Valorant skins make the game more exciting by adding more flare and special effects to an already thrilling game. The different Valorant skins introduce new special effects, custom reload animations, unique looks, and even stunning finishers to your weapons.
Although buying a Valorant skin won’t improve your aim, it’ll make you look cool. There are multiple different skins to choose from.
This is why we’ve gathered 25 of the best Valorant skins to help you decide.
Best Valorant Skins – Ranked
Before starting, here are a few rules we’ve used to create our list.
- We will only use one skin per bundle because each skin within the same bundle will have a similar look.
- We won’t include any Legacy or limited-time-only skins since you can longer purchase these skins, and they will not appear in your store.
- We didn’t include any battle pass skins because they won’t appear in your store and cannot be purchased individually.
Now that we’ve established the rules, here are our picks for the 25 best Valorant skins.
Chronovoid Knife
Price: 4350 VP
Tier Level: Exclusive Tier
The Chronovoid bundle is one of the best bundles in 2022 and has one of the best knife skins in the game. The Chronovoid Knife looks absolutely amazing, having a curved/circular shape with laser beams as its edge. It also has an insane-looking inspect that has you juggling a levitating orb between your hands.
There are purple, red, and black variants. It can be upgraded to level 2 to unlock new animations and SFX.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Araxys Vandal
Price: 2175 VP
Tier Level: Exclusive Tier
The Araxys Bundle features tech from an alien race, and it shows from the skins. The Araxys Vandal is definitely a top-tier Vandal skin in the game because of how alive the skin feels. It looks and feels like it’s straight out of a sci-fi movie with its insane SFX and animation.
The Araxy Vandal has purple, black, and silver variants and can be upgraded up to level 4. This includes new SFX, animations, and the finisher.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Prime Vandal
Price: 1775 VP
Tier Level: Premium Tier
Next up, we have a community-loved collection with the Prime Collection. The Prime Vandal’s base model is colored black and white with gold accents all around. It looks sleek and premium and comes in orange, blue, and yellow variants. It also has a wolf’s head embedded near the rear of the gun.
The Prime Vandal also has three upgrade levels which adds laser-like SFX, a new reload animation, and a wolf devouring the victim finisher.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Spectrum Phantom
Price: 2675 VP
Tier Level: Exclusive Tier
The Spectrum Phantom is a weapon skin for those who love listening to music in-game. Its best factor is its crazy inspect animation, which plays a tune created by Zedd. Not to mention its insane finisher that makes the game look like you’re in a light show concert.
It features black, purple, and red variants, with up to a level 4 upgrade. The upgrades include new VFX animations and the finisher.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Elderflame Judge
Price: 2475 VP
Tier Level: Ultra Tier
The Elderflame Bundle was the first Ultra Tier skins introduced to the game. The animations were so insane that they literally felt like real breathing dragons. The Elderflame Judge features a dragon with a huge fire-filled belly.
The Elderflame Judge comes in red, blue, and dark variants with three different level upgrades. They introduce a new VFX, weapon animation, and a crazy finisher where the victim gets burned by a dragon.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Protocol 781-A Phantom
Price: 2475 VP
Tier Level: Ultra Tier
The Protocol Phantom is an Ultra Tier skin with a futuristic military feel, complete with talking AI. Even though it costs roughly $25, it’s still not as pricey as some of the most expensive CS:GO skins, making it a relatively good deal.
It has white/pink, red/blue, and green variants, and one of the game’s only skins with a level 5 upgrade. The upgrades include VFX, new weapon animations, a mech-shooting finisher, and the AI voiceover.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Reaver Vandal
Price: 1775 VP
Tier Level: Premium Tier
Of course, we can’t have a best Valorant skins list without featuring the fan-favorite Reaver Collection. We’ve chosen the Reaver Vandal because it’s a great and simple-looking skin with its base color featuring a dark purple shade with silver and black linings.
The Reaver Vandal comes in red, black, and white variants with three upgrade levels. This includes new VFX, SFX, weapon animations, and a finisher where multiple arms pull the enemy down into the unknown.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Origin Operator
Price: 1775 VP
Tier Level: Premium Tier
If you’re looking for a great Operator skin to buy from your Valorant store, I suggest taking a look at the Origin Operator. It features a cool levitating inspect, making the Operator float in the air while you are walking. You’ll end up pressing “Y” every time you bring out the Origin Operator.
There are green, red, and white variants with three upgrade levels. These add VFX, animations, and a finisher where your enemy gets summoned by a huge ring from above.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Sentinels of Light Sheriff
Price: 2175 VP
Tier Level: Exclusive Tier
We chose the Sentinels of Light Sheriff because the skin looks amazing on the gun and fits it perfectly. The Sentinels of Light Sheriff has an elegant design with silver and black colors finished off by gold accents. League of Legends fans should definitely check this skin out.
It has pink, red/green, and blue/purple variants that all look amazing. It also has three upgrade levels, that add VFX, SFX, weapon animations, and a League of Legends-inspired finisher animation.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Xenohunter Knife
Price: 3550 VP
Tier Level: Premium Tier
The Xenohunter Knife is perfect for players looking for a sleek and simple weapon skin. It features a realistic design with a mesmerizingly clean inspect animation.
It only comes with its base black color with a single level upgrade to unlock the animation. Sometimes plain and simple is just the way to go.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Prelude to Chaos Vandal
Price: 2175 VP
Tier Level: Exclusive Tier
The Prelude to Chaos Vandal features a purple-ish sci-fi theme with an electrifyingly amazing inspect and finisher. It’s a great darker-toned skin that combines elements of gunplay, magic, and chaos well.
The green, white, and blue variants are all unlockable with four upgrade levels. This includes new VFX and SFX, electric weapon animations, and a finisher that pulls the victim below ground using two chains.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Sovereign Ghost
Price: 1775 VP
Tier Level: Premium Tier
Our next pick is the Sovereign Ghost. The Sovereign Collection is the first skin line that has a story tied to it. It’s part of the Tethered Realms, where the battle between Sovereign and Forsaken factions took place. The base skin model features an elegant white and gold finish that perfectly represents the collection.
The Sovereign Ghost comes with gold, silver, and purple variants. It also has three upgrade levels that provide additional VFX, new weapon animations, and a finisher animation.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Ruination Knife
Price: 4350 VP
Tier Level: Exclusive Tier
The Ruination Bundle is a part of a crossover between League of Legends and Valorant. The Ruination Knife might be the best out of all of them because it’s literally Viego’s sword in League of Legends. I’m sure LoL fans would appreciate the Blade of the Ruined King.
The Ruination Knife has a purple, red/yellow, and green variant. It only has a single level upgrade that adds a new equip, slash, and inspect animation.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Singularity Phantom
Price: 2175 VP
Tier Level: Exclusive Tier
The Singularity Phantom is a beautiful skin that is inspired by the depths of the unknown in our galaxy. It features a black and violet base design with angular edges and a shiny finish, giving it a strong appearance.
It has blue, red, and purple variants with three upgrade options. The upgrades add muzzle flash, new weapon animations, and an insanely cool finisher where your enemy gets sucked into a black hole. It definitely has one of the best finishers in Valorant.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game.
Forsaken Spectre
Price: 1775 VP
Tier Level: Premium Tier
Next, we have a great skin for the Spectre from the Forsaken Collection. The best thing about the Forsake Spectre is that you are essentially getting both the Sovereign skin and the Forsaken skin with just a single purchase.
The Forsaken Spectre has a base color of dark green and silver. It also has a gold variant that greatly resembles the base color of the Sovereign skins but with cracks all over the weapon. The three upgrade levels add extra VFX, new animations, and finishers.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Crimsonbeast Hammer
Price: 3550 VP
Tier Level: Premium Tier
The Crimsonbeast Hammer is easily the best skin from the collection. It has you swinging a fiery hammer like you’re a hellish version of Thor. The Crimsonbeast Hammer looks way more amazing when you have your Valorant settings cranked all the way up.
It doesn’t have any variants and can be upgraded to level 2 to unlock the fiery VFX and animations.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Soulstrife Knife
Price: 2675 VP
Tier Level: Exclusive Tier
Next up, we have another unique-looking knife skin that’ll get you feeling like the Grim Reaper himself. The Soulstrife Knife comes in the form of a one-handed scythe, complete with a ghastly gray mist.
Unfortunately, the Soulstrife Knife doesn’t have any variants and only has one upgrade level. The upgrade adds some extra animations and new sounds.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Glitchpop Frenzy
Price: 2175 VP
Tier Level: Exclusive Tier
The Glitchpop Collection is another line of Valorant skins that received a second bundle. The Glitchpop Frenzy might be the smallest gun in the collection, but it definitely still screams glitter, color, and stickers everywhere.
It has blue, red, and gold variants that also feature similar stickers with three upgrade levels. The levels add a holographic image, a new equip and inspect animation and a finisher with a flurry of holo stickers.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Oni Knife
Price: 3550 VP
Tier Level: Premium Tier
The Oni skin line is one of the earliest popular skins in Valorant. It was based on Japanese folklore and highlights a horned ogre-like demonic creature. Although the entire bundle is beautiful, we chose the Oni Knife because of its unique look that fully captures the essence of the skin’s inspiration.
The Oni Claw doesn’t have any variants and is only available in its base red color. It has a single upgrade that greatly increases the coolness of the knife by adding a green mist that runs through the eyes and nose.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Neptune Guardian
Price: 1775 VP
Tier Level: Premium Tier
What makes this skin so good are the cute little fishies swimming around in the small aquarium in the gun. It also makes a nice “PLOOP PLOOP” sound making it more exciting. It’s the perfect skin to take on Valorant’s Breeze Map or even Pearl, completing the aesthetic.
The Neptune Guardian only has a black variant. It also has three level upgrades and is one of the very few skins that made the list without a finisher.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
RGX 11z Pro Classic
Price: 2175 VP
Tier Level: Exclusive Tier
Next up, we have another Classic skin. This time it’s the RGX 11z Pro Classic. The RGX Collection is inspired by PCs that go BRRRR and guns that go PEW PEW. It’s definitely one of the best Valorant skins that you can add to your collection.
The RGX 11z Pro Classic offers red, blue, and yellow variants, and is one of the few skins with a level 5 upgrade. The final upgrade adds a kill counter on the gun, that shows the holder their current kills in the game.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Ion Operator
Price: 1775 VP
Tier Level: Premium Tier
The Ion line features a futuristic, sleek silver design. The Ion Operator delivers a resounding laser-like sound from the reload down to the bullet fire. It also features a utopian look with the levitating blue sphere in the middle of the weapon.
The Ion Operator doesn’t have any variants and has three upgrade levels. These add new VFX, weapon animations, and an electrifying shockwave-like finisher.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Magepunk Sheriff
Price: 1775 VP
Tier Level: Premium Tier
The Magepunk Sheriff definitely has a great aesthetic to it. The overall industrial look, matched with the glowing electric chamber, simply brings the gun to life. The Magepunk line is a popular skin for a reason.
It has green, pink, and orange variants with three-level upgrades that add animations, SFX, and a finisher that has the victim trapped and electrocuted in a chamber.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Gaia’s Vengeance Ghost
Price: 1775 VP
Tier Level: Premium Tier
The Gaia’s Vengeance Ghost is another great Ghost skin to wait for in your store. The Gaia’s Vengeance Collection is inspired by trees, with their design being twisted and entangled vines and branches. The base skin has a soft white tree-like finish with red accents.
There are a couple of variants, including a blue, green, and orange colorway. The three upgrade levels bring the skin to life by adding animations, SFX, and a finisher.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Radiant Crisis 001 Bucky
Price: 1775 VP
Tier Level: Premium Tier
The final skin on our list of the best Valorant skins is the Radiant Crisis 001 Bucky. This skin is known for being a weapon that looks straight out of the Borderlands series. The additional pop-up words also give it a comic-book vibe.
It doesn’t have other colorways but does have two upgrade levels. It features new animations and a crazy animated finisher that sends the victim flying away with explosives.
Here’s what the skin sounds like in-game:
Conclusion
The Chronovoid Knife is our pick for the best Valorant skin because of its stunningly amazing look, incredible feel, and clean inspect animation. The other skins are great in their own right and worthy of being added to any player’s inventory as well.
