Are you aware of how important it is to use the right WoW keybinding? Without using the best configuration of your keys to play this game, you’ll never get past the average status. A bad key configuration stops you from sharpening your World of Warcraft skills.
Therefore, in this report, I’m going to focus a little bit on the importance of the WoW keybinding, give you a few tips on building a good key config. setup and also tell you a few words about an excellent keybind and macro tool that I’ve been using.
The Importance of WoW Keybinding
Without proper key configuration in this game, you won’t be able to use all your abilities. You should be aware by now that the number of abilities that all classes have has been increased, but the quick bars have the same number of slots.
Without the right key binding for a certain spec, you won’t be able to play your rotations in PvE. Also, in PvP, that button that’s just a little bit away from your reach, might cost you an important second to hit and make the difference.
Tips to Build a Solid Keybinding
Working with a complete keybind and macro tool, I’ve learned a few important things in building a key configuration. In case you’ll never work with a program like these, here’s what you need to know:
1. The 1,2,3 keys are the easiest to reach and to hit. Therefore, the most used abilities have to be placed there. Example: if you play a PvE-combat rogue, your Sinister Strike must be on key 1.
2. The W,A,S,D keys are kept for moving by most players. That’s not a bad idea. However, the Q and E keys must be replaced with important abilities.
3. Use macros. Without macros, you won’t even have enough slots to use every ability that your toon has, or use the items that have a /use effect.
Keybinding and Macro Program
After trying a WoW keybinding after another, and none of them seemed to help me squeeze the maximum efficiency from my character, I started to look for the key bindings of the pros. I stumbled upon a great piece of software that has a database with all the key bindings of the WoW elite players, for any class and any spec. The best thing about it is that it allows you to insert any key binding automatically, without wasting hours slotting your keys.