Orb of Fire actual splash damage?

[SKW]

Is it possible at all?

EDIT: Currently using Orb of Annihilation. Can't seem to make it enable attack 2 however. Is there a workaround?

EDIT2: Seems that you need to use Missile(Splash) as your attack type in order to do anything. Still no results that can be used practically. Might be useful for later.

EDIT3: Nope, Artillery doesn't work, despite what you'd think. Yeesh, this was a hard-coded mess. Right now, it seems like Orb of Fire doesn't actually have a hope.

Honestly.........Is there any way to make Orb of Fire GOOD?

 

[Bribe]

What particular struggle are you having with Orb of Fire?

 

[Xonok]

Orb of Annihilation works perfectly fine for me.

 

[Warseeker]

I believe he want to make the Orb of Fire hit many targets at the same time using project missile attack on his standing position, I suppose~...

 

[SKW]

The idea is for Orb of Fire to give the unit using it actual splash damage (As in damage based on their attack damage) as opposed to just 5 damage in a radius.

So far, I've just hit brick wall after brick wall.
@xanok could you explain what you did? I can't seem to get it to work as an item passive, only as an active ability

 

[Xonok]

Oh, you wanted it as a passive. In this case it's very likely that you can't do it without triggers. You can try using orb of annihilation(or any other unit-target area effect ability) through orb of lightning though(the one that casts targeted abilities).

 

[SKW]

You lost me there.

Do I make a modded orb of lightning that casts orb of annihilation?
EDIT: Doing so apparently is how you can create multistrike.

 

[Xonok]

Yes, try if it works. If it doesn't, there are also some other unit targeted area damage spells(frost nova).

 

[SKW]

I tried. It more or less did that, but since orb of anhiliation is an autoattack, as is orb of lightning, whenever it procs, it attacks twice.

I think we accidentally invented windfury in WCIII

 

[Xonok]

It plays the attack animation again every time it procs?

 

[SKW]

Not really.

It only spawns a second projectile that deals auto attack damage and the added splash. So in effect it's shooting twice every time it procs. I'll try to test if it can proc bash or critical strike seperately from the main attack.

 

[Death Adder]

wait, orb of fire doesn't deal % of attack as splash? I've been lied to all my life, ChildhoodRuined.jpg nvm I'm retarded.

How about just using DDS and check if unit has passive ability?

 

[SKW]

Dance Dance Studio?
(I'm an idiot, stop throwing big words at me)

 

[Death Adder]

Damage Detection System

It makes it so that you have an event to detect when damage is dealt. So with it you could check if the level of orb of fire ability is higher than 0 then deal damage to nearby units.

Getting an entire system might be kind of overkill for only a single passive, but generally you want to use a DDS for a lot of different things in the same map anyway.

 

[SKW]

Eh, I'm just trying to make a remixed melee map. Probably not worth the overkill.

I'll just go with a proc chance to generate a big explosion of fire.

 

[kingkwong]

Dance Dance Studio?
(I'm an idiot, stop throwing big words at me)

Lol ^^

Does it have to be orb of fire. Why not use flak cannon?
EDIT: NVM it also does set damage

Can you have a second attack that is splash damage. The orb unlocks the second attack type