UO Razor Hot Key and Macro Set-up for PVP - Ultima Online

This is my current setup for pvp:

Weapons/offensive abilities:

` - stun
Aligned with the arm/disarm weapon.

1 - arm/disarm weapon 1
2 - arm/disarm weapon 2
3 - arm/disarm weapon 3
These are for when I play a dexer/alchy mage. Weapon 1 is always a double-handed

weapon. Weapons 2 and 3 are always single handed and preferably poisoned.

Spells:

alt + ` - recall, absolute target
Always need to have a recall macro handy in case you are outnumbered or just want to

escape some mobs fast!

q - mind blast
alt + q - mind blast, target last target
w - paralyze
alt + w - paralyze, target last target
e - explosion
alt + e - explosion, target last target
r - energy bolt
alt + r - energy bolt, target last target
These work really well for me. As you have noticed, they are all in order for attacking
someone in the field with reflection up: mind blast to take off reflect, paralyze if
you are in a group, then explode and energy bolt, target last target.

i - weaken
o - clumsy
p - feeblemind
All similar spells, and I have them in an order that I personally remember best
(importance).

a - teleport
Very important for escaping the gank. Especially in Delucia.
s - heal
d - miniheal
Important to have heal and miniheal next to each other, but where you put them is up to
you.

alt + s - heal/cure self
alt + d - miniheal/cure self
Very important hotkeys to have, especially for dueling.

f - fireball
alt + f - fireball, target last target
g - lightning
alt + g - lightning, target last target
Similar spells.
z - magic arrow
alt + z - magic arrow, target last target
A quick disrupt macro.
x - harm
alt + x - harm, target last target
One of the most used spells in the game. Very important in duels, but rarely used in
the field.
c - cure
Only use this if you are queuing up cure while anticipating being poisoned or for
curing a friend. Otherwise, just use mini heal/heal/cure self.
v - poison
alt + v - poison, target last target
Very important macro for nox mages to have in field battles.
b - flamestrike
alt + n - reactive armor
alt + m - magic reflection

Potions:
cntrl + a - chug red potion
cntrl + z - chug blue potion
cntrl + s - chug yellow potion
cntrl + x - chug white potion
cntrl + d - chug orange potion
cntrl + e - chug purple potion
This is quite possibly the best setup for potions. It is set up for quick and easy to
remember combinations: agility + refresh = hold cntrl --> z, a; strength + heal = hold
cntrl --> x, s.

cntrl + alt + e - chug purple potion, pause .150 seconds, cancel target
This is kind of taboo. A lot of people are totally against making macros for doing
explosion potion combos. However, I have heard that people have a macro that they hit
when the potion hits '3' and the combo is impossible to heal. I have yet to witness
this.

Targeting:

t - cycle target
Useful if there is a target onscreen that you do not have a hotkey listed for (in my
case, target random blue).

f3 - set last target
f4 - target random red
f5 - attack last target
f6 - target random criminal
A very good setup as well, especially for alchy dexers: f3, f4, f5 sets last target as
a red (by now, you can tell that I am very into field pvp), and attacks. Doesn't seem
like much at first, but with greater explosion potions, it already sets you up a last
target to chuck at.

mousewheel down - target self
mousewheel up - target last target
Unconfusing, and quick to press as you can have one hand on the keyboard pressing
hotkeys for spells, and the other hand quickly giving a target.

Misc:

escape - equip knife
In my opinion, this is the best place to set equip a knife due to the fact that
pressing escape will cancel a spell anyway.

/ - use once
This can be annoying sometimes as I occassionally team chat with the hotkeys enabled. I
keep meaning to change this one but never get around to it.

shift + s - use bandage on self
Notice that all my heal hotkeys are all set to "s," or some variation of "s," with
exception to miniheals.

cntrl + alt + s - use bandage

cntrl + ` - enable/disable razor hotkeys
A good combination that is easy and quick to press, but never pressed during chat.

space bar - cancel target
Useful in duels when you want to fake a dump without having to equip.

\ - stop macro
I use this a lot with tailors/alchemists/etc. Also can be used when you run any kind of
target macro; if the target cannot be found then the macro will not stop and it will
most likely not allow you to run another macro.

- - equip wand

+ - use item in hand
I really don't use wands that often, hence I have them reserved for these keys that are
at the opposite end of the keyboard. I have the equip and use keys placed next to
each other for quick healing/breaking paralyze if i happen to have one on me.

Thief Hotkeys:

` - stun
f1 - disarm
Offensive abilities placed closely together.
f3 - set last target
f2 - steal
2 - last target (set in UO)
I play a stun thief. 1. Open paperdoll. 2. Set weapon as last target. 3. Activate
disarm. 4. Queue up steal. 5. Hit last target. Quick and easy: double click opponent,
f3, click, f1, f2, 2 = a brand new vanquishing war hammer for my alchy dexer Or:

alt + ` - use skill steal, last target (set in UO for quicker execution)

alt + 1 - useskill hide

shift + s - bandage self
ctrl + alt + s - use bandage

/ - use once
Always carry around 3 pretrapped pouches (trapped by your mage) in case you decide to
steal from a para-spammer. The key is to pop the pouch not right after you get
paralyzed, but when the opponent begins casting their follow up spell, which is usually
explosion. If you time it right you'll be way off screen by the time they have
completed their precast unless they are smart enough to cancel their spell, which they
usually aren't because they were stupid enough to get robbed in the first place.

I hope some people will find this useful and no longer have to ask
for the "best hotkey setup," because really there is none. Its all about what is
fastest, easy to remember, and comfortable for you.

PvP Hot Keys
Discussion started by Ervin, Aug 18, 2014

This lesson will define hotkeys and go over those most commonly used in PvP. Some
hotkeys such as Arm/Disarm and Dress will be discussed in more detail in other lessons.

Hotkey: A key on your keyboard, mouse, or gaming peripheral that you can bind to
memory to perform a specific action or macro by pressing specified key.

There is no right or wrong order to set your keyboard or mouse up with when it
comes to setting hotkeys. The most important thing is to make sure they are easily
accessible and that you can memorize their location and hit them without looking!

You will want to avoid setting up popular hotkeys to combinations that require you
to hold Alt of Ctrl while hitting another key. The best setup is the simplest.

Common General Hotkeys: These are the most common things hotkeyed other than spells
by PvPers that are not template specific. Again, it doesn't matter what hotkey you
bind them to, just so long as they are easily accessible and you can memorize their
location and hit them without looking.

Drink Strength Potion
Drink Agility Potion
Drink Heal Potion
Drink Cure Potion
Drink Refresh Potion
Activate Explosion Potion (I don't suggest drinking this one)
Last Target
Target Self
Clear Target Que
All Names
Resynchronize Client
Toggle War/Peace

Warrior Specific Hotkeys: These are additional hotkeys that warriors will use.

Arm/Disarm Left Hand
Arm/Disarm Right Hand
Dress
Undress
Bandage Self
Use Bandage

Tank Mage Specific Hotkeys: These are additional hotkeys that tank mages will use.

Arm/Disarm Left Hand
Arm/Disarm Right Hand
Dress

Pure Mage Specific Hotkeys: These are additional hotkeys that pure mages will use.

Toggle Stun (if applicable)
Dress

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Magic Spells

Magery consists of 64 spells at your disposal. Not all spells will be used in PvP
so not all spells need to be hotkeyed. Some spells will be used but not frequently
enough to need to hotkey, the icon can be dragged from the spellbook to the client
screen for ease of access when needed. The following spells are the most common
spells hotkeyed, feel free to customize your list.

1st Circle
Clumsy
Feeblemind
Weaken
Heal
Magic Arrow

2nd Circle
Agility
Cunning
Strength
Cure
Harm

3rd Circle
Fireball
Poison
Teleport

4th Circle
Greater Heal
Lightning
Recall

5th Circle
Mind Blast
Paralyze

6th Circle
Dispel
Energy Bolt
Explosion

7th Circle
Flame Strike
Meteor Swarm

8th Circle
None

Spells that are good to have on your client desktop but not necessary to have

hotkeyed are as follows:

Reactive Armor
Magic Trap
Protection
Bless
Magic Lock
Wall of Stone
Arch Protection
Dispel Field
Magic Reflection
Invisibility
Reveal
Energy Field
Gate Travel
Resurrection
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ProTips:

Use the KISS method for setting hotkeys (Keep It Simple Stupid). try to avoid using
any Alt + Key or Ctrl + Key hotkeys but if you run out of room then set things to
those hotkeys that don't get used very often. When in combat and a thousand things
are going on and your mind is trying to process it all in and make a split second
decision, you don't need to be looking away from your screen to hit a hotkey.

Use the F1-F12 Keys as your primary hotkeys. This will avoid you casting spells
while typing and it is easy to find the right key without looking since they are
sectioned in 3 groups of 4 keys.

Running out of room to set hotkeys? Think about upgrading. Here are 3 items that I
use to play UO with that allow me to have more keys at my disposal than I have a
need for. the more hotkeys you can easily access, the better your chances are at
success. While it is not necessary to have, the right tool for the job makes things
so much easier.

http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-keyboards-keypads/razer-nostromo
http://gaming.logitech.com/en-us/product/g700s-rechargable-wireless-gaming-mouse
http://gaming.logitech.com/en-us/product/g510s-lcd-gaming-keyboard

When it comes to setting Last Target and Target Self hotkeys I suggest using the
mousewheel. The method I prefer to use is MouseWheel Up for Last Target and
MouseWheel Down for Target Self. In my mind it's like casting the spell either
towards me or away from me and that makes it easy for me to remember.

Group your Hotkeys in an order that makes sense to you. This means you may want to
put common combo spells like Explosion / Energy Bolt side by side (i.e.

F5=Explosion, F6=Energy Bolt) or put all your debuffs in a row.

Once Again I cannot reiterate the importance that it does not matter what keys you
use for hotkeys or what order you prefer them. That is totally up to each
individual. But you must be able to memorize them and hit them without looking at
the keyboard.

Practice, practice, practice, practice, and when you've gotten good at being able
to hit the correct hotkey without looking at it practice some more. You need it to
become second nature to you so that you can hit the right hotkey without even
thinking about it. In the heat of battle you will need all the brain cells you've
got to think tactically, don't be trying to remember what key is what. When you
have that "Oops" moment of hitting the wrong spell, that's when the screen gets
dark.