HUD update heads to ranked with 5.15

Riot·Jul 30, 2015·19 votes·89,182 views

After two weeks on live servers, we’ve made a bunch of changes to the HUD update based on player feedback ahead of pushing it out to ranked queues alongside patch 5.15. Check out the microsite for the full story behind where it all started, but if you’re familiar with the changes made before it went live, and just want to know what’s changed since the new HUD came to non-ranked queues, then read on.

Here’s what’s changed as a result of your feedback and additional iterations since the HUD update debuted in the last patch:

Readability

New font and styling
Larger team frames, meters, and ult timers
Full square cooldown indicator
New colors differentiating “on cooldown” and “out of mana”
Larger stat icons and text
Larger Ping and FPS displays
Scoreboard now has more padding, larger champ portraits, and larger fonts
Added drop shadow to chat
Brighter XP bar
Larger Summoner spell timers on the scoreboard
Active ability events have been changed to gold (level up, toggle, just off cd) to differentiate from unavailable (cooldown, OoM)

Animation and Audio

Shortened and pulled back on many animations including “level up”, “just off cooldown”, and toggles
Scaled back many audio cues

Layout

CS, KDA, and Team KDA has rejoined game time in the top right
Scoreboard improvements including larger and clearer summoner spell and respawn timers

Misc

Added colored bonus stats
Added cast bars for all abilities other than instant casts
Swapped Crit and Attack Range in player stats
Mute buttons on the Scoreboard are now always visible
Minimap can now be scaled smaller

We’d promised to add the update to ranked in a few days in our last post, but we took a little extra time to incorporate the changes you read above. Now we’re ready to roll out the HUD for all queues, and we wanted to thank everyone for their feedback. As with any element of League, we’ll keep iterating and evolving the HUD in the future, so we’re still looking for your thoughts. Tell us what you think about the newest changes to the HUD below, and we’ll see you on the Rift.

730 Comments

MajesticallyJul 31, 2015190 votes

These are all great changes! The only other thing I can think of that's annoying is that fact that on the scoreboard you have to scroll over a player to see their IGN.

TimewinderJul 31, 201567 votes

Agreed, but I really love the fact that I can now see my CS and score on the top right again.

XevozzJul 31, 201590 votes

I dont mind the new HUD, what i dislike is the layout. I like the option to have the same layout as the old HUD. Potraits on the left, character potrait separate from ability's along with the stats menu and icons to there original positions. *Also when half a player base dislikes something and the other like it, its smart to meet in the middle and give both parties what they want instead of one since both will throw there hard earned money regardless. *And Many players want customization to the HUD why not add it already **

Azure HamsterAug 1, 20157 votes

"meet in the middle" is design by committee, and a Very Bad Thing(TM).

Leaf of the lakeAug 1, 20155 votes

Obviously not what he meant. In this case, you can satisfy 49% of your userbase with one layout, another 49% of your userbase with a different one, or 98% of your userbase by letting them choose. What seems the most reasonable conclusion given that?

ÐarkĆosmicLøtusAug 1, 20155 votes

As a designer, I'm bothered by many issues with the new HUD that has nothing to do with design, but user experience...

BadZombieAshAug 2, 20155 votes

Whiny users don't always know what's best? How about what works for me may not work for you and vice versa? I love the idea of setting up my own layout and sizes in the HUD, is it really that hard to do?

Pulsefire StrixJul 31, 201524 votes

I mean i liked the other way of having the cs top of the map cuz that encouraged me to look there more but i dont know about u.

Squ1zzleJul 31, 201514 votes

This is the same complaint I have. Also I was in a tournament the other day and the game was paused. We were unable to see who the hell was in our game because it doesn't show when its paused.

TaredomAug 1, 201516 votes

Agreed, gotta spend those extra moments to see if the guy in my lane wrecking me is actually faker.

2lazy2tryJul 31, 2015156 votes

OH GAWD NO Please Rito give me the power to choose my HUD type..

2lazy2tryJul 31, 201524 votes

Seriously the only problem i had with the old HUD was it wasnt resizable enough

BradabearXIIIJul 31, 201511 votes

yes! I would love this option, I prefer the old hud instead. I hate this new one

CoyeFishJul 31, 2015110 votes

how bout an option to use the classic HUD.. the updated one is too distracting.. i dont really care for it

golderak13Aug 1, 20152 votes

yeah but remember when the bringed the 'old hud' everybody wanted the first one all you need is to adapt to the new one

AkiroshiAug 1, 20155 votes

But the current HUD is still worse than the one before it. We're used to it, but that doesn't mean we like it.

We just happen to dislike the newest one more than what we have.

xGodisntRealxJul 31, 2015109 votes

could you have an option to use the old HUD instead as well? some of us don't like the new layout and it sucks that you're forcing this on everyone instead of just making it optional.

4MOSTJul 31, 201551 votes

Stop complaining and get used to the new HUD...it's simple. You guys don't like it because, your too lazy to get used to it. Please..just stop whining like children :/ it's annoying. The new HUD is actually super amazing. I love it.

xGodisntRealxJul 31, 201555 votes

you understand that voicing your concerns is what they look for in a forum right? its nice that you love it but not everyone is you so get over yourself and don't shut other people down. and you're telling me to not act like a child

RR ZeroJul 31, 201530 votes

It's not really an opinionative thing. They redid the hud for a specific reason. Same reason that they reworked summoners rift. It's just better. There is less clutter, everything is easy to read, you can even see the CD's on your teams summoner spells and ultimates. Once you get used to it, you get way more information faster than the old hud, you just don't know exactly where to look for everything. I'm sure everyone will think the old one was trash in a few weeks or so.

Nameless VoiceAug 1, 201527 votes

I wouldn't say everything is easy to read - that's just simply not true - but the point still stands. This new HUD is designed to address some issues with the old HUD. Overall, it has a better design in many ways, but people dislike it for two reasons:

It has some design flaws that still need to be addressed (unreadable KDA block being my biggest complaint)
It's different, so people don't want to get used to it.

Also, everyone only sees and talks about the things that they hate rather than pointing out the legitimate improvements that they would probably appreciate if they stopped to think about them.

VoraiseAug 1, 201515 votes

Ya know what this reminds me of? When SR was updated. Nuff said.

GODXOROJul 31, 201571 votes

Old hud please my eyes can't handle this one for some reason

CatharJul 31, 201559 votes

Khazix Please change the color of the Evolve arrow. It looks exactly like the normal arrow for putting points in skills, and I've upgraded my ult multiple times on accident because of this... Also I think Viktor would appreciate this too

Sage NancyJul 31, 201557 votes

I want the allchat button back..

OfficerVakarianJul 31, 201538 votes

Shift + Enter

Diablo3998Aug 1, 201511 votes

yeah but all too often i type something in all chat, then realize i miss clicked the shift key, casing me to rewrite my entire sentence...whereas with the allchat key i could press it after the fact to correct my mistakes

HortenceAug 1, 201512 votes

Hit home to bring you back to the front of the line of text, then type /all with a space after it. Ex. "/all "

Krís JennerJul 31, 201543 votes

I have a slight problem, with people who have 1920x1080 Screen Res. the Forfeit bar is extremely big when someone tries to ff, if you guys could maybe let us have the option to make the HUD even smaller than you can already make it? Or even make the kill feed smaller, because it gets in the way of gameplay a lot. Thanks!

eatasaurJul 31, 201542 votes

Please at least make a button for the old HUD. I've spent 6 years with the old HUD and its quite difficult to get used to the new one. I'm sure I am not alone with this opinion. summoner 11

F8LJul 31, 201540 votes

I always get a giggle out of the people "Want the option to use the old one" - clearly they don't understand the time and money that goes into supporting two of anything. I think the HUD is a great update, I am getting used to it quickly and am glad it's moving to Ranked.

SolerianJul 31, 201541 votes

Ultimately they could have just put their resources into an HUD editor, similar to what Smite has. That way everybody wins. Considering how each person is unique and plays differently, different HUDs help each player play to their best ability.

JFZephyrJul 31, 201529 votes

Thank god someone understands how the majority actually feel instead of blindly supporting Riot because they know Riot won't change it back. It's seriously no issue to leave the option for the old HUD or, as you said, a HUD editor. But accessibility and player options isn't something Riot seems to understand.

MobileToiIetJul 31, 201539 votes

What about the items being on the LEFT side as before, instead of on the bottom RIGHT side? These are all great changes, I agree! But unfortunately I can't stop looking down to the bottom left where my items and stats used to be :(

Gagnon87Jul 31, 201520 votes

I thought I was the only person having trouble with that. I would like to see a solution someone already mentioned above, which is to have everything a separate box that could be moved around the screen as needed. It would be very practical for anyone trying to make the most out of their own preferences.

StonedMarineJul 31, 201531 votes

Still... I dislike this new HUD.. Why not give us the option whether to use new HUD or use the Legacy one?

HiddenInfernoJul 31, 201527 votes

I hate the new HUD.

The OasisJul 31, 201523 votes

I'm sad that I can't move the placement of items. I still don't like it.

Seth the BumJul 31, 20158 votes

Umbral Light is right. You can move your items in your inventory in the bottom right, just as before (except it was on the left previously). Maybe you're trying to move the items within the shop window, which you could never do back then, either?

StexeJul 31, 201523 votes

How about the ability to put the items UI on the other side? Or better yet to move parts of the UI around. The skills seem slightly off center to me (focusing on your ult in the middle as opposed to our W/E skill) which throws me off a lot.

Also, not having the Summoner names of who is playing what Champion in the TAB menu is really annoying. I often forget who I am playing with and who is who until they speak. Mousing over each name and remembering them is a lot more mental work than simply having it listed.

Besides those I think the ones you recently made should help quite a bit.

SugarCuredHamJul 31, 201522 votes

Thanks, Rito. I appreciate you taking the time to work through issues with the new HUD, given it's so essential to gameplay. Though I wish champion portraits would return to the left side of the screen, as they make the already packed right side feel more cluttered, I think a lot of these changes are good and look forward to seeing them. The new HUD was disorienting at first, so hopefully these go a long way in making the display clearer.

TruefaxeJul 31, 201516 votes

Can we wait another....... let's say 70 years before we push this to ranked? I would like to be dead before this comes out. RIP LoL

shark musicJul 31, 201515 votes

Can you please put the map ping noises back under the map ping slider in audio options. Somehow they got moved into the sound effect category and now the map ping slider does nothing.

RR ZeroJul 31, 201514 votes

I think it's really stupid that everyone is saying to revert things. The new hud is designed to be flat out better, and easier to read. Let's address one of the problems. "I'm not used to items/champions portraits on the right." Then get used to it. If you have a problem looking at the bottom right of your screen, it just tells me that you don't look at your minimap very often.

TruefaxeJul 31, 201528 votes

That's like someone poking you with a stick and saying, "Just get used to it." Eventually, you gotta fight for what you like.

How Do You MetaJul 31, 201513 votes

While you are at it, can you pretty please fix the ping volume controls? Somewhere along the way in one of the patches there is no way to turn off or lower ping volumes except either turning off all sound in League of Legends or modding your client, either of them are not desirable fixes. I was super happy when you guys let us control ping volume about a year ago, and now listening to max volume ping sounds on my headphones is really really jarring.