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1 What do your keybindings look like?

First off, i seem to never have enough keys to bind things to

On all my characters my keybindings have "grown" from what spells i used often and what new spells i gained. Although sometimes i try to do a cleanup and switch things around a bit, trying to make the bindings more efficient.
The primary buttons i use are 1-6, Q,E,V,T,Y and ` (this is the button left of the 1 key on my keyboard).
I dont use the default 7,8,9,0,- or = buttons, i find them too far away to reach for. Also the buttons i use allow me to still have:

tab for targeting. Many ppl i know seem to use tab as a keybind, but i use tab targeting a lot.
R for replies. My brother started using R as a keybind a few months ago and he says its working perfectly! Since R is a really close button for you to reach i can imagine it does work very well. You would have to get used to another reply key tough.
F for assisting. Something i very rarely use these days, so might use F to bind another spell to soon.

So i use 12 keys to bind my stuff: 1-6, Q,E,V,T,Y and `. Of course using only those keys would not nearly give me enough keybindings. So I use modifiers Ctrl and Shift. So that gives me 3x12=36 combinations to use. In addition i use F1-F5 for some additional stuff. F1 is always my PvP trinket, F3 my mount, etc.
The general system is that i use a different modifier for a different set of spells. For instance on my shaman (I am playing elemental) my unmodified keys are my main damage spells, my shift+keys are healing spells and shields, my ctrl+keys are mostly rank 1 spells or totems. On a druid you could have the ctrl+keys for shifting forms.
Another very nice bind I've been using lately is the two buttons on the side of my mouse. I used to have autorun on here , which was fine until I realized i could use one for setting my /focus target and the other for Earthshock (Rank 1) on focus target. This is working really well for me now! i manage to fool around (and switch around) with focus targets a lot faster. Especially in busy environments like BG's (or maybe 5v5) you can jump in focus the enemy paladin, spam lightning bolt on their warrior while you shock every other heal from the paladin almost seamlessly.

(and p.s. Yes i click only a few totems, a res and maybe a healthstone, altough i might bind that aswell soon. I even have Windfury totem binded for any warriors/ret palas in my group ;P )

2 What's the best variant of 40/0/21 for 5v5?

The best variant is anything with overload, clearcasting, NS, totemic mastery, reduced LB casting time and max crit from talents. Rest depends completely on your playstyle, setup, gear, opponents, luck, skill, (god?), etc

3 How do you prefer to gem your gear? What enchants do you use? What trinkets?

I am in full PvP gear so that means im even using the arena totem (resilience when i shock) Battlemasters trinket (Crit rating one) and PvP trinket. I really like the stam/spelldam and stam/resi gems, then with the 3 honor gems and one meta your gem slots are filled quickly.

4 What spells do you downrank?

R1 Earthshock (obviously).
R1 Flameshock is great on rogues before they vanish when you're oom.
R1 Frostshock kiting when you are oom, this will also do quite a lot of damage for a rank 1 spell.
R1 Magma totem. If you are running from a rogue who is stealthed, run in a straight line and pop these down at low mana cost most of them will run right into them.
R1 LB use to be better but still nice when warriors spellreflect or killing some totems at range etc.
I also have some downranked healing spells on my bars.

5 When is the best time to heal, and when is the best time to DPS at all costs?

Very situational question, but id say that healing should be productive if your going to heal at all. So assisting heals on your warrior when he gets bursted is almost always good. But healing your mage who wasted all his cooldowns and is on 0 mana might be a big waste of time and mana on your part. Ofcourse this all depends on if you are able to heal at all at that moment (Los from pillars, range) and if your mana can handle assisting the healing.

6 If focused, what do you do to continue being productive?

In 5v5 i tend to back up and try to get out of Los of ranged opponents while purely focussing on shocking main damage or cc spells while im running. Cyclone, Shadowbolt, Frostbolt are good things to shock trying to minimaze the damage you take and keeping your healers healing you. Also, if you are getting heavily pressured the enemy priest will many times find the time to mana burn, so I keep an eye on this if I can! I dont bother trying to cast LB's while I'm are beeing pressed really hard: Pummel, CS, kick, etc you dont want your nature school locked when you want to shock their casters. As soon as the opportunity presents itself i get myself back to casting them chains/bolts.

7 What mods do you find helpful?

Proximo, i set it up so right clicking someone will set him as my focus target. Works great if you are planning a strategy.
And i use Pitbull so that gives me loads more information about my party. Party targets are really nice, i see their buffs&debuffs clearly, hp, their pets, etc. Also has focus frame in here so i don't need another addon for that.
I also use Chaman2 for my totem management, it has timers, and saves much much space on your bars for totems that you rarely use anyways (But often enough that you don't want to look trough your spellbook everytime).

Cheerz,

Tez[/quote]