What To Base A DoT Spell

[WolfieeifloW]

I need an active, non-autocast, instant, DoT spell.
AKA: Hero casts the spell on an enemy, DoT ticks.
Like a Shadow Word (See also, Warlock from DoTA or a Priest/Warlock from WoW).

Poison arrows don't work as they're autocast.
Corrosive Breath doesn't work as it's passive.
I tried negative Rejuvination, it's not working.

What else?

 

[johnnymra]

As far as i know the Shadows strike is the best. Just remove the slow and it's a normal DoT spell but only if you don't mind see the damage as numbers over the target.

 

[WolfieeifloW]

Hmm..
I'd prefer not to see the numbers..

I'll use Shadow Strike for now,
But anyone else have an idea?

Or maybe know how to fix Rejuvenation?
It's only doing 10 damage total, when I want 10/sec. (Over 3 seconds it goes)


EDIT: Wow, forgot the damage was the total damage the unit takes, not the DPS.

 

[johnnymra]

You could always use rejuvenation and trigger the damage... after unit was affected by the ability, run a trigger that loops for X seconds and each second does 10 damage to the unit with the buff. I'm not sure tough, never tried it.

EDIT: ok then... you're problem is fixed good luck with your map.

 

[WolfieeifloW]

Ya, I figured it out.
Read my edit lol.

 

[NeuroToxin]

I was thinking the Poison Spell, that Alchemist has. But nevertheless, DoT's aren't that hard to trigger.

 

[tommerbob]

Yeah, why not just use Channel or something and trigger the DoT?

 

[WolfieeifloW]

Because negative Rejuvenation works perfectly.
Saves me triggering at the cost of two extra things in the Object Editor, which took ~30 seconds to edit

 

[KaerfNomekop]

So it's fixed? I'm curious as to whether negative heal = damage, and vice versa; I know Acid Bomb works perfectly as a DoT spell, I've always been using it.

 

[WolfieeifloW]

Hmm, I could use Acid Bomb.
It actually gives attack and movement speed reductions..

That actually fits perfectly for what I need!
I'm assuming changing the AoE on the spell to 0 would make it not an AoE spell?

 

[keychup]

make it 1 to be safe

 

[WolfieeifloW]

AoE's I'm quite certain are fine being 0.
The only things I really know that setting to 0 is bad for are stuns.

 

[vypur85]

Unholy Frenzy works well too.

> AoE on the spell to 0
Yea.

On a related note, I don't think Rejuvenation gives bounty for kills. Not too sure myself.

 

[WolfieeifloW]

Ah, didn't even think of that, probably not.

Although, I don't think my maps going to have bounty anyways.

 

[NeuroToxin]

so it's fixed? I'm curious as to whether negative heal = damage, and vice versa; i know acid bomb works perfectly as a dot spell, i've always been using it.

thats the spell i tried to say earlier!