Counterspell Spell... err...

Right, boys and girls - i'm going to make a Counterspell effect - you pay a little mana, to stop someone else's spell. now... as this SEEMS impossible on the surface, i think a way to do it would either to

1] cast Silence on a single target, for little cost, but it only lasts for a while. using this, you can knock out spellcasters and some heroes for a short while, while you can use a stunning spell or dish out the damage.

2] cast Mana Burn, or Siphon Mana, or Mana Short [adapted potion of mana ability, gives negative mana - basically drains mana without draining life, or giving it to the caster], and simply drop the target's mana so they are unable to cast spells. make this instant effect - probably cancel out Siphon Mana

but these are placebos. they leave the purpose unfulfilled.

anyone have any comments or suggestions as to how i can do this?

PS - no TFT WE! no WE at all! no triggers, no script, no AI! it's a TC, so only datafile/slk modding.

cheers,


'tek

there is no siphon mana in reign of chaos...


i got a simple solution - buy tft

hmm... i've got tft, and i've got we - but still, i want to make a counterspell effect. anyone know how?

if there's no feedback - i'll be going for a mana burn effect which drains all mana, and does only a little bit of damage. i'll try make it autocast as well, so it'll drain mana off everyone the caster sees.

Ok, i know u said no triggers but this is so insanley somple u should be able to do it with any triggering knowledge at all:
Do this:
Give the spell a permanent buff on the unit when they have it then do this trigger:
Events:
Unit finishes casting a spell
Conditions:
Target has buff equal to "Buff i told u bout"
Unit ability cooldown active is equal to false
Actions:
order casting unit to stop
order target use "dummy ability with cooldown"

(If you dont get this, get one of the good triggering foalks to help you out, im only OK with triggers, i specialise in special FX)