VALORANT may be a free-to-play shooter at heart, but it has enamored its player base with paid weapon skins that serve as aesthetic vessels of joy and opulence. And what’s more iconic in the world of FPS shooters than a good knife skin?
While some players are turned off by the idea of spending cold-hard cash for pixels on the screen, there’s no denying the appeal of a well-designed and coveted item.
That said, let’s look at the best VALORANT knife skins in the game right now!
Power Fist
Do you want to look like something straight out of an arcade game? Then the Power Fist is the melee for you. It’s hands-down own of the coolest melees in the game because of its controller look with multiple varieties.
Araxys Bio Harvester
Do you want to look like something straight out of an arcade game? Then the Power Fist is the melee for you. It’s hands-down own of the coolest melees in the game because of its controller look with multiple varieties.
Caeruleus
The Caeruleus is a melee that looks straight out of the ocean. It has an axe base but features an almost glass-like water texture. The top is also see-through, where a few corals live in.
Altitude Knuckle Knife
This one is a very underrated knife skin. The Altitude Knuckle Knife is one of the more unique knife types in Valorant. It also features a cute airplane-like animation.
Black Market Butterfly Knife
The Black Market Butterfly Knife has a very simple yet sleek design. It’s definitely one of the more realistic designs out there and is even comparable to the base knife skins in CS:GO.
Blastx Polymer Knifetech Coated Knife
Blastx Polymer Knifetech Coated Knife looks exactly like something you would get from a plastic toy kit. It features bright violet, green, and orange colors as the base with a shiny plastic-like silver for the blade.
Terminus A Quo
The Terminus A Quo’s handle looks like a microbot from Big Hero 6 with a glowing laser edge as its blade. It easily has one of the best inspect animations in the game, and that alone makes it one of the top Valorant skins worth spending your VP on.
Celestial Fan
From its unique draw animation to its thematic design, there’s nothing quite like the Celestial Fan in VALORANT. The blade is inspired by traditional Chinese folding fans, complete with a gradient of blue and warm colors and Chinese symbols sprawling the entire length of it.
Champions 2022 Butterfly Knife
This galaxy-inspired VCT Champions 2022 Butterfly Knife is a true beauty. Featuring a swirling nebula as the knife’s backdrop, a shiny, gold midsection, and a dark violet handle, there’s no other butterfly knife skin in VALORANT that screams class as much as this one.
Crimsonbeast Hammer
Can you imagine what Thor’s Mjolnir hammer would look like if he was the God of Fire instead? Well, the Crimsonbeast Hammer gives off that exact vibe.
Cryostasis Impact Drill
The Cryostasis Impact Drill is a truly chilling melee weapon that would be the perfect go-to on Icebox. It features a unique hammer design that freezes the longer that you don’t use it. Not to mention the unique marks that it leaves when you hit it on a wall.
EGO Knife
The Ego Knife is one of the most basic knives in the game. It’s basically a reskinned default knife featuring gold, white, and black colors and some Japanese writing.
Elderflame Dagger
The Elderflame Dagger is carved from a dragon’s scaly skin with three small claws sticking out from the base and a larger sharp claw acting as the edge. It’s a fantastic concept that dropped a ton of jaws when it was first released.
Forsaken Ritual Blade
The Forsaken Ritual Blade features a curved edge with dark green and silver shades. It looks creepily amazing and features that iconic Forsaken skinline look.
Gaia’s Wrath
You won’t love a melee more than Gaia’s Wrath if you’re a nature lover. It features a couple of different colorways, with a tree branch acting as the handle with glowing amber as the blade.
Glitchpop Axe
The Glitchpop Collection is one of the first few skins that got a second bundle. The Glitchpop Axe was released as a part of the Glitchpop 2.0 bundle. It instantly became a favorite because of its unique collapsible design.
Glitchpop Dagger
The OG Glitchpop knife features the bright neon colors that we’ve come to love from the collection. It also features a glowing edge, giving it a futuristic look.
Gravitational Uranium Neuroblaster
The Gravitational Uranium Neuroblaster melee has a very distinct look. It features a green and black colorway, with the community calling it the “alien prober.”
Ignite Fan
The Ignite Fan is a beautiful melee that was used to commemorate the official launch of Valorant in China. It’s heavily inspired by a phoenix design with bright flames and is the newest Valorant knife skin out there.
Ion Energy Sword
Ion Energy Sword is the OG Ion melee that was mostly popular for looking like a bike seat. It features a sleek white/silver color with black and blue accents. The Ion Phantom skin is the most popular skin in the collection, but the Ion Energy wasn’t half bad either.
Equilibrium
Equilibrium It’s one of the simpler knife skins available in Valorant. It still looks cool, though, with the Koi fish swimming throughout the entire fan.
Ion Karambit
The Ion Karambit features one of the worst karambits in the game. It has the elements of the Ion skin line, but the blue core in the middle makes the entire thing look a bit weird.
Luna’s Descent
Luna’s Descent is a dual-bladed knife that’s shaped like a karambit. It features an elegant water-like finish with a wave texture. The handle also has a gold finish to complete the design.
Luxe Knife
The Luxe Knife features a dagger-like body because of its very small design. It has a reflective silver base with blue accents and was super cheap, making it a solid buy during the early Valorant days.
Magepunk Electroblade
The Magepunk Electroblade has a very simple design, which made it quite underwhelming, especially with how great the other weapons looked. However, it does feature an electric core with copper and bronze accents.
Magepunk Shock Gauntlet
You don’t want to mess with someone who has a Magepunk 2.0 melee. It features a sharp arrow-like blade with a copper and bronze base that perfectly fits within your fist.
Magepunk Sparkswitch
The Magepunk Sparkswitch is an electrifying melee, to say the least. It features a butterfly knife base with a solid animation while having sparks fly all around as it moves.
Nebula Knife
The Nebula Knife is lowkey a budget Singularity knife because of its out-of-this-world design. It has a nebula star in the middle reflecting back the dark purple colors in outer space.
Neo Frontier Axe
The Neo Frontier Axe offers a perfect mix between old and new. It has the look of a traditional mining axe with some new electronic upgrades equipped. It’s a solid knife with a unique design.
Neptune Anchor
Secure your kills by bonking enemies in the head using the Neptune Anchor. It features a withered-down metal anchor with a starfish in the middle and some rope used as the handle. It’s perfect if you truly want to embody that Breeze life.
No Limits Bat
The main selling point of the No Limits Bat is its ability to change color depending on the area of the map you’re in. It gets a white and red shade in direct light but turns into black and red in the shadows.
Catrina
The Catrina blade is an elegant small little blade that features a design inspired by the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos. It features two different colorways influenced by the living silver blade and an eternal blue blade.
Oni Claw
It’s a small profile weapon that’s in the shape of a demon’s face, with its fangs acting as the blade. The skin also gets surrounded by a green demonic aura running through the weapon’s eyes and nose. The glowing aura redeems the skin, still making it one of the best knives in Valorant.
Onimaru Kunitsuna
The Onimaru Kunitsuna is the melee included in the second Oni bundle. It features the Oni design in the body of a large katana. This makes the Oni Collection one of the best bundles in Valorant.
Origin
The Origin melee has an insane inspect animation with all of its parts levitating in the air. It does look like a futuristic protractor, though, which is why others ridicule it a bit. However, it’s still an overall great Valorant knife skin. It’s just as mesmerizing as its Operator skin counterpart.
Blade of Chaos
The Blade of Chaos is the perfect electrifying Valorant knife skin if you like hefty melee weapons. It’s a chonky boi that makes you feel like you’re wielding a great sword in Valorant. It features a black base with a gem in the middle that powers the fire-like electric border around the weapon.
Prime Axe
The Prime Axe was the first axe introduced into Valorant. It features a styling gold and purple combination with a variety of geometric holes scattered on the weapon.
Prime 2.0 Karambit
The Prime 2.0 Karambit is the epitome of style and suaveness. Featuring a golden safety ring, a half-coated gold, and metal blade, and a sharp, pointy edge, this weapon is a good choice for any VALORANT player looking to buy their first knife.
Prism Knife
The Prism melee took the default knife and leveled it up. It features a reflective metallic purple blade with a black handle. It’s a decent pick-up, especially if you got it on sale in your Night Market.
Personal Administrative Melee Unit
The Personal Administrative Melee Unit features one of the best concepts in Valorant. It features an AI voice speaking to you, an insane inspect and pullout animation, with a variety of colorways.
Radiant Crisis 001 Baseball Bat
Hop aboard the Borderland graphics train with the Radiant Crisis 001 Baseball Bat. It features an animated silver bat with a comic-like pop-up every time you swing it.
Reaver Knife
The Reaver Knife was one of the first highly coveted knife skins in Valorant. Everyone was waiting for it in their Valorant store. It first appeared in the beta, but was eventually introduced into the game as well.
Reaver Karambit
We have one of the most popular and beloved karambit skins in the Reaver Karambit. It features the traditional dark purple hue found in the Reaver collection with a glowing mark on the blade of the knife.
Recon Balisong
The Recon Balisong is one of the original butterfly knives introduced into the game. It has a smooth-looking animation and is pretty similar to a skin that might appear in CS:GO.
Reverie Sword
The Reverie Sword is generally regarded as the budget Sovereign Sword because of its very similar look. It’s definitely a great buy, considering that it’s budget-friendly not only for Valorant, but is also cheaper than some CS:GO knives.
RGX 11Z Pro Blade
The RGX 11z Pro Blade is the perfect melee weapon of choice for any gamer. It features RGB, a high-tech PC-like layout, and an extending blade. What else would you want?
RGX 11z Pro Firefly
While butterfly knives like the Recon Balisong have long been found in countless VALORANT maps and games, the vibrant and colorful design of RGX 11z Pro Firefly makes it slightly a better pick.
Blade of the Ruined King
It feels fitting to put the two League of Legends-inspired swords back-to-back. Blade of the Ruined King is the Valorant version of the weapon Viego uses in LoL. It’s definitely popular among the LoL and Valorant players.
Blade of Serket
The Blade of Serket is a unique Valorant knife because of its solid shape and its cool dual-wield look. It also looks like something straight out of ancient Egypt with its golden color.
Relic of the Sentinel
Relic of the Sentinel is one of the chunkier melee swords out there. It’s one of the melees introduced during the League of Legends and Valorant crossover events and features the iconic look of the Sentinels of Light skin line.
Singularity
The Singularity melee has a simple base design but is made cooler by the small gravitational lines holding the knife together. It features a variety of colorways, but the purple and black just hits different.
Smite
Smite is another reskin of the default knife in Valorant. It features a fully-blue knife with white cracks all over.
Snowfall Wand
Is it me, or does it feel a bit chilly in here? The Snowfall Wand melee features a candy cane-striped design with a snowball found on top.
Soulstrife Scythe
The Soulstrife Scythe looks like the Grim Reaper’s Orcus, and it honestly baffles me why it isn’t that popular. It looks amazing, sleek, clean, and creepy all at the same time.
Sovereign Sword
The Sovereign Sword is the main knife in the Sovereign Collection. It has a golden grip, a golden crossguard, and a blade with a curved edge. A hole has also been cut out of the sword’s blade, presumably for better aerodynamics.
Tethered Realms Prosperity
The Tethered Realms Prosperity melee received a ton of hype during its official release. It was the first dual-wield weapon in Valorant and had a unique indoor/outdoor effect. It tells the story of two completely different worlds, united through the swords.
Hu Else
No one else would dare challenge you once they get a look at your new Hu Else melee. It features a long blade coated in a black and red design with an elegant-looking gold and red handle.
Titanmail Mace
The Titanmail Mace features these yellow electric-like spikes with a matching yellow core in the middle. The rotating “blades” are also pretty mesmerizing to look at and add to the coolness of the melee.
Waveform
What makes this VALORANT knife so special is its satisfying sound animations that move to the beat of its own sound effects. If its higher price doesn’t deter you, it’s a good knife to jam to as you smash Y (or whatever your VALORANT keybind is for weapon inspection).
Spline Dagger
The Spline Dagger has a twisted branch-like design with small amber crystals in the shape of orbs. It’s definitely one of the more unique concepts in Valorant and also features different color variants.
Hack/ Hack and Slash
Hack is a surprisingly solid melee. Most people call it the budget Glitchpop because of their similar look. However, Hack does feature a dual-wield knife and axe combo, helping it stand out when rotating around the map.
Valorant Go! Vol. 1
Have you ever wondered what a Valorant anime would look like? Well, look no further than the Valorant Go! Skins. The Valorant Go! Vol. 1 melee looks exactly like Jett’s Kunai’s with an anime white-haired version of Jett.
Yoru’s Stylish Butterfly Comb
This butterfly knife features a clean blade and symmetrical crooked gaps in its teeth, like a comb. The center of the knife features an animated depiction of an Ulting Yoru, and the handle is painted with red, white, and blue brushes.
VCT LOCK//IN Misericórdia
The knife for the VCT LOCK//IN event has a very solid design. It features a variety of colors and has an amazing glow with the iconic VCT-inspired design.
Winterwunderland Candy Cane
There’s no better way to celebrate Christmas than with the Winterwunderland Candy Cane. A great feature about this skin is that it eventually breaks after swinging it a few times. It’s definitely one of the best novelty knife skins in Valorant.
Xenohunter Knife
Featuring a sleek and shiny silver blade with a black leather handle, the Xenohunter Knife doesn’t come with a whole lot of frills. It only has a default skin and one animation upgrade, making it the perfect lowkey knife.
Kingdom Knife
The first-ever Battle Pass melee was as basic as you can get. It was barely a reskin of the default knife, having a different black handle with some jagged edges and yellow accents.
Hivemind Sword
The Episode 1, Act 2 Battle Pass melee was a banger for sure. It features the Hivemind sword, which is inspired by an alien species. It has a gray handle with purple accents and a uniquely shaped blade.
Ruin
The Episode 1, Act 3 melee is one of the best Valorant knife skins you can get from Battle Passes. It features a black and gold design that gives it a very elegant look.
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Outpost Melee
Outpost was the melee available in the Episode 2, Act 1 Battle Pass. It featured a short dagger-like design with yellow and black accents. It’s inspired by construction tools, with the signature green liquid found in levels in the middle.
Prism III Axe
The Prism III skins line from the Episode 2, Act 2 Battle Pass had an axe base. It looked clean and sleek, even though it was a reward on the Premium Battle Pass. It also features a total of four different shiny variants.
Songsteel
The Episode 2, Act 3 Battle Pass melee is a long silver sword with a wooden base as a handle. It features a unique cut in the blade, which is heavily inspired by elven myths.
K/TAC Blade
The K/TAC Battle Pass Episode 3, Act 1 melee features a pink liquid-like glow with a long silver blade. It looks quite similar to the RGX 11z Pro Blade, making it the perfect Budget RGX.
Artisan Foil
Next, we have a long and elegant melee weapon designed like the fencing saber sword. It features a white blade with blue imprints, topped off with golden accents.
Genesis Arc
The Episode 3, Act 3 Battle Pass, features the Genesis Arc as its melee reward. The Genesis Arc is created by a high form of society that uses a gold base and purple-ish accents throughout the weapon.
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Velocity Karambit
The Velocity Karambit is the first karambit knife type available through the Battle Pass. It features a simple design with orange, yellow, purple, and aquamarine variants.
Striker Knife
Strike is a very short knife that features yellow, silver, and purple colors. It quite honestly looks like it’s made out of plastic, and it looks like it won’t hurt anyone at all.
.SYS Melee
The Episode 4, Act 3 Battle Pass melee features the axe design with a metallic finish and a pinkish-red glow running all over.
Task Force 809 Knife
The Task Force 809 Knife is a very basic melee, which isn’t surprising since it’s from the Episode 5, Act 1 Battle Pass. It features a black and gray design and a relatively large blade.
Obsidiana
The Obsidiana knife from the Episode 5, Act 2 Battle Pass is another underrated melee. It features Aztec-like designs with the tongue of the Aztec sun stone head sticking out. It’s one of those you like it or you love it type of designs.
Iridian Thorn Blade
This is another pretty solid battle pass knife that features a clean silver and purple color. Maybe it’s time to get an Xbox Game Pass and funnel that extra XP toward that Battle Pass.
Venturi Knife
The Venturi Knife features a very futuristic design with a simple and modern finish. It’s heavily inspired by the Valorant Spike. Unfortunately, it isn’t purchasable in the new Accessories Store, launched with the new Valorant progression system.
Tilde Knife
The Episode 6, Act 2 Battle Pass knife isn’t very popular. However, I do think that it looks unique and features a solid colorway. The short dagger makes for a very minimal yet great Valorant knife skin.
Bound
Honestly, the Bound melee is good, especially for something found in a Battle Pass. It features metal spikes with a dark vine-like wrapped around it.
Composite Knife
The Episode 7, Act 1 Battle Pass knife isn’t the greatest by any means. However, it does have a unique angular design that isn’t available in other knives.
Champions 2021
Bring out that trophy and commemorate the Champions 2021 event with a black and gold karambit that even glows whenever you’re fragging out.
Champions 2023
It has become a tradition to release Champions skins for each year. The 2023 version offers a sleek kunai, continuing the black and gold color scheme and the iconic Champions Aura.
Chromedek Gauntlet
The Chromedek Gauntlet looks similar to a pincer but is made out of metal. It has a shiny coat of gold and silver with a small blue light in the middle.
Daydreams Crowbar
The Daydreams Crowbar is a colorful melee that perfectly fits budget gamers. At 1,750 VP, it’s a huge bargain and a significant upgrade from the default knife, and it stands out with its cute gold and purple color combination.
Emberclad Hammer
Hammer-based melee weapons are a growing breed in Valorant, and the Emberclad Hammer has been added to the list. It has an axe-hammer head with an ember glow seething through. It also looks very similar to something you’d find during the medieval times.
Fortune’s Scepter
Take a slice of royalty with you on whatever map you play on by bringing the Fortune’s Scepter melee. It has an elegant look, brought to it by its sleek white, gold, and black theme and the added crown logo on the ball.
Gaia’s Fury
Nature lovers got another go-to knife with the release of Gaia’s Fury. It follows the same branch-like handle embracing a crystallized blade.
Intergrade Blade
This is one of the shorter knives in the game, featuring a dark blue edge with a tech-like look due to the circuitry running through the weapon.
Blades of Imperium
Follow the way of the Jade Dragon with the Blades of Imperium. The green body of the dragon curves its way from the bottom to the top to form the handle, with the head sticking out with a golden finish.
Kuronami No Yaiba
Bring out your inner ninja with the kusarigama-styled knife that Kuronami No Yaiba highlights. The blades are connected via a lengthy chain, allowing for animations that are way different from the other melees.
MK.VII Liberty Combat Knife
The MK.VII Liberty Combat Knife is a break from the often flashy melees you’d see in Valorant. It has a low-profile look with a slightly futuristic military-like feel.
Orion Sword
The Orion Sword features a mech-like design with different shades of blue and orange. If Mega-Man was in Valorant, this would definitely be his melee weapon.
Overdrive Blade
Overdrive is another “Glitchpop” copycat, with similarities to the stickers and the colors of the sword. However, the Overdrive Blade is primarily based on moto racers and their usually minimalistic but sponsor sticker-filled design.
Blades of Primordia
This dual-wield weapon centers around two short blades with a devilish aesthetic. It’s also very similar to weapons you’d typically find within Monster Hunter games.
Relic Stone Daggers
The second coming of The Sentinels of Light brought with it a dual-wield melee empowered with stones from the Blessed Isles in LoL lore. It still follows the same black and gold theme with white crystals.
Ruyi Staff
Embody the power of Sun Wukong with this expanding red and golden staff coming from the weapon of the Monkey King himself.
XERØFANG Knife
Fans of short weapons will surely upvote the sleek gold and black futuristic look of the XERØFANG Knife. It also features some sweet slashing, equip, and inspect animations.
Transition Knife
Become the life of the party with this sweet light pink and blue colored blade. Despite its simple design, it still stands out with its popping colors.
Sandswept Dagger
Inspired by the classic genie lamp, the Sandswept Dagger features a golden finish with violet and emerald accents.
Guardrail Hammer
Sneak up on your opponents and bonk them on the head with another axe-hammer melee with an exquisite black and gold finish.
Shellspire Sword
Chillax and feel the ocean vibes flow through the Shellspire Sword. From the name itself, you can tell that this conch-like melee is as beautiful as any shell you’d find in the sand.
Conclusion
These VALORANT knife skins don’t affect gameplay in any way, shape, or form, nor do they help improve aim. But they definitely level up aesthetic and visual qualities.
What’s your favorite knife to use in Valorant? Comment it down.