Ice Tower

[Thumper]

I know this is most likely a dumb question, but could someone either display how or send me a link to how to make an ice tower that does damage with its attack, and slows creeps within a certain range. I thought of doing an

a tower attacks
tower is [frost tower]
slow unit for 4 seconds

but I'm not sure if there's an easier way using an ability or buff [still not entirely sure how all those work, as I'm new to all this]

 

[takethat]

just give frost breath to the tower, edit the ability abit to make it more suitable for a tower.

if you want to make every enemy unit within range slow, give it an speed aura with negative value.

 

[Thumper]

so the breath of frost will hit something and slow it along with those in the area of affect. I just need to copy the ability and edit its affect?

 

[jig7c]

yea... and just give the tower the newly edited ability!

 

[Thumper]

how exactly do i make it autocast?

 

[millz-]

It's not breath of frost, it's freezing breath, under Undead -> Units. Make a custom ability based on that, and change the targets allowed (remove structure) etc. Play around with it, that ability is passive.

 

[jig7c]

its automatic! no need to make it auto-cast...
its like endurance aura, or critical strike, it's there, ready, active!

 

[Thumper]

I think maybe I'm basing it off the wrong spell. Let me try freezing breath.

 

[jig7c]

it is freezing breath... the same ability sapphiron's have... (the undead dragon)
breath of frost is like breath of fire... useless in your situation!

 

[Thumper]

yeah, I put it as the default active ability and it refuses to be autocast. It doesn't even show. I disabled both attacks and it won't do anything when placed on the maze... :banghead:

 

[jig7c]

you have to put the ability in

Abilities - Normal

it doesn't go in default ability!

and it doesn't auto-cast, its always on... you can't turn off freezing breath, it will always be on
and you have to enable atleast 1 attack so when the unit does get attacked, it'll apply the slow to that unit!

 

[takethat]

oh my bad, i only remember is ("soemthing" breath), i tot is frost but is actually freezing...

 

[Thumper]

It will freeze the unit, not slow it. I got it to work, but it doesn't really... slow. It just freezes it in place with a huge ice block. Plus, its not splash, its one single target. Two crucial parts of what I want. Any ideas? I'm sorry I'm so new at this. Just started my TD a week and a half ago..

 

[takethat]

when a frost wvym atks a unit, that unit and surrounding unit get slow effect. check the ability of the frost wvym and try it.

 

[Thumper]

there's freezing breath and frost breath. I will investigate both.

Edit: I used Frost Breath and it worked perfectly. Thank you all for your help!!!

 

[avalya]

Yeah Freezing Breath is the one that freezes buildings when they are attacked.