Question about the Hammer Slam

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I always wondered: where does the hammer slam do the damage? Where the hammer lands visually or always where you aimed it? (Sometimes the rook doesn't slam right where you aimed, because you aimed too near of him or too near of a map edge.)

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

it does the damage where you aimed - it used to be different in beta but this is how it works now.

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

Ok, thx.

I wondered, because I observed 2 contradicting things:

  • An Erebus is humping me. I aim the hammer slam directly on him, which is somewhere very near to the Rook's position. The Rook does his slam, but slams somewhere behind the Erebus, since he is too near. The Erebus still receives full damage.
  • I want to slam a tower directly. The tower is standing near an edge of the map. The Rook does his hammer slam somewhere around the tower, but not directly on it. The tower didn't take full damage from the hammer slam.

Of course the latter is probably a false observation on my part.

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

I could be mistaken, but I'm thinking that HS doesn't do full damage in the area of the entire targeting circle, does it?  That could explain your second observation.

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Aarojw, reply 3
I could be mistaken, but I'm thinking that HS doesn't do full damage in the area of the entire targeting circle, does it?  That could explain your second observation.
End of Aarojw's quote
I know that. The Hammer slam does x damage right where the hammer hits (or at least virtually hits) and y damage in the outer area (depending on the level). But that's not what I meant. If I assign the target to be dead center on the tower, the rook still might slam somewhere around the tower and not do full damage. But as I said, I am not sure if it does in fact not give full damage in such a case.