General DiscussionHow to set up control groups with illusion heroes?

ctrl + hotkey : makes a group of selected units
shift + hotkey : adds the selected units to the group

u can change group hotkeys in settings, i use 1-5
u can set the groups in demo once and it stays forever

^^ Hold the fuck.
So shift+hotkey adds the unit to selection.??

Man the amount of time that I wasted making those control groups not knowing this. Pepehands

i didnt know either till i played wc3 months ago
there is no actual use for it tbh, maybe on prophet u can do some meaningful stuff
u can remove a unit from a group too, idk the hotkey. maybe ctrl + shift

don't waste your time with setting illusions to hotkeys. just have one key set to your main hero, another key set to all other units besides your main hero, and then one for all units.

then shift queue actions for your main hero and then tell your illusions to go somewhere and then click each one and shift queue what they do individually. it's better and more efficient.

That's very useful considering the time efficiency it provides.
For instance, to bind cent+ensnare creep together when controlling multiple creeps.
Before knowing this, I'd have to move centaur and troll on one side, select them manually and make the group. If they die and I bind a new one, it's again same tedious process.
In case of techies, this helps bind the moving mines, without having to manually select all mines to update the control group.

As for illusions and treants, just selecting one illusion(same type) or treant(same type) and double tapping the hotkey selects all similar units.

Shift + control group is cool tip. "I'd have to move centaur and troll on one side" - yeah, with shift that way you can target and group them accurately and fast them being in the mass of units.

who the fuck binds a centaur with a troll. whats even the purpose of that? are u a puss? sending your combo to the fight sitting back on your main hero??? in reality when u play against some human beings, its not even working. nobody gonna sit there get stunned by your centa + troll combo when your hero is not there. u should be there to bait them in your stun. just bind them on different keys. they dont even have a same attack type. one is range one is melee
tabbing between units is the worse thing. atleast for me with 140 ping the delay makes everything messy

I like to bind my units based on their purpose.

1-> CC group (max 2 units)
2-> Slows / nukes (max 2 units)
3-> Auras (remaining unit slots)

Before you say anything, I'm a lazy guy who plays p5 AA and I don't plan on improving my micro anytime soon. This is just for those rare Chen games (all hero challenge).

To play naga there is nothing to do with control. First you need to laern how to farm xd