Hi guys! So I'm currently working on a spell for a hero called Refraction Blade. Tooltip below, but it's not really important.
The real problem is what's next. In order to keep track of how many daggers the Blader has out, I gave her units in stock to show the number in the corner. In general it looks good, but there are 2 problems with it.
1) How can I stop her from being able to "buy" the unit so that the map doesnt get flooded with invisible units and the "out of stock" message doesn't appear? I don't want to add a requirement since that would just darken the icon, and an ugly "requires" thing would appear.
2) I figured out how to get the "out of stock" to disappear from the tooltip if the current stock of units is 0, but now there is an ugly space. Am i able to get rid of that entirely?
Note: Remember that the thing the mouse is pointing to in the image is not a spell, but a unit. I'd prefer not to replace it with 5 spells with different icons, because I have at least one other spell that has something similar with units in stock to represent something, and THAT spell has reached past 300 in a recent test.
The Blader skillfully wields her weapons, manipulating up to 5 of them at once. Each dagger grants the Blader bonus armor, and increases the power of her spells. Daggers only lasts for a while.
Level 1 - 1 armor, 10 seconds
Level 2 - 2 armor, 15 seconds
Level 3 - 3 armor, 20 seconds
Level 4 - 4 armor, 25 seconds
Level 5 - 5 armor, 30 seconds
Target Type: Instant
Damage Type: N/A
Cooldown: 2
Mana Cost: 8/7/6/5/4
Level 1 - 1 armor, 10 seconds
Level 2 - 2 armor, 15 seconds
Level 3 - 3 armor, 20 seconds
Level 4 - 4 armor, 25 seconds
Level 5 - 5 armor, 30 seconds
Target Type: Instant
Damage Type: N/A
Cooldown: 2
Mana Cost: 8/7/6/5/4
The real problem is what's next. In order to keep track of how many daggers the Blader has out, I gave her units in stock to show the number in the corner. In general it looks good, but there are 2 problems with it.
1) How can I stop her from being able to "buy" the unit so that the map doesnt get flooded with invisible units and the "out of stock" message doesn't appear? I don't want to add a requirement since that would just darken the icon, and an ugly "requires" thing would appear.
2) I figured out how to get the "out of stock" to disappear from the tooltip if the current stock of units is 0, but now there is an ugly space. Am i able to get rid of that entirely?

Note: Remember that the thing the mouse is pointing to in the image is not a spell, but a unit. I'd prefer not to replace it with 5 spells with different icons, because I have at least one other spell that has something similar with units in stock to represent something, and THAT spell has reached past 300 in a recent test.