Hi, I'm colorblind and I can't last hit minions like I used to do before SR visual update.

Mathera··138 votes·5,718 views

Hi Summoners,

After the new visual updates to the game I can't last hit like I used to do before because of the new particles of ranged minions. Especially on the red side since you have the brownish/greenish ( sorry if it is another color actually I always had problems with colors it is just how I see it :p ) texture and there are the red particles floating on the green background which is really hard to distinguish. I have to put all my focus on those particles to be able to see all of them and observe which minion/minions are they going to hit which makes me a worse player overall since I sacrifice my attention on minimap, enemy player and overall what is going on in the game just to farm. I didn't have such problems on the previous SR since the particles were very bright, bigger and easy to distinguish. Now I feel like I have a disadvantage over other players just because of my colorblindness.

Anybody else having similar problems? Is there any hope for better particles for ranged minions? :(

Edit: Thanks everyone who up voted and commented below for their support, it means a lot to me!

39 Comments

Madaradox39 votes

Boys, help this man play the League of Legends.

Ulfgar Torunn10 votes

I'm not colorblind and even I'm having difficulty adjusting to the new blue minions. It's quite difficult to distinguish the ranged from the melee when they are all bunched up.

Overall I'm very happy with the SRVU, but it still needs some finetuning.

Baculus1 votes

Same. I also find that the profiles between mage and melee minions are quite muddled now. I think it could be fixed though with more saturation and a shift in hues.

Aurora Donn20 votes

I'm colorblind as well and I can second this issue. The particles make it harder to last hit, because not only are they smaller with this patch but a different color.

Yeah I use colorblind mode, it rocks :3

But a slight fix would be nice.

Boompenguins1 votes

There is a colorblind mode?!?!?!

Sadie Mae9 votes

Are you playing on Colorblind mode? Idk if that helps, but It could?

Mathera16 votes

Yes I use the colorblind mode. Actually before creating this topic I turned it on and off couple of times in a custom game I couldn't see any difference.

MarhsallLee672 votes

The colorblind mode used to just change the purple side to red (EDIT: and give you a yellow HP bar), I think. But now since it's red whether or not colorblind mode is on, I don't think it really does anything anymore.

LockonMe3 votes

Except give u a yellow hp bar

MarhsallLee671 votes

Didn't know this. Thanks for correcting me. :)

Spystrike7 votes

Bumparino

Mellori5 votes

Bump and upvote for justice.~

Laughing Cupcake5 votes

I am not color blind, however I do agree that seeing the particles for the caster minions is more difficult to see on the new summoner's rift. I think it's because they are too close to the same color as the minions themselves. If they were just white particles they would stand out more and (I think) be easier to see for the op as well.

AndurilWielder4 votes

That really sucks and is really unfair. Lets hope a riot guy sees this and they look into it and fix it :(

You should be able to play if you want to. :)

Volt Cruelerz4 votes

Colorblind player. Can confirm that red mage minions cast near-invisible shots.

bladertheslayer3 votes

I was playing against a Fizz and their icon on the mini-map and when they kill someone was the Flash icon. Am I Iconblond...?

YouCanMilkThese3 votes

One more color blind summoner showing support for a good cause. item 3060

Brado112 votes

That does seem very unfair :( I hope Rito notices this post so they can do something about it!

DioBrandoh2 votes

Glad to see Riot thinks of the players every time they change stuff. I would check a site like LoLNexus and see if there's a colorblind mod for the new map or if there's a revert to the old rift, that's probably your best bet until it gets fixed.

ShakySurgeon2 votes

Bump. Hope this gets fixed for ya man!

GhostCadillac2 votes

Bumped and upvoted

Gorbache2 votes

Instead of just changing the colours, Riot could implement some kind of texture or borders that makes projectiles easier to see in colorblind mode.

bluster konga2 votes

Just so I understand (not trying to undermine you), are you not seeing the minions at all, because I think that instead of trying to see them, you could focus on what you can see of them, what directions they are going, what they are attackng, their shapes, and other things like that. Yet again maybe that is not partial to your problem, but I am trying to help a fellow summoner.

Mathera3 votes

My problem is I can't see all of the ranged minion particles during the flow of the game to do so I have to put all my focus into ranged minions particles. Even so, I sometimes miss some particles. This might seem like a small problem but it really effects my gameplay significantly. It hinders the fun I have and overall I feel the game is unequal towards me. My whole life I never had any problem with my colorblindness. Right now whenever I play League of Legends I feel like I have some sort of disability.

bluster konga1 votes

well hopefully it is something that either 1) riot can change for the colorblind demographic OR 2) you can overcome, i BELIEVE IN YOU

Garbone2 votes

we are here for you brother

DefenderOfFaith2 votes

bump. Hope they fix it for you soon.

SummonerSquid2 votes

I'm red/green colorblind and have the same problem.

jQuery2 votes

BUMP!

Rito I did not know u ware so Veigar !!! I bet while reading this you go!

EDIT: I don't know why the link does not load unless pasted manually in browser :(

Daetnas1 votes

Hi I'm not colorblind but I still can't last hit minions at all.

Mathera1 votes

Practice makes perfect my friend. A very well knows tip is create a custom game and just practice your last hitting.

Scane1 votes

That's crazy......

Skuffed1 votes

A

GhostCadillac1 votes

I made a comment on the first page about a day ago. This is probably not too important, but I just wanna say... I'm not color bind and thanks to your post, I realized it's a little difficult to see the siege minion bullets for the blue and purpose side (or blue and red side for color blind players).

EDIT: purple

Boompenguins1 votes

There are special glasses that help with Color-blindness. Have you tried those?

Krfin1 votes

Riot needs to make the Colorblind option in the settings to affect to color of minions too imo

shadetee1 votes

While I wouldn't expect them to patch this in two days, or even a week's time... it would be nice to see some acknowledgement of the issue and that they're working on it.

DREEZY5621 votes

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