Physical immunity without ethereal

[Donnerkoettel]

How can i make a unit immune to only physical attacks instead of making it ethereal? I dislike this armortype/abillity becouse the unit can not attack anymore. I have tried the search function of this forum but i did not get a match. I hope it can be done without triggering.

 

[IamFierce]

You can give it damage reduction through a few abilities to negate a hundred percent of the damage. One of these I believe is hardened skin, another defend, and another mana shield. Mana shield is good because you can reduce a percentage of the damage, rather than a high numerical number.

Another way is by changing the units classification through triggers. This would allow the unit to attack but to not be targeted ( I wasn’t sure whether your comment was referring to ethereal ability or classification). Ward classification generally gives enemy units less priority to that unit. You can also give it a classification through trigger of invulnerable or ancient.

 

[Pyrogasm]

In addition to everting IamFierce wrote, you could use a damage detection system and a very simple trigger to negate the damage. I guess the question is are you trying to make the units un-attackable (would show an invalid target ui message and the attack wouldn’t go through) or un-damageable by attacks (negated damage but attacks go through)?

 

[Donnerkoettel]

You can give it damage reduction through a few abilities to negate a hundred percent of the damage. One of these I believe is hardened skin, another defend, and another mana shield. Mana shield is good because you can reduce a percentage of the damage, rather than a high numerical number.

Another way is by changing the units classification through triggers. This would allow the unit to attack but to not be targeted ( I wasn’t sure whether your comment was referring to ethereal ability or classification). Ward classification generally gives enemy units less priority to that unit. You can also give it a classification through trigger of invulnerable or ancient.

Thanks for your fast help.
-The Defend Abillity affects piercing and magical attacks, thats sadly useless.
-Hardenet skin reduces demage by value and resistant skin affects time of spells (like buffs) and magical attacks.
-Mana shield does also not work since it fully absorbs both magical and physically demage.
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Edit 2nd:
I've done it!
I just editet the bonus demage dealed from normal attacks against hero-armor.
A unit with this armortype will still be attackable with normal-attacks but wont get any physically demage.
So for an example the Hero can be attacked by a footman but will only take demage from a priest.
It is in the gameplay constants, hopefully the screenshot works.

 

[IamFierce]

That’s a clever idea! Good job