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Can We Have an Option to See Champion Names Above Health Bars?

Demonic Khan·7/25/2016, 10:02:26 PM·15 votes·2,054 views

(EDIT: This would replace the Summoner Name above the HP bar, not add a second line of text.)

It would be really helpful to be able to choose to have a champion's name display instead of having to pick between Summoner Name and nothing. It'd help people focus on the one they want to kill without having to associate a new Summoner Name as the threat every game, not to mention that Summoner Names can be distracting to some (which is why I have it toggled off). Also, there are some skins that make certain champs look a bit like other champs at first glance. This would obviously require the Show Summoner Names checkbox to be replaced by a drop-down menu, with the options being something like this: "Show Summoner Names" "Show Champion Names" "No Text"

Alternatively, there could be a new checkbox saying "Show Champion Names instead of Summoner Names" or something.

Example: Instead of showing "XxProKappa420xX" over someone's HP bar in-game, this option would show you "Master Yi".

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8 Comments

YaoiYordleYiff4/26/2017, 9:48:29 PM3 votes

I don't understand why this is getting so much negativity, readability can be low in really dense fights. Especially with lots of palette and model-changing skins in the game it can be a little hard to see what's what in a particularly fast, dense, high-mobility fight. But, knowing you want to focus Vayne and just being able to sight the text "Vayne" instead of having to hunt for whatever colored skin she's currently using would be a lot nicer. Adding more readability and clarity options into the game is only a good thing.

Caítlyn7/25/2016, 10:56:52 PM2 votes

But my name

UnboundCreator7/26/2016, 5:17:25 AM2 votes

downvoted because dumb post

Jeddy0177/26/2016, 7:22:00 AM2 votes

I don't know, this feel like something only new players or players who don't know all the champs would use. It's not like you're going to forget the champ's name in the middle of the game, especially when the champs' name pop up in the chat all the time.

Malfini7/25/2016, 10:07:09 PM1 votes

Eh... screen will be too cluttered.

It is already cluttered with the health bar being too wide. If Riot could make the size of the health bar width smaller...