Cooldown modification from ultimate

[neckcuttabob]

From what I can tell this the simplest way to do what you need done.

Make a copy of the spell channel, for this I named mine "Stand in spell". Give it the same amount of levels that your spell has, the one you want the CD reduced on, make it a unit spell instead of a hero spell. Give the Hero the stand in spell and add in this trigger to your game.

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Thunder Clap
    • ((Triggering unit) has buff Avatar) Equal to True
  • Actions
    • Wait 1.00 seconds
    • Unit - Set level of Stand in for (Triggering unit) to (Level of Thunder Clap for (Triggering unit))
    • Unit - Remove Thunder Clap from (Triggering unit)
    • Wait 0.01 seconds
    • Unit - Add Thunder Clap to (Triggering unit)
    • Unit - Set level of Thunder Clap for (Triggering unit) to (Level of Stand in for (Triggering unit))

If anything else in your game is supposed to cause this unit to use another copy of channel just change the order ID of the stand in spell.

 

[KaerfNomekop]

You could also create an Engineering Upgrade ability, add it to an invisible Spell Book and add/remove the Spell Book from the unit. This won't interfere with cooldowns one bit.

 

[Halisika]

Xan Kriegor: Yes, it's a Hero ability with 5 levels. I would VERY much like to see your other solution, because I just want it to work right! Thanks

 

[Halisika]

neckcuttabob:
I don't understand your trigger all the way, but it seems alright. Does this mean every time I cast Nature's Wrath while Awaken is on, it will switch the spells after 1 sec (the cooldown I want)?
But what confuses me is what happens after the trigger waits .01 seconds. I'll put it in my map and try it nevertheless, but can you explain more please?

 

[neckcuttabob]

Basically your Hero has a unit spell that does nothing and can't be seen.
When you cast Nature's Wrath the trigger will wait one second.
Then it makes sure that the dummy spell is the same level as Nature's Wrath, this makes it so you don't have to set up anything to make/track a variable.
The trigger removes Nature's Wrath.
After .01 seconds Nature's Wrath is added back to your hero and is set to the correct level.
Since the spell is only gone for .01 seconds, unless you're paying far too much attention it will simply look like the cooldown was really short.

 

[Halisika]

Okay, I get it now Thanks!
Trying it...

 

[Xan_Kriegor]

You could also create an Engineering Upgrade ability, add it to an invisible Spell Book and add/remove the Spell Book from the unit. This won't interfere with cooldowns one bit.

This is what I was going to suggest. If you look at the Engineering Upgrade ability, what it does is replace one ability with another. You just need to change the abilities that it switches to yours, and it does *most* of the work for you.

Because you'd be adding an ability (the Engineering Upgrade), you generally want to hide that from the player so that an icon for it doesn't show up in the unit's ability panel. Because it's a passive, we can hide it in a Spellbook ability where it will still function. So what you do is make a new Engineering Upgrade ability (listed under Neutral Hostile/Heroes) and clean it up so that it only swaps abilities (get rid of the damage bonus, movespeed bonus, etc. The buff icon is important too). Make it a unit ability so it can go in the Spellbook. Now we just need to give the Spellbook ability to your hero whenever you have the ult on. I would make a trigger along the lines of this:

• Natures Wrath Cooldown
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Avatar ult
  • Actions
    • Player - Disable Nature's Wrath Upgrader for Player 1 (Red)
    • Unit - Add Nature's Wrath Upgrader to unitMainHero
    • Wait ultimates_duration seconds
    • Unit - Remove Nature's Wrath Upgrader from unitMainHero

You said this was a singleplayer map so some hardcoding can be done since only one unit should be casting the ability. The Upgrader is the Spellbook that holds the Engineering Upgrade in case that wasn't clear.

So yeah! This is what I (and KaerfNomekop) suggest and it doesn't take much work.

 

[Halisika]

Wow. Okay I'll definitely try this one too... thanks for all the trigger help guys.