What dummy abilities are you using?

I'm not happy about all the dummy abilities I'm using, and I'm still missing some. Maybe you guys have some better ones. I'm currently using:
POINTCASTS:
- Carrion Swarm as a non AoE (no casting circle) pointcast. The annoying thing is that the missile effect doesn't work right, since it gets killed after a curtain distance. The ability can also be used to detect units in a cone, only then it seems to always give the hit units this weird 'black effect' when it hits them : /.
- Healing Strike as an AoE(it shows the casting circle) pointcast using missile.
But the missile is shot somewhere randomly in the target AoE area, instead of just exactly onto the castpoint, so I don't like this one.
- I don't have an AoE or non AoE pointcast using a lightning yet.
- I don't have a non AoE pointcast using a goodworking(unlike carrionswarm) missile yet.
- I don't have an AoE that detects units in a cone without the weird 'black effect'.
- What about channeling pointcasts?

TARGETCASTS:
- Shadow Strike as a non-stun targetcast using a missile that gives a buff.
But I don't like all the fields you have to change to make this a dummy spell.
- Finger of death as a non-stun targetcast using a lightning. The only thing is that it doesn't give a buff.
- I don't have a non-stun targetcast using a lightning that Also gives a buff!
- What about channeling targetcasts.

IMMEDIATECASTS:
- Tranquility as a channeling immediatecast.
- Taunt as an 'immediatecast'

PS: the messagebox when writing a message is kinda narrow. Now I don't know annything about site building and it probably has something to do with lower resolutions, so it's not easy to 'fix' then. But eh just saying..

Channel, Thunder clap, Carrion Swarm and Starfall,..

i use battle roar for anything instant, carrion swarm for targetable, and channel if i want unit target w/o a buff, and blizzard for AOE channel and starfall for instant channel

These days, I tend to pick whatever ability is closest to the effect I want to trigger, because this means that a computer-controlled unit will still use the ability in appropriate situations.

I don't know if this work, but Carrion Swarm could be changed by flame strike (blood elf ability) just change area of effect to 0. I see that Flame strike use a missile, so in theory, you can put a lighting effect. If nothing else works, channel is the only option that should work in that case.
I suggest to use Acid Bomb with AoE = 0, it can solve almost everything needs that you have, ahhh... and you can change the missile and works fine
Thunder clap works fine. You can use too feral spirit (to affect allies), or the opposite howl of terror (affect enemies). Take this in account (for any custom ability that you create) in order to use this custom abilities with units controlled by the computer.

Changing the AoE of an area ability (Flame Strike, Blizzard) to zero will totally remove the targeting image. I also think flame strike's missile doesn't work, it uses the missile from the sphere ability on the bloodmage.

But you can still set the AoE to something so it looks like the targetting cursor, and remove all effects, pretending that it is a point (and not AoE) target spell.

detection in cone = breath of fire

btw acid bomb is nice dummy single target

Replenish with 0 outed stats, a glorious ability that is autocast does nothing, and will not interupt a unit's movement.

Gold Charge with 0'd stats, an awesome item ability that does NOTHING.

I love replenish :D Too bad theres only two of them.

Agree, but this ability in theory does not depend of Sphere ability, so you can change the missile by another. Definitely I'm going to test it, any results I'll post here.

OMG!!!!, I'll try it too!!! This thread is becoming great!!!