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Mine:
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I'll name this the A-E-T-N Layout
BLUE
Attack = A
Move = Alt+A
Stop = S
Hold = H
PURPLE
Select Hero = F1
Select Courier = F2
Select All Other Units =F3
Unit Hotkeys = 1-0
RED
Learn Skill = Q
Upgrade Stats = W
GREEN Ability
BLUE-GREEN AutoCast
Ability 1 = E, Autocast = D
Ability 2 = R, Autocast = F
Ability 3 = T, Autocast = G
Ability 4 = Y, Autocast = C
Ability 5 = B, Autocast = V
Ultimate = N, Autocast = M
ORANGE
Courier Return Items = ~
Buy Item = Z
Take from Stash = X
Buy TP = Alt+Z
YELLOW
Use Items = U, I, O, J, K, L
BROWN
Shop = Space
Pause = P
Leaderboard = TAB
Fortify Structures = ,
Default Finger Placement
Pinky on A
Ring on E
Middle on R, T or Y
Pointer on H, B, N, M, "," and Items
Hence the name A-E-T-N 
1. You can use autocast easily with the keyboard without pressing Alt like the default keys
2. The item hotkeys use the same visual configuration as what is shown on-screen
3. You still use A, S and H like you do in Starcraft
4. You can instantly go Q-E, Q-R, Q-T, Q-N when you level up. Like right when you reach level 6, you can go Q-N-N-Click and cast your Ultimate.
5. You can shop fast by just pressing space
6. You can bind dominated creeps right beside the creep ability. 3-E-Click, and you cast the creep ability, then press 4 and go back to controlling your hero.
What's Yours? :D
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+ Show Spoiler +![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Yzp7R.jpg) red: skills (d and f are the key you need for something like puck to get to the orb etc.) yellow: level-up keys (g for level up and h for skilling stats) blue: movement, a is attack ,r is patrol, e is hold green: Item hotkeys, I also got 2 on my mouse teal: I come from DotA1, never rly got used to using f1 and f2 i allways bind hero+courier on 1 and 2
You mean something like this? It took me like 5 mins 
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Attack = A
Move = M
Stop = S
Hold = H
Select Hero = 1
Select Courier = 2
Select All Other Units = `
Learn Skill = O
Upgrade Stats = U
L E G A C Y
Use Items = M4, M5, space, 3, 4, 5
Pause = F9
Leaderboard = TAB
Console = Insert
SteamCommunity = Del
In-game Voice = F1
TeamSpeak Voice = Ctrl
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1-5 and space -> items
qwerfd -> skills
f4 -> courier
f1,f2,f3 -> control groups(it is enough even for meepo in my case)
z -> level up
c -> stats after level up
pretty much works for me
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I use legacy, even for the items ._.
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Control groups = F1 - F4
Courier = ~
Abilities = 1 2 3 4(ult) F G
Items = Q W E, Alt+A, Alt+S, Alt+D
Ability Level = Z
Stats Level = X
Shop = B
Voice = T
Some taken from HoN (played it before DotA) and some inspiration from Guild Wars 1 (weapon swapping was F1-F4 so I was used to using those keys regularly enough that I made them the control groups)
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Thanks k0pf, findin a pic and making one now
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EDIT: noticed u alrdy created ours
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Abilities:
QWER DF
Control groups 1-5.
courier:F1,
grab items:F2,
Deliver items:F3
Speed boost:F4.
So I can just roll my fingers over the keys :D
A=Attack,S=stop H=hold position.
Item Keys:
Item1->CapsLock
Item2->Space
Item3->Mouse button 4
Item4->G
Item5->V (these two normally go for passive stuff..dont like these last two keys too much..might change).
Item6->Mouse button 5
Havent really worked it out completely..but yeah thats what I use currently.Also, the caps lock is quite comfy for me, I put it to something that I use regularly...but when have to type..people think your shouting :D
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Hero: 1, f1
Courier: f2
Control groups: 2-5, useful for chen or beastmaster, etc
Abilities: QWERFD
Items: alt + QWEASD
Everything else is pretty much the same. I don't use "select all other units" because I just bind that to a control group, usually 3.
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Abilities:
Skill 1 = Q
Skill 2 = W
skill 3 = E
skill 4 = 4
skill 5 = 5
Ulti = R
Control groups 1-3
courier:F2
grab items:Tab,
A=Attack,S=stop H=hold position.
Item Keys:
Item1->D
Item2->F
Item3->G
Item4->Z
Item5->X
Item6->C
Shop = `
its easier for me to use 4th and 5th skills.
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+ Show Spoiler +![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/z7Qxw.jpg) + Show Spoiler +BLUE (Movement)
Attack = A
Move = M
Stop = S
Hold = H (Spacebar)
PURPLE (Unit Select)
Select Hero = F1
Control Group 1 = Hero
Control Group 2 = Secondary Unit / Courier
Control Group 3 = Tertiary Unit / Courier
Control Group 4-0 = Continue Above
RED (Ability) [Courier Mirrors Hero Layout]
Ability 1 = Q
Ability 2 = W
Ability 3 = E
Ability 4 = D
Ability 5 = F
Ultimate = R
GREEN (Misc)
T = Voice Chat
G = Buy TP Scroll
B = Open/Close Shop
ORANGE (Modifiers)
Control = To Set Control Groups
Alt = Use Items (Q W E A S D)
BROWN
Tilde = Scoreboard
Tab = Tab through selected units
Shift = Shift Queue
F8 = Open/Close Console
F9 = Pause
TEAL
Y = Taunt
BLACK (Key Removed)
Windows Key
YELLOW (Finger Position)
Pinky = Shift
Ring = Q
Middle = W
Pointer = E
Thumb = Space (Half over B)
FORGOT
V = Fortify
F3 = Learn Skill
F4 = Learn Stats
I have used the majority of this setup since Warkeys was released. I used to curl my thumb under my hand to rest on Alt and Spacebar to display health bars before the functionality was implemented. I also used control groups 1 through 5 for each shop.
I don't really see why you would ever need to auto cast an ability. Not sure why so many people have it bound. Maybe for Orb effects but those are normally either always on or you are using them every few attacks in which case I would be orb walking anyways.
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Northern Ireland1200 Posts
` = courier
1 = hero
2 = all other units
3 = ctrl group
4,5,6,7,8,9 = items
b = shop
d = return items to stash (courier selected)
t = return items to hero from courier (courier selected)
r = courier speed burst (courier selected)
qwerty = skills
f = ability learn
p = glyph
v = voice chat
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1-0 - Control groups are all the top row number keys, i generally bind hero to every group at start of game (unless i play lone druid or something, then 1 druid 2 bear 3 both)
F1 - courier
F3 - shop
Z X C ~ Space T - items
QWERDF - skills
G - ability learn
side button on mouse - voice chat
i have courier and other units mirror the hero controls
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1/2/3/4/5/C - item hotkeys (C = TP scroll)
Q/W/E/R/D/F - skills (R = ulti, D/F = extra)
A/S/H - attack/stop/hold
F1 - Select hero
F2 - Select all other units
Ctrl - give command to all my units.
V - Buy sticky item
B - Buy quick item
N - Transfer items from stash
, - select courier
. - open shop
O - level up
U - level up stats
I basically put courier/shop/level up buttons far away to prevent accidentally pressing them.
No need for control groups with F1/F2/Ctrl hotkeys.
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qwerdf = skills
1-5 control groups
z = glyph
items = numpad (win)
pretty much exact default dota 1 keys except for the skills
i changed them cause i play invoker a lot and d/f for skills are 81912379112937x better than the terribad dota1 hotkeys
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1 = chicken
§, 2-6 = items
f2 = shop
f3 = glyph
tab = leaderboard
otherwise legacy
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i use default except 1-6 as items and f3, f4, f5 as control groups
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T = attack
Mouse 4,5 = items 1,2
alt+qwer = items 3-6
`,2-5 = control groups
1 = hero select
tab = select next unit
caps lock = courier
space bar = scoreboard
The rest are default I think. I used to use F1-4 for items, but someone in the TL chat room convinced me to try alt+qwer; so far, the alt items are working fine although I have pinged the map by accident quite a bit when firing off midas. The oddball control groups are for meepo so that ` is all my clones (blink/lothars poofing), 1-5 are individual meepos in order. (the T for attack is just because i got used to that via grid in sc2)
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Unit Action:
I have auto-attack off.
Attack = A
Stop = S
Hold position = H
No move key since it's completely useless, especially with auto-attack off.
Select hero = 1
Select courier = 2
Select all other units = 3
Control groups 1-6 = F1-F6
Control groups 7-10 = 7-0
Control group Tab = TAB
I also have the ctrl to command all units option on. No other keys here, don't need them.
Abilities:
I use legacy keys.
The only hero I switch keys for is Rubick with Ability 1 = G, Ability 2 = W, Ability 3 = N, Ability 4 = R, and Ability Ultimate = T. No other keys for Heroes.
For courier the only keys I have are Y, T, and R for Retrieve items, Transfer items, and Speed Burst, respectively.
Items:
Z, X, C, Q, 4, space
If a key is taken then I switch it to W or whatever is available. For Invoker I use alt+Q, and etc.
I've been thinking about switching my keys around to accommodate micro heroes like Chen and such; that's a work in progress.
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1, 2, 3 -> hero
4 -> courrier
Q, W, E, R, D, F -> skills
T -> levels
B, V, C, X, Z, -> Items
A, S, H -> attack, stop, hold position respectively
\ -> scoreboard
Pretty standard IMO. Nothing really special about my setup.
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I use WASD camera controls.
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Attack: F
Hold position: D
Stop: S
Move: M
Level up skill: T
Attribute bonus: A
Skills QWER, 45 for other skills
Control groups 1236
Courier f3
Items Alt e r d f c and space
something like that anyway
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2 - Courier, control groups 1/3-0
QWERDF for skills, although I use Legacy for Nyx, Invoker and Puck, and possibly for other unreleased DotA heroes if I'm more comfortable with Legacy on them.
Alt + Q/W/E (top 3), Space and Alt + S/D (bottom 3) for inventory
Y for learning skills, I just leave it unassigned if on Invoker (hello ctrl-QWER)
B for sticky-buy or w/e it's called for TP scrolls, Attack/Stop/Move/Hold are default and I think that's it...?
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ERTY reporting in!
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ec7Yq.png)
red - skills
blue - items (2 more on mouse)
grey - movement (atk/stop/hold)
green - control groups (summoner heroes etc)
orange - misc see below
MISC:
Z = level up
X = courier
C = Quickbuy
V = Scoreboard
B = Buy
N = level up stats
Spacebar = Stickybuy
ERTY>QWER all day!
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1,2,3 = hero and pets
4 = courier
5 = level up
QWESTR = skills
FGHVBN = items
A, S, D = attack, stop, hold
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Full disclosure: I'm a total Dota noob and have only just started playing.
I use a Razer Nostromo gaming keypad (which I love to bits), and have set up the layout shown.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ZAcY3.jpg)
Notes:
+ Show Spoiler +- ALT + Q,W,E,A,S,D correspond to the item slots, but I also bind mousewheel up and down, and two mouse side buttons, to item slots (2,3,5,6) for quick use. I try to be logical about the placing of these, e.g. travel items such as TPs go in mwheel down, Combat activations such as manta style go in Buitton4, "Panic" items such as Wands or Mekanism go in Button5. - The directional pad is used for unit shortcuts F1-3 and left is plain number 4, since I use that to bind a control group if I need to (rarely, since I'm still learning and have stayed away from micro-heavy multi-unit heroes so far) - On the same topic, it's not easy to tab through active selected units with this set-up, since I only realised this was a thing after creating the scheme . I may need to put tab in a better place even for my helm of the dominator unit skills soon.
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qwerdf
1234 groups
f1/ f2 hero, courier
items: 5 t y g space capslock
b shop
n sticky
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@Beard of Bees: Nothing wrong with the Nostromo bro, I used one for years to play MMO's (when it was still made by Belkin before Razer bought the design), and still pull it out every now and again. If it works for you, use it! It's a neat device that I don't think got enough recognition over the years.
That said, I use a mechanical keyboard for DotA, as the key reflex of a true mechanical is just hard to walk away from after playing StarCraft on one for years.
My layout is:
Q, W, E, R, D, F for skills as usual
1: Select hero
Alt + 1: Select all other units
2-4: Control groups
T,G,B,V,5,6: Items (in that order, left to right, descending)
~: Select courier
Alt+~: Courier deliver items
Part of my layout is obviously inspired by playing StarCraft for years, and being very used to tapping 1-6, and generally keeping my hand in that area of the keyboard.
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On October 25 2012 11:57 JeeJee wrote:ERTY reporting in! red - skills blue - items (2 more on mouse) grey - movement (atk/stop/hold) green - control groups (summoner heroes etc) orange - misc see below MISC: Z = level up X = courier C = Quickbuy V = Scoreboard B = Buy N = level up stats Spacebar = Stickybuy ERTY>QWER all day!
Yeah, ERTY>QUER if you have big hands and use hold a lot
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Jeeeeez. How do people get started on these crazy setups?
As ex-HoN player here. I use basically standard HoN keys:
QWERDF: abilities
1: Hero
2,3: Control groups (more if needed)
Alt+QWEASD: Items
A,S,H: Attack, Stop, Hold
T: Push-to-talk
B: Shop
C: Courier
I should really add some hotkeys to my mouse, but I'm not used to that.
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At least I'm not the only one that has Select Hero bound to 1, hehe.
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I guess I have really weird hotkeys -
QWER - Standard abilities
FG - 4th and 5th Skill Slots
Item slots -
Item slot 1 - S
Item slot 2 - D
Item Slot 4 - z
Item slot 5 - X
Item Slot 6 - C
Shop - B
Skill up - O
Stats - U
Courier selection - ' ~ '
Attack command is A :D?
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On October 27 2012 04:59 Sn0_Man wrote:Jeeeeez. How do people get started on these crazy setups? As ex-HoN player here. I use basically standard HoN keys: + Show Spoiler +QWERDF: abilities
1: Hero
2,3: Control groups (more if needed)
Alt+QWEASD: Items
A,S,H: Attack, Stop, Hold
T: Push-to-talk
B: Shop
C: Courier
I should really add some hotkeys to my mouse, but I'm not used to that.
The controls in HoN are really well done. I say that because they closely match mine, and the transition to HoN was so smooth for me because of this. Most players with really "crazy" setups, made their setups when the ability to change hotkeys in Warcraft 3 first came out. You used to be stuck with really weird ability hotkeys like B for blink on a hero that might have like W and O as binds as well. It made for really weird hand positions that you just had to get used to for every hero. You also had to use the numpad for item use. On top of that you had to press and hold Alt any time you wanted to display health bars. So you had a finger devoted to Alt.
When Warkeys and Dotakeys came out and you could remap the keyboard it was a lot of work to change everything, so a lot of players just fixed a few things here or there that bothered them. This led to really weird binds that people became accustomed to. Also some people just feel more comfortable hitting different keys. For instance in Diablo 3 and Torchlight I play with my hand on the right side of the keyboard using 90-= as my main abilities with [ ] as my pots. In WoW I played with 4567890-=TYUIOP as my main keys, but still homed my hand on the left side of the keyboard. Its really just personal preference and where you hand feels most comfortable on the keyboard.
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Abilities 123-ultimate
qwe-r
Abilities 45
f-g
Items on
567zxc
1-4 Control Groups.
If I was playing only dota, I'd probably not use more than 2 or max 3 control groups, but I play SC2 regularly, so I gotta compensate for that. I usually just have my hero on all 4, with F2 for courier. I sometimes have a personal bottle crow, in which case I can hotkey that separately. Forge spirits, spirit bear get their own control group. Naga images as well, but I don't play naga so =)
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For most heroes i use QWER for the skills, only need to switch to Legacy key when i use Slardar.
Items: Alt+QWE ASD.
Courier binds to 2
Manually bind group to 1 when i use chen/ench and even meepo!
Level up = Space.
Shop = P
Scoreboard = [
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QWER spells
a attack
s stop
dfgcvb items
f2 courrier
zx secondary spells.
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basically it's the same, but :
Auto attack off
F3 = Courier
Space = Item 1
Z = Item 2
X = Item 3
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