Help making Locust Swarm damage to ba based on attribute

[ProfessorZmurge]

I can't figure out how to make my locust swarm to deal damage based on hero attribute...
Help please.

 

[xXMephistoXx]

That's a tough one... One bothersome way to do it is to make an insane amount of levels for the ability, and set the ability according to a Hero's attribute. You woulkd have to use some dummy-abilities and hidden abilities...

 

[ProfessorZmurge]

O_O
I tried to make it something like this..but I am just bad at triggers so it didn't work

• Events
  • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
• Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) Equal to Summon Misha (Rexxar)
• Actions
  • Set Caster = (Casting unit)
  • Set CasterPoint = (Position of Caster)
  • Unit - Create 20 Locust for (Owner of (Casting unit)) at CasterPoint facing (Random point in (Playable map area))
  • Set LocustGroup = (Last created unit group)
  • Unit Group - Order LocustGroup to Undead Crypt Lord - Locust Swarm
  • Unit Group - Pick every unit in LocustGroup and do (Unit - Cause (Picked unit) to damage (Attacked unit), dealing ((Real((Strength of Caster (Exclude bonuses)))) x 10.00) damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal)
  • Wait 10.00 game-time seconds
  • Unit Group - Pick every unit in LocustGroup and do (Unit - Remove (Picked unit) from the game)

 

[Child_0f_Bodom]

You must make damage detection system. When locust (unit) with 1-1 damage damages enemy unit you create dummies that damage same unit for the rest amount of damage. Quite complicated

 

[xXMephistoXx]

Or... You could make the damage constant, just let attribute set the amount of locust to spawn.
You could try this:

• Locust Trigger
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Locust Swarm
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer A) from (Strength of (Triggering unit) (Exclude bonuses)) to (Strength of (Triggering unit) (Exclude bonuses)), do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Create (Integer A) Dummy Unit for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at (Position of (Triggering unit)) facing Default building facing degrees
        • Unit Group - Add (Last created unit) to Locust_UnitGroup
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in Locust_UnitGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Undead Crypt Lord - Locust Swarm

Where "Locust_UnitGroup" is a variable of the type "Unit Group". Add a modified ability of Locust Swarm with maybe only one locust to the Dummy Unit, so that it may cast it. The Locust swarm ability that your hero is casting should be a dummy-ability (like "Roar (Night Elf)" with 0% damage increase).
There most likely are better ways to do this, thou...

 

[Anachron]

Well, I am able to trigger a MUI (Multi Unit Instanceable) Jass spell of locust that will deal damage based on the attribute of the hero. It will work even if you spam that spell around 1000 times / second and will still look good.

 

[M0RT]

Very simple, just create dummy +damage ability with enough levels, and then add it to locusts (which have 1-1 damage)

• Melee Initialization
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit enters (Entire map)
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Equal to Locust
  • Actions
    • Game - Add (dummy ability) to (Entering unit)
    • Game - Set level of (dummy ability) for (Entering unit) to (attribute)