Keyboard strat/order of spells...

JaneGray - Lost City · June 2010

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Right now that is my order of spells. I was wondering, what's a better way to strategize the keyboard with your order of spells? Seeing as how a wizzy needs to CC, but also do damage, what's the best way? I know mine isn't too good.

Adroit - Lost City · June 2010

its totally based on personal preference, I put most of my damage skills on one bar, and then skills like FoW/sleep/fly etc on the other. Its usually a good idea to put the skills that need to be used quickly, or used alot on the hotkeys.. but again just whatever makes you comfortable. Here is a pic from a while ago (I'm too lazy to go take a new screenshot), and my hotkeys are almost the same, just filled in a few of the empty spots

http://i46.tinypic.com/96gaiv.jpg

Albester - Sanctuary · June 2010

Set mine up by element, with most popular skill for each element first in a row , then second most used, etc. At end of row I have a macro for that element (may customize depending on mob). And then a separate row for sparks, sutra, macro for sutra. Sorry no pix.

Ursa - Dreamweaver · June 2010

best way is the way you like it and you feel good about it.
There are as many perfect setups as players playing wizards.

Scorched_Sky - Sanctuary · June 2010

I have skills that are defensive and fast-channeling skills on my hotkey bar.

I have assist attack, seal, sleep, undine, phoenix, shrink, double spark, single spark, and heal with sutra easily clickable

JaneGray - Lost City · June 2010

Thanks! I made a new setup it's pretty cool with yalls help. Is there a button like the ~ key that switchs the F keys just like the number ones?

Also when your in pvp, which is better, to have all your fingers on different spell keys, or to have one hand on spells and one hand on your mouse, hovering over the spell keys? What do yall do?

Aadi - Lost City · June 2010

JaneGray - Lost City wrote: »

Thanks! I made a new setup it's pretty cool with yalls help. Is there a button like the ~ key that switchs the F keys just like the number ones?

Also when your in pvp, which is better, to have all your fingers on different spell keys, or to have one hand on spells and one hand on your mouse, hovering over the spell keys? What do yall do?

IIRC pressing v rotates bars.

Adroit - Lost City · June 2010

JaneGray - Lost City wrote: »

Thanks! I made a new setup it's pretty cool with yalls help. Is there a button like the ~ key that switchs the F keys just like the number ones?

Also when your in pvp, which is better, to have all your fingers on different spell keys, or to have one hand on spells and one hand on your mouse, hovering over the spell keys? What do yall do?

I personally keep my left hand on the w/a/s/d/ keys for movement and the right hand on my mouse.. then use mostly my left hand to hit all my hotkeys. You can't move while you're using skills anyway.. and the mouse is often useful to hit non-hotkeys or switch targets etc. It's up to personal preference ofc

JaneGray - Lost City · June 2010

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/drakethelegend/spells.jpg

Okay that's what I changed it too.

Well see what I'm wondering is this, a wizard needs to hit hard, and as quick as they can, but they also need to use their CC spells. So if your out there in a TW or PVPing, what's the fastest way to attack/cc/heal? Is it by clicking on your spells, or stop moving and using hotkeys? If so, which hotkeys? The numbers or F keys?

Adroit - Lost City · June 2010

JaneGray - Lost City wrote: »

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/drakethelegend/spells.jpg

Okay that's what I changed it too.

Well see what I'm wondering is this, a wizard needs to hit hard, and as quick as they can, but they also need to use their CC spells. So if your out there in a TW or PVPing, what's the fastest way to attack/cc/heal? Is it by clicking on your spells, or stop moving and using hotkeys? If so, which hotkeys? The numbers or F keys?

At this point you need to just need to experiment and find what works best for you.

Nukesrus - Harshlands · June 2010

I keep all my basics lined up on F2-F8 (Pyro, Gush, stonerain, sandstorm, WoP, D. Pyro and Glacial snare. Distance shrink is at F1 due to my placement of it there as a noob and I could never break the habit.)

My control skills, debuffs, ultis, and pots are on my 1-9 skillbar, with my buffs, genie skills, and apoth. pots on a clickable skillbar to the left of my number bar.

It keeps me hotkey focused, which I prefer as a mainly console gamer, and also lets me "flow" better from skill to skill.

Kylin_bank - Harshlands · June 2010

psssst adriot u have a squad wipe >.>

Adroit - Lost City · June 2010

Kylin_bank - Harshlands wrote: »

psssst adriot u have a squad wipe >.>

I wasn't so worried about that.. I was fapping to myself for a lucky kill ag Asiris 1v1

HexOmega - Dreamweaver · June 2010

its hard to change when u got used to it >.>

i find it useful to have distance shrink on 1 2 3 or 4 as they are close to WASD movement keys..
thought about expel/domain on 1-4 too but, too lazy to change-.-

Adroits skill order is pro

Adroit - Lost City · June 2010

HexOmega - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Adroits skill order is pro

ty b:cute

Dvalinn - Lost City · June 2010

Adroit - Lost City wrote: »

its totally based on personal preference, I put most of my damage skills on one bar, and then skills like FoW/sleep/fly etc on the other. Its usually a good idea to put the skills that need to be used quickly, or used alot on the hotkeys.. but again just whatever makes you comfortable. Here is a pic from a while ago (I'm too lazy to go take a new screenshot), and my hotkeys are almost the same, just filled in a few of the empty spots

http://i46.tinypic.com/96gaiv.jpg

lol. F Skills lined up in the order you got them? That's how I do it too.

Adroit - Lost City · June 2010

Dvalinn - Lost City wrote: »

lol. F Skills lined up in the order you got them? That's how I do it too.

well ya, I just added them to the line as I got em.. but it still makes sense because I have the quicker poke skills on the left and the longer nukes on the right, iunno it works for me b:pleased

worldsanctuary · June 2010

Ok, so anyone use the ~ and "v" keys to toggle your hot key bars? or do you just use the mouse to click those?

also, I think the op recognized that there was more than one way to skin the cat here, I think they were looking for examples. How about if you list your tw/pw skill bars in this template? Here's mine, although I too am not sure I am happy with them

f1: distance shrink
f2: fly
f3: pick up
f4: call mount
f5: wizzie heal
f6: apoth (usually spark pots, etc.)
f7: Mana pots
f8: health pots

1: gush
2: pyro
3: stone rain
4: wotp
5: glacial embrace
6: sandstorm
7: force of will
8: whisper
9: sutra

Add me to the list that has distance shrink at f1 b:victory

my shields, wellspring, etc. are in the second row above the bar with my f1 skills. my nukes, undine, sparks are in the second row above the # keys.

my third rows are filled with the others, grouped by element, any other apoth and some macros i use mostly for pve.

hope this helps

anwynd · July 2010

all my spells are placed in the order of when i learned them on the number key hot key bars & on F1-F8 hot key bars i have spells i use alot then abuv tht i got apoth & **** like tht then abuv tht i got a little more apoth & my pve & pvp wepsb:avoid*runs out of wizard section*

HexOmega - Dreamweaver · July 2010

i have special moves on it so i can dance-embrace or stick her head in the ground boohoo!

Abysm - Heavens Tear · July 2010

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4238/keyboardsetup.png

more of a button-presser than clicker so all my attacks are on 1-9, f1-f4 for misc (shrink, fow, sutra, whisper)
having wotp 6, pyro 7, div pyro 8 makes sutra nuking extremely easy, i tap:
1, f3, 8, 7, 6, 8, 7 = 5 attacks with 1 sutra

i dont ever rotate the skill bars, if something isnt on keyboard i simply click it. i.e. ults on 2nd # bar

MagicHamsta - Lost City · July 2010

Me also has emotes like dance on me skill bar rotation.
b:chuckle
Extra twirly BIDS!
>_<

Adroit - Lost City · July 2010

Abysm - Heavens Tear wrote: »

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4238/keyboardsetup.png

more of a button-presser than clicker so all my attacks are on 1-9, f1-f4 for misc (shrink, fow, sutra, whisper)
having wotp 6, pyro 7, div pyro 8 makes sutra nuking extremely easy, i tap:
1, f3, 8, 7, 6, 8, 7 = 5 attacks with 1 sutra

i dont ever rotate the skill bars, if something isnt on keyboard i simply click it. i.e. ults on 2nd # bar

am I blind or do you really only have demon pyro/gush/SR at 100?

MagicHamsta - Lost City · July 2010

Adroit - Lost City wrote: »

am I blind or do you really only have demon pyro/gush/SR at 100?

LE GASP!
b:shocked
No Demon DB/Emberstorm/etc?

hated1337 · July 2010

Adroit - Lost City wrote: »

am I blind or do you really only have demon pyro/gush/SR at 100?

L O L pwned

Come on tide/abysm show them pro halo player scott LOL.

not this only 3 demon skills ****

worldsanctuary · July 2010

Abysm - Heavens Tear wrote: »

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4238/keyboardsetup.png

more of a button-presser than clicker so all my attacks are on 1-9, f1-f4 for misc (shrink, fow, sutra, whisper)
having wotp 6, pyro 7, div pyro 8 makes sutra nuking extremely easy, i tap:
1, f3, 8, 7, 6, 8, 7 = 5 attacks with 1 sutra

i dont ever rotate the skill bars, if something isnt on keyboard i simply click it. i.e. ults on 2nd # bar

Another F1 Distance Shrink? OK, i think its official: Must have DS at F1 or your fail b:pleased

Adroit - Lost City · July 2010

worldsanctuary wrote: »

Another F1 Distance Shrink? OK, i think its official: Must have DS at F1 or your fail b:pleased

*sigh* why do I even bother reading these posts
*yawn*

Darko_ - Dreamweaver · April 2011

*important thread bump*

i'm pre-79 so it ain't complete

http://postimage.org/image/bd4agdd0/

the way my keyboard is setup is f2 is over 1, f3 over 2, etc.
9 reset to V,
8 reset to X
*f1 reset to ` (for the moment)

fingers on wasd
setup revolves around middle finger on gush primary / SR tertiary
ring finger for ` and/or f1
ring finger for Distance Shrink and FoW
middle finger for SR and SS
middle finger on gush and GS
index on pyro and DP
index finger for WotF and sutra

i might reset a slot for undine: `
and a slot for sporific whisper: f1
i dont know what to do with elemental shell* yet

the teeth(grind) macro is gush/pyro
the other blue macro is chi building: frostblade/morning dew

V is currently pickup and
X is currently fly

Evanera - Heavens Tear · April 2011

Adroit - Lost City wrote: »

its totally based on personal preference, I put most of my damage skills on one bar, and then skills like FoW/sleep/fly etc on the other. Its usually a good idea to put the skills that need to be used quickly, or used alot on the hotkeys.. but again just whatever makes you comfortable. Here is a pic from a while ago (I'm too lazy to go take a new screenshot), and my hotkeys are almost the same, just filled in a few of the empty spots

http://i46.tinypic.com/96gaiv.jpg

You're a ****ing moron. Why do you have elemental shell on your hotkey. Due to you saying you put important skills that you need to use quickly on hotkeys, this means you think Elem shell is useful????? Stupid Lost City wizards need to get out more.

I will try and take Blood's place until he's done crying in real life and decides to come back, then I shall take a break and let him do his work. b:victory

MageFizban - Lost City · April 2011

Interesting necro. Although this thread is actually a helpful thread to lowbies.

Adroit - Lost City wrote: »

its totally based on personal preference, I put most of my damage skills on one bar, and then skills like FoW/sleep/fly etc on the other. Its usually a good idea to put the skills that need to be used quickly, or used alot on the hotkeys.. but again just whatever makes you comfortable. Here is a pic from a while ago (I'm too lazy to go take a new screenshot), and my hotkeys are almost the same, just filled in a few of the empty spots

http://i46.tinypic.com/96gaiv.jpg

Adroit's skillbar is eerily similar to what mine was. I should have put blink on a hotkey also, but then again, this was before sins and the prevalence of 5aps so I could get away with spam clicking.

http://i55.tinypic.com/x410yu.jpg

Sun_Burn - Lost City · April 2011

Evanera - Heavens Tear wrote: »

You're a ****ing moron. Why do you have elemental shell on your hotkey. Due to you saying you put important skills that you need to use quickly on hotkeys, this means you think Elem shell is useful????? Stupid Lost City wizards need to get out more.

you're a moron, every wizard should know elemental shell is extremely useful. Not only for 15 instant chi but ever since psychics were implemented it's been used almost everytime its not on cooldown. (plus its saved me from time to time on its small chance to purify)

learn to pvp carebear.

Edit: here's mine for lawls b4 this necro gets closed: http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8637/wizzyskillbar.png

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