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Unable to tell the difference between Tahm Kench's Grey and normal HP.

Fun Fest·1/18/2016, 6:03:59 AM·1 votes·843 views

I am colorblind (Protanomaly), and I can't tell the difference between an enemy Tahm Kench's Grey and normal HP. It means I don't know how much damage he is taking until he activates his shield. Colorblind mode doesn't help.

Looking at the color's hex codes, the issue is immediately apparent. A sample of the normal hp shows 0x9D2D2A, and a sample of the grey hp shows 0x44362A. The colors are about the same except that the red component is greater in normal HP. Since the red component of colors is reduced for me (which is why purple looks the same as blue, gold looks the same as green, etc), a red-tinted grey looks the same as grey for me.

I contacted support to see if it were possible to manually change the colors of HP bars, but they said it wasn't possible (after asking for dxdiag and other stuff... mmkay). I did find a third party tool that supports this option (LSI), but I'd rather not download such an unofficial mod just for one minor feature it has.

The good news is that the champion I main, Ryze, is countered by Tahm Kench anyways, so I don't feel bad using my ban on him.

3 Comments

Legal Wrights1/18/2016, 6:05:24 AM1 votes

What I can recommend as a makeshift fix is to install a program called LSI (League Summoner Information I believe).

This program lets you make a bunch of cosmetic changes, which should let you change the enemy HP color to something that contrasts Tahm's gray health enough that you'll be able to see it properly. I hope that helps, I'm not exactly sure how colorblindness works.

Edit: Rereading your post, I noticed you mentioned LSI. There is no shame in downloading the program when Tahm causes this much of an issue for your eyesight. Clarity should always come first, and LSI is a very safe and user friendly program. I highly recommend it and use it myself.

Xicashina1/18/2016, 6:07:28 AM1 votes

There is a Colourblind option that is in the Options menu in game. When turning this on it should be much more differentiated between the two colours (I believe they further distinguished Tahms health colours in CB mode a few patches ago when some other people brought up the same issue).

http://www.surrenderat20.net/2015/09/94-pbe-update.html

Edit: I believe that CB mode also changes the teams colours too which might confuse you