I know that it already shows when someone's ultimate is up or down, but why not add a timer next to it or when you hover over the dot just to see when it will be back up. Usually, someone must ask in team chat, "When will your ult be up?" but sometimes there is no time for that... such as when your team is approaching the enemy team at dragon or something like that. Thoughts?
Decaedeus8 votesYou know the little green dot by the side of your champion name that already indicates whether an ulti is up? Why not instead turn it into a cooldown indicator that slowly fills up as the ability cools down? Doesn't consume extra space on the HUD, no need for smart pings "ult in 20" sort of thing.
Acraetus1 votesI've been asking for this since they added that little green dot.
FarRockBF6 votesNice, great idea. And For the record, good job on the green dot Riot. I love it!
A Wise Fool5 votesriot should do that ^
Corn Dog Larry3 votesUpvote it then :)
sketchybob2 voteswhat would happen with an ult like 
MakersF3 votesOff CD? Yes, then green. No, then red and show the timer to go off CD. No stacks involved, you don't need to micromanage them. And no one is asking for timers for these champs, they are asking for malph, ori, zed, ashe, leona, etc..
PaperMache72 votesRiot should just do what curse voice used to do for ults (you could see a timer next to the champion portrait).
Lajinn52 votesRiot should, there's no reason we shouldn't know the cooldown of our allied ults, given how much of a game changer those things are
Junkο1 votesbut sometimes there is no time for that...
taking half a second to write the cd is sooooo time consuming.
it would be too much information, teamfights would never happen because people would just go "let's wait 30 sec for Maokai ult" "oh Mao ult is up, but let's wait 30 more for Zed ult now" etc... and then the team that just had more teamfight ultimates would automaticly win. You already have to keep track of Dragon and sometimes Baron timers before starting fights for the risk of giving the enemy team a free very important objective.
Phrite9 votes[{quoted}](name=Rainbowe Dash,realm=EUNE,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=rWVE6Euf,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2014-12-23T16:54:09.323+0000)
taking half a second to write the cd is sooooo time consuming.
it would be too much information, teamfights would never happen because people would just go "let's wait 30 sec for Maokai ult" "oh Mao ult is up, but let's wait 30 more for Zed ult now" etc... and then the team that just had more teamfight ultimates would automaticly win. You already have to keep track of Dragon and sometimes Baron timers before starting fights for the risk of giving the enemy team a free very important objective.
Smite already has this feature and what you're describing, delaying team fights ad nauseum, never happens. I think it would be a nice feature that would simply ease communication with other players in solo q.
Junkο1 votesOnly 1 person on your team has smite, plus usually when people would ask it will be on like 30 sec or under unlike how some ultimates in the games have 2 minute + CDs and it would turn into a gigantic waiting game for ults. Also Smite is really important for objective control. Teamfights can be won without ultimates.
Ariel the Cruel6 votesI think he meant the game, "SMITE".
Junkο1 votesOh. But SMITE is an entirely different game compared to most other MOBAs. A more fair comparison would be Dota 2 or HOC which neither have ally ult timers(or any timers at all), i'm not sure for Heroes of the Storm but they prob don't have them either.
oxygen bandit3 votes[{quoted}](name=Rainbowe Dash,realm=EUNE,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=rWVE6Euf,comment-id=00010000000000000000,timestamp=2014-12-23T18:42:38.568+0000)
Oh. But SMITE is an entirely different game compared to most other MOBAs. A more fair comparison would be Dota 2 or HOC which neither have ally ult timers(or any timers at all), i'm not sure for Heroes of the Storm but they prob don't have them either.
Dota 2 has timers for every ability in the game, you have to click on allied heroes to see it. In addition to being able to see what their abilities do and their cooldowns and current cooldowns, you can alt click on just about anything in the game to send a quick message with information about it. That includes cooldowns of abilities and items.
Junkο1 votesI didn't know about Dota 2, my bad on that. I only remember keep selecting heroes and minions when i really want to deny or attack them
SelflessTeammate2 votes[{quoted}](name=Rainbowe Dash,realm=EUNE,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=rWVE6Euf,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2014-12-23T16:54:09.323+0000)
taking half a second to write the cd is sooooo time consuming.
You have to actually look at your own timer again to answer the question, which you also have to read first. Then you have to hit enter and type the number. Then you hit enter again. It's more like two to three seconds, and that's a lot in this game while you're in combat.
This is almost impossible to do while you're in any sort of combat at all, constantly trying to keep map awareness and stay focused on what you're doing, and while it's more like two or three seconds if you're particularly quick to read the question, then check on the answer, then write that for them, and that's two or three too many when it could just show up on the screen.
kunkudunk1 votesStopping to type anything can get you killed or make you lose an objective if it is time to prepare for a team fight. And honestly you should wait for your allies ultimates to be up for a fight unless you are just that far ahead of the enemy team that it doesn't matter.
Jacky Shen1 votesCurse Voice used to do this but it was removed in order to comply with Riot's ToS since it gave an unfair advantage.
EnterTheDark1 votesWhat they should do is allow it that when you click on an ally champ, it shows the full champ menu (like when you click on a champ in spectator). show the ability icons with CDs. it would take barely more space in the corner, and would only be visible when you click on the champ, so it wouldn't crowd the screen during gameplay.
Zanchee1 votesBring the conversation back! I just started a new thread about this!
http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/AUIfJqEb-teammate-ultimate-timers