Guides/Useful Shopmenu Binds
Below is a helpful list of binds for the shopmenu. These items are generally the most useful in any case.
There are many more shopitems to look through and maybe use depending on what you're playing and, more importantly, what you're playing against.
Every line beginning with "bind" below needs to be input into your developer console accessed through the tilde (`) button just to the left of the 1 button.
If you haven't enabled it, it is easy to do; simply open settings, click on game, and it should be the first option to enable.
For more information regarding binding, check out this guide regarding keybinding.
Where you see "<key>" replace it with the key which you desire.
For example I have my Necklace of Immunity bound to the number 8 on my keypad, so in console I put:
bind kp_8 "shopmenu necklace_immunity"
hint: you can paste the entire code block in console at once!
bind KP_1 css_1; bind KP_2 css_2; bind KP_3 css_3; bind KP_4 css_4; bind KP_5 css_5; bind KP_6 css_6; bind KP_7 css_7; bind KP_8 css_8; bind KP_9 css_9;
Passive Items
bind <key> "shopmenu necklace_immunity"
Costs: 4k
It makes you immune to most active skills, so typically abilities and ultimates.
bind <key> "shopmenu periapt"
Costs: 7.5k
It grants you an additional 50 hit points from wherever you're at.
bind <key> "shopmenu boots_speed"
Costs: 4k
It grants you an additional 20% move speed; it's not much, but it's often better than nothing.
Defensive Items
bind <key> "shopmenu helmet_excellence"
Costs: 6k
It nullifies headshots against you; highly recommended if playing against people that can aim.
Kill Items
bind <key> "shopmenu book_cannibal"
Costs: 4k
It allows you to heal 10 and 20 hit points after every kill. It's pretty useful for prolonging your life.
Death Items
bind <key> "shopmenu ankh_rein"
Costs: 1.5k
Saves your primary and secondary weapons only. Useful when not playing a race with free guns.
I recommend not buying this until you're dead. It takes up a potentially useful shop item slot otherwise.
Experience Items
bind <key> "shopmenu tome_gambling"
Costs 10k
It grants a random amount of experience from 100-1000.
This is generally considered the best way to buy experience as the other tomes aren't very large for their cost.
bind <key> "shopmenu tome_opportunity"
Costs: 1.5k
It grants a random amount of experience from 1-120.
Generally speaking this isn't recommended unless it's last round and you're trying to spend all your money before map change.
bind <key> "shopmenu tome_experience"
Costs: 4k
It grants 125 experience.
bind <key> "shopmenu big_tome_experience"
Costs: 7.5k
It grants 250 experience.
Honestly kinda a garbage item since it costs slightly less than twice as much as the tome of experience, but for only twice as much experience.
In general both the fixed number tomes are garbage items, but here they are for posterity.
Farming Items
bind <key> "shopmenu book_reaper"
Costs: 4k
Gain 30 extra experience per kill. This is good for farming when you're against bots only.
bind <key> "shopmenu book_xp"
Costs: 3k
Gain 60 experience when purchased, and gain an additional 30 experience each time you start a round with it.
This, too, is great for farming bots. I recommend combining these two items with the book of cannibalism for long and fruitful bot farming. At least until it gets ruined or something.