All items under the new “Hero Abilities (Quick Cast)” and “Hero Abilities (Quick Cast On Release)” categories will appear in red-text, indicating that they are not currently bound to any hotkey. If you head over to the Advanced tab, you’ll find that we’ve added several new categories that will allow you to modify your Quick Cast, Quick Cast On Release, and Self-Cast hotkey settings.

If you don’t change your Queue Command Modifier Key setting, it will default to the Shift key. You can also disable queued commands entirely by selecting None from the dropdown. Players who like to give their Heroes a string of specific commands, but don’t like using the Shift key to do so, can now rebind this hotkey from Shift to Control or ALT using the new “Queue Command Modifier Key” dropdown at the top of the Basic Hotkeys menu. Additionally, hotkeys on the Basic tab can now be rebound to your Mouse buttons, if you so desire. We wanted to make it easier than ever to find and modify your controls, so we’ve decided to give Hotkey Settings their own button on the Main Menu, which you can access at any time by pressing the Escape key.Īfter opening the Hotkey Settings menu, you’ll notice that talent hotkey settings have been moved to the Basic tab, and can now be rebound by clicking the row of talent buttons above the Basic Ability bar. More specifically, we’re adding even more flexibility to hotkey swapping, and giving you the freedom to change-up your Quick Cast settings for individual heroes, abilities, and talents! We’ve received a lot of requests to add further customization for in-game controls, and we’re happy to announce that our next patch is going to give you exactly that.

If you were to talk to a large enough group of Heroes of the Storm players about how they like to play the game, you’d quickly find a wide range of preferences for in-game controls.

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