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All League of Legends Classic Champions confirmed so far
Riot Games has announced that League of Legends Classic launches on July 29th, 2026 alongside Patch 26.15. With the announcement, we also have an idea of what champions will be included with the mode. We know that the mode will bring a mix and match of different era features and champion designs, to help define different things that feel classic about the mode. The game will roughly on champion designs from beta to 2013, aka season 3. That way, you’ll get a different vibe of kits and experiences from Leagues most explosive growth and early stages of the game.
With the reveals, Riot has now confirmed the full starting roster of 60 champions. Champions who received significant overhauls since then, such as Sion, Warwick, Fiddlesticks, Graves and Kayle, will all appear in their original form, for example.
The champion list was confirmed through a combination of the MSI 2026 Finals reveal on July 12th, datamining from PBE builds, Riot developer posts and Tencent promotional art, sound bites from David ‘Phreak’ Turley on the MSI stream, and other sources.
All League of Legends Classic champions at launch
The starting roster includes all 40 original champions that shipped with League of Legends in 2009, plus 20 additional champions from the following years, with new additions cut off around 2013. The confirmed launch roster is:
- Ahri
- Alistar
- Amumu
- Anivia
- Annie
- Ashe
- Blitzcrank
- Brand
- Cho’Gath
- Corki
- Dr. Mundo
- Evelynn
- Ezreal
- Fiddlesticks
- Gangplank
- Garen
- Gragas
- Heimerdinger
- Janna
- Jarvan IV
- Jax
- Karthus
- Kassadin
- Katarina
- Kayle
- Kog’Maw
- Lee Sin
- Leona
- Lulu
- Lux
- Malphite
- Malzahar
- Master Yi
- Miss Fortune
- Morgana
- Nasus
- Nidalee
- Nunu
- Olaf
- Pantheon
- Rammus
- Ryze
- Shaco
- Sion
- Singed
- Sivir
- Skarner
- Sona
- Soraka
- Taric
- Teemo
- Tristana
- Tryndamere
- Twisted Fate
- Twitch
- Vayne
- Veigar
- Warwick
- Wukong
- Zilean
Eight champions have been confirmed to arrive in League Classic after launch across future updates. These were confirmed via Tencent promotional art shared by SkinSpotlights, a confirmation from Riot Meddler on Reddit and individual developer posts:
- Akali — confirmed via Tencent promo art
- Caitlyn — confirmed via Tencent promo art
- Fiora — confirmed via Tencent promo art
- Graves — hinted at by Riot Meddler in the original dev video, confirmed by community
- Irelia — confirmed via Tencent promo art
- LeBlanc — confirmed during the League Classic Live reveal
- Mordekaiser — confirmed via Tencent promo art
- Urgot — confirmed by Riot Meddler on X, who called old Urgot mid the kit he is personally most excited to play
More could be added via the Classic voting system
In addition, the official League of Legends Classic website also mentions that the community can vote on the future of Classic, which seems to be akin to Old School RuneScape-style voting. Given that Riot mentions it wants champions from around 2013, I do wonder if we can vote for champions like Galio, Udyr, or maybe even a released version of Thresh, who was an absolute weapon by the way. So there’s certainly room for more reveals to come.
Season 2 also saw a lot of champions released back then, with new champions dropping roughly every two weeks for a period of time, going from the Varus patch into the Draven and Darius launch, where both brought bleed mechanics. I do wonder how both of those champions will look if they get added in.
