Amumu in League Classic: Legacy Kit and Changes

Classic Amumu brings back a passive that shreds magic resist instead of converting damage to true damage. He arrived in Patch 26.22, and his first Classic entry is a nerf to his passive, Q and ultimate.

By the MID.GG editorial team

Patch 26.22 3 November 2026 5 min read

Amumu in League Classic at a glance

Amumu in League Classic is the older version of the sad mummy, built around a passive that strips magic resistance from the targets he hits. That is the first thing a live-game player notices: today’s Cursed Touch adds bonus true damage to incoming magic damage, while the Classic one simply lowers the target’s magic resist so your whole team’s magic damage lands harder.

He is in the mode from Patch 26.22, the first Classic patch on record for him, and that same patch already carries a nerf. You can see where he sits among the other returning picks on the League Classic champions hub.

The Classic kit

There is no arrival entry in the notes that spells out every Classic ability, so what we know about the legacy kit comes from the one balance entry Amumu has. That entry touches three abilities and tells you how each one is tuned in the mode.

Passive – Cursed Touch: basic attacks shred magic resistance, and the shred grows at levels 1, 7 and 13. After the 26.22 change it tops out at 25 rather than 35.
Q – Bandage Toss: the notes list only its damage, which climbs over five ranks from 80 up to 280 after the nerf. They say nothing about the hook itself, so treat its other behavior as unconfirmed by the Classic notes.
W – Despair and E – Tantrum: neither appears in any Classic entry, so the notes give no detail on how they work in the mode.
R – Curse of the Sad Mummy: the area-of-effect ultimate, now on a longer cooldown of 170, 145 and 120 seconds across its three ranks.

The shape of that kit is clear even with gaps: a flat shred on autos, a damaging Bandage Toss and a long-cooldown teamfight ultimate. The card below shows Riot’s own lines for each ability.

How it differs from today’s Amumu

The passive is the one confirmed difference between Classic and live Amumu. Everything else either shares a name with the live kit or has no Classic text to compare against, so the honest comparison is short.

Passive: shred versus true damage

Classic Cursed Touch lowers magic resistance on the target by a set amount that steps up with your level. The live passive instead Curses enemies so that magic damage they take deals extra true damage. In practice, the Classic version rewards stacking magic damage from every teammate on one cursed target, while the live one scales off how much magic damage hits the Cursed enemy.

Bandage Toss and Curse of the Sad Mummy

Both abilities keep their names in Classic. Live Bandage Toss stuns, damages and pulls Amumu to the target, and live Curse of the Sad Mummy entangles nearby enemies, applies the Curse, damages and stuns them. The Classic notes only cover Bandage Toss damage and the ultimate’s cooldown, so they do not confirm whether the rest of each ability matches today’s version.

Despair and Tantrum

Live Despair drains a percentage of maximum health from nearby enemies each second and refreshes Curses, and live Tantrum reduces physical damage taken, deals area damage and has its cooldown lowered whenever Amumu is hit. No Classic entry mentions either ability, so there is no evidence of a change. For the full live kit and how to play it, read the Amumu guide or check live Amumu stats.

Classic patch history

Amumu has one Classic balance entry so far, a nerf in Patch 26.22. Bug fixes and earlier tuning had pushed him to the top of the jungle, so the patch trims all three of his damage and teamfight levers: the passive shred at levels 7 and 13, Bandage Toss damage from rank 2 onward, and the ultimate’s cooldown at every rank. Rank-1 values on the passive and Q stay the same, so his first clear and level-1 skirmishes are untouched; the cuts bite in the mid and late game.

Patch 26.22

Riot’s reasoning
The nerf pulls Amumu back toward a simple fast-farming jungler after bug fixes and earlier buffs left him among the strongest in the role, with one older change restored to cut his team-wiping area power.

PassiveCursed Touch

Magic Resistance Shred: 15 / 25 / 35changed to 15 / 20 / 25 (Levels 1 / 7 / 13)

QBandage Toss

Damage: 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 / 320changed to 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280

RCurse of the Sad Mummy

Cooldown: 150 / 130 / 110schanged to 170 / 145 / 120s

MID.GG analysis

The cuts leave level 1 alone, so Classic Amumu’s clear and early ganks are unchanged, but his passive shred and Bandage Toss lose value as the game goes on. The longer ultimate cooldown is the biggest shift for fights: you get fewer full-team engages per game, so each Curse of the Sad Mummy needs to be saved for an objective or a fight your team can win.

Key takeawayWhat the 26.22 nerf means in a game

Classic Amumu still plays as a fast-farming jungler, just with less spike later on.

Your early clear and first ganks feel the same, since the level-1 shred and rank-1 Q damage did not change.
Your team’s magic damage gains less from your autos after level 7, with the shred capped lower.
Your ultimate comes back less often, so track its timer before you start a fight around Dragon or Baron Nashor.

For the wider changes in each patch, browse the patch notes.

Frequently asked questions

What is different about Amumu in League Classic?

Classic Amumu’s passive, Cursed Touch, shreds magic resistance on targets he auto-attacks, scaling at levels 1, 7 and 13. Live Amumu’s passive instead makes magic damage on Cursed enemies deal bonus true damage. The Classic notes do not describe changes to Despair or Tantrum, so those cannot be confirmed as different.

When did Amumu arrive in League Classic?

Amumu is in League Classic from Patch 26.22, the first Classic patch on record for him. That same patch also carries his first Classic balance entry, a nerf to his passive magic resist shred, Bandage Toss damage and the cooldown on Curse of the Sad Mummy, his area-of-effect ultimate.

Was Amumu nerfed in League Classic?

Yes. Patch 26.22 nerfed Classic Amumu after he became one of the strongest junglers in the mode. His passive shred now peaks at 25 instead of 35, Bandage Toss deals less damage from rank 2 onward, and Curse of the Sad Mummy has a longer cooldown at every rank.

Does Classic Amumu still have the magic resist shred passive?

Yes. In League Classic, Cursed Touch reduces the magic resistance of enemies Amumu hits, rising at levels 1, 7 and 13. After the Patch 26.22 nerf, the shred goes 15, 20 and 25. Live Amumu replaced this with a Curse that adds bonus true damage to incoming magic damage.

Is there a best build for Classic Amumu?

No. League Classic has no statistics of any kind, so there are no win rates, pick rates, builds or runes recorded for Classic Amumu. Any build list for the mode would be a guess. What is known is his kit and the Patch 26.22 nerf, both covered by Riot’s Classic notes.

Sources

Riot Games: League of Legends Patch 26.22 Notes