Critical Strike & Regain Life

[Halofan]

Hi - I have a trigger that is supposed to work for an ability called "Holy Strike," an ability for a good hero. It does multiplier and bonus damage, but I want it to give back life to the hero casting it.

Events
Unit - A unit Is attacked

Conditions
(Attacking unit) Equal to (Casting unit)

Actions
If ((Ability being cast) Equal to Holy Strike ) then do (Unit - Set life of (Attacking unit) to ((Life of (Attacking unit)) + ((Life of (Attacked unit)) - (Percentage life of (Attacked unit))))) else do (Do nothing)


Is this correct and the computer just does not recognize it because of the general unit and condition :banghead: , or am I messing up and can easily fix it.

BTW, if it includes using dummy units, please walk me throughn it step by step, because I don't know how to use dummy units .

 

[xPheRe]

Unit - A unit Is attacked
(...)
(Attacking unit) Equal to (Casting unit)

Since the event is "A unit is attacked" you cannot check for the "Casting unit"
Casting unit is for this events:
- (Unit) begins channeling an ability
- (Unit) begins casting an ability
- (Unit) stops casting an ability
- (Unit) finishes casting an ability
- (Unit) starts the effect of an ability

If ((Ability being cast) Equal to Holy Strike ) then do (Unit - Set life of (Attacking unit) to ((Life of (Attacking unit)) + ((Life of (Attacked unit)) - (Percentage life of (Attacked unit))))) else do (Do nothing)

If your ability is an aura, check if the attacking unit has the buff related to your ability as a condition.
Something like this

Events
    A unit is attacked
Conditions
    (Attacking unit) has buff (Holy strike buff)
Actions
    ...

 

[ThE-eNiGmA]

Ya, what he said Anyway, you have to be careful how you use your events.
Attacking and casting are two different things when it comes to events. Can you clarify something, though. What kind of health are you trying to get back? Direct damage done health back, Percentage of damage, perc of overall health...
I see the trigger down there, but my head hurts. Put it in english. (I realize this is rather irrevalent to your question, but oh well.)

 

[Halofan]

First off, it's not an aura, it's a modified critical strike, so I don't think it would count as a buff, but maybe.
And also, I'm not getting back health, I'm giving some to the unit/hero that has the ability (the hero's name is Apprentice). The ability's description is something like "Gives a chance to do extra damage, and causes the young Apprentice to regain health," or something like that. Anyway, even if it may be correct, the trigger, in its current state, pretty much says "When a unit is attacked, if the attacking unit is also the casting unit, then (if the ability being cast is Holy Strike), then set attacking unit's health to life of attack unit plus the attacked unit's health minus the percent of life left in the attacked unit." Or, alternatively, subtract the percentage of life left in the attacked unit from the overall health and give it to the attacker.
What I originally wanted to do was convert damage done into health, and give that amount of health to the attacker, something like a lifesteal plus damage bonus. It may be possible, but i might get a headache :banghead: first, depending on my day.
So pretty much, all I have to do is set it to a unit starts the effect of an ability? Thanks :shades:

 

[hell_knight]

You cannot detect crictal strike but you can make a dummy spell and use random interger.

 

[ThE-eNiGmA]

btw, that IS getting health back. Otherwise known as "lifesteal"... In order to save yourself some serious headaches, I would suggest not basing lifesteal on a critical strike. That is, if you critical, the amount of life you get is unrelated to the crit.

 

[metallic_boy]

errr, this is harder to make than you think. The entire skill has to be done with triggers, and it is VERY hard (to my knowledge) to make dmg multipliers with triggers. Nevertheless, heres how Id go about it.

1) Create a skill called 'holy strike', base it off a passive skill, change all the values to 0 and change the tooltips and icon to whatever you please.
2) Create this trigger (NOTE: I do not know how to make multiplier).

Events-
A unit is attacked.

Conditions-
level of 'holy strike for attacking unit = 1
Random integer between 1 and 100 equal to (whatever % chance you want)

Actions-
Set (life of attacking unit) equal to (life of attacking unit) + (whatever)
Damage multiplier trigger. I do not know how to do this. Youd have to use the damage unit event, but you cannot set a real value = to a unit's damage hence i see it as impossible.

Notes: U could make holy strike a crit, then use this trigger. BUT, this would result in the crit and the health regen triggering at different times.

Have you considered using the event, unit finishes the effects of an ability, then use the condition, ability being cast equal to holy strike.

To be honest, I dont know, just filling in some time.

~metallic boy

 

[xPheRe]

First off, it's not an aura, it's a modified critical strike(...)Gives a chance to do extra damage, and causes the young Apprentice to regain health,"(...)

You cannot detect crictal strike but you can make a dummy spell and use random interger.

Yup, what he said, since you can't detect when the critical strike blows the enemy, you can't make the apprentice to regain health.
Anyhow... regain health isn't the same as healing??

(...) pretty much says "When a unit is attacked, if the attacking unit is also the casting unit, then (if the ability being cast is Holy Strike), then set attacking unit's health to life of attack unit plus the attacked unit's health minus the percent of life left in the attacked unit."(...)

Well, it's not. "Casting unit" and "ability being cast" have no meaning in a "unit is attacked" context, so the comparison is meaningless.

 

[Halofan]

Alright, thanks you guys. I think I'll just change it to make him regain health all the time, and only extra damage from time to time, like a double ability.