Explain the damage types

[best_player_88]

I noticed that there is more than just one damage type, so i decided to show it here.
Unknown:
Normal:
Enhaced:
Fire:
Cold:
Lightning:
Poison:
Disease:
Devine: Do not damage spell immune units, normal to all else.
Magic:
Sonic:
Acid:
Force:
Death:
Plant:
Defensive:
Demolition:
Slow Poison:
SpiritLink:
Shadow Strike:
Universal:

How to use it?
What each of them does?
Say please and I will update this note.

 

[Maker]

http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?p=1030046

Posts 19 and 20.

 

[MajorKaza]

Magic will not hit immune units. Spirit Link should not kill, same goes to poison. Spirit link ignores all defenses. Devine hits ignores reduction and stone gigants immunity (but not archimondes or driad). Death should work like finger of death (hit but no damage against immune units). See the dfrence between 'hit' and 'damage'. Types like fire/cold/lighting not affects some kind of units. For e.g. cold not hit buildings. I don't know rest.

 

[best_player_88]

Which damage type won't kill targets? this is so confusing!

 

[Magtheridon96]

Spirit Link won't kill targets.

Universal will ignore armor.
Magic will hit ethereal but not magic immune.
Normal hits everything but ethereal.

It's mostly logical

But yeah, it can get troublesome at times.

That's why I use this:

//! zinc

public struct Damage[] {
    static method pure(unit source, unit target, real amount)->boolean { return UnitDamageTarget(source, target, amount, false, false, null, DAMAGE_TYPE_UNIVERSAL, null); }
    static method physical(unit source, unit target, real amount)->boolean { return UnitDamageTarget(source, target, amount, false, false, null, null, null); }
    static method spell(unit source, unit target, real amount)->boolean { return UnitDamageTarget(source, target, amount, false, false, ATTACK_TYPE_MAGIC, DAMAGE_TYPE_MAGIC, null); }
    static method spiritLink(unit source, unit target, real amount)->boolean { return UnitDamageTarget(source, target, amount, false, false, null, DAMAGE_TYPE_SPIRIT_LINK,null); }
}

//! endzinc

But that doesn't really matter right now

All you need to know is this:

Physical damage: ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL, DAMAGE_TYPE_NORMAL
Spell damage: ATTACK_TYPE_MAGIC, DAMAGE_TYPE_MAGIC
Pure damage: ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL, DAMAGE_TYPE_UNIVERSAL
Damage that won't kill: ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL, DAMAGE_TYPE_SPIRIT_LINK

 

[best_player_88]

Spirit Link won't kill targets.

Universal will ignore armor.
Magic will hit ethereal but not magic immune.
Normal hits everything but ethereal.

It's mostly logical

But yeah, it can get troublesome at times.

That's why I use this:

//! zinc

public struct Damage[] {
    static method pure(unit source, unit target, real amount)->boolean { return UnitDamageTarget(source, target, amount, false, false, null, DAMAGE_TYPE_UNIVERSAL, null); }
    static method physical(unit source, unit target, real amount)->boolean { return UnitDamageTarget(source, target, amount, false, false, null, null, null); }
    static method spell(unit source, unit target, real amount)->boolean { return UnitDamageTarget(source, target, amount, false, false, ATTACK_TYPE_MAGIC, DAMAGE_TYPE_MAGIC, null); }
    static method spiritLink(unit source, unit target, real amount)->boolean { return UnitDamageTarget(source, target, amount, false, false, null, DAMAGE_TYPE_SPIRIT_LINK,null); }
}

//! endzinc

But that doesn't really matter right now

All you need to know is this:

Physical damage: ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL, DAMAGE_TYPE_NORMAL
Spell damage: ATTACK_TYPE_MAGIC, DAMAGE_TYPE_MAGIC
Pure damage: ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL, DAMAGE_TYPE_UNIVERSAL
Damage that won't kill: ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL, DAMAGE_TYPE_SPIRIT_LINK

dunno dude, made my 1 hp hero to take 1000 damage spirt link and he died.

 

[MajorKaza]

So maby it not affects 'unit under attack' event.

 

[Magtheridon96]

That's odd.
Did you try experimenting with different attack types?

 

[best_player_88]

That's odd.
Did you try experimenting with different attack types?

yes and it allways killed the target. damage type spells attack type spirit link = allways kill 1% hp hero.