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DotA 2 – Basic Setup and Keymap GuideBy: KingZi0n - v1.0

The Peregrine has been thoroughly tested in DotA 2 and if used properly will

result in greater focus, increased in-game awareness, and quicker reaction timewhen activating abilities and items. This guide presents a starting point for

using the glove in game, but remember that you can tweak and customize it for

your unique play style. With some time and practice we are confi dent that the

Peregrine will give you an advantage!

DOWNLOAD DotA2_Basic.pkf

This basic layout is ideal for most play styles and is covered in this guide.

Download and place it in your keymap folder.  

Thumb Tip Thumb Fat Palm

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 Abilities and Items

The layout below shows a sample Tinker setup. The hotkeys QWER are placed

on your Thumb Tip Pad to fingertip TouchPoints.  Attack “A” and Stop “S” are

on the side of the pointer finger (shown on page 1). Secondary Abilities  “D”

and “F” are on the sides of the middle and ring finger (shown on page 1).

Item Slots 1, 2, 3 are placed just below the fingertips, and Item Slots 4, 5, 6 go

on the next joint down. This layout makes it easy to remember the item slots.

(Imagine a virtual grid laid out on your fingers that corresponds with the in-game

item slots)

  NOTE: Build from

WinkieDuck Tinker Guide

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Thumb Fat

The Thumb Fat is setup with F1 for quick

hero selection and TAB to cycle through

controllable units. The Thumb Fat is very

versatile. Some users program it to levelup abilities ( CTRL+Q,W,E,R ), or for shop

hotkeys. Other great keys to bind here are

Secondary Abilities  “D” and “F” or “Y”

for Chat Wheel. Chat wheel prompts are

great too, such as programming “B” to

send a chat message to your team to fall

back (See DotA 2 menu options). The

Thumb Fat works exceptionally well for

activating TouchPoints located on the

sides of the fingers. While not assigned in

this basic guide, advanced users may

want to assign additional hotkeys to fi nger

side to Thumb Fat combinations.

Palm Pad

The Palm Pad has C to select the courier,

 ALT for map ping, B for shop, and G fortower fortification. The Palm Pad is the

“panic pad” and great for hotkeys you

want to activate quickly, so adjust it to

your preference. Some users program the

palm with hotkeys for shop and quick buy,

item slots, voice chat, stats view, etc. The

Palm Pad is a very useful so we

recommend spending time thinking

through the ideal configuration for your

play style.

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 Advanced Layout Setup

Item & Ability Combos - When placing items in slots during the game, consider

what abilities you may use in connection with the item. For example, if you are

playing Tiny  and purchase a Blink Dagger, you may want to place the Blink

Dagger in Item Slot 1. When you activate your Blink Dagger (on the fi rst joint ofthe Pointer Finger) you can quickly slide your thumb up to activate  Avalance (on

the fingertip of the Pointer Finger). If you want to combo Blink then Toss

instead, just move the Blink Dagger over to Item Slot 2.

Extra Unit Selection – If you are playing a hero with controllable units (Lone

Druid, Chen, etc.) set up the fingertip to thumb fat TouchPoints to select or cycle

units. This is an easy to remember setup since pointer fingertip to thumb fat is

already hero select. You can use TAB to cycle through units, or assign unit

groupings by programming unit group numbers to the fingertips.

( Example: Lone Druid – Setup the middle finger tip to be 2, then select the bear

and press CTRL+2 on the keyboard to assign the bear to Unit Group 2. Then

select Lone Druid and his bear, and assign them to Unit Group 3, and setup the

ring fingertip to be 3. Now Pointer Fingertip will select Lone Druid, Middle

Fingertip will select the bear, and Ring Fingertip will select both Lone Druid and

the bear.)

More Than 4 Abilities - For heroes with more than 4 activatible abilities (such as

Keeper of the Light) you can place extra abilities on TouchPoints below the

finger tips, or on the side of the fingers activated by the Thumb Fat (see Thumb

Fat section above). If you place extra abilities on the first joint of the fingers you

may need to reduce or rearrange TouchPoints that trigger items. Experiment tosee what works best for you.

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Summary 

This guide provides a basic Peregrine keymap layout for DotA 2 but is only a

starting point. As you gain in-game experience with the Peregrine Glove you

may want to modify the hotkeys of various TouchPoints to suit your play style.

Learn what feels most comfortable for you and make changes accordingly. Likeany new device, the Peregrine will take some practice to master. It will take

some adjustment to get used to typing with the Peregrine on, but after several

games it should be fine.

Thank you for reading this guide, we hope you have a great time with your

Peregrine Glove. Please send comments, ideas and Peregrine stories to:

info@theperegrine.com --- we would love to hear from you!

Credits

Tinker build from WinkieDuck Tinker Guide

Juggernaut and Dragon Knight artwork from  Abadauy

 Axe artwork from FKAwesome

Tidehunter artwork from Kadoodles

Guide feedback from SirLabalot

Learn more at:

www.ThePeregrine.com

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