Quake Champions - Switch Guns BETTER 

ESDF is great for a few more reasons: 1) the F key has an indent on it, so it's easier to find without looking. 2) it's the natural position for your hands when touch typing. And the extra keys on the left are handy too, but that probably depends on hand size. Been using ESDF since Quake 2 :)

Love that "q, e, r" is the default bind for those weapons now. It works amazing. Finally got in because of the e3 week giveaway... I'm buying into the game as soon as I have money though, it's too good not to support the devs.

My movement keys are Y G C J. This puts a finger on all movement keys, and in my opinion opens up movement alot. It also gives my thumb both the spacebar and the alt key to use which is a huge bonus. It took about 2 weeks to get used to and a whole month to get completely down with no errors but for me it has definitely been worth it

I got the game thanks to this free week deal and i got the Q-rocket launcher, E-lightning gun and R-plasma rifle by default

I like the jump on right mouse button it helps on getting around the map faster but please remember guys you can shoot that rail before the gun fully appears on the screen so don't delay your shot when you switch to that rail

My compliments dude. *PERFECT VIDEO*

I use mouse wheel up for rl and down for rail, since those are my both most used weapons.

This video was insanely helpful I never thought about changing my control scheme to use Q E R but as soon as I did I was able to keep up with everyone else. I can land my shots and movement was never an issue but weapon switching was always a pain in the ass for me, thank you so much

Hearing a bit more nuance to your voice, pitch, emotion, etc in these past few videos dude. Not sure if it's been something you've been conciously working on it but I'm definitely noticing it! In regards to the video I've been having fun trying out some alternate bindings like the ones you mentioned. Even spacebar to move forward which has been interesting to say the least haha.

I just gotta say, I watched so many tutorials of yours before I started quake and this made it way easier for me to start.

Mapping every action in Quake is such a piece of cake after hl2dm

Personally I've also moved all the numbered weapons over one (so machinegun is on 1) just because the UI doesn't show the gauntlet and my ape brain that likes bright colors kept seeing machinegun at the top of the list and going "Oh so it's 1 then", plus it means the two "rows" (1 2 3 4 and Q E R) end in the same place on the keyboard. At the moment gauntlet is set to ` but I might switch it to Z or V or something. I barely use it anyway but I probably should have it readily available. Also, the way I remember Q E R if I'm ever blanking on which is which weapon in the moment- R for Railgun. E for Electric Gun Q is the ultimate key in Overwatch and the Rocket Launcher is clearly the best gun :u

Coming from Starcraft, hitting the key binds is a walk in the park!

you helped me with titanfall 2, now you are helping with quake! your vids/style is spot on. thanks for the content, hopefully titanfall 3 soon!

ESDF works wonderfully because it places your fingers in what typists call a "natural reach". Instead of having to think about where keys are with a gamer mindset (Middle finger to hit X, etc.) you keep the same reaches you would use while typing. This can be an easily picked up advantage for those that do not have a "hunt and peck" means of typing. It also opens up all of the keys on the left side of the keyboard for binding... allowing you (if so inclined) to bind ALL of your weapons to letter keys, and "type" your way to select them. Nothing beats typing "DEAD" to switch to your favorite gun. XD

thank you man I would be lost in this game without your guides

The q e r setup was my first idea without even hearing about it, just that those weapons are king :D

MOUSE 2 FOR JUMP IS KING! HAIL TO THE KING, BABY!

I'm very glad when I started playing this game I started using Rocket Jump Ninja's ridiculous binds, they're absurd to get used to but they allow so much freedom

RMB for Jump is awesome. Space for Zoom is perfect.

I don't remember where I got the idea for this keybind layout, but it keeps more 'urgent' weapons on the mouse, with support/spam weapons on keyboard. Well, wherever I aped this from, this is my adaptation from bindings I used in Q3/QL to QC, might be useful to someone looking for a base to start with: WASD movement Mouse 1(LMB) : Fire Mouse 2(RMB) : Jump Mouse 3(Middle mouse) : Machine gun Mouse 4(Back) : Lightning Gun Mouse 5(Forward) : Shotgun Mouse Scroll up : Railgun Mouse Scroll down : Rocket Launcher Q : Gauntlet X : Nailgun Z : Tribolt C/CTRL : Crouch Alt : Champion Ability Space : Zoom Shift : Walk

In Quake III or Quake Live I'm using esdf; however, in QC there are less weapons, so I'm using wasd in this game. Also I'm using my mousewheel, but not for cycling weapons - scroll down for RL and up for LG.

My binds are the same as doom eternal, which is the first game to force me to learn hiw to bind an arsenal (though i still have one more weapon than I can comfortably bind to...) My bindings are as follows: REFLEX BINDS (no thinking needed, primary clutch buttons): Q - Super shotgun, yes I know it ain't the best gun but my doom is showing, and it's definetlysomething you want out quickly when you want it. E - rocket launcher, bc I have played quake before L. alt - nail gun, my pinky hates me, so in cames that usually binds ctrl to something I use this instead, and it's the second most accessible button for me after q QUICK ACCESS (for stuff I like to be able to pull out without straining myself) 1 - gauntlet, it's easy, but slightly slower than q, so I often use this for melee when f is taken. x - machine gun, this one I can comfortably access with both my thumb and index finger, so the versitile gun gets the glexible button z - lightning gun, so I personally don't like this gun too much, but I made it comfortable to pull out bc apperently it's good, and I can't deny the delight of quad dmg lightning. g - tri bolt, usually dedicated to my nade launcher in quake, this button is my "might need or want, but would replace with a better option if able" button. r - rail gun, no reload you say? well then this RRailgun i wanna use at RRange, with a slow RRecovery cooldown gets that button. and then f for special, shift for walk (think I might unbind walk tbh) and p FoR juMP, jk spacebar obvs, and the wasd movement quake helped invent ofc. This for me makes every button accessible, without making me fuck up my hand position, strain my wrists, or look down at the keys, all of which would screw me over

I like to not have to reach from the directional keys too much so I like to use my thumb in games, usually for buttons C, V, B and sometimes in mmos even N. Here are my keybinds, maybe they work for you! :) 1 Gauntlet 2 Machinegun Q Rocket Launcher E Lightning Gun R Railgun F Shotgun C Nailgun V Tri-bolt T Ability Movement keys are default :)

I had keybind for each weapon ever since i started using that on quake live, first it needed some time to get used to, but after few hours its much better. I also use mouse side buttons and wheel for weapons.

I've always been a believer in having my keyboard hand (my left hand) stick mostly to movement and only minor weapon switches (like gauntlet, machinegun, nailgun and shotgun) so that when you need to switch to a weapon like rocket-launcher you can do it without sacrificing being able to move in a certain direction etc. I personally use mouse4 for rocket-launcher, mwheel-up for lightning gun and mwheel-down for rail-gun with mouse5 being another bind for my ability (again, to make sure I have a bind which can be used without taking a finger off of a movement key) - at the end of the day though it's all about what any individual is comfortable with I guess, though like you said I would definitely not be trying to stretch over to 6, 7 or 8 for weapons as important as the "big 3"!

I have a tip for you. Bind MOUSE2 (right click) to forward, so you now you don't need to use the same finger to go back and forth. Then, you bind Rail Gun above your backwards key, since you won't be walking backwards switching to it. Shoutouts to Rocket Jump Ninja.

I've always used QWES for movement, so Q-E for strafe instead of A-D or S-F. I've heard that Rapha prefers that QWES setup as well. I also use R for rail, and then I got chaingun on A and lightning gun on D. :-) I've been pretty comfortable with this setup since Quake Live. The only thing I'm not sure about and thinking of changing is crouch/walk. I have it on CTRL which is sometimes hard to find and maintain a press on in tense situations. I was thinking of making SPACEBAR crouch, and changing jump to MOUSE 2. Either that or just make SHIFT or CAPS LOCK crouch.

Mouse thumb for gauntlet is good when you're needing to get guts deep. Still have access to all your nav buttons so you can keep chasing them down.

Q,E,R,F,G,C,V are all my keybinds for the weapons in order M4 for ability and M5 for VC

Thumb buttons for LG/RG work pretty nicely for me, makes it really satisfying to combo with the RG.

Ah I wish it was still possible to get the Twitch Rocketlauncher ; _ ;

Scroll wheel up can be a specific weapon, scroll wheel down can be a specific weapon, then the side mouse buttons as well. I have a severely limited left hand due to partial paralysis from a bad car wreck, so I my keyboard hand as little as possible

Better keybinds for new players that are exactly as shown on right side of screen so it helps you having visuals to memorize: 1. Machine gun 2. Shotgun 3. Nailgun 4. Tribolt Q. Rocket Launcher E. Lightning Gun R. Rail Gun V. Melee ( change to whatever you want )

*Laughs in 5 button mouse* Btw, what I really love about Quake Arena games is how bizarre and unique keybinds for each player are.

I would disagree about the mouse wheel - sure the default selection mode is not usable, but just map something like rocket launcher on scroll up and rail or lightning on scroll down instead, plus most mice will have at least 2 side buttons, so that is 4 weapons just on the mouse covered

I do most of my switching on the wheel. Meaning wheel up, rail gun, wheel down rocket, wheel click shotgun. I have a couple more buttons, but freen up those 3 wepons can upgrade the versatility of your wasd surrounding keys.

I'd recommend ESDF for anyone using WASD, as it opens up an entire row of keys. I personally prefer using ASDF with RMB: A - Jump / S - Left / D - Backward / F - Right / Z - Crouch / RMB - Move Forward / Space - Aim This way all your fingers are always on your movement keys, so you're not hindering your movement at all. With the F key also having the indent, makes it easy to find.

I've played quite a bit over the years, and play this game. I use wasd movement and mouse 1= fire, mouse 2= zoom, ability = mouse 3, mouse up= MG, mouse down= LG, R=RG, F=SSG, Q=SNG Z=Tribolt, and C=RL Caplock and mouse 5 =Gauntlet, Shift= move down. I've moved things around over the years, here and there, but have always stayed with these basics. wasd and some combination of the key's listed above.

I use ESDF, and I've been championing its merits for a while now. It gives you the benefits you mention in the video, plus if you're a touch typer, you know exactly where keys are because your hand is in the position it always is when typing. And believe it's really easy to switch. I always use ESDF when I can, but some games don't let me. Switching back to WASD takes all of a few seconds for me to adjust typically. I imagine the same is true for the reverse. Honestly the biggest reason to use ESDF for me is largely ergonomic. My hands are decently big, and WASD makes them feel all scrunched up. ESDF would probably be the default if games were originally developed on contemporary keyboards, but WASD was largely used to prevent keyboard ghosting back in the day.

M2 forward M3 back M4 zoom, SD for strafe, A(MG) Q(NG) W(TB) E(RG) R(LG) F(SS) G(RL) C crouch Z ability. Ive had this since quake 3 excessive plus, where weapon switching is even faster than QC due to the mod's coding. It transfers over well, I never used WASD because the default was mouse 2 for forward and it just made sense at the time and still feels good now.

This is my set: q- machine gun, e-shotgun, r-tribolt, f-lightning gun, x- nail, c-rail, alt-rocket middle mouse-ability, space- zoom, mouse extra keys (left thumb)- gauntlet, right mouse button-jump.

Thanks for the tips. The weapon binds were identical to what I used in 96-97. Trying to play quake again, 25 years later, I had forgotten that...Maybe this recall will help, lol.

Being left handed I never realised that right handed people have issues reaching 6 to 8 numbers on the keyboard while holding W S A D. Using the keyboard with my right hand I can reach all the way to 0 with my pinky finger without any issue

I wanted to add my personal preference, since in most fps melee is either f or v, I put my gauntlet on v, further reducing the amount of reach I need to do to reach normal weapons,a s they are now from 1 to 4 and I feel very comfortable swapping to it when an enemy comes around a doorway as I shoot them

Personally I use Railgun on E, Lightning Gun on R, Shotgun on Q, 3 as Tribolt, and C as chaingun. My bindings all go back to waht I had set on Unreal Tournament, so Most similar weapons go on the same key (Shotgun instead of Flak Cannon, for example.)

0:40 you can see that for getting RL quickly you can also press Q,E for LG and R for rail.not sure if you made it that way but i have a feeling its already a default. EDITED AT 3.12.18:as said q,e and r are also binded RL,LG and rail by default.

I use mouse wheel up for the gauntlet and down for mg, plus have a couple of additional buttons on a mouse for sg and nails.

i think you were a bit biased when you did the mouse wheel one because most people have it set so that you dont pull out the weapon until you stop scrolling

dont ditch the mouse wheel... just assign 1 weapon for wheel up and another weapon to wheel down. what you shouldnt do is set "next slot/weapon" to wheel up or "previous slot/weapon" to wheel dwon. so what you end up is selection of a rail gun whenever you will spin the mouse wheel up... try it.

Me personally I use space for shoot right mouse button for jump and left mouse button for ADS I recommend giving it a try

Great guide for the new blood! Personal preference here; 5 is too far to press, and 1/2 are just as hard to press with ring or middle finger whilst holding forwards. I use wheel up/down for weapons (mg and shotty) , E is for Energy (plasma/nails) R is for ROCKETS (psh, railgun xD) 3 rhymes with LG, gauntlet on my mouse thumb button (clench that fist yo), tri bolt is C and Rail is X, locating all my keys as close to my index finger as possible, with a few on the mouse. In my UT2k4 days I would use F for Translocator, but that isn't in quake, though i'm thinking of trying out skill button F over Q now. Hope this is taken as a supliment to your guide rather than a criticism...'cept that R for Rail Gun...PSH! :D (i have 1 and 2 for scroll back/forward incase I forgot what i'm carrying, but the weapon bar usually helps more unless it happens in a fight) PS ESDF and RDFG are both legit, but i stopped using them when I kept bumping into games with limited rebind, RMB jump/space zoom for life! (Also see SHIFT for crouch for less stretching with crouch/ rocket jumping, CTRL for walk since you don't need fast inputs and can adjust your hand position)

I HIGHLY recommend switching to EDSF. Once you get used to it you'll never wanna go back lol, you can access so much more of the keyboard. You'll also never have to look at your keyboard again to find the movement keys, since there's the nub on F (very natural position for touch-typists). I wish all games defaulted to ESDF imo. Also, you can also bind MWHEELUP/DOWN to certain weapons too!

shift everything over so e becomes your forward key, gives you more available keys to bind to weapons.

I disagree. Mouse wheel is awesome. I use MW up for the railgun and MW down for the rocket launcher :3

switched jumping and zooming and i feel more comfortable with that

If anyone does like the scroll wheel, there's an option to scroll to the weapon you want, before it activates the switch (this might not have been an option when this video was made).

Hey frothy love the quake videos!! here's some more video ideas for beginners 1 a more comprehensive video on rocket jumps. i thought when I first started that you had to do a complete 180 to get an effective rocket jump but that's not always the case depending on where you want your momentum to go. 2 a video on picking up the sounds your enemy makes. In duel this is absolutely crucial for getting those defensive rockets and prefiring rails 3 game mode specific videos like for duel it plays 100% different to sacrifice or dm game modes. No matter what ya do I'm still loving the videos man. I hope your channel keeps going up and up.

It's a good thing I switched to PC gaming on June 2017, so I can follow/play the cool fast paced games Frothy plays. :P Good Key Binds Frothy!

I've been playing quake for 20 years. These are my keybinds: Mouse mid-button: Gaunlet Mouse 3: Plasma gun Mouse 4: Lightning gun Q: Rocket E: Shotgun R: Railgun 1 and 2: Machinegun 3 and 4: Tridart HINTS: 12-34: To press this row you need to lift most of your fingers from AWSD. So this arrow is the slowest to press. Also your accuracy to press this buttons is worse in comparison with Q-E-R or the mouse buttons, that's why I duplicate the keybinds here. Q-E-R: This is the row where you have better accuracy and reaction time, that's why I put here slow cadency weapons. Mouse buttons: This buttons are very easy to press too, but when you press them, it can affect your ability to track your enemies for a few milliseconds. That's why I put here fast cadency weapons.

I have the shotgun bound to my overwatch melee button which is my 1/2 spare mouse buttons used by my thumb.

Q- Rocket launcher E-Shotgun R-Railgun F-Lightning 1-gaunt 2-machine 3-that weird thing with 3 shots z-Nailgun I use this shit since Quake Live

I always use TGFH for every game it’s right in the middle of your keyboard bit of a pain switching from WASD to TGFH but once you get used to it it’s like you can never go back haha

cliff : set default

I set my ability key to one of the side buttons on my mouse... Works great for me. Might try putting jump on rmb

I actually do the RMB jump because of my absolutely weird hand position on WASD, which would make right diagonal strafe jumps impossible :D

This game seriously needs a 'last weapon' hotkey like in Quake Live. Literally no reason not to have it.

Why did everyone gravitate to WASD anyway, ESDF or even RDFG makes so much more sense. It really makes me want to consider re-learing and remaping all my games just to have access to so many keys.

I put the melee on middle mouse, and then remapped the first 4 guns to 1-4, and have the rest on q e r

I use TFGH for movement. WASDs only merit is its age. Why have the whole keyboard in front of you, smashing your mouse into it. UHJK would be even better.

Gauntlet-1 MachineGun-2 SuperShotgun-Q RocketLauncher-Space LightningGun-LeftShift RailGun-R SuperNailGun-4 TriBolt-E This is what i use, give me your opinion...

It’s weird but I personally use the num pad for my binds. Still tooling around with it, though :D

O use nailgin at my mouse button and so I can use the tribolt at number 4, like in Quake 3 where gl was used in 4

I've tried switching my movement from wasd to esdf in other fps games like csgo, but I find it more difficult to use CTRL for crouch so I switched back to wasd

I'm so used to crouching with SHIFT because of TF2. But A is a single unit key after all.

I always had the "privilege" to use a mouse with 3-6 mouse buttons so i never ever learned to press 1-4 on the keyboard. In TF2 for example i can have all weapons, crouch, tactical and boost all on the mouse

What about asd with right click as your forward. Old skool binds.

Get one of those gaming mice with a keypad on the side, like a Naga to switch weapons

You should change to Esdf move so you can use a, q, and W on the left side. I only use 2 and 3 for my Gauntlet.

I have my RG, RL, and Active bound to the mouse wheel. I've been landing a lot of accidental rockets and rails when spamming Keel's grenades. xD ESDF FTW! It's so annoying that no games have ESDF presets, though. When I switched jump to M2, I became a lot better at strafe jumping.

I do RL - Q ShotGun- E MachineG- MB 5 / 2 NailGun - R Tri- F Lighting - Wheel Up Rail- Wheel down The scroll button isn’t that long for me on for me on that one when timed right on the reload but if there’s any advice I can get to better up my game that would be appreciated :) I’m new to this game and I’m just trying to figure things out

I don't see the point of using crouch or walk in Quake Champ I just use that those two button to rebind the nail and the machine gun.

I use mwheeldown for jump and pretty much leave everything the same, but i used to use esdf for quake so idk ill prob do that again eventually

I'm no pro but I've been around Quake and FPS since Quake 1 days and it's always been.. Y G H J movement, T - talk, U - plasma, I - grenade, K - railgun, , - machinegun, M - rocket, N - shotgun, V - walk, C - crouch, X - gauntlet, F - lightning, SPACE - jump For Quake Champs I've left F as powerup and T is lightning Give you so much mid keyboard space and you don't feel so cramped up in the corner of the keyboard.

I’d never use a bind that would mean taking a finger of strafe

just use an MMO mouse easy time

I have playing with mousewheelup for rockets and mousewheeldown for lightning gun for nearly 20 years. There is nothing wrong with wheel binds.

Whats the difference in between quake champions pack and quake champions pack upgrade? Do i need to have the champions pack to get the champions pack upgrade?

rocket: F Rail: E LG : R Nails: Q Shotgun: 3 Tribolt : Shift Gauntlet: C This works best for me

people who use fkeys to build on fortnite: *confused looks*

wait I got confused so I shouldn't have any weapons bound to my mouse wheel or I shouldn't use it to cycle through them?

Everything works if you want it to and its how you think of it ( resonates with/in you). It can be based on abstract concepts or practical logic. This ( key mapping freedom) to me is why pc is master race.

I thought this video was going to talk about the cool down between guns...

I would never use ESDF. Its getting too far away from my RageQuit Button - (Esc).

I have no problem hitting buttons 1-6 on my keyboard, and my G502 has two extra buttons next to the left-click that I set to 7 and 8. It's great for Quake Champions, Doom 2016, pretty much any arena shooter.

Mouse 4 and Mouse 5 for important weapon switches 🤔😳

How customizable are controls in QC? Can I create custom aliases for 2+ actions like in Q2?

I like to bind 2 on the side buttons on my mouse and 2 on the scrollwheel

I don't use the walk function so I map the shotgun to shift for a quick switch to finish an enemy, and the tribolt to 3 because I actually use it.

i dont play QC cuz i like Ql/Q3 better and i use q=rockets, e=rail, r=granade, f plasma, mouswheel forward= lighjtning, mouswheel down=shotty, mousb.4= gaunt, mouseb.5= machien and space =jump yes i use space and it works good for me