WEIRD ability BUG! Anyone know how 2fix?

Ok...im making a variation of the life drain ability for the undead ranger. It includes different art effects instead of the standard "green light flare" for life drain..so i deleted all the buffs from the ability (there were no art effects anyway), and i removed the "lighning" effects as well. I replaced the buffs with two of my own insread of "life drain caster" and "life drain target" i placed my own buffs with different graphics.

When i use the modified life drain in-game, it STILL uses those stupid green effects ( you know what i mean right?) instead of the modified ones i put in when there is NO reference whatsoever to them in the ability file (the original buffs which it seems to be using)..

So is this just shitty coding on blizzards part, or is there another reason why this ability cannot be properly edited?

Some, and by some I mean a lot, of spells simply wont change their graphics or buffs no matter how you try.

Thanks Blizzard.

Tell me about it. Try editing the auras, for example... They tend to give you a buff icon in bottom left, no matter what.

That's funny, I haven't found an ability yet that I can't edit the art on, since 1.14 and the buff editor in WE.

You can manipulate the buffs. But some abilities are permanently linked to some buffs. Mr. read-between-the-lines.

So, if you can edit the buffs, what's the problem?

The only issue that I've had is in using a duplicate aura spell. In that case, both abilities will use the buff art of the original spell.

Certain abilities and buffs are inexorably linked to eachother, or to art effects. This cannot be changed as of 1.14. Period.

Try editing Unholy Aura. It will always give the unit the buff.

Yea, I edited the Unholy Aura buff to use a different model, and it does.

I think that has to deal with his problem, he's using an ability which is linked to a buff.

Evidently in patch 1.15, they're fixing the abilities that don't recognize custom buffs.

However, even if it doesn't recognize a custom buff, there's nothing wrong with altering the original.