How does Corona work?

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How does Corona work?

#1 Post by randomd00d »

Ok, I give. I cant figure it out. Upon clicking, I expect flaming death to shoot out. Which it does...when nothing else is around.
However, in combat it works for a few seconds then sputters out! Sometimes it still does damage to those around it. Sometimes it just stops working. Then, a bit later it starts up again! Sometimes for a while, sometimes for a second or two.

Is there something I am missing? Does taking damage somehow bork it? Does it poop out after dealing a certain amount of damage? Im confused. :-(

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#2 Post by Meckross »

As far as i know only the animation is bugged ... the aoe dmg should still be active though
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#4 Post by Dekar »

Does not deal damage in melee range, combine it with the hold skill if you want to deal damage to a hero.
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#5 Post by A_New_Dawn »

Which spell are you talking about? Echo? Dengeration? not sure what you mean....

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#6 Post by Reaper »

If you hold 'alt' while corona is active, you'll notice the damage is dealt (where the ring of fire is) regardless of the animation's presence.
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#7 Post by Strychnyne »

Yeah, the animation is bugged, mainly when there's a lot of other "stuff" on the screen. There is a ring around the hero where the fire doesn't do any damage, but it always works for the duration.
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A_New_Dawn wrote:Which spell are you talking about? Echo? Dengeration? not sure what you mean....
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#9 Post by A_New_Dawn »

Lol, thought he was talking about Chrona as in TC,

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#10 Post by randomd00d »

I am talking about Corona. The ultimate ability of the Emberwraith fire dude. (guess I shoulda said that up front... :-)

I have held down alt. Sometimes it burns even when the animation is gone. But I swear sometimes I hold alt and NOTHING seems to be getting damaged, even 5 seconds into it.

Maybe cuz I was looking at foes that were closer to me and thus unaffected. I think Deker is on the right track. Ill recheck it.

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#11 Post by Reaper »

Trust me I've tested it a lot using alt. (and I hold alt for like half a normal eota game in general)

It's hard to actually watch units' damage over time, but I'm positive it works correctly as far as the damage goes.
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#12 Post by randomd00d »

Ok. Thanks for the replies!

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#13 Post by PredatoryKnight »

instead of holding alt you can just set the game to always show health bars. At least that has been an option for quite a while. I started doing that for DotA so I didn't have to hesitate before deciding on whether I could kill a hero with a long cool down spell.

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#14 Post by DarkNemesis »

I find a focus in his prison cage talent (forgot the name) as well as a high lvl corona, and maybe some added intelligence, to be a very nasty combo.
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