How does Corona work?

[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.

[Meckross]

As far as i know only the animation is bugged ... the aoe dmg should still be active though

[Soulbourne]

Mainly appears when moving...

[Dekar]

Does not deal damage in melee range, combine it with the hold skill if you want to deal damage to a hero.

[A_New_Dawn]

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

[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.

[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.

[Highlord Asehujiko]

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

Molten Prison, Validus' Innate.

[A_New_Dawn]

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

[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.

[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.

[randomd00d]

Ok. Thanks for the replies!

[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.

[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.