League Classic arrives with Patch 26.15 on Wednesday, 29 July. Here is when it goes live where you are, why Korea gets to play before you do, and what time you should actually be sat at your desk.
Old Rift, old runes, old masteries and sixty champions, but no Yasuo. League Classic is nearly here, but what time can I click the play button?
League Classic ships as part of Patch 26.15 on Wednesday 29 July 2026, inside the League client you already have. Unlike Runescape and WoW Classic, League Classic is going to be inside the “retail” version of League of Legends. Effectively, this is a game mode like ARAM or Arena.
LoL Classic Release Times
League Classic is set to release alongside Patch 26.15 when it is released in your region. That’s the simple way to look at it, anyway. This isn’t a global release; people in Korea, OCE, and Japan will have it before people in Europe and North America.
League Classic release times by region
Servers typically go down in the early hours and come back roughly three hours later, with Patch 26.15 confirmed fully live by 12:00 noon server time. The UTC column is the one to screenshot if you are co-ordinating a five stack across time zones.
| Servers | 26.15 fully live (local) | In UTC |
|---|---|---|
| OCE | 12:00, 29 Jul (Noon) | 02:00, 29 Jul |
| KR | – | 03:00, 29 Jul |
| JP | – | 03:00, 29 Jul |
| SEA / TW | – | 04:00, 29 Jul |
| RU | – | 09:00, 29 Jul |
| TR | – | 09:00, 29 Jul |
| EUNE | – | 10:00, 29 Jul |
| EUW | – | 10:00, 29 Jul |
| BR | – | 15:00, 29 Jul |
| LAS | – | 15:00, 29 Jul |
| LAN | – | 18:00, 29 Jul |
| NA | – | 19:00, 29 Jul |
A note for those in the UK: as you have to play on the two EU servers, you are -1 hour on CEST time.
Classic is not the only thing landing on the 29th
ARAM: Mayhem Classic-ish is also dropping in Patch 26.15; it will drop the pool down to 60-champions, but modern kits will remain. The mode will also include a few Classic-flavoured items and new unique augments. It will also allow for Mirrow matchups, which will likely cause chaos.
Patch 26.15 is also doing plenty of ordinary heavy lifting. It kicks off Season 3, hands Bel’Veth a near-total rework aimed at weakening her early game so she scales properly, and takes another swing at Locke, who is still bullying the mid ranks harder than Riot intended. Our full Patch 26.15 breakdown has the numbers, and the official 26.15 patch notes go live the day before, which, as always, will be live on U.GG.