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The HUD update ready to go live with 5.14!

Riot··27 votes·146,432 views

After an extended stay on the PBE, we’re pushing the HUD update out to the live servers alongside patch 5.14! Check out the HUD update microsite for the full story, but if you’re already familiar with the initial changes and just want to know what’s changed since the new HUD hit the PBE, then read on!

Here’s what’s changed - in a large part thanks to your feedback - since the HUD update said hi to PBE: 

  • Teammate ult timers - we’ve added in timers that indicate when your allies can use their ults! Before the update, this was just represented by a binary green light, but you’ll see the ult timers fill up with the update, meaning you can more accurately figure out when it’s time to wombo.
  • Teammate summoner spell timers - hit the tab key at any point and you’ll see if your allies can use their spells, and, if not, how long until they can.
  • Teammate mana bars have returned - we left out allied mana bars with the update, thinking they weren’t super important. We were wrong, you guys let us know, and they’re back in now.
  • Persistence - if you open champion stats or latency display during a game, it’ll persist between matches.
  • Level up ceremony - we added a bunch of animations and sounds to make sure you know when you ding.
  • Spellbar clarity - made some pretty hefty changes to the shape, color, and animation of cooldown, loss of control and out of mana to improve readability.
  • Minimap changes - game time feels like it belongs near the minimap because timing is usually related to map objectives, but ultimately playtests and feedback have shown it's a more natural fit in the top corner.
  • Visual style - we’re all for minimal, but we may have overshot it. We’ve since tried to squeeze in more magic through texture work and animation.
  • Accessibility - added camera lock and options buttons back in.

We’re planning on rolling the HUD update over to live with patch 5.14. We’ll target non-ranked queues first to make sure nothing goes boom, then, if we’re ship-shape, add the update to ranked a few days later.

We’re super excited to get the new HUD out to you guys! Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

884 Comments

Teeotha1020 votes

plz add HUD skins it would be really cool Ashe Braum Anivia Lissandra Sejuani xD

Cait Shot Lennon70 votes

logged in just to upvote this

RQ Amiable11 votes

same o:

Kakapatha14 votes

Freljord HUD Skin!!!!

Blood Reaper130 votes

Twitch If that's the case their should be one for twitch users.

Nautilus That sounds cool a skin and practical seeing a lot of people use twitch.

Twitch I'm talking about one with me on it.

Nautilus Oh.

Veigar Well that is awkward.

ghostman771111 votes

and short ;)

AxemanE 65 votes

IS THAT A SHORT JOKE?!?!?!?!?!

Negative LP14 votes

I say either add skins or let people add ther own custom hund skins in my opinion

CoderzGames8 votes

There are already custom skins... I have rainbows everywhere on my HUD to match Arcade champions XD!

darkphenomenons467 votes

i agree. maybe have hud skins linked to champion mastery... get some kind of reward for using a champion frequently other than a pointless mastery score.

urovah60 votes

Maybe like cool loading borders depending on your champ level

Zerana22 votes

You could have different design rewards based on your performance with the champ. Remember EveLoveLoL's hud design, like that if you were a frequent player of Eve. Maybe they can be purchased but if you play 200 games with the champ you can get one for free.

Aldrik17 votes

i like that idea because there are only rank boarder and skin themes

Toxic System130 votes

Wow that is such a great idea seriously... It's so sad that the chances we get that are almost non existant..

Colorful Dream54 votes

Have hope! summoner 31

SHENSE123 votes

Poro is hope manifested. I must find more poros.summoner 31 summoner 31 summoner 31

Shooter B17 votes

Literally genius. Heimerdinger

Cinnamon Bread11 votes

But u get an emote :o (Ctrl 6)

Foxy Himiko46 votes

Once the enemy team can see my Emote, then I will be satisfied.

Mounds715 votes

I was thinking that the chroma packs are perfect for this, like each color is a higher mastery score for that champ. But there is no money in this so rito probably wont

Ferningrad13 votes

This is in fact how champion levels work in heroes of the storm. Free chroma style skin variations.

ˆayy32 votes

Also, please add Transparency to HUD for maximum visibility. I have yet to enter the micro-site, so I am not completely aware of whether there is transparency, and if their isn't, I believe you should add it.

Wind Whistler8 votes

Micro-site?

OBSCENEBEING98 votes

Still waiting on those loading screen animations item 3070 item 3151 item 3070

Nyxes7 votes

that would be a good idea but it would take long because of all the skins.

miniZergling43 votes

Not to mention it would probably slow down the loading. Which doesn't sound fun, plus I could give a Twitch ass about the loading screen, usually just alt tab during it anyway.

Camdog10036 votes

Will it be possible to change back to the old one after this patch?

Nathrynn33 votes

It's actually much better, a lot more info, a lot more clarity, just takes a bit of adjusting at first it will piss you off, I'm adjusted from PBE by now and I like it.

DetaramE KiddinG10 votes

I honestly think that i could not bearVolibear having all of that info cramped in one space. dont hate me, i dont want to cancel this or anything because i don't entirely like it myself, but an option for the old hud will be nice for me.

NotSoEvilDead27 votes

Still no option to toggle mana costs onto the skill icons. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...

Thanks for not actually listening to that pile of feedback, Riot.

Doodle21021 votes

Giving us the option to opt out of the new hud? Honestly, I found it annoying in the PBE.

4yoyoman34 votes

Khazix Change is good...

NoGhost21 votes

Except for the Kha'Zix nerfs item 3070

Wind Whistler7 votes

March 2014, never forget. item 3070 Khazix item 3070

Serevas17 votes

I don't know if anyone else would be interested in this, but I think it would be an interesting feature to be able to flip the HUD in a mirror fashion, so that when you're on the top side of the map you can throw the HUD to the top of your screen where you don't need to see as much, and visa versa with the bottom side of the map.

Maybe even Left and Right as well.

SpectralMemories14 votes

Something that would make both RIOT and the players happy: HUD skins that you can buy with RP. But they are all themed after a champion, and you need lvl 5 mastery to buy them.

Drugaddict14 votes

Dudes just give me an option to block pings.

TahmKench

FlippyGoneTrippy7 votes

Options > Sounds > Alert Volume (Mute)

Deaths Angel11 votes

i think me meant specific people. like when i mute someone, i wanna mute their pings too.

Myzisco11 votes

When I read level-up ceremony I imagined Runescape fireworks and a jingle playing each time you level up in a match

Icy Pengin9 votes

Can you make it so the scale of the hud could be reduced lower? Because right now it is really large.

Saminator6410 votes

If you press escape and then click interface, you can change the size of the hud. Simple, really. Kind of like -->Tryndamere

RiotPhreak64 votes

It can be scaled. I've played on the lowest scale and it's noticeably smaller while still making all the lettering and numerals legible.

Jesus is Savior4 votes

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It can be scaled. I've played on the lowest scale and it's noticeably smaller while still making all the lettering and numerals legible.

  1. I don't have PBE access so I can't test this, but are champion portraits on the minimap (and jungle camp dots, minions dots, etc), as well as hp bars (not on the minimap) scale-able? Because on the current HUD, if you shrink your screen res (eg: 720p) your minimap champion portraits become HUGE. But if you increase your screen res to 4k resolution, they become tiny like ants. It would be great to finally be able to scale these to the size we want.

  2. Do you know when the new patch is going live? Or an estimate?

Kürama7 votes

Patch 5.14 will arrive next week Wednesday.

Draykonslayer12 votes

Cool, now go! (Get your Phreak on!) Now Go! (Get your Phreak on!). Sorry, that just Phreaks of bad pun

Deskael5 votes

Now i can see "attempting to reconnect" with a flashy new way!

MyNickname3 votes

It is still missing in the chat fenster the 2 buttons to either speak to all or only to your team.

Alexsdaman14 votes

Shift+enter will send to all.

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