Enchanter key binding setup

[pijan]

What key bindings work best as a chanter? I'm pretty new to class, and it seems like you need to be pretty active. My lazy 4 spell binding I use on other caster just isn't cutting it. Any recommendations for bindings that let you use all of your spells efficiently?

[branamil]

here's mine but everyone is different.

1 - Tash
2 - AoE Stun
3 - root
4 - mez
5 - slow (or charm or fear if needed)
6 - nuke (or AoE mez if needed)
7 - gate (later - Theft of Thought)
8 - buffing / swap

Nothing is set in stone and you might need to rearrange if your find yourself in a different situation.

[Samoht]

I don't bind any spells on any characters. I use Alt + Gem number to cast. Gotta get assist, jboots, indoor clickie, and pet commands on key binds. Sense heading is bound to 0 and right turn.

For spell gems, the most important spells go 1-4, mez, root, stun, bedlam, etc. I normally put tash on 5, maybe slow or invis on 6, tot on 7, mostly charm or gate on 8 or cycle it for whatever buff I'm doing. All of that goes away if I'm on a raid where CC doesn't apply and then I just keep buffs up in most slots that aren't tash.

[Cult]

shift 1-8 are spells because I don't care for alt
shift q-r are also hotkeys for spells 4-8

Right hand free for mouse/snacks

Only semi-related but sort your spellbook if it isn't already and make some hotbuttons to jump between the pages. Enchanters swap spells a lot in the middle of fights.

edit: /book pagenumber

[pijan]

Has anyone tried binding to number pad or is mouse control too important?

[Samoht]

Has anyone tried binding to number pad or is mouse control too important?

Number pad is for movement and look by default.

[Izmael]

I have Alt-<x> AND Ctrl-<x> bindings to cast a spell gem. It works with left and right alt/ctrl.

I use all these combos quite often, depending on how my hands/fingers are positioned on the keyboard at the moment I need to cast.

Most commonly used (and most important) spells always in the first few gems - so if I'm using the mouse, I can still easily cast them with just the left hand.

Spell lineup is

1 lvl 4 mez
2 tash (can be a swap slot)
3 root
4 ae stun
5 ae mez
6 swap slot, mostly Calm or buffs
7 charm
8 theft of thought or swap slot if fighting mobs with no mana

[Caiu]

All you guys are crazy to not have your swap slot be the first gem. Feels so much more fluid with a clicky.

[Izmael]

I never died because I casted C2 a second too late.

[Cult]

I top slot level 4 mez too, bring on the straight jackets

[rubicaant]

I bind my spells to numpad and my clicky to numpad 0. Tab for cycle NPCs. Shift tab for PC's, ctrl tab for cycle last 2 targets. Try to use hotbuttons for as much as possible. Makes you much faster to react. I try to minimize mouse usage except for turning.

[Izmael]

I tend to use the mouse a lot for targeting in dungeons around corners or through narrow openings where F8 won't work.

Also no way around the mouse if you swap spells a lot..

[workbench]

As a 48 enc... heres what I use:

1 - Tash 44
2 - AE Stun (8sec)
3 - Nuke
4 - root (low level)
5 - AE Mez
6 - Mez lvl 4
7 - Charm
8 - Swap

If I'm charm kiling and depending on the area, I might swap out AE Mez for a lower level nuke (save mana). I dont have ToT and stuff like that... interested where that may fit in.... Swap may be ToT/Swap.

[Cult]

ToT has a 2 minute recast, so you'll pretty much always have it memmed. It's 100% worth it and will change the way you look at mobs/camps.

The reason Izmael and I recommend L4 mez in the top slot is so that you can spam casts back to back with your clicky, but we didn't really make that clear before :p

[Samoht]

Eight gems just aren't enough for an Enchanter.

[mickmoranis]

Eight gems just aren't enough for an Enchanter.

yeh slot 1 is for hot swapping whatever spell, buffs, c2, etc (anything that doesnt have a long ass cooldown) so I basically am like, then I usually will try to just re mem a semi often fast cast spell fill the slot when im not buffing or swapping, like lvl 4 mez... worse case scenario is I forget to have that spell handy and just hot swap it real easy and fast in a pinch, I got that shit down to like a 2 second muscle memory reflex.

1) _______
and the rest dont matter
8) shit i dont cast often, ToT etc, cheeta on a druid/shm etc

Chanter needs at the very least 10 slots to use the core spells they cast on the regular. Maybe more if you're autistic.

[Izmael]

For a truely autistic p99 enchanter nerd, 10 is nowhere near enough. In a purely PvE environment, to never swap spells i'd have:

4 mez
Dazzle
Tash
AE tash
Root
Slant
Shift
16 AE mez
Calm
Wake of tranquillity
Memory flux
Blanket of forgetfulness
Charm
ToT
Boltrans for recharm on pita mobs
Rapture

C
Haste
Slow
Magi
Umbra
Rune V
Bedlam
E
GoB
GRM
Gate
Cha Buff


26 spell gems.

Then I would be happy I suppose.

[PoptartOnRye]

I'm late to the party and I apologize. I've said it in other threads, but I'll say it again here. I just don't understand what this top slotting level 4 mez is about. Top slot is a swap slot. Spam buffs, slows, etc. Any time you're thinking "OMG I need to spam mez!!!" No, you don't, you need to cast AOE mez.. by the time you're a high level, you can then go and stagger the mez's by casting level 4 mez over the top of the level 16 aoe, its basically free by the time you're a high level anyway.

1) swap (slow, tash, charm, buffs, nukes)
2) bedlam, swap
3) mez
4) fetter
5) color shift
6) color slant
7) mesmerization
8) gate/theft of thought/charm

I don't die often on my enchanter, but when I do it's because I neglected to keep 2 stuns memorized.

I use shift+1 through 8 to cast spells, alt is just too awkward. Not many people realize this but the spellbook has default hotkeys to turn pages, shift+left/right arrows. I use logitech's software to bind the 2 extra buttons on my mouse to turn pages in the spellbook. I've tried the /book or /page or whatever it is macro but its really clunky and wastes more time than it's worth. With the ability to turn pages on your mouse buttons, and a cool down refreshing clickie, swapping spells is effortless and lightening quick. One right click to forget a spell is the only click you need on a gem while your cursor is free to move into position as the mouse buttons turn pages, then shift+# to memorize the spell again. Stand up, clickie, cast. takes about 1/2 second if your book is organized and you know where everything is.

With the above spells, page turns on the mouse, and a clickie gem refresher, i can stun, mez, tash, and charm a mob almost as fast as i could if i'd wasted spell slots keeping charm and tash memorized.

[alexnoshinku]

for my enchanter I have
1) Mind buffs/ tash
2) Charm
3) Mez (lvl 4)
4)Root
5)(haste/slow)
6)ToT
7) Stun
8)aoe mez (alt with gate)

I hardly ever die unless I put the wrong spell up by accident or I get trained XD

[Caiu]

Forgot I neglected my setup.

1. Swap Slot(Slow/Buffs/Calm/Nukes/Cripple/Rune/ETC.)
2. Color Slant
3. AoE Mez (lvl 16)
4. Charm
5. Tash
6. Fetter
7. Bedlam
8. Theft of Thought

[wooseon]

1. Ae mez (16 lv spell , Fascination) or Ae memblur (blanket)
2. 4 level mez
3. root or Ae stun ( skew )
4. slow (Forlom or Tepid ) or mez
5. Ae stun ( slant )
6. charm ( allure ) or charm ( Boltran )
7 Bedlam or single stun or feedback
8. theft of thought or tash

7.8 is swap spells much