Melee Unit attacks with ranged at the cost of mana

[Running_dap]

To make you understand, here is the thing:

There is a melee unit in my map (with the range of 100), that i need to make an ability that allows him to attack at a range (e.x. of 600) at the cost of mana. Is that possible?

NOTE: the ability has to been auto-active, that means that if the player turns it on, the unit will attack only on range (but still costs some mana per attack), and when he turns it off, it will again hit on melee.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Get any auto-active spell that gives a buff to the caster and trigger it.

Trigger 1
  Events
Starts the effect of an ability
  Conditions
Ability being cast equal to X
Casting Unit has a buff (X) Equal to True
  Actions
Turn on Trigger2

Trigger 2 - NOT initially enabled
  Events
A unit attacks
  Conditions
  Actions
Set attack = (attacking unit)
Set Mana of attack to ((Mana of attack) - X))

(Epitelous, Ellinas )

 

[Evoroth]

Get any auto-active spell that gives a buff to the caster and trigger it.
(Epitelous, Ellinas )

You're not giving it range, you're just making an ability that makes your attacks cost mana. I wouldn't turn on that.

This could work:
Make the unit's 'attack 1 melee', and 'attack 2' ranged. Then give it [the destroyers purpleshot toggleable attackability]. I think, when you turn on that ability, it changes the unit's active attack to 'attack 2', and makes the attacks cost an amount of many you can specify in the ability stats.

 

[Flow]

Just took a look at the destroyer's ability, and it just gives bonus damage and AoE effect to it, it does not change the active ability of the unit.

 

[XeNiM666]

try using Searing Arrows, its not an orb effect, and just set the casting range to Your range..

not sure though

 

[Flow]

If cast further away than the unit's regular attack's range, it'll cause the unit to miss. This goes for searing arrows as well as Orb of Annihilation, and the big money says it's the same with cold arrows, black arrow etc

 

[BarzahdX]

I'm shocked I'm the first to give a right answer.

Base the ability off of Bear Form, set the alternate unit to have the same exact stats as yours, but have a 600 range, while triggering the mana cost.. An above poster already stated that trigger.

It's full-proof, 100% works.

 

[Kiddo]

I'm shocked I'm the first to give a right answer.

Base the ability off of Bear Form, set the alternate unit to have the same exact stats as yours, but have a 600 range, while triggering the mana cost.. An above poster already stated that trigger.

It's full-proof, 100% works.

Haha, I actually like that idea. Nice.

Kiddo.

 

[Flow]

Yeah, but I tend to prefer to use Chaos. Just personal preference :} I think it's a bad choice for this though, since he wants to use it for just an attack now and then, and bear form needs casting itself before the attack, and can't really be set to auto-cast in the traditional way.

Also, the one ability I can think of that changes the active attack of a unit is War Club. Might find some interesting stuff if you play around with that~

 

[HydraRancher]

I aint sure how to do it but they did some sort of thing like war club before in Sotdrp Vanguard the spell RangedAttack u take a tree and your attacks become ranged. So it seems possible.

 

[Running_dap]

Sorry for not repling, but i didnt have much time lately.

First of all, all the abilities like Frost Arrows etc will indeed make the unit miss. Second of all, the bear-form idea wont work since it required to be casted first in order to attack (i need the unit to be able to range-attack whenever the player wants, not after casting an 'other' ability first).

thx for the replies though

EDIT: the problem with the war club, is that it needs a target to get the range attack working, it can't cost mana per attack and it ends after some strikes. :/

 

[afisakov]

Second of all, the bear-form idea wont work since it required to be casted first in order to attack (i need the unit to be able to range-attack whenever the player wants, not after casting an 'other' ability first).

Not sure I see the problem with bear form, as long as u make the bear form a mirror image of the original unit with atk range as only difference and set mana cost to 0. If you set casting time to 0 or as close as game lets u, not more than .1, then using bear form will not be much different from activating auto-cast as said below.

the ability has to been auto-active, that means that if the player turns it on, the unit will attack

Then for the mana cost per attack just use a modified form of Pharoah's trigger, u can even have the bear form have the same name as the original except for an editor suffix not visible in the game.

  Events
A unit attacks
  Conditions
unit type of attacking unit equal to (ur unit in bear form)
  Actions
Set attack = (attacking unit)
Set Mana of attack to ((Mana of attack) - X))

Another slightly diff but similar way is to use tinker's ability to change form instead of bear form, which u prefer is up to u.

 

[BarzahdX]

I'm sorry, I misunderstood your question.. Is there a way to disable attacks for a unit? You could make a trigger to disable attack 1, and enable attack 2 upon Order - searingarrowson as an example.

You have attack 1 have your stats, attack 2 same stats but 600 range, only attack 1 is enabled. Through triggers(if it's even possible) disable attack 1, and enable attack 2.. The mana cost on Searing Arrows would fulfill that purpose.

I know an above poster made reference to this.

 

[Running_dap]

Quote:
the ability has to be auto-active, that means that if the player turns it on, the unit will attack
Then for the mana cost per attack just use a modified form of Pharoah's trigger, u can even have the bear form have the same name as the original except for an editor suffix not visible in the game.

the ability HAS to be auto-active. i dont want anything that is "not much different to auto-active"...

I'm sorry, I misunderstood your question.. Is there a way to disable attacks for a unit? You could make a trigger to disable attack 1, and enable attack 2 upon Order - searingarrowson as an example.

You have attack 1 have your stats, attack 2 same stats but 600 range, only attack 1 is enabled. Through triggers(if it's even possible) disable attack 1, and enable attack 2.. The mana cost on Searing Arrows would fulfill that purpose.

I know an above poster made reference to this.

didnt know that u can disable attack 1, or enable it from triggers... i'll check it when i can