[Spell] Gate of Babylon help

[sniper_zero]

I see this fairly often in anime maps but how does one go about making a Gate of Babylon spell?

For those who don't know, Gate of Babylon is an ability of Gilgamesh, a character from a series called Fate/Stay Night. Gate of Babylon, opens up a gate behind Gilgamesh and shoots out countless weapons from another dimension.

To do this in Warcraft, I think I need a dummy unit for the gate. Create it in the same facing as the hero and then summon dummy units at random flyheights to serve as the sfx for weapons being launched.

But how do the swords work? Are they missles that are launched by dummies using the attack ground command? Or are they dummy units themselves that move and damage units in their range?

 

[Rheiko]

But how do the swords work? Are they missles that are launched by dummies using the attack ground command? Or are they dummy units themselves that move and damage units in their range?

Well, they can work that way. But I think it's always better to trigger the movement yourself because it can give you more options for some stuffs later on.

 

[A]mun]

Hm that sounds pretty interesting actually.
I'm curious what the result looks like.

Also: you could use whirling swords or so as missiles, pretty sure there are some custom resources like that.

 

[sniper_zero]

Well, they can work that way. But I think it's always better to trigger the movement yourself because it can give you more options for some stuffs later on.

So they actually have to be triggered? Hmm...in that case, would adding the dummy units in a unit group as soon as they spawn be a good idea?

 

[MyPad]

^^

Yes. They are the missiles themselves that move and damage enemy units.

In case of adding them in a unit group, I would say so, but the unit group has to be unique for each instance, so that
when multiple casters cast the same ability, no collisions (in data) would take place.