Kage Bunshin ability (30 Images)

OK, I'm making a spell where a unit makes quite a few mirror images of herself (I'm thinking 30 and then 50). They'll all do 10% damage take 1000x damage.

From what I understand about the Mirror Image spell, you can't use it to create more than 7 copies -- well short of my desired amount.

What I'm thinking about doing is creating a bunch of dummy units to use a wand of mirror image on my hero, making it appear like a whole lot of clones are spawning. I'm not convinced this is the best way...anyone else have any ideas on how they would do it? Just the theory is fine, I can code the triggers if it's a sound idea.

EDIT: Bah, should have searched before posting.
This thread has some good ideas, basically the two I've considered. Creating copies of the hero and making them also use mirror image, or having dummy units use the wand of illusion.

I would say the mass mirror would work best.
It's easy, and the special effect keeps the enemy confused.
(Wand of illusion leaves the target in the same place and just makes the copy near it.)

Well it's a PvE game so confusing the enemy isn't all that relevant, but I think you are right regardless. It will LOOK cooler if there are a bunch of clones casting the same ability and we all know that's pretty important.

Exactly! ;)

Also think - it gives a very small chance that instead of making a million mirrors around the hero the hero could get placed further into a mass of baddies. With illusion he would just get a huge illusion shield.

Of course I think I'm beating dirt with a stick now. Good luck with whatever you're doing.

Incidentally, this hero also has a ward it can place down that makes all units next to the ward invisible. So.....if the mirror image did end up putting them in the middle of a group of baddies, they could always just plop that down and hide :).

I'm working on this ability right now - the problem I have is that I create a bunch of clones to cast mirror image, but I can't keep those clones around or there will be a lot of full - powered copies running around. So I want to remove them, but removing them of course seems to remove the mirror images. I'll play with it a bit more :).

Maybe you can try something with hiding the full-powered clones? I'm not sure if that will affect the mirror images though... :\

Kishe you hit the nail on the head. That's pretty much exactly what I do, though I need to wait for the ability to finish casting for it to work properly. Actually, I hide them, change their team, and give them an expiration timer to make sure they die :).

Kage Bunshin No Jutsu! :)
I love the Naruto series. You gonna make a full-fledged map based off of it?

lol a full fledged Naruto map could be cool, but no. I just thought Kage Bunshin was a cool name to steal for my ability :) It fits I think - here's a screen.

[IMG]KageBunshin.jpg[/IMG]

Some of the Naruto heroes would be fun to make though - Shikamaru's Shadow Bind, Neji's Byakugan (Dummy Casters with Far Sight in a line would be really neat looking)...Chouji's Meat Tank could give him huge immolation damage...

Well regardless, that's a job for another mapmaker.

Awsome, looks cool.
I've been reading up on your Gladiator map, I'll try to test it later when I have time.