Option to Have Champion Names in Place of Usernames Above Health Bars

Floofzy Kitten·1/17/2020, 2:54:01 PM·62 votes·15,530 views

Just for the record, I'm colourblind and have colourblind mode on, but with all the different skins in the game I can't tell some champions apart quickly. For example, if I'm in a game and multiple of my opponents are using mecha kingdom skins, it takes me a few seconds to distinguish which champion they're playing. This isn't exclusive to those skins either, I have had previous issues where I have misjudged what champion someone was using due to their skin (I've gotten one of LeeSin skins mixed up with one of Shen ).

The simple fix for this problem is to have an option in the settings to show, instead of Summoner names above the health bar, the champion name. Of course with the ability to still see their username when looking at the scoreboard.

40 Comments

Make Me Wet1/17/2020, 3:56:39 PM16 votes

I would also like an option to turn off skins entirely for client side, because skill shots are so hard to see in some of them. Like karma's dark matter skin, I can't see her Q shooting at all.

Metal Janna1/17/2020, 6:36:58 PM10 votes

When I first started playing this is what I thought would happen when I unchecked "show summoner names". It just seems like an obvious feature. Maybe replace the "show summoner names" checkbox with a selection box called "name shown above champion health bars" that allows you to select between "Summoner name", "Champion name", and "Neither"?

McKuntalds1/18/2020, 2:43:21 AM5 votes

Really ? You dont want to admire swagpusseymaster's username in lane ? Shame on you

BigFBear1/17/2020, 7:38:39 PM4 votes

Community ask for this since years. Riot doesn't care.

Yordle Xayah1/17/2020, 11:10:22 PM3 votes

Turn off names. They're visual clutter when you're trying to fight.

Mangled Puppets1/19/2020, 1:55:24 AM2 votes

Riot used to have a philosophy about making champion skins not be too different from the base champion (be it silhouette, walk cycle, etc ) for this very reason. But now we have things like the IG skins where I really can't tell in a split second which is which unit l until I see a spell, or the ever growing list of mech lines they release that don't read clear enough.

My biggest pet peeve at the moment is actually true damage Ekko his appearance, wall cycle and abilities are so drastically different from his base that I can't tell what champion he is in game. This doesn't just effect color blind people. Riot's skins are too samey and not visually different enough anymore.

Warmas1/18/2020, 12:37:21 PM2 votes

LeeSin Shen happened to me too. Yeah they design champions so they have distingushiable models, but that goes right out of the window while designing skins.

Stróc Dúnmharú1/18/2020, 5:21:58 PM2 votes

Honestly, I don't know why this isn't a feature already. Seems like the kind of thing that should have been implemented no later than season 3, and possibly at launch.

Saezio1/17/2020, 8:36:58 PM2 votes

Maybe change colour of names depending on lane. So you can quickly see what's going on. Optional of course

P0IS0N IVY1/18/2020, 5:45:15 PM1 votes

This would be super helpful. Also an option to disable skins completely, for other players only, in ranked only, etc.

I can't remember what skin it was (I think it was around when Irelia got reworked) but my friends and I played against a Kaisa and Irelia in an aram and no one could tell them apart.

I NEED HEALlNG1/18/2020, 1:46:55 AM1 votes

I'm not colour blind bt i still got it on

daddaycar1/18/2020, 7:41:51 PM1 votes

Another post deemed for the how the hell did we get here graveyard. way to press the issue*[galio-happy]*

Modl Ryden l1/18/2020, 8:59:30 PM1 votes

Let me tell ya, that fucking Dragon Oracle Udyr skin makes him look like freaking Dark Water Vladmir. So I pile on him thinking he's Vlad and I end up getting myself stunned.