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[D] Zerg Hatchery and Select Larvae Hotkey

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hearters
Profile Joined May 2013
Singapore224 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-06 03:30:16
August 06 2013 00:59 GMT
#1
Hi zergy people.

I normally use 5 for all hatcheries and S for select larvae.

However, I noticed two things.

if I had my hatcheries on a more convenient hotkey(eg. F,G, on the same row as the other keys i use often) I spent my money better because it was easier to remember to produce.

I experienced some slight fatigue in pressing 5s.

So I wanted to find out. What hotkeys do you use for hatches and select larvae to make units, what league are you in, and do you think you would spend money better if you had different hotkeys for those?

Edit: Also, what fingers do you use to hit those two hotkeys? Do you feel any fatigue doing so?

I realise this topic seems trivial and too small, but if there is a possibility of increasing your spending skill Just by changing hotkeys, I think that might be worth exploring.
Research: 1. Creep Spread Trick 2. Patrol Splitting Zerglings 3. Multiple Queen Production 4. Organised Creep Spread 5. Select Larvae/Morph Unit Rapidfire
Henk
Profile Joined March 2012
Netherlands578 Posts
August 06 2013 01:09 GMT
#2
I have them on 4, and most people seem to do the same. Master zerg. 4 is easy to reach (but so is 5 IMO, which I use for my queens).
Riquiz
Profile Joined June 2011
Netherlands402 Posts
August 06 2013 01:19 GMT
#3
I've been playing with hatches on 5 since WoL came out. (and select larvae on s) -> Master zergy <3
Caster man does casting on yt/RiquizCasts
hearters
Profile Joined May 2013
Singapore224 Posts
August 06 2013 01:24 GMT
#4
I hit 5 with index finger and "s" with ring finger. Is this normal too? Cause there's a little fatigue to me.
Research: 1. Creep Spread Trick 2. Patrol Splitting Zerglings 3. Multiple Queen Production 4. Organised Creep Spread 5. Select Larvae/Morph Unit Rapidfire
eneyeseekay
Profile Joined March 2013
239 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-06 02:04:49
August 06 2013 02:02 GMT
#5
Tab for all Hatches, Q to Select Larva (units on Command Card follows Grid).
Caps Lock for Queens, S for Spawn Larva.
hearters
Profile Joined May 2013
Singapore224 Posts
August 06 2013 02:22 GMT
#6
On August 06 2013 11:02 eneyeseekay wrote:
Tab for all Hatches, Q to Select Larva (units on Command Card follows Grid).
Caps Lock for Queens, S for Spawn Larva.


So tab with pinky and Q with ring finger? Doesn't seem that comfortable when I'm trying to press it now. I'm thinking of changing hatches to F because FS is really easy to press(at least for me), but I'd have to shift a lot of other hotkeys around.
Research: 1. Creep Spread Trick 2. Patrol Splitting Zerglings 3. Multiple Queen Production 4. Organised Creep Spread 5. Select Larvae/Morph Unit Rapidfire
Tritone
Profile Joined June 2010
Japan76 Posts
August 06 2013 02:33 GMT
#7
On August 06 2013 11:02 eneyeseekay wrote:
Tab for all Hatches, Q to Select Larva (units on Command Card follows Grid).
Caps Lock for Queens, S for Spawn Larva.



Haha, same with me! I wonder how that happened :-P
Strat4lyfe
Profile Joined October 2010
Singapore133 Posts
August 06 2013 03:27 GMT
#8
3 for all my hatch and 4 for my main hatch and queen 5 for nat queen and nat hatch and so on and so forth. find the injecting part very easy. i use my middle finger to press 3 and 4 while my index finger presses the remaning numbers
MVP_MarineKing IM_Mvp Acer_MMA
zergJared
Profile Joined October 2010
United States56 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-06 03:37:53
August 06 2013 03:37 GMT
#9
Ever since the release of WoL ive been using 1 for my hatcheries and standard S for select larvae. Now im masters, its really whatever is most comfortable for you.

The rest of my hotkeys are
~ (0)- queens
1 - hatcheries
2 - main army
3 - special group (banelings, mutas, infestors)
4 - special group (vipers/corruptors, broodlords)
5 - nothing
6 - nothing
Mouse button one(7) - Some tech building im using for upgrades
Mouse button two(8) - Evo chambers
Q(9) - Special group (overseer, swarm hosts)

Since Q is only used to make a Queen, I change make queen to F, its a lot easier to reach
eneyeseekay
Profile Joined March 2013
239 Posts
August 06 2013 03:38 GMT
#10
@Hearters

Yeah it's mostly a hotkey-layout-specific arrangement. As far as fingers go, if you're good with your pinky, then pinky for Tab and Caps, if not, then ring finger.
Pursuit_
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States1330 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-06 03:38:51
August 06 2013 03:38 GMT
#11
I use 5 for hatcheries and e for select larva. Middle finger on 5 ring finger on e. Works very well for me with no fatigue
In Somnis Veritas
EsportsJohn
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States4883 Posts
August 06 2013 03:54 GMT
#12
Oh god, it's another hotkey thread. This will probably jump to like 8 pages instantly of people yelling out their favourite hotkeys and giving hotkey advice.

Which isn't bad in itself. It just happens every 2 weeks on this forum.

I use Idra hotkeys (4 hatches, 5-8 queens), which are perhaps outdated and not very good anymore.
StrategyAllyssa Grey <3<3
hearters
Profile Joined May 2013
Singapore224 Posts
August 06 2013 03:59 GMT
#13
On August 06 2013 12:38 Pursuit_ wrote:
I use 5 for hatcheries and e for select larva. Middle finger on 5 ring finger on e. Works very well for me with no fatigue


middle finger on 5 ring finger on e... then what do you press for drones and units? something around G and H? seems unwieldy to go

5 middle finger
e ring finger
ddddd
Research: 1. Creep Spread Trick 2. Patrol Splitting Zerglings 3. Multiple Queen Production 4. Organised Creep Spread 5. Select Larvae/Morph Unit Rapidfire
Jan1997
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
Norway671 Posts
August 06 2013 05:16 GMT
#14
Im in plat and i use 1 for army 2 for all hatches and 3 for units that requiries micro (like mutalisk or banelings) S for production.
Do something today that your future self will be thankful for.
wwvv00)
Profile Joined August 2013
1 Post
August 06 2013 07:04 GMT
#15
9 for hatcheries, 4-8 for queens (if more queens I manually select them)

Works pretty great once you get used to it.
Losing is fun
Kaleidos
Profile Joined October 2010
Italy172 Posts
August 06 2013 07:20 GMT
#16
Master here.

Hatches on 1 (middle finger)
Select Larvae on Q (index finger)

..drone hotkey on Q too. 1QQ to enter macro mode. Other units hotkey left side of keyboard too.

As someone said already, whatever change you pick as your favourite you might as well rethink your overall hotkey layout around it.
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
August 06 2013 08:07 GMT
#17
masters, 4 (hatches), S (larvae), index and ring finger
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tl2212
Profile Joined April 2013
Belize731 Posts
August 06 2013 08:12 GMT
#18
grid yo. select larve is just q and you get used to pressing it alot cause its many different commands.
economy over everything
lZurgery
Profile Joined December 2012
Australia12 Posts
August 06 2013 08:22 GMT
#19
Didnt realise that so many people apart from me also had hatches on 1 (masters)

and all queens are on 2 for camera inject

units 3+
KingofGods
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada1218 Posts
August 06 2013 08:24 GMT
#20
All hatcheries on 4, base camera on 5.
fearfrompredi
Profile Joined October 2011
Hungary34 Posts
August 06 2013 09:00 GMT
#21
0 special units/overlords (drop)/runbys
1 main army
2 mutas/corruptors
3 infestors/vipers/swarmhosts
4 queens
5 hatcheries
6 proxy hatches(if no proxy hatch i don't use it)

Middle mouse button for base cam and shift + v + click on bases

also I'm using "W" as main base cam
f2 for 2nd base etc... to f5 for 5th base
space rally screen cam
tab is for tech structure cam (I don't like putting my evos on group hotkeys, I'm more like used to BW)
mouse 4th button is subgroups for morphing banelings for example
5th mouse button is dragging camera.

With these I have a really efficient 150-200 eapm with zerg and terran too.
Jinxeth
Profile Joined April 2013
Denmark33 Posts
August 06 2013 10:45 GMT
#22
4: Hatcheries.
Q: Select Larvae.
F1-F4 Select Queens.
Shift+Q/W/E/R + three mouse buttons Camera Hotkeys

I've practically made all my hotkeying sit from QWER - ASDF - ZXCV 1-6 and F1-F4. Means everything is always easily within reach.

If you can't explain it, you don't understand well enough.
Crugio
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Australia45 Posts
August 06 2013 11:04 GMT
#23
D: Hatcheries
S: Select Larvae
S: Drones

Units are comfortably around S. E.g. Zerglings = A; roaches = W
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