Can someone explain to me how does caliban's 4 work in details ?

[Waeleto]

I have never been confused by an ability like this in my entire life, how do i make this ability armor strip ? do i hat enemies with the center beam or with the 2 beams that come from right and left ? do i need to hit enemies with all 3 beams ? 

[Aruquae]

Big beam

Big beam does damage

Little “cloud” at the end of the beam armor strips

More range=bigger “cloud” (I put that in air quotes because I always thought of it as a cloud)

The falloff strips armor, the initial beam does not 

[Tiltskillet]

It is a confusing ability, largely because of bugs, visuals, and inconsistencies in its behavior.  The first thing to know is that the beams don't strip--it's the lingering "fallout field" that's left behind that does so.  The cool things about this are

• it strips nearly any kind of enemy
• it removes armor permanently
• the field itself can't be nullified
• it continues to strip new targets that wander into it
• has a little bit of a pull on cast that will bring some enemies in the air and on its edge into the effect
• and can be swung around while cast to cover 360...

...in theory.

Problems:

• it's hard to see the field.
• it's often outright invisible as a client
• it sometimes doesn't work on individual units that are clearly within its visual area.
• has more issues stripping enemies at point blank range and at differing elevations.
• even more inconsistent with the 360 technique.

Edited March 20 by Tiltskillet

[Waeleto]

@Tiltskillet@Aruquae Thank you guys i understand it better now