The Light and How to Swing It: Keybinding to streamline your tanking

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10-14-2011 @ 5:45PM

steve said...

Don't forget Rebuke and Hammer of Justice. I use the ESDF keys for movement. My left hand can rest on the keyboard just as it would for typing. I have A keybound to rebuke, Q to hammer of justice and then W to self Word of Glory. I put my offensive abilities on the right side, and my major cool-downs on the numbers.

10-14-2011 @ 6:13PM

Matt Walsh said...

Great point, I neglected to mention that, but I have them bound on my mouse next to the left mouse button. Both are very important abilities!

10-14-2011 @ 6:48PM

djsuursoo said...

i'm using esdf on all my characters, and on my tank it's a basic clockwork rotation from A to G for my opening sequence of actions, then i rotate through ERF and somtimes T(interrupt) depending on the situation.

one thing to mention that the article doesn't cover is how to keep important cooldowns from getting accidentally tapped. all of mine are bound with the shift-modifier, so that the big ones require a deliberate(but fast) action to hit, but i won't blow them at the wrong time unless i judged a situation wrong.

the fast-refresh CDs are the non-modified versions of those same keys.

point being, a little 'ohshi-' cluster is a good thing to have, with the most powerful cooldowns requiring deliberate action.

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