Help w mage :)

[Cyddry]

Ok, my mage is lvl 79, time to duell, I do decent, but I have one major problem

How do u use all those skills fast after eachother?
I mean, I have B.Hammer, Concentrate, Foh, green thingy, teleport, (maybe vigor, charge).
They are all on my F-keys for now, but It takes ages before I can switch from foh/conviction to B.hammer/concentration...
I have them configured like this:
F1:B.hammer
F2:Concentration
F3:foh
F4:conviction
F5:vigor
F6: teleport

Its almost impossible to use them proparly, especially with the shift I have to hold to use my hammers..
Any1 playing mage and has a decent solution?
Or do I just have to train? :)

[dkay]

most of it is just training. my mage keys go
f1: foh
f2: convic
f3: hammer
f4: concentration
f5: a switch between charge and tele.. depending on who i duel.. but usually charge

i thought it was a pain to switch with the 2 skills but after some expreince in dueling you get the hang of it fairly quickly.

good luck~

[Shadow752]

Ok, my mage is lvl 79, time to duell, I do decent, but I have one major problem

How do u use all those skills fast after eachother?
I mean, I have B.Hammer, Concentrate, Foh, green thingy, teleport, (maybe vigor, charge).
They are all on my F-keys for now, but It takes ages before I can switch from foh/conviction to B.hammer/concentration...
I have them configured like this:
F1:B.hammer
F2:Concentration
F3:foh
F4:conviction
F5:vigor
F6: teleport

Its almost impossible to use them proparly, especially with the shift I have to hold to use my hammers..
Any1 playing mage and has a decent solution?
Or do I just have to train? :)

Yeah, really it is just practice. After a while you will probably do it without thinking about it hehe.

[ReallFugitive]

F1:Hammer(Left)
F2:Concentration(Right)
F3:Teleport(Right)
F4:FOH(Left)
F5:Conviction(Right)
F6:Charge(Left)
F7:Vigor(Right)
F8:HolyShield(Right)
F9:B-Command(Right)
F10:B-Orders(Right)
F11:Smite(Left)
F12:Fanaticisim(Right)
D:Holyfreeze(Right)
F:Sanctuary(Right) -Good for hiding hammers agianst maphackers-
G:Cleansing (Right)

I'd suggest experimenting with your hotkeys, it took me a while to figure out the perfect combo for each key. Mine seems crazy compared to other people's I know, but I use every spell I have hotkeyed. Other players find it difficult to know what I'm going to do next since I'm usually always changing strategy and attacks. That usually makes it really easy to win by confusing people(and not yourself).

[Richie Daggers Crime]

People actually use the F keys to switch skills?

I have mine mapped out to SDFG, ZXCV.

[dkay]

ya my friend uses the keyboard as well.. its all up to what is most comfortable to u.. holy crap iddint even know u can go up to f12 :O

[Cyddry]

thx for the replys guys, i'll go get some experience with the keys :)

[k/t]

What's this about Sanctuary hiding hammers from maphackers?

[foh pally]

ok one suggestion if u can afford it, when u switch weapons it switches skills also so if u can get 2 of the same shield and r usin diff weps( which u should be doin for hammer and foh unless ur just usin wiz) just equip your pally that way so all u have to do is press w to change ur weps and skills that way all u need to hotkey if tele if u have enigma.

[Cyddry]

not very realistic because i mainly duell in pubs and want to keep my cta close to me.

[ik_iron]

People actually use the F keys to switch skills?

I have mine mapped out to SDFG, ZXCV.

I totally agree it's so much easier to put them on the keyboard everything is right there and compact.

[ReallFugitive]

What's this about Sanctuary hiding hammers from maphackers?

Sanctuary puts out a bunch of sparkles that makes hammers almost indistinguishable on the map. If you have a AzureWrath it works extremely well agianst maphacker idiots that always teleport directly ontop every single time (wind druid/necros). After they do it a few times they usually wont fight if they can't see your attacks and leave.

[inkanddagger]

A: charge/teleport (i dont tele)
S: Hammers
D: FoH
E: Concentration
R: Conviction

F1:Holy Shield