Whats the best way to block an attack ?

[Deleted member 242951]

So... I was thinking my block/evasion system of my campaign...

How do I make a unit block attacks ? Whats the best way? Is it healing the unit as soon as it gets damaged ? Or is there a better way?

I want the block chance to be defined by items carried by a hero. Do blizzard spells are not an option here. Any help ?

 

[SAUS]

There is an ability called "Hardened Skin" (I think... it's the ability on the mountain giant, anyway, or whatever the night elf rock giant is called).

You can specify how much damage it blocks and the % chance. You can put this ability on items and it works.

 

[LordDz]

Well, the Night Elf hero Demon Hunter has a spell called "Evasion", there is also an item version of it.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Using a damage detection system to block the damage event. This won't stop additional side-effects like the hit sound, though.

 

[EdgeOfChaos]

Damage detection is definitely not necessary. Use the ability "Hardened Skin" which gives a chance to block # damage. Configure this and put it on your items.

 

[Deleted member 242951]

Okay... So I put the hardened skin or evasion ability on the item as some of you are saying. But then does it stack ? If not Ill have to use a bonusmod (importing errors and stuff) as said above by Zweliebchen.

 

[SAUS]

Okay... So I put the hardened skin or evasion ability on the item as some of you are saying. But then does it stack ? If not Ill have to use a bonusmod (importing errors and stuff) as said above by Zweliebchen.

It does not stack. I think it checks if one will block damage and, if it doesn't, checks the next one.

Evasion does stack, I think in the same way, except it blocks all damage and effects, so it doesn't need to add the damage reduction together.

 

[Arad MNK]

DDS (As Zwiel said) Is the best option, yet the Hardest one for Campaigns.

 

[Deleted member 242951]

Evasion does stack, I think in the same way, except it blocks all damage and effects, so it doesn't need to add the damage reduction together.

Are you 100 % sure that evasion stacks ??

 

[SAUS]

Are you 100 % sure that evasion stacks ??

I haven't used evasion in forever. I remember it stacking, but now I'm doubting myself lol. I am not 100% sure, so I would test it first. It would be hard to calculate how it stacks. I guess you could just hit the unit a bunch and calculate the % dodged attacks.

 

[Daffa]

Test evasions accumulated a total of 100%, see if it stacks.
Much easier.

 

[Deleted member 242951]

Ok... Lemme check...

 

[Kakerate]

Text from the Talisman of Evasion reads, "Does not stack with Evasion or Drunken Brawler."

I would draw from this that Evasion doesn't stack. Probably for good reason. A Demon Hunter with 5 of these in his inventory could not be damage by attacks. Of course, the chance that he would get that many is minute, but still. The only way I could imagine Evasion stacking is if it somehow had some method of having diminishing returns or something. Perhaps if you have 30% evasion then pick up 10% more, the effectiveness of the 10% would be decreased by 30%? I don't know, seems overly complicated.

 

[Rheiko]

I checked it with Daffa's method. It does not stack.

 

[SAUS]

Text from the Talisman of Evasion reads, "Does not stack with Evasion or Drunken Brawler."

I would draw from this that Evasion doesn't stack. Probably for good reason. A Demon Hunter with 5 of these in his inventory could not be damage by attacks. Of course, the chance that he would get that many is minute, but still. The only way I could imagine Evasion stacking is if it somehow had some method of having diminishing returns or something. Perhaps if you have 30% evasion then pick up 10% more, the effectiveness of the 10% would be decreased by 30%? I don't know, seems overly complicated.

From a coding standpoint, it actually isn't that complicated. All you have to do is run each chance separately. Check 30% chance. If it fails, check 10% chance. It will never be 100% chance unless one evasion chance is 100% on its own.

I agree, though. Stacked evasion would be silly.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

You can just have one evasion ability and set its level dynamically. 1% evasion per level.

 

[Deleted member 242951]

@Zwiebelchen, Aahh......Is it possible via a DDS or a DMS ?

 

[Arad MNK]

@Zwiebelchen, Aahh......Is it possible via a DDS or a DMS ?

None is needed. Just setting levels of evasion. (How did we all miss it??)

 

[Wietlol]

Ability types do not stack.
Drunken Brawler, Evasion (including the talisman) are the same ability type so they do not stack.

Evasion itself does stack.
However, this has the same stacking algorithm as critical strikes in WC3.
When hit, there is a separate check if the evasion succeeded and if one of them did, then you evaded the attack.

The exact calculation (if I am not mistaken, rounded to factors between 0 and 1) is this:
1 - (combined succession factor)
succession factor is the chance that an attack did hit you.
So when you have 70% chance to dodge, you have 0.3 succession factor.
combined succession factor is all those succession factors combined, 0.3 X 0.5 X 0.5, etc, etc, etc.

If the first one evades, the second check is still done, equal as all other checks, that is the whole point of running things separately.

However, to solve your problem, you can just use the item version of evasion.
Or if you have a proper coded map, your DDS should be able to block all additional effects because the additional effects are made on the DDS event that would be fired when the damage was successful, aka the afterDamage event... which people just refuse to implement.