Buffon Passives via Attack

I know this is an awkward thread but... I come here looking for suggestions.

Im thinking that if I want a buff on passive via attack, would I:
1. Try to trigger and (epic) fail with a buff on attack passive, buff detection.
2. be smart and use a empty passive.... then use a dummy ability to apply the buff.

I think no.2 is smarter, but I'll see what you guys think

-Av3n

If you are using a damage detection system to find when a unit with the passive damages a target, and then applying the buff on damage, method 2 is probably best.

The first method might not work, as multiple units with the same passive could damage the target; so you would not know if the buff had been applied from that damage or a previous one (the buff could already be there anyway from another attack) so you would have to remove the buff and add another; which would be the same as method 2, just the damage detection would be part of the ability code, and so less compatible.