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Warcraft 3 and Dota Hotkeys. To play Warcraft 3 and Dota on a high level, it is necessary to setup good Customkeys that fit your individual playstyle and your hardware peripherals (Gaming Mouse with special keys, Gaming Keyboards). Added WarCraft III 1.27.1 Support. Added WarCraft III 1.27 Support. Fixed links; AHT v2.8e. Added Dota2 Reborn Support. Invokers with customkeys now can use add spell by putting their hotkeys in bottom righter area of invoker tab. (other functions will work only if the skill keys are the same as original Wall(G), EMP(C), etc.
There are over 50 Hotkeys spread across the keyboard in WC3, and with the Default Hotkeys Setup each race is different. The main ones are the Spell & Action Commands in the bottom corner like: A for Attack, B for Build, F for farm, P for Peon, M for Move, and many more for each unit and spell. Other Hotkeys include Unit # Grouping Modifiers (Ctrl, shift, tab, etc), and the Inventory Items (on the Numpad).
The more you move the mouse to click those Command icons, the less your focusing on your Unit Micro. This guide will help improve your APM (Actions Per Minute) accuracy and efficiency with Custom Hotkeys! This is NOT considered cheating or hacking :)
Example image of Custom hotkeys ----> http://imgur.com/ahwjW8T <----
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In the example image above, you can see how my Improved Hotkeys differ from other common setups. Most people know the Grid Align Setup but, I do not like those because it sets the spells to ZXCV. I fixed it around so the spells are now QWER, Attack/Stop/Hide remain A/S/D and move is Z (for Zurround!) its the same for every race, hero and units, great for playing random! This way is more like LoL or HotS with unit spells closer to the # keys, and it works great with inventory item switcher too
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You can get my Customkeys.txt here from the Download button on Pastebin between raw and embed, right-click choose Save As make sure to place it in your DocumentsWarcraft IIICustomKeyBindings folder -OR- C:Program FilesWarcraft III depending on your version, and in the WC3 game Options menu click Enable Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
English QWEASZ: https://pastebin.com/Tb26sPXQ
German QWEASY: https://pastebin.com/PQz9zQ7v
French AZEQSW: https://pastebin.com/EYRT4isr
Custom Games not 100% compatible, for DotA try https://pastebin.com/3LZMsD1H
You can also purchase custom keypads or multi-button mouse here and here
Since WC3 is a bit older, some of the Hotkeys were ignored and left out from Customkeys so you have to use something like AutoHotkey for Inventory Items, its the same as Warkey but lets you swap ANY key, set the inventory item hotkeys so T= TownPortal G= Potion etc, also disables WinKey or Alt+QQ from closing game, and NumLock pauses the Script on/off for chat. *Read instructions carefully:
Install AHK from Autohotkey.com its quick and easy. Copy my TXT script over to a new AHK file -OR- download and rename to .AHK instead of .TXT then place it in your WC3 folder and create shortcut on desktop, right-click on shortcut properties to Run as Admin. You should probably get Customkeys.txt first
Inventory item keys.AHK script for TYGHBN: https://pastebin.com/r6qgGUPs
Or alternative Inventory set to Alt+QWEASD: https://pastebin.com/PzYXuUDr
Another to Pause with F5 instead of Numlock: https://pastebin.com/6idHtU5K
Or use Spacebar or Capslock instead of Ctrl (just edit lines near bottom of script)
AHK can do a lot of cool things like swap mouse buttons too, helps if you have a multi-button mouse. My favorite is to swap Ctrl with the Spacebar, I left this as optional incase some people didn't want it, but you just have to go to the bottom of the AHK script and edit the following lines:
Xbutton2::Numpad7 <--(extra mouse button)
MButton::Tab <--(middle mouse button)
Space::Ctrl (just read the last few lines of the script)
Theres even some 'QuickChat' msgs if you press the Numpad #s in game
Positioning techniques are vital to winning battles. Microing in small narrow areas is not easy, if Ranged units are infront or blocking Melee units, you could lose to a weaker army. Auto-Formation (Alt+F) can be switched Off/On. Most players keep Formation Off so units move faster across the map. If you have Formation On you will not be able to retreat as quickly, but Formation is helpful at certain points of attack.
Its better to attack creeps from a distance, pull them back to reduce HP loss and prevent creepjacks.
You must manually set your Group #keys using Ctrl. Always add units and buildings to a # when constructing them. You can use the building #s to train units while attacking or creeping, without moving the screen back to your base.
Every player Groups their units differently. Some people use the F1-F3 keys to select their heros, other players set their heros to a #. Here are some common methods for # Groups:
Basic | -OR- | Advanced |
---|---|---|
Group #1= Tier 1 units | 1= Melee units | |
#2= Tier 2 | 2= Range/Air | |
3= Tier 3 | 3= Caster/Siege | |
4= Workers (militia/burrow,etc) | 4/5= Other (like mass copter) | |
5= Tier1 buildings | 6/7= Workers(militia/burrow,etc) | |
6= Tier2/3 bldgs | 8= Tier2/3 bldgs | |
0= Altar | 9= Tier1buildings | |
0= Altar | ||
Additional Keys include: | ||
~ = Idle worker | Backspace= Town hall(s) | |
Tab= Choose units in selected group | and Space= View recent alerts |
Thats just a general idea, use what you feel comfortable with. With over 12 in one group, move some or change it up depending on strat and army size. Try different variations, but never mix melee with siege. You can also use 4 as Air and 5 as Siege, but thats a lot of keys and you probably don't need that many groups.
To complete the set, a list of all other hotkeys http://wc3azeroth.boards.net/thread/212
Heres a detailed guide on the basics for beginners https://youtube.com/watch?v=VnFIaYGimoY
Collection of good practice and competitive maps https://mediafire.com/file/tr4t1x4lgg25v24
And for fun, the history of WarCraft https://youtube.com/watch?v=RCByQKn1Zjo
If you have any questions please ask me and I'll try to help, I know some people don't like switching hotkeys but, just give it a few days of practice to sink in I hope these help glhf :)
Alternate Download Mirror (incase other links dont work) https://mediafire.com/file/e6mwph182gl1ij7
I am having trouble with custom hotkeys. The trouble is, I don't know what the fuck I am doing. So I created the txt file as it was named in the gameplay options, but when I try to copy stuff from the CustomkeysSample and then change the hotkeys in the CustomKeys.txt it doesnt work. When I input stuff manually it doesnt work either. I tried changing it in the CustomKeysSample.txt, and ofc that didnt work but I had to try. :D
// Frost Nova
[AUfn]
Tip=Frost |cffffcc00N|rova - [|cffffcc00Level 1|r],Frost |cffffcc00N|rova - [|cffffcc00Level 2|r],Frost |cffffcc00N|rova - [|cffffcc00Level 3|r]
Hotkey=C
Researchtip='Learn Frost |cffffcc00N|rova - [|cffffcc00Level %d|r]'
Researchhotkey=C
That is what I wrote, if some can see the mistake, pls halp! :D