[Spell] Reduce Armor

[Miikey]

Hi all, I would like to make a spell that will reduce 25% of the armor that the enemy has. How can that be done?

 

[Pharaoh_]

Use Devotion Aura with negative values, set Percent Bonus to True and add it to your unit. Fire a timer (or create a unit with an expiration timer), save the target unit of ability being cast to the timer/unit and remove the buff and ability from it, once the timer expires/the unit dies.

 

[defskull]

@Pharaoh_
Why did the method doesn't work ?

If I set it into whole number value (Data - Percent Bonus is False), it works okay

But if I set it into percentual value (Data - Percent Bonus is True), it doesn't work.

 

[Miikey]

I need an active skill... A target skill I mean.. The skill will affect a single target on which will be casted the spell, not an AoE skill...

 

[Ceday]

Use a dummy skill with unit target, when the spell casted add a devotion aura with 0 area of effect to target unit maybe.

 

[defskull]

No need to change its AoE to 0, just change the "Stats - Targets Allowed" to "Self" only.

About the spell, it is indeed a target-unit

 

[Ceday]

So no need to change targets completely, just change area of effect to 0.

 

[Chucky]

Ok, make a dummy unit and add him the ability Item - Orb of Corruption and modify the values in the Item - Orb of corruption to whatever you want. Next make your ability from let's say Frost Nova...make damage 0, area damage 0 etc (all values 0). Set the duration to Item - Orb of corruption duration. Make a trigger when you cast the ability a dummy unit appears next to the target unit and attack him. This should decrease his armor and get the result you want...Don't forget to make the dummy unit invulnerable and give him the Locust ability. Try and see if it works I'm not sure..

 

[defskull]

So no need to change targets completely, just change area of effect to 0.

Area of Effect 0 is less efficient than Stats - Targets Allowed: Self

Because, if it is 0, it is still acts as Area of Effect (1 or more units can be affected) but if you change it to self, it is totally 1 unit

 

[Ceday]

Area of Effect 0 is less efficient than Stats - Targets Allowed: Self

Proof?This is just a guess.Who knows maybe it enuming units in 500 area of effect and pick every unit which equal to himself or whatever valid targets are.Who knows maybe setting area of effect to 0 prevents it from enuming units, just checking the aura owner?

Because, if it is 0, it is still acts as Area of Effect (1 or more units can be affected)

Show me a demo map where a devotion aura with 0 aoe effects more than 1 units.

Even there is efficiency gain, how much is that?
Techtree - Check Dependencies field is almost true for all skills, are you setting this field false for all your skills in object editor?

 

[Miikey]

Area of Effect 0 is less efficient than Stats - Targets Allowed: Self

Because, if it is 0, it is still acts as Area of Effect (1 or more units can be affected) but if you change it to self, it is totally 1 unit

That's what I want.. TOtally 1 unit...

 

[-Kobas-]

This spell is MUI last 5 sec and it will reduce enemy unit armor randomly from 1 to 10.

EDIT: I created it few months ago, maybe you can find it useful

 

[Miikey]

Ye... thnk u rly much man!! Added to ur rep

 

[defskull]

Reducing armor based on whole number value is easy.
What he wanted was reducing armor based on percentual value.

This is what I tried, and failed.

Like Tauren Chieftain's (DotA Hero) ability, Natural Order.
It reduced enemy's armor up to 80%, not -80 armor.

So let's say you have 10 armor, your reduced armor would be -8, it will result in having only 2 armor left.

If you have 20 armor, it will reduce up to -16 armor.

In conclusion, it will vary from time to time, not only static reduce armor, but a variation depending on the enemies' armor.

I have tried using Devotion Aura and set the Data - Percent Bonus to True, but still, I can't make it to work

If someone can do this, I'd be gladful

 

[Ceday]

Are you sure?It works for me.

Level 1 data armor bonus: -0.80(I also tried with -3, -1)
Level 1 data percent bonus: true

 

[Magtheridon96]

The most common mistake here is when you think that 80 will correspond to an 80% armor bonus.
You should be using 0.80 instead.
Keep this in mind for future reference.

 

[Bannar]

Guys you have to remember that armor for given unit can't drop below -20 value, no matter how big the reduction was. It's about 71% amplify damage.

Damage Reduction = ( CDR * armor ) / (1 + CDR * armor)

Where CDR is constant damage redution value (per armor point) what results in EHP (enhanced hit points).