The best Fortnite keybinds, does it really exist? We hope to shed some light on it in this guide. Recently many of the top professional Fortnite players like Myth, Tfue, and SypherPK announced on stream and YouTube that they had changed their Fortnite keybinds. They did this to keep up to par with the growing crowd of competitive Fortnite players who want to become the next big thing. Building is such an important aspect of Fortnite Battle Royale, so it would be silly not to look into your keybinds to see if there is room for improvement.
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In this guide, we will take a look at what keybinds works best for fast and efficient building strategies and edits, based on what pro players who are considered some of the best builders are using. Now we are not saying that these players are the definitive the best builders, but they are chosen because there is a consensus in the competitive community that these players indeed have some very good building skills. This guide will be focused on PC players, but if we get a lot of requests we might write an article for Xbox and PlayStation as well.
The guide is organized in a way that we will go through one player at a time and explain their keybinds. If you are already planning to change your keybinds after a good amount of time, please bear in mind that it requires a good amount of patience. In the beginning, your muscle memory will not have adopted yet, and you will make many mistakes when you get into action and the battle gets going.
Even pro players like Tfue looked somewhat like a noob right after he changed his keybinds – your brain needs time and practice to adjust properly, and this doesn’t just happen over 10 minutes. If you are making drastic changes, you should probably expect up to a week with consistent gaming before you are completely comfortable with your new keybindings. When that is said, let’s get into looking at the some of the best Fortnite builders, please note they are not in any specific order.
Mongraal Fortnite keybinds
Team Secret Mongraal is considered a very skilled player in the EU and also one of the best builders. In contrast to many other top builders, Mongraal uses his mouse keys for building.
| Action | Input |
|---|---|
| Use | E |
| Jump | Spacebar |
| Crouch | Left Ctrl |
| Harvesting Tool | F |
| Weapon Slot 1 | 2 |
| Weapon Slot 2 | 3 |
| Weapon Slot 3 | 4 |
| Weapon Slot 4 | Q |
| Weapon Slot 5 | X |
| Wall | Thumb Mouse Button 2 |
| Floor | N (bound to mouse DPI button) |
| Stairs | Thumb Mouse Button |
| Roof | T |
| Trap Slot | 5 |
| Building Edit | G |
| Inventory | I |
Myth Fortnite Keybinds
TSM Myth has from the beginning of his Fortnite career gained a reputation as a really fast and good builder. He recently updated his Fortnite keybinds, which can be found below.
| Action | Input |
|---|---|
| Wall | Q |
| Floor | Mouse 5 |
| Stairs | C |
| Roof | E |
| Trap | F5 |
| Building Edit | F |
| Map | M |
| Inventory | Tab |
| Harvesting Tool | 1 |
| Weapon Slot 1 | 2 |
| Weapon Slot 2 | 3 |
| Weapon Slot 3 | 4 |
| Weapon Slot 4 | Mouse Wheel Up |
| Weapon Slot 5 | Mouse Wheel Down |
Jaomock Fortnite Keybinds
FaZe Jaomock is known for his extremely fast building and amazingly enough, he uses the default Fortnite keybinds.
| Action | Input |
|---|---|
| Wall | F1 |
| Floor | F2 |
| Stairs | F3 |
| Roof | F4 |
| Trap | F5 |
| Building Edit | G |
| Map | M |
| Inventory | I |
| Harvesting Tool | 1 |
| Weapon Slot 1 | 2 |
| Weapon Slot 2 | 3 |
| Weapon Slot 3 | 4 |
| Weapon Slot 4 | 5 |
| Weapon Slot 5 | 6 |
Svennoss, another top Fortnite player for NRG Esports, and number 4 most wins in the world is also using the default Fortnite keybinds.
Nick Eh 30 Fortnite Keybinds
Nick Eh 30 is a very popular YouTuber and he is considered to be one of the best and fastest at editing.
| Action | Input |
|---|---|
| Wall | Mouse 5 |
| Floor | Z |
| Stairs | C |
| Roof | V |
| Trap | T |
| Building Edit | F |
| Map | M |
| Inventory | I |
| Harvesting Tool | = |
| Weapon Slot 1 | Mouse Wheel |
| Weapon Slot 2 | Q |
| Weapon Slot 3 | Left Ctrl |
| Weapon Slot 4 | Left Alt |
| Weapon Slot 5 | X |
Tfue Fortnite Keybinds
While he is not considered one of the best builders, he is indeed considered among the top players in the world. We feel that he is interesting to include, since he recently announced that he changed his keybinds to become better and faster at building. He must therefore have done a proper research, since as mentioned before it takes a lot of time to adjust.
| Action | Input |
|---|---|
| Move Forward | W |
| Move Left | A |
| Move Backward | S |
| Move Right | D |
| Jump | Space |
| Sprint | Left Shift |
| Auto Run | Caps Lock |
| Crouch | Left Ctrl |
| Reload | R |
| Use | F |
| Harvesting Tool | 1 |
| Weapon Slot 1 | 2 |
| Weapon Slot 2 | 3 |
| Weapon Slot 3 | 4 |
| Weapon Slot 4 | 5 |
| Weapon Slot 5 | 6 |
| Wall | C |
| Floor | E |
| Stairs | Q |
| Roof | Thumb Mouse 2 |
| Trap Slot | Thumb Mouse |
| Repair/Upgrade | ´ |
| Rotate Building | R |
| Switch Quickbar | P |
| Map | M |
| Inventory | I |
| Building Edit | V |
SypherPK Fortnite Keybinds
SypherPK recently made a YouTube video where he is explaining his new keybinds and why he changed them after many months. He gives some interesting views and I would recommend you to watch it.
| Action | Input |
|---|---|
| Wall | Q |
| Floor | Mouse 4 |
| Stairs | Mouse 5 |
| Roof | O (bound to the mouse DPI switch) |
| Trap | T |
| Building Edit | G |
| Map | M |
| Inventory | I |
| Harvesting Tool | Tab |
| Weapon Slot 1 | E |
| Weapon Slot 2 | R |
| Weapon Slot 3 | C |
| Weapon Slot 4 | X |
| Weapon Slot 5 | Z |
Ninja Fortnite Keybinds
Ninja is without a doubt the most successful Fortnite player. With millions of followers and hundreds of thousands of viewers everytime he streams, he is sitting comfortably on the throne. This is the keybinds he is using.
| Action | Input |
|---|---|
| Wall | Mouse 4 |
| Floor | Q |
| Stairs | Mouse 5 |
| Roof | Left Shift |
| Trap | 5 (bound to mouse DPI switch) |
| Building Edit | G |
| Map | M |
| Inventory | Tab |
| Harvesting Tool | 1 |
| Weapon Slot 1 | 2 |
| Weapon Slot 2 | 3 |
| Weapon Slot 3 | 4 |
| Weapon Slot 4 | Z |
| Weapon Slot 5 | X |
Hamlinz Fortnite Keybinds
Hamlinz, another member of Team SoloMid is also considered a very good Fortnite player and builder.
| Action | Input |
|---|---|
| Wall | F |
| Floor | O (bound to mouse) |
| Stairs | L (bound to mouse) |
| Roof | Q |
| Trap | 5 |
| Building Edit | G |
| Map | M |
| Inventory | Tab |
| Harvesting Tool | 1 |
| Weapon Slot 1 | 2 |
| Weapon Slot 2 | 3 |
| Weapon Slot 3 | 4 |
| Weapon Slot 4 | Z |
| Weapon Slot 5 | X |
Some advice related to Fortnite keybinds
As you can see, it varies a lot what pro players use for their keybinds. Some are really successful with the default keybinds, while others have done a good amount research to find some optimized keybinds for themselves. What is best will also vary from person to person. I could imagine that people with relatively small hands, would find it difficult to use the default keybindings.
What we would recommend, is that you find some keybinds that you find comfortable with and that are not too far away on the keyboard. “But my keybinds are already comfortable” – it might be, they might be the best for you, but I would still consider to give them a check if you are serious about gaming and improving in Fortnite.
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