Best Apex Legends Keybinds, Keyboard Placement, and How To Practice

Today we cover literally every keybind I use and why. The best keybinds to utilize and how you can get comfortable using them. But also we breakdown the pros and cons of keyboard placement along with why you use the scroll wheel and button mapping.
Remember end of the day, this is all personal preference, but hopefully explaining what I utilize can help you on your journey to finding your best keybind settings for you!
Timestamps:
00:00 Best Keybinds For Keyboard Video Introduction
01:47 Best Keyboard Positioning
03:39 Prior Gaming Experience That Helped
04:17 Keys You Can Reach Effectively
04:47 My Keybinds & Why I Chose Them
09:26 Using 1-5 For Weapon Switching
10:10 When To Utilize The Scroll Wheel
12:10 How & Why You Should Practice
My Personal Keybinds On Apex Legends
1 - Primary Weapon
2 - Secondary Weapon
3 - Holster
4 - Melee
Q - Tactical
W - Forward
Scroll Wheel Up - Forward
A - Left
S - Back
D - Right
E - Healing Wheel
R - Reload
F - Interact
C - Crouch Hold
Z - Crouch Toggle
X - Blank (I kept accidentally hitting this
Shift - Walk (Currently set to auto run)
V - Ultimate
M - Map
G - Grenade
Alt - Ping
Space - Jump
Scroll Wheel Down - Jump
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♦️ Channel Manager
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♫ Music
Water World OST
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[@Dazs]

Remember end of the day, this is all personal preference, but hopefully explaining what I utilize can help you on your journey to finding your best keybind settings for you! Timestamps: 00:00 Best Keybinds For Keyboard Video Introduction 01:47 Best Keyboard Positioning 03:39 Prior Gaming Experience That Helped 04:17 Keys You Can Reach Effectively 04:47 My Keybinds & Why I Chose Them 09:26 Using 1-5 For Weapon Switching 10:10 When To Utilize The Scroll Wheel 12:10 How & Why You Should Practice

[@JanyJonga]

I think that binding as many things you will need to do while strafing to your thumb like holster or or tactical. Also I don’t think that crouch as C is a good bind, I think shift is the best bind for apex because you have to crouch a lot and this game is movement heavy and the rest of the binds be sprinkled around like having a movement bind on each finger (other than your middle finger, W and S) because movement is 100% the most important thing you need to have accessible. (Thoughts on this??)

[@Dazs]

@@JanyJonga it’s a matter of what feels comfortable for you. I used C in world of Warcraft for spells and got used to moving while hitting it after thousands of hours. So putting anything on C is comfortable for me.

[@friskyhawk7426]

Can u plz reply me all your keybinds from top to botom but just key binds plz wil realy apriciate

[@MegrelMamba]

@@Dazs Is using Q as the crouch/slide button a good idea?

[@sleevyy]

@@MegrelMamba no

[@samiyt6453]

1- primary 2- secondary 3- holster 4- melee Q- tactical E- heal wheel F- interact R- Reload G- Ordinance wheel Z- crouch toggle C- crouch hold V- Ultimate Wheel down- jump Wheel up- tap strafe

[@gio7264]

Weird asf

[@N1xko]

@@gio7264 lol i use the same binds

[@xddaddyquandale6861]

Thanks

[@mmayojr]

I'm making the switch from console/controller to PC this week and I'm committing to MnK. This was so helpful my dude! Thank you for putting out a quality tutorial!

[@JalapenA-ri6lj]

Dude I’m doing the same thing lmk how your journey goes

[@r3dcloud]

i’ve already made the switch and i’m absolutely trash at M&K and it’s even more discouraging cause i’m a Apex Predator on xbox 😫😭 but i refuse to play controller on PC.

[@mmayojr]

@@r3dcloud You'll get back to it. I'm starting to get much better than I was only 2 months ago. Already starting to cruise through plat, on my way to Diamond, then the real fun begins. I also refuse to play controller on PC. Add me if you wanna play. I'm on Steam, Nuke Dukem is my tag.

[@kadenalavrado2242]

Yo it’s been a month since u commented this how’s the keyboard grind?

[@mmayojr]

@@kadenalavrado2242 it's been great bro. Definitely coming along faster than I thought. Still a lot fat fingering but everything else is coming along. It's been a lot of fun. I have loved all the new challenges with making the switch!

[@c88wayne3]

Great vid. The hardest for me has been crouch binds and weapon swapping.. once you get those down it’s smooth sailing.

[@WAZZupbruvv]

Wtf! I’ve literally moved from console to pc and was searching for a video on exactly this 1 hour ago!! Keyboard is so hard!!!

[@EXQUIS1T3]

It's gonna be hard at first because you're not used to positioning your hands for mouse and keyboard. It's gonna take a week or two but once you're used to that position you can easily get used to everything else(movement,aim etc ..)

[@JanyJonga]

You are the only reason I still play, I was just thinking about changing binds too. THANK YOU!

[@CaptainSprinkles1985]

I was literally thinking about checking out a different key bind setup yesterday... Thanks 👍😎😙

[@alexnrusty]

I came from wow as well! I played from WOTLK till 2021. I had control, shift, and alt mods on all of my keybinds! Just got MnK today with my new laptop; I've been following you're channel prior when I was on console. Thanks for the vids!

[@ZeekTYT]

love your videos man thank you keep doing what your doing i’m always going to watch you’ve been helping me so much since i just started mnk

[@illusion6739]

Your so comfortable! From time to time your pinky is petrified and I think it’s hilarious! True comfort on the keyboard! First timer here. I think I just downloaded your aimlab creations! Thanks!

[@SouthpawDG]

As far as the practicing goes, I know I’m not the only one who throws myself in the deep end to learn, in my experience it was way easier for me to learn my key binds and these keybinds by going into the best movement map - worlds edge (which at the time of writing this is in competitive) and go into the construction building or just capital city in general to put myself in difficult situations so I can learn

[@jammergames7200]

Thanks bro. I’ve been on controller for years and wanted to start keyboard and mouse. This helped me out a lot.

[@MrStubbs8157]

I love that you are is ng your keyboard like an expensive cup of tea..with the pinky up 😋 Classy!

[@Ornfjader90]

Please make a video about auto sprint and shift modifiers. Would love to hear your thoughts on it!

[@eatmyp1ckle100]

@Dazs this is actually a goated video good fucking stuff my guy much love keep this grind going definitely gonna be in the stream tomorrow 💯💯💯

[@rainbowhxlic9001]

Thanks so much for this video this help me out a lot !

[@Lagz2Glitchez]

Very helpful sir! Got my sub!

[@gormiksoc]

I'm not sure whether I should prioritize being able to hit space bar while holding crouch because I can just use scroll wheel? However, then I won't able to tap strafe because I'll have to use my scroll wheel both directions. Maybe I should use toggle crouch for those scenarios? But then that gets complicated. I'll give you my full keybinds if you're interested.

[@connorjphilip6084]

Always bringing out the highest quality apex tutorials keep it up 😁

[@32bit_mo]

When you play with your keyboard angled like this it gives your thumbs a better reach for right side of the keyboard like “J” “K”. I play with “G” “F” “G” “H” as my wasd it’s super weird to play like this, but you can press much more keys. I also sometimes use a half keyboard for more mouse space, I use a extremely low game sense and high DPI (about 6k) so the movement it more snappy.

[@shootinstuff1079]

I think there's an app you can run while playing that shows you "hot" keys, as in the buttons you press most while playing and you can look at that after and plan your keybinds with that in mind. Not exactly sure if that's how it works inforget where I saw it. Also I wish my pinky was that independent I don't have finger dexterity like that lol.

[@pranav774]

So helpful, you are the best ❤️. I think octane is the best for rank push in kings canyon what do you think?

[@alvesvaren]

I’ve always liked using back/forward on my mouse for weapon switching. I have forward to next weapon and back for holster. I still have 1 and 2 bound just in case i want to bring up the other weapon without first picking up the holstered weapon

[@hxntr4479]

thank u for the tips

[@apalogiesg5973]

What kind of key board do you have? I really like it. And thanks for the video it really helps out a lot I’m brand new to m&k tryin so hard learn.

[@serasleepy]

Nice vid, not a lot of people talk about things like positioning when you are actually playing- also YOU HAVE HANDS?

[@skitteryoh9949]

Great vid

[@Gabriel-it5jy]

I came from wow also...Thanks for your videos mate.

[@MichaelButlerC]

I'm curious as to what you have for: heat shield, sniper zoom, and change firing mode? I don't see those listed.

[@phant0mdummy]

That hard pinky out is insane. Them hands are so small and not designed for outdoor work, or any labor. But the pinky is so riddled with stiffness.

[@UniqueHash]

Hey man love the videos u post! I'm in the market for new keyboard, mind telling me what u use in this video?

[@coolbrotherf127]

Interesting. I still use Ctrl for my main hold to crouch button. I use Q to switch back to my last used weapon. That way I can do the 1 step slide jump and immediately have my weapon back out. V is my alternate hold to crouch so I can hit it easily for a super glide. F is my melee, Z for ult and my side mouse button for tactical. Rest is pretty much default. I didn't like having tactical on Q since I used to hit it on accident when I was new to Apex back in the day.

[@zlowe3643]

What elegant pinky placement

[@shutomasi]

Tip: If your hand is reasonably large and your keyboard uses the US layout (not ISO/EU), move all your keys once to the right (except tab, caps, shift, and ctrl). The far left side keys stay within reach but you can reach 6 easier and because you moved Q/A/Z to the right you can use those keys for other binds.

[@brianw2912]

I do this as well 6'4" large hands -- more comfortable

[@NazraT1704]

@@brianw2912 I’m also 6’4, I think I’ve got big hands, have to get at least larger for gloves so just assuming. But now I’m thinking of trying this out How long did it take to get used to?

[@vermillionranger8558]

I have small hands and I did the same thing, it gave me access to so many more buttons I couldn't reach! I definately recommend

[@dealornodealproductions7314]

Down scrool for interact, up wheel for cycle/swap. 2 side buttons on mouse for tactical and ultimate.

[@Marcusdrabo]

What do u mean by cycle/swap

[@yaima7]

@@Marcusdrabo weapons

[@tzarvolver]

Goated just cus the Waterworld SNES ost

[@djAmored]

E - forward D- Back S- strafe left R - strafe right W - holster R - primary T- secondary V- reload C- use/opendoors 5 - ult Z- crouch Space - jump Q- pickup (rampart item pick up) Wheeldown - jump Wheelup - tap strafe G - nades H- mobile respawn/heat shield Alt - ping Mouae3 - melee Side mouse button 4- tactical, Side mouse 5 - healing. I've been using ESDF long before I found out WASD was the standard🤣

[@mewmew8189]

Wish I'd had this video 2 months ago when I switched from PS4 😥 I found my dexterity with strafing and pressing LCTRL was an issue. I rebound crouch to LALT as a solution, but the keyboard angle would've worked as well. Great suggestion!

[@GeekyDud]

I naturally tilt my keyboard at a slight angle just because it's comfortable, and I'm able to do it without it hitting my mouse because I have a 60% keyboard. Seriously, if you've never tried a 60% or TKL keyboard, try it, it will change your life. I could never go back.

[@FesteringRatSub]

Daz, can I ask what keyboard you prefer for Apex Legends. I am looking for a new one.

[@kanggvng]

Tilting my keyboard isn't even about mouse space for me, it just makes hitting Ctrl with my pinky 1000 times easier and overall just has a better feel

[@shujihar2410]

My keyboard is my laptop with a 1440p monitor hooked up to it and honestly I've never really had to worry much about it because I've noticed after about a match or two of my laptop being horizontal it just ends up angled towards my screen just based on how my hands sit and interact with the keyboard, up and down angling took a couple months as I keep my laptop on a cooling pad so I have 5 heights including just flat so testing around was weird to notice the differences

[@mazdaeight]

I've been looking at cooling pads. Some say they work, some say they don't. What's your opinion and what pad do you use?

[@ultradmann2367]

So I just started on pc and I have no clue what to do with the scroll wheel down because I don't know how to bunny hop. Soooo what is recommended

[@luxr4y581]

My keybinds are f'ed up.. I came from fortnite back in pre season. I switched mice and everything and my binds are as follows: 4 - Ping wheel Wasd - moving Q - tactical E - loot, Open doors etc R - reload T - emote wheel Y - ultimate F - weapon 2 G - weapon 1 J - heal wheel X - melee C - toggle crouch V - Switch firing mode Shift - sprint Ctrl - hold crouch Alt - inventory On my mouse: Middle mouse - Grenade wheel Left Side 1 - holster Left side 2 - Ping enemy Wheel Up - W Wheel down - jump Binds are the hardest to master for me... I played a lot of fps games and always Had weapon switching on my mouse wheel and after 10+ years its hard to break that habit

[@shootinstuff1079]

You should make a video on how to increase finger dexterity

[@JanyJonga]

that would be nuts

[@shootinstuff1079]

@@JanyJonga I know I'm not the only one who's ring and pinky finger have to move at the same time lol

[@CornSoupYT]

The pinkie bro 😆

[@foxeybtw4386]

where do i find the settings to set on tapstrafing pls help

[@SineTT]

I love you

[@yanchentao988]

I never understand why people use that left-side up right-side down keyboard tilt instead of left-side down right-side up, wouldn't that give your mouse more room to work with? Since your right hand movement is essentially within a fan with the radius of your forearm. Plus your left arm would be in a more natural position.

[@verxan4436]

What modifications did you do to your g305? I do want to cut down on the weight of mine a bit.

[@kikopaisbrandao569]

He just doesnt use the back and i think i saw a reachargble battery but not sure, try it ou tho

[@stance076]

that one piece of hair on the keyboard was messing with me lol

[@dharmeshmistry342]

Put weapon swap and holster on mouse buttons, you won’t regret it.

[@Yayoyoddu]

Hi Bro, wich keyboard are you using? Thanks for your channel!

[@Dazs]

Using Ducky II, was using the Logitech keyboard

[@cozyy7442]

which keyboard do u use ?

[@shaneWARs1]

The holster is the one that u can't get in my head and where to bind it lol

[@evanbutler9813]

slide run and jump bind and how to rar strafe for me are what i find hard im a controller player

[@PS-yc6yj]

what is of your Mouswheel Bottom

[@highedupgaming6288]

Seems like every time you use number keys to change weapons you also let go of W which would slow your movement tho right? I’m trying to figure out how to best use the number keys, kinda hard for me lol..

[@dutchmasters140]

Yea that’s the problem I’m having

[@rxmy6690]

I can't hit my number keys because I have small hands so I need to use scroll wheel down to cycle weapons. It sucks because I need to choose between zipline mechanics and b-hops, or tap strafing. I chose tap strafing though

[@iitz_yuzer]

I had changed the ultimate keybind from Z to C

[@DeepCover66]

Had no issues with the cleanliness of your setup. Thanks for the disclaimer there. Now that ratty mouse on the other hand... thats a whole nother convo bro.

[@Dazs]

Yeah, it was in storage haha! XD That poor mouse, I pulled it out just for this video.

[@TadaOU]

what is inventory for him?

[@abp.records]

Why dont u use ur side mouse buttons, i have punch and swap weapon on those

[@NiCow2]

What keyboard is this please ?

[@Auxilience]

What keyboard do you use?

[@Anthony-123]

What keyboard are you using?

[@kerfuffle7859]

I aint judging the mousepad...I AM judging that mouse though Dazs ...xD

[@GalacticYuna]

I personally have very little tilt but that's also because of my higher sense and small mousepad My primary and secondary weapons are on mouse and on 3, with holster on 1 for me. I have this mainly because of my fortnite experience. My punch is on f and my healing is all on 4, And i don't actually think i use q for anything... I have v for crouch for attempts to superglide lol

[@Snoooo]

Tilting your keyboard comes from early days of CS (and other older LAN games) when ppl went on LAN's and had limited desk space because they were sitting side by side. It doesn't give any real benefits and kids who have enough desk space do it only because some older pros do it (because they got used to it when they were younger).

[@Dazs]

Hence my comfort in doing it. I actually for years in NYC had limited desk space. I have solid desk space now, but I am so comfortable at an angle and sitting at an angle that moving into a full frontal position feels super awkward and my arms feels spanned out to far. I know I am sitting properly though and don’t need to make major adjustments. :)

[@GalacticYuna]

@@Snoooo yeah i guess it depends a lot on your circumstance. My hands feel cramped if they're closer together when having a tilted keyboard, but that's probably to do with my past as a laptop ganer

[@32bit_mo]

If you want you mouse to really glide, get a glass track pad and mouse pads.

[@cos1790]

What keyboard is this?

[@ACE112ACE112]

1:44 what happened to your mouse

[@cuceng16]

it's that logitech G304/G305 Mouse?

[@dove3388]

does anyone have a good keybind for sprint other than left shift? I want to switch from autosprint but holding shift with my pinky is uncomfortable for me.

[@cyber4598]

Set sprint to toggle, so you only have to tap shift to sprint, works pretty well for me.

[@xanjamz7133]

I use space bar since jump is scroll wheel

[@zomorion9183]

I literally just changed my keybinds lol.

[@uzumacky1918]

I thought I am weird and the only one with the left pinky stretched the same way you do...I found my brother

[@jnub]

i think mine are pretty weird so might as well share (keep in mind youll need a mouse with two left side buttons): forward: w/scroll up left: a back: s right: d weapon 1: t weapon 2: g holster: x tactical: mouse 4 ultimate: z heal/heal menu: 4 melee: q crouch (hold): ctrl run (auto sprint off): shift inspect: n map: m other legend ability: 3 push to talk: mouse 5 survival item: right alt jump: spacebar/scroll down ordnance/ordnance menu: c ping/ping menu: f interact: e alternate interact: left alt reload: r spray/voice line/emote menu: 1 weapon mode: b

[@Tamprd]

Heat shields keybind?

[@jacobvaerst1300]

I literally cannot learn this game on mouse and key because I’m a level 2 getting into lobbies with tons of smurfs. Like I wanna learn m and k but like it’s impossible

[@MrWasayB]

That pinky finger was just a spectator for this entire video, lmao

[@gormiksoc]

What do you think of using mouse side buttons for the weapons, I find numbers a bit too out of reach given the importance of weapon switching. I use ESDF layout

[@zlowe3643]

I just be using the Q key to swap my weapons

[@reeztheg4728]

@@zlowe3643 is it difficult ?

[@zlowe3643]

@@reeztheg4728 honestly trying to remember the keys can be annoying I still mess up a lot and want to give up at times🥲… but I’ll keep grinding until I master kbm

[@reeztheg4728]

@@zlowe3643 Oh okay i see , because i'm thinking of changing my keybinds and use Q to swap weapon but yeah it will definitly take some time , i hope you will succeed 👍🙏.

[@Cabouie]

How do you guys manage to effectively hit [1-5] ? i.e. to hit 2 I have to let go of the w

[@gabeyt493]

Press 2 with ring finger

[@vixantenna]

what the pinky doin

[@yungcobe8354]

ayy i have the same keyboard

[@kennedyallen3613]

Well to make for that angle just go ijkl

[@NationJJ]

Ping key?

[@InfinityGAU]

do u dont have a batterie in ?

[@Dazs]

It is a modded G305 for less weight, been testing it, been fun to use :D

[@barleytalk9622]

Him not using his pinky is bothering me hahah

[@goatbirdman]

what about ping?

[@bencolpaert4392]

Yo relax that pinkie bro

[@soratay123]

Switching weapon with 1and2 is the most uncomfortable thing to me

[@b-rad7708]

lol, why does the background music sound straight out of a early 2000's porno. lol

[@GMoNeY2969]

You must not have much space on your desk. Only reason people starting doing that was for LAN tournaments. The desk spaces were too small so people trained themselves to use it like that. Keep it horizontal if you have enough space on your desk. Oh and bro, not everyones thumbs are the same. I literally cannot press C,V,or B with my thumb, if I try my fingernail is whats pressing the button. My thumbs are rotated differently than yours. Lucky you though, I wish i could press those with my thumb.

[@Wineblood]

"R of course is reload" I can't watch this any more. My reload has been middle mouse for years and I don't understand how people use R for that.

[@gtx1650max-q]

back to you man

[@act1v335]

Wallah

[@m4nga705]

I don't really like how you have binded your healing to e, cause if you are selecting your heals, you can't have full movement (same with ability on q, eventhough I think that wouldn't matter as much). I have binded healing and ability on my mouse, but you could also bind them to your thumb or pinky.

[@Dazs]

Yeah, it’s more sharing a mindset, what feels comfortable for someone else might not work for them. But understanding what keys are flexible and what works can help you map your keybinds.

[@ciroelim]

I’m very distracted by the pinky

[@1fdom]

Im just saying this, just find out your own keybinds on your own, no keybinds are bad!

[@Dazs]

Exactly this!! Perfect comment! :)

[@1fdom]

@@Dazs ty ;)

[@jamesmorgan4020]

modded g305 gang

[@dirty_danglz3570]

Pinky finger look like it hurts

[@danieldarko3778]

It’s kind of ridiculous how weird gamers still play on very long reticular keyboards that weren’t initially designed for gamers we really need to innovate the keyboard so we don’t have a giant clunk on her desk