Mage action bar/keybinds

[Isai]

What are good ways to setup the action bar?

My newly 70 mage is struggling to find the right setup, so anyone willing to help share would be greatly appreciated. :)

[frst]

[Copied from Mage Forumzzz]

UI in an arena match: http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5607/qqqin8.jpg
normally, NECB and proximo wouldn't be shown.
(The far left target is my focus, the one to the left of that is my target.)

Keybinds:
MB = Mouse Button
MMB = Middle Mouse Button (Scroll Wheel)

Frostbolt - MB5
R1 Frostbolt - CTRL + MB5
Fire Blast - Shift + MB5
Cone of Cold - Alt + MB5
Icelance - R
Frost Nova - Alt + MB4
Blink - 2
Ice Barrier - 3
Mana Shield - 4
Fire Ward - scroll UP
Frost Ward - scroll DOWN
Ice Block - `
Cold Snap - shift + `
Escape Artist - C
Trinket - shift + C
Damage Trinket - s1
Pet Nova Macro - shift + MB4
Pet Attack Macro - G
Pet Follow Macro - X
Rank 1 Blizzard - alt + MMB
Rank 1 AE - shift + MMB
AE - MMB
Assist - F
Set Focus - shift + F
Scorch, AB - V, shift + V
Mana Gem - shift + R
Bandage - ctrl + 3
Drink - ctrl + 2
Eat - ctrl + 1
Polymorph - E
Focus Poly - shift + E
Detect Magic - ctrl + E
Focus Detect Magic - ctrl + shift + E
Counterspell - Q
Focus Counterspell - shift + Q
Decurse - 5
Evocate - shift + 4
Wand - 1
Mount - shift + 5
Invisibility - Z
Spellsteal - T
R1 Ice Armor - Shift + 3 (Rogue kiting for 50 mana ftw)

I have all my buffs and conjures bound to my numpad.

[Kaizhi]

My keybinds:

~ - iceblock
shift+~ - coldsnap
r - ice barrier
shift r - summon water elemental
e - counterspell
shift+e - focus counterspell
q - blink
shift+q - polymorph
g - spellsteal
f2 - set target as focus
1 - fireblast
2 - r1 frostbolt
3 - scorch
4 - CoC
5 - frost nova
shift 1 - wand
shift 2 - max rank frostbolt
shift 3 - talisman/icon of the silver crescent
shift 4 - rank 1 coc
v - (rip detect magic)
z - wotf
shift z - pvp trinket
mouse5 - icelance
shift mouse5 - r1 blizz
shift mouse4 - arcane explosion
f3 - decurse mouseover target
f4 - mana gem macro
f5 - evocation
f6 - bandage
ctrl c - cannibalize
shift c - arcane missiles

[Images]

1- icelance
2- frostbolt
3- scorch
4- fireblast
5- adamantite grenade
6- rank1 frostbolt
7- arcane missiles
Q- frostnova
W- blink
E- pet nova(blastwave when im fire)
R- ice barrier
T- trinket
Y- WoTF
A-strafe left
S- default
D- strafe right
F- cone of cold (dragons breath when im fire)
G- AE
H- Evocation
Z- iceblock
X- mount
C- coldsnap
f1- summon pet
f2- spellsteal
f3- counterspell
f4- sheep(non focus)
f5- sheep focus
s1- wand
sW- decurse
sR- mana shield
sX- flying mount
sG- AE r1
[-frostward
]-fireward
directional buttons- conjure water/food/mana gems
~ PTT for vent

im sure theres more i tend to bind everything i can, i move almost exclusively with my mouse only using the keyboard to strafe

overall id say keybindings are going to be varied from player to player and no one setup will be best for everyone

[Pharaun]

Best tip I can give is to have things that are close to one hand (left hand default). If you have to move your fingers farther than say 5, t, g, b with a default WASD move bind (maybe farther depending on hand size), you're probably too far to the right. Bind ` to 5, q/e to t, f, g, z to v or b, go from there imo.

My binds:

s-CHAR = shift + char
c-CHAR = ctrl + char
---- : r# Ability = -----: /cast Ability(Rank #)


` : mana tap (lol)
s-` : spellsteal ----- these two used to be detect / focus detect, but there's no more detect magic :(
1 : blink
2 : r1 FN
3 : fireblast
4 : icelance
5 : Frostbolt
s-5 : r1 Frostbolt
s-1: pet attack
s-2: pet freeze
s-3: pet passive
s-4: summon pet
c-1: arcane torrent (bad keybind)
c-2: iceblock (bad keybind, not too bad)
c-3: coldsnap
c-4: arcane missiles (hardly used)
c-5: alternates between scorch and arcane blast with
a-5: other one from above ^
R: pvp trinket
s-R: healing trinket / dps trinket (/14)
T: CoC
s-T: r1 CoC
Y: AE
s-Y: r1 AE
U: feather fall (lol)
F: /assist
s-F: /focus
G: polymorph
s-G: /cast [target=focus] polymorph
V: counterspell
s-V: /cast [target=focus] counterspell
C: fireward
s-C: frostward
X: decurse
Z: icebarrier
s-Z: mana shield
Mouse Button 4: Autorun (err, bad)
Mouse Button 5: Vent

I'm forgetting something...

Things with bad binds for me:
(iceblock), Arcane torrent, cold snap (fucking control key), autorun (shouldn't be bound lol)

Things that probably should be bound that aren't:
Eating, r1 Ice armor, evocation, mana gem, wand, mount, random buffs (WTB KEYPAD :( ),

Things I need to change:
Q/E need to be skill bound, not strafe. A/D are already strafe, redundant keybinds.
I need a non-laptop keyboard, because the ctrl button is seriously fucked up here.

[Haet]

~ - coldsnap
1 - lance
2 - FB
3 - CS
4 - fireblast
5 - CoC
6 - summon WE / WE attack target macro
7 - AM
alt + ~ - Fnova (it would make more sense to swap this with the coldsnap binding tho)
alt + 1 - AE
alt + 2 - IB
alt + 3 - CS focus macro
alt + 4 - sheep
alt + 5 - icebarrier
ctrl + 3 - scorch

shift + - 1 pet attack
shift + 2 - pet passive

shift + z - r1 blizzard
shift + x - flamestrike
shift + c - blizzard

F - escape artist
alt+F - PvP Trinket
shift + F - IB with /cancel aura macro

R - Blink

front thumb mouse button - ranged nova
alt + front thumb - fireward
shift + front thumb - frost ward
ctrl + front thumb - decurse

middle mouse - spellsteal
alt + middle mouse - detect magic (/sigh)
ctrl + middlemouse - slowfall
ctrl + middle mouse - wand

back thumb mouse button - vent

alt + f4 - close wow

I really like useing alt + normal keys because it is very comfortable to drop your thumb on the alt key and press the second key of the combo compared to pressing shift with your pinky and twisting your hand around to the other key.

[frst]

Haet, I was Yan (gnome mage) in Taken back on Destro before everyone xferred to Nazjatar. <3

[Haet]

Haet, I was Yan (gnome mage) in Taken back on Destro before everyone xferred to Nazjatar. <3

no wai o.O

good to see yuh