How exactly does the self copy ability work?

[eyebrow raise gaming]

I put it on one of my custom units but I can't figure out how it's activated.

[Panpan2019]

It activates upon hit, to my knowledge, though for some units it just bugs out and doesn't work. BE WARNED, though, it's a very dangerous ability. I once made a fast-attacking unit with it, and the amount of clones spawned crashed my game...
What type of unit are you making though? Something specific might cause the ability to not trigger.

[sharkosaurus]

basically everytime your unit attacks it has a chance to spawn an exact copy of itself with its own healthbar and all the abilities including self copy, it also counts as its own seperate unit so even if everything else is dead on a team as long as theres a copy the battle will continue even if the original is dead

[rlowy07]

I think it works better for certain weapons. I guess it’s just something with the hit boxes. If you give a unit multiple self-copy abilities it will also create more temporary clones.