Do you like the new LoL Esports HUD?
The first international competitive League of Legends event this year, First Stand 2025, will introduce a new and improved LoL Esports HUD. Riot Games says they want to "give fans a stronger connection" to the match with these changes. Check out the new HUD for FST 2025 here.
New LoL Esports HUD for FST 2025
For as long as there has been competitive League of Legends, the broadcast HUD has always depended on the in-game spectate layout. Sure, some creativity was occasionally injected into the setup, especially for big events like Worlds, but it has stayed largely the same.
The new Heads-Up Display will change what the game broadcast looks like to viewers. According to LoL Esports staff, they designed the new HUD to "modernize our presentation and lay the foundation for future innovations. This update allows us to push the boundaries of game augmentation, collaboration, and sustainability while improving the overall experience for both dedicated fans and new audiences."
They revealed two mockups of the new HUD - one for general gameplay and another for teamfights.
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New general gameplay HUD
Here's a side-by-side of the new and old HUDs for general gameplay.
The biggest changes are pointed out in the mockup.
- The top scoreboard has been re-arranged to a vertical layout and pushed to the top-left corner to take up less space.
- The dragon stacks is now a widget under the vertical scoreboard, and it will rotate to show Feats of Strength.
- Other team-wide stats, like the Atakhan buff or the number of Barons slain, are notably absent.
- All global timers will now be on the top-right corner of the screen. The kill feed is also here, taking up way less space than it did before.
- The lower-third bar now all has the champion details, including HP, mana/secondary resource, ultimate status, and items. The mockup also shows Nasus' stack number on his portrait.
- The space to show individual gold has been removed.
- The champion portraits on the left and right-hand sides of the screen have been removed.
- The new HUD also has less space for player cams. On the mockup, only one player cam is shown (the space under is assumed to be for advertisements and sponsors).
New Teamfight HUD
The new teamfight HUD still gets rid of the distractions of the lower third panel to give the audience a better view of the game. With the new HUD, though, less information is lost.
- Individual health, resource bars, items, summoner and ultimate status, KDA, CS, and stacks are visible with the extended champion details on the left and right-hand sides.
- Buff trackers are visible on the portraits, meaning you can tell whether a team is fighting with the Elder Dragon or Baron buff.
- Player cams during teamfights are now visible, taking a spot on the bottom-left corner.
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