Anyone wishing to play Ana when she’s released is going to be seriously remiss if they try to play without on-release quick casting. And don’t worry, you can still cancel using the ability by right-clicking - it’s part of what makes On Release so nice, you get to take aim and decide if you have a clear shot or not.Īs you may have guessed, “On Release” is a great setting for any of your skillshots. As I mentioned above, on-release quick casting means you get to aim an ability as long as you hold down the hotkey, and then you can fire it off as soon as you stop holding down the hotkey. On-release quick casting is likely to be your more common choice, especially when you’re first learning how to quick cast. With quick casting on, she’s truly deadly. She attacks fast and makes a habit of bursting heroes down before they can react - but that’s a lot harder to do if you’re hitting a keybind, moving a mouse, and clicking the enemy for each ability. A similar situation can be said for Valeera, who - quite literally - relies on combos. With quick casting on, I can pull off that (fairly critical) combo no problem. Charging an enemy, clicking Overpower’s keybind, then moving my mouse to and clicking on the hero didn’t take long, per se, but it took long enough that the hero would get out of melee range before I could hit them with Overpower. In fact, my first foray into quick casting began when I was consistently missing out on the one-two punch of Diablo’s Shadow Charge and Overpower (or vice versa). Outside of those, another great time to keep quick casting on is when you rely on combo-ing your abilities. When you’re in the thick of a team fight and are the one in charge of keeping your team alive, a split second can make all the difference between life and death for you and your teammates. In general, I tend to use any healing or support-like abilities with quick casting turned on. all typically work very well with quick casting enabled. However, abilities that have specific targets - Malfurion’s Regrowth, Stitches’ Devour, Zarya’s Shield Ally etc. In one match, I forgot I’d set Arthas’ Summon Sindragosa to “On,” and hit my R key… resulting in Sindragosa flying off in the direction of my mouse, missing multiple buildings on the way, and activating the ability’s cooldown. For example, skill-shot type abilities with a long cooldown or simply ones that are important to not miss with aren’t always the best choice. Setting quick cast to “On” can be risky if you don’t know which types of abilities work best for it. That said, I’m an advocate of quick casting, and that’s also what we’re here to talk about - so let’s focus on that! There aren’t a whole lot of situations when I find myself using the default options, but global abilities like Nova’s Precision Strike or Abathur’s Toxic Nests aren’t always time-sensitive abilities and can potentially be used without quick casting. If you’re not sure when to use which type of quick-cast settings, don’t worry - we’re just getting started. If you want to cancel without casting, simply right click before releasing.
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