Strike Through

Hey,

I was wondering how to make a unit have a strike through attack, like the glaive thrower where it hits units in a line. How do I do this with a hero?

-Miningjrk

Take a long, hard look at the attack settings for the glaive thrower and the vorpal blades upgrade.

Off the top of my head, I think you have to set attack type to artillery (line), damage spill distance to a value greater than zero, area of effect damage to a value greater than zero.

Is there a thread explaining what all the different settings for an attack do?

-area of effect full/medium/small damage
-area of effect max targets
-damage factor vs. medium and small? (fragmentation shards and various artillery, does ??)
-damage loss factor (used by huntresses, .50 for them)
-damage spill distance
-damage spill radius
-max number of targets
-range motion buffer?
and last but not least... >.>
-weapon type

I suspect the last setting determines which of the other settings get used?

ok, so say you add artillery line, how do you remove the "attack ground" icon completely? Can you just remove that ability with triggers?

-Miningjrk

No, you can't remove the attack ground ability without also disabling the unit's attack. I suppose you could try using the "Missile (Line)" weapon type instead of the artillery one, that might be better for you.