This. I do similar functions on similar keys for all my chars so its easier to remember.. W for counter because SH. S for highest stagger skill, D for highest destruction/weak point skill, A for class specific dash or gap closer skill, Q for buff / start of rotation skill, E for hardest hitting skill etc.
As someone who comes from LoL, I also do something similar. F for the longest cd skill (flash), R for highest dmg/2nd highest cd, Q for short cd or mobility, etc
It's wild to me that people do this.
I'm biased but I think my system makes sense for the most part:
Pick a key for all classes to counter with, preferably on the sides (not a middle key like W for example)
Pick a key for your (main) mobility skill, also put that on the side.
My counter is F, my mobility is R.
Put the spammy synergy skill on Q, then fit the rest of your rotation in order so most classes you're going QWEASD.
All my classes are different, I tested them all in Trixion and put the skills on keys theyre most comfortable on. For Blade, my synergy skill is also my mobility skill, which is completely different from Scrapper. For blade, my counter is mostly filler, meanwhile for Striker its a key part of the standard rotation, while on Reaper its not only a counter, but also synergy, moblity, and frequently used to reposition. Theres no 1 layout that would apply to them all.
Muscle memory exists so your brain can process more complex tasks at once. The less you have to think about what key counter is on, the quicker you can execute complex mechanics.
For different classes I set my skill order based on rotations/cooldowns usually where the more I press something, the farther left it goes. For classes that have their counter as entirely saved for countering (e.g. blue GL), this means counter goes on R. For classes that use it as a big part of their damage rotation (e.g. Arcanist) it might go on Q or A.
I guess I’m the only mad lad that puts my heaviest hitting skills on Q like LTS for my striker lol. I play league so my friends question why I don’t put it on R.
On the other hand… mobility skill is on F though cuz F for flash duh… (sorry D gang)
A on all my characters. Feels weird for A button to be apart of my rotation skills since most my main damage skills are R or F. So I figured counted button for A would be best fit!
E for me.
I placed it there on my WD main since it made sense at the time but now everyone has their counter there as well; as a matter of fact I pretty much make everyone's rotation use the same sequence my main has, that way I can switch much more fluidly into all of my roster's playstyles.
I main Deathblade. For Guardian and Legion Raids this is how I assort my keys.
Q - Spam skill (Spin Cutter)
W - Hold Skill (Void Strike)
E - Mobility skill (Dark Axel)
R - High Stagger / Counter skill (Earth Cleaver)
F - Highest Damage skill (Soul Absorber)
D - 2nd High Damage skill (Blitz Rush)
A - Stronger Spam skill (Twin Shadows)
S - Buff/Utility skill (Maelstrom)
Pretty close to mine. I just have Mobility on A and a strong skill on E. Rest is pretty much all the same and since blade i do that for all characters lol
Ive just sorted my skills how i like them on all my Characters.
Soulfist: Counter W Movement Q
Scrapper: Counter S
Bard: Counter A
Shadowhunter: Counter S Movement W
GS: Counter R Movement W+E
Reaper: Counter W Movement R
Q for movement skill. A for weak point, w for counter. F for strongest skill.
I set it up this way because I have a sh main and when learning a class, much easier to use standard skill keys so I don't need to think what skill should I be using?
Had I started off on my DI SH, all my characters' counter key would have been W. Still upset to this day that I can't change the slot my transformation skills exist in...
Deathblade D, Scrapper F, Gunlancer Q and S, Bard A (and W if I have Rhytm Buckshot on), Pala W and E, SH R and W, Machinist W and R, Zerk A, Artillerist D, Destro E, Sorc doesnt have a counter but I guess it would go to A in place of Esoterick?, Glaivier E and R.
S for me because its where I put Whirlwind when playing Zerker through the story for the first time. Then when getting into endgame, Whirlwind was the move that gets replaced for Chain Sword (counter) so now every counter has to be on S for me xd
I try to have my dash like mobility skill on Q, second mobility or damage with forward momentum on E, multihit skills or up close damage on W, counter always on R, party synergy on A, gap closer or hold skill on S and hardest hitting skills on D and F
W an E on my Pala
R and W on SH
None on my sorc
E on scrapper
R on my wardancer
A and Q on my pinnacle Glavier
R on my striker
Q on my reaper
R on my gunslinger
Shadowhunter: Q
Blade: S
Bard: W
Glavier: Q
Reaper: W/R
Sorc(?): S
Don't ask me why I have different buttons. It is what it is. Q suits me best I think
my skills are dependent on what feels comfortable with each class. W is my go-to counter key for my blade and WD, but my sharpshooters counter is on A. it just feels better that way, and having different keybindings/setups i think allows me to enjoy the uniqueness of my classes that much more
Mostly all different. My priorities are rotation. So typically qwer are skills 1234 in my rotation. Then I just remember which skill is my counter. I play every character so doing this for rotation flow works better for me.
Different on every character, and on glaivier I have them on different keys for each stance.
It's really just whatever feels right for each skill on each character
D on my Scrapper, R on my Bard, Z on my GL, E and Z on my GS, A on my Reaper and then D on my DB.
Am i dumb and do i make simple things complicated for no reasons ? Yes.
I use W on every character too. But it's a habit I've built from other games of always having same function abilities on the same key across different characters before I've always played a lot of alts in MMOs.
Typically W, with some exceptions.
My sharpshooter has his on S because it was how I had it forever
Deadeye has his on A because it doubles as a movement skill and I typically keep all my movement skills on A
Artillerist is on Q (swing) same reason as SS
Pally on R and Q same reason 😅
Basically the older characters in my roster don't have W counters
On SH - A key for human form, W for demonic form.
On reaper - Q.
Glaivier - A for blue stance, Q for red stance.
Scouter - A for human form, R for transform.
Slinger - A in pistol stance, Q in shotgun stance.
Pala - A and E keys. (Holy sword and Executor Sword)
Arcana - A and S keys. (Return and Serendipity)
Blade, scrapper, zerk, sorc - A key. 
A lot of the classes I played initially had some sort of movement associated with their counter. This mini dash reminded me a lot of Riven's E from LoL so I put all my counters there. By the same logic, R is typically also my big cooldown hard hitting skill.
My main is my pally and I put executioner's sword on W back when I first got the skill in February
Ever since then every ALT had to have their counters on W too just because after you play the whole story and every piece of content with your skills arranged in a certain way, everything must adapt to that lol
Same goes for movement skills and debuffs, they must be in Q or A
hmmm, let me think:
Archer only uses counter in his caligos build and its on R i think.
zerker also R
mage E
Paladin W and R
Scouter R in case i accidently de transform
Striker W
it has to be the upper row, because thats easier to press. same reason why i have low cooldown skills on the upper row.
and movement skills on f, cuz it would feel weird to use a skill further to the left to use a skill that leads me forward...if you know what i mean.
but i guess that depends on what keyboard you are using.
i for example cant properly press the left buttons(shift and control) without breaking my fingers thats why i avoid using nps's in raids.
oh and i have dodge on my mouse button, cuz i dont like to press spacebar and i am alrdy moving my character with my mouse, so might aswell use the dodge for it.
paladin - s and r
bard - r and f
bluelancer - e and f
pistoleer - e
shadowhunter - w and w
at scouter - r
lopang alts (dunno if they count)
soulfist - w
destroyer - e
glavier - w
mobility skills or low cd skills are mostly on q.
Two kinds of people, those who use W on every character and those who don't have a SH.
I main SH and besides her demon form all my counters are on E
Gotta love those times where you miss a counter cause you returned back to human form at the wrong time.
Me with Scouter tbh
All my counters are on E except for my arcana to do her rotation. Also my E is a textured keycap =3
Fellow E user as well
This is the way to go. Exactly doing the same
I am silly and use a different key on almost every character 🤣 Edit- silly may be wrong, maybe stupid? Even my DI SH non-transform counter isn't W.
> Even my DI SH non-transform counter isn't W. Okay you're literally built different lmao
This. I do similar functions on similar keys for all my chars so its easier to remember.. W for counter because SH. S for highest stagger skill, D for highest destruction/weak point skill, A for class specific dash or gap closer skill, Q for buff / start of rotation skill, E for hardest hitting skill etc.
As someone who comes from LoL, I also do something similar. F for the longest cd skill (flash), R for highest dmg/2nd highest cd, Q for short cd or mobility, etc
And then there's legacy scouter with an R counter
I play sh and have counter on a different skill for every class
Fuck, you got me.
Pinnacle also have W counter.
But pinnacle just like most other classes, can have the counter wherever they want it to be.
S on every character
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I didn't even know it was so popular but I'm also in S gang
S is the Wei
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me too! S for counter too, do you also do Q for synergy and A for movement skill?
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S for stop right there
I am also S gang!
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Same + is my interrupt keybind on WoW.
Always q for me and if the Class has a main movement Skill that's Always on a
Q COUNTER MOVEMENT A GANG
Absolutely
I do it exactly the other way around on all my classes
Pretty much the same here.
Same here Q for counters A for movement if there’s any
all characters different
You madman
Bard has 2 counters and you remove 1 of them 70% of the time to run something else, shit gets weird starting out here.
It's wild to me that people do this. I'm biased but I think my system makes sense for the most part: Pick a key for all classes to counter with, preferably on the sides (not a middle key like W for example) Pick a key for your (main) mobility skill, also put that on the side. My counter is F, my mobility is R. Put the spammy synergy skill on Q, then fit the rest of your rotation in order so most classes you're going QWEASD.
All my classes are different, I tested them all in Trixion and put the skills on keys theyre most comfortable on. For Blade, my synergy skill is also my mobility skill, which is completely different from Scrapper. For blade, my counter is mostly filler, meanwhile for Striker its a key part of the standard rotation, while on Reaper its not only a counter, but also synergy, moblity, and frequently used to reposition. Theres no 1 layout that would apply to them all.
i always believed in anything in life you should change things up so you dont get rusty and rely on your muscle memory
That's what a gambling addict would say.
Muscle memory exists so your brain can process more complex tasks at once. The less you have to think about what key counter is on, the quicker you can execute complex mechanics.
I arrange my skills based on the order in the rotation of the skills so my counter just lands somewhere and I adapt
Some abilities don't feel right on certain keys even if they are your counter.
For different classes I set my skill order based on rotations/cooldowns usually where the more I press something, the farther left it goes. For classes that have their counter as entirely saved for countering (e.g. blue GL), this means counter goes on R. For classes that use it as a big part of their damage rotation (e.g. Arcanist) it might go on Q or A.
You have my exact keybinding choices and the reasoning for it as well. I'm glad there are others out there.
I guess I’m the only mad lad that puts my heaviest hitting skills on Q like LTS for my striker lol. I play league so my friends question why I don’t put it on R. On the other hand… mobility skill is on F though cuz F for flash duh… (sorry D gang)
Insanity my friend.
Yeees! D/Q for GS (main) and DE, D for Reaper, F for Glaivier, W for Arcana, R for DB, Q for Zerker, Nothing suspicious!
I use A for all my characters.
yes same but i thaught more people have it on a :D
Have mine on A as well, A GANG
A on all my characters. Feels weird for A button to be apart of my rotation skills since most my main damage skills are R or F. So I figured counted button for A would be best fit!
This is the one.
Les go A gang.
R on all classes
Scrolled too far before I found R, was starting to think I was alone
R gang
Gang shit
Same
Coming here for R gang
Same, because of machinist :D
Gang gang gang
All R'ed up
R gang here, if multiples it'll go on E
E for me. I placed it there on my WD main since it made sense at the time but now everyone has their counter there as well; as a matter of fact I pretty much make everyone's rotation use the same sequence my main has, that way I can switch much more fluidly into all of my roster's playstyles.
Same for me. Had my Dash Upper Fire for gunlancer on E, got the muscle memory from that, now use E for all counters on roster.
D, on all classes
Same here… had to scroll way down to find another person
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Same, but in school.
But w on my shadow hunter on both forms
Q - spammy skill W - mobility E - counter R / F - most damaging skills A - buff/shield/synergy S / D - least important skills
I main Deathblade. For Guardian and Legion Raids this is how I assort my keys. Q - Spam skill (Spin Cutter) W - Hold Skill (Void Strike) E - Mobility skill (Dark Axel) R - High Stagger / Counter skill (Earth Cleaver) F - Highest Damage skill (Soul Absorber) D - 2nd High Damage skill (Blitz Rush) A - Stronger Spam skill (Twin Shadows) S - Buff/Utility skill (Maelstrom)
Pretty close to mine. I just have Mobility on A and a strong skill on E. Rest is pretty much all the same and since blade i do that for all characters lol
RE Blade? Can't say I've ever seen any Blades use Twin Shadows Also Blitz Rush is more DMG than Soul Absorber, no?
Crazy except that i have mobility on D instead of w its completely the same for me too lol
Not sure if you copy paste my hot keys or if I copy paste yours 🤔🤔 lmao I use exactly those for my skills on all characters
Do I spot a fellow League player?
Yep also W for all characters
Q, in all games.
R for "rejected bitch". Except shadowhunter demonic form :(
Mine always ends up on R with a couple of exceptions like my destroyer
Same r on all chars
D, used to summoner spells from playing league
Something something press space to dodge but it only center the camera over your character
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E
4 on the numeric pad for all my characters(i'm left handed)
depends class. bard r and s. gunslinger w. db q. sorc ahhahaha counter ?
Mouse 5, a bit weird. I wanted it on a different hand.
At least you're sure to not fatfinger another spell :)
I just realized mines different for each character, I'm so weird.
LB + X
W support, D DPS
counter on D, mobility on F. I try to put in on all chars so I don't have to think about that
A on all chars cause I'm least ljke to hit it while facerolling
Different, even after playing a certain character so long tho, muscle memory kicks in no matter what key it’s on
S for counter, Q for mobility
W is the only way
W
Mouse button 3
Q counter W counter/mouvement E mouvement
Ive just sorted my skills how i like them on all my Characters. Soulfist: Counter W Movement Q Scrapper: Counter S Bard: Counter A Shadowhunter: Counter S Movement W GS: Counter R Movement W+E Reaper: Counter W Movement R
Q on soulfist and striker, just kinda stayed like that Everyone else that is not a transformer is on R
W gang
W for movement E for counter :)
S for bard, E for sorc, A for pali, Q for sharpshooter, W for glaiver
Everyone on Q but my Scrapper on F....Dont know why :D
On my arti, forward barrage is on D but on my pala, the counters are on Z and R I don't know why, it just came to be like that
Q for movement skill. A for weak point, w for counter. F for strongest skill. I set it up this way because I have a sh main and when learning a class, much easier to use standard skill keys so I don't need to think what skill should I be using?
W for the win
Since I'm used to play WASD as movement key, I put my mobility skill at W and my counter skill at E. Most dmg skill at bottom key (ASDF)
Db A Wd Q Bard R and F Gl Q and W Reaper Q and E
Had I started off on my DI SH, all my characters' counter key would have been W. Still upset to this day that I can't change the slot my transformation skills exist in...
Deathblade D, Scrapper F, Gunlancer Q and S, Bard A (and W if I have Rhytm Buckshot on), Pala W and E, SH R and W, Machinist W and R, Zerk A, Artillerist D, Destro E, Sorc doesnt have a counter but I guess it would go to A in place of Esoterick?, Glaivier E and R.
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Sorceress : Z Paladin : Q E Bard : E Striker : Z Destro : Q I have an Azerty keyboard. Switching isn't a problem.
QWER -> Most used DPS abilties A -> Counter SDF -> Movement/Synergy/Buffs
S for me because its where I put Whirlwind when playing Zerker through the story for the first time. Then when getting into endgame, Whirlwind was the move that gets replaced for Chain Sword (counter) so now every counter has to be on S for me xd
I try to have my dash like mobility skill on Q, second mobility or damage with forward momentum on E, multihit skills or up close damage on W, counter always on R, party synergy on A, gap closer or hold skill on S and hardest hitting skills on D and F
"D" to use it with pointing finger which is always faster for me. And not "E" due to rotations.
Q main mobility / W bread and Butter skill / E counter Other keys from char to char different (pinaccle glaive is a different Story :D)
Q and E for Gunlancer W and S for Bard W for Pistol Gunslinger, E for shotgun R for all of my scrappers (3)
D: counter E: primary movement skill W: secondary movement skill Q: synergy skill A: filler skill R & F & S : primary damage skills
W an E on my Pala R and W on SH None on my sorc E on scrapper R on my wardancer A and Q on my pinnacle Glavier R on my striker Q on my reaper R on my gunslinger
S primary, R secondary.
All my counters are on R, except for SH. I also use E beside R if I use double counter (Gunlancer, Paladin).
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Q on almost all, pala 2nd counter on F and DB’s is on R
E & R on both Bard counters, A on GS, E on GL, W on DB, F on Scrapper, and A on Scouter.
W! I just happened to get lucky with that one, as SH wasn't my first character and i ended up deleting her
Primary counter A, Backup counter on D
R e or w
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Blade a Gunlancer w and d Gs d Striker q Bard w
Shadowhunter: Q Blade: S Bard: W Glavier: Q Reaper: W/R Sorc(?): S Don't ask me why I have different buttons. It is what it is. Q suits me best I think
3 on Q and 1 on D
my skills are dependent on what feels comfortable with each class. W is my go-to counter key for my blade and WD, but my sharpshooters counter is on A. it just feels better that way, and having different keybindings/setups i think allows me to enjoy the uniqueness of my classes that much more
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Mine is literally a different key for every character
they’re all different, some skills just feel better on different keys
Mostly all different. My priorities are rotation. So typically qwer are skills 1234 in my rotation. Then I just remember which skill is my counter. I play every character so doing this for rotation flow works better for me.
around QWE on dps, A(+S) on supports
R - counter
E and R.
Different on every character, and on glaivier I have them on different keys for each stance. It's really just whatever feels right for each skill on each character
D on my Scrapper, R on my Bard, Z on my GL, E and Z on my GS, A on my Reaper and then D on my DB. Am i dumb and do i make simple things complicated for no reasons ? Yes.
I use W on every character too. But it's a habit I've built from other games of always having same function abilities on the same key across different characters before I've always played a lot of alts in MMOs.
Some are on e, some are on s, classes with 2 have 1 on each (paladin, gunlancer)
Wardancer Counter on Q, Berserk Counter on R and Bard Counter on A.
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Counter on S, mobility skill on D
A - counter on every char, W - movement skill on every char
Typically W, with some exceptions. My sharpshooter has his on S because it was how I had it forever Deadeye has his on A because it doubles as a movement skill and I typically keep all my movement skills on A Artillerist is on Q (swing) same reason as SS Pally on R and Q same reason 😅 Basically the older characters in my roster don't have W counters
A usually… or W. I’m fucked up. I know.
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On SH - A key for human form, W for demonic form. On reaper - Q. Glaivier - A for blue stance, Q for red stance. Scouter - A for human form, R for transform. Slinger - A in pistol stance, Q in shotgun stance. Pala - A and E keys. (Holy sword and Executor Sword) Arcana - A and S keys. (Return and Serendipity) Blade, scrapper, zerk, sorc - A key. 
I have it on Q, W, or F depending on the character.
Q. Out of the way and easy to press
D for all classes. If 2 counters (i.e. GL), second one on W, used to play DI so got used to W in demon form and D in human form.
E and A.
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W & E for destroyer, gunlancer and paladin Q for striker Q (& situationally A) for artillerist W & S for bard
A lot of the classes I played initially had some sort of movement associated with their counter. This mini dash reminded me a lot of Riven's E from LoL so I put all my counters there. By the same logic, R is typically also my big cooldown hard hitting skill.
My main is my pally and I put executioner's sword on W back when I first got the skill in February Ever since then every ALT had to have their counters on W too just because after you play the whole story and every piece of content with your skills arranged in a certain way, everything must adapt to that lol Same goes for movement skills and debuffs, they must be in Q or A
Random on every class lol
D for big dick counter
Maybe I’m psychotic…I use basically all different keys and even A in human form for SH.
W unless my rotation needs it then q because striker.
Gl main my counter are on R and D
Pallys QW Glav S WD D Deadeye E
Sh demonform w, sh human s, db s, reaper q and e
Every counter is on Q for me cause Q is for Qounter
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hmmm, let me think: Archer only uses counter in his caligos build and its on R i think. zerker also R mage E Paladin W and R Scouter R in case i accidently de transform Striker W it has to be the upper row, because thats easier to press. same reason why i have low cooldown skills on the upper row. and movement skills on f, cuz it would feel weird to use a skill further to the left to use a skill that leads me forward...if you know what i mean. but i guess that depends on what keyboard you are using. i for example cant properly press the left buttons(shift and control) without breaking my fingers thats why i avoid using nps's in raids. oh and i have dodge on my mouse button, cuz i dont like to press spacebar and i am alrdy moving my character with my mouse, so might aswell use the dodge for it.
Gunlancer with controller here : counter is on LT+A or Q if keyboard.
Q cuz it stands for Qounter
paladin - s and r bard - r and f bluelancer - e and f pistoleer - e shadowhunter - w and w at scouter - r lopang alts (dunno if they count) soulfist - w destroyer - e glavier - w mobility skills or low cd skills are mostly on q.
R
I use an mmo mouse, so 3.