how to make cleaving attack working on ranger

[Shanghai]

anyone know how to make cleaving attack work on rangers?

 

[Chaosy]

If it is a triggered ability it should be able to work for ranged also

 

[Shanghai]

Its not triggered

 

[ronojales]

i don't know if the ability Orb of Fire can do the job, but as far as i know a unit with Combat - Attack - Weapon Type - Missile is not compatible with Cleaving Attack.

 

[Bannar]

Why not make use of Item ability from Orb of Fire? >.< Orb of Annihilation got AoE indicator too. Artillery attack type may work too.

 

[ronojales]

he may want the unit to have something like an ability before dealing splash damage. though if you want it non-triggered, you can tinker with the Upgrades. have a unit be "upgraded" before dealing splash damage, by setting Attack type - Missile (Splash), and of course making sure the data on Combat - Attack - Area of Effect has values in it other than 0, much like having a Huntress be upgraded before having an additional bounce.

 

[Robotic]

u have to make it a ranged splash effect i believe. i have not tried with trigger code and all that jazz gui stuff that makes no sense to me =P but ive tried adding cleave to ranged before and it just makes wc3 crash.

 

[Destroyer25]

Just base the unit of an artillery unit that does splash damage.

 

[rysnt11]

You can do the 'ranged splashing damage trick' with barrage ability
But beware, barrage ability will add +2 additional target to the unit
So the unit which has the custom barrage ability can attack 3 unit at once
Oh, and to customize the damage dealt (additional target damage) you can edit it in the unit's data, check for maximal damage, minimal damage, and medium damage
I highly suggest you to use this settings:
Unit:
Max damage: 9999 (as max as possible)
Med damage: to your liking
Min damage: 1

Ability barrage:
Max damage: as max as possible
Min damage: 1

Don't go below 1 or the unit will deal no damage

 

[ronojales]

Barrage doesn't really do "splash", but attack an additional unit. it doesn't just add +2, but more than that (i don't really know if there's a max number of damaged units with it). though that's one way of having a unit damage an additional unit other than its target.

the thing with Barrage is for example your unit attacks an enemy in its front, and it has an enemy behind, the unit will deal damage to the enemy behind it, making it don't look like a splash.

 

[rysnt11]

that's different case..
afaik
barrage does't do that thing
the skill called Strom hammer that does damage behind the attacked unit
barrage will allow multiple target attacking
almost same like splash that attack additional unit in range of the attacker
beside, the strom hammer attack does damage in AoE from the attacked not attacker unit

 

[ronojales]

the strom hammer attack does damage in AoE from the attacked not attacker unit

yup, since the Storm Hammer upgrade adds an Attack Spill bonus to the Gryphon Rider, which is when a unit attacks, any unit within the spill radius, or spill distance, is damaged.

 

[rysnt11]

so...
you did know that from the beginning, and why did you connect the storm hammer's ability to barrage's ability??

 

[ronojales]

i.. have no idea? sorry

oh this one:

the skill called Strom hammer that does damage behind the attacked unit

just that, have you played MooMoo (or something called like that, a Hero defense map)? there's an item that lets a ranged unit attack multiple enemies. it uses the Barrage ability, in which for example a ranged unit is surrounded by multiple enemies in a full circle, even units behind the unit is attacked (it has a Searing arrow effect).

 

[Adiktuz]

Just set the attack type to Missile - Splash... but if you want it to be activated via an ability, either use Orb of Fire ability, or trigger the damage...

 

[ronojales]

Just set the attack type to Missile - Splash

if he decides to do this also set the Attack - Area of Effect (Full Damage, Medium Damage, Small Damage, Targets) so it will work.

 

[Adiktuz]

Even just full damage will do, unless he wants the damage to scale depending on the distance from the point of impact...

 

[Vladadamm]

I think that one of the abilityes from the gyrocopters make a ranged cleave (correct me if i'm wrong). Why not simply use it ?

 

[Adiktuz]

That is the ability they already said before, BARRAGE, which enables multiple targets, not a splash attack

 

[rysnt11]

barrage is owned by siege engine
gyrocopter own an ability called Flak Cannon

 

[Adiktuz]

ah, yeah... haha...