Best Melee skins

All 172 Melee skins, ranked by content tier, upgrade levels and variants — what you receive, rather than what we happen to like.

How this ranking works

Content tier first, then number of upgrade levels, then colour variants. That measures what a skin actually gives you — animations, finishers, audio, recolours.

It deliberately does not measure how good a skin looks, because that isn’t rankable. A Select skin can be far better designed than an Ultra one; it just carries less behind it.

Top 10 by content

1

VCT 2025 Karambit

Exclusive tier · 3 levels · 5 variants

Upgrades add visual effects on the weapon itself; a special effect when you top-frag the round.

2

Exclusive tier · 3 levels · 5 variants

Upgrades add custom sound effects on equip, fire and reload; a special effect when you top-frag the round.

3

VCT LOCK//IN Misericórdia

Exclusive tier · 3 levels · 4 variants

Upgrades add custom equip and reload animations; a special effect when you top-frag the round.

4

Personal Administrative Melee Unit

Exclusive tier · 3 levels · 4 variants

Upgrades add visual effects on the weapon itself; custom voice lines.

5

Champions 2021 Karambit

Exclusive tier · 3 levels · 1 variant

Upgrades add visual effects on the weapon itself; a special effect when you top-frag the round.

6

Champions 2022 Butterfly Knife

Exclusive tier · 3 levels · 1 variant

Upgrades add custom equip and reload animations; a special effect when you top-frag the round.

7

Champions 2023 Kunai

Exclusive tier · 3 levels · 1 variant

Upgrades add custom equip and reload animations; a special effect when you top-frag the round.

8

Champions 2024 Blade

Exclusive tier · 3 levels · 1 variant

Upgrades add custom equip and reload animations; a special effect when you top-frag the round.

9

ORA by OneTap Knife

Exclusive tier · 3 levels · 1 variant

Upgrades add custom equip and reload animations; the ability to shuffle between tracks on the weapon.

10

Champions 2025 Butterfly Knife

Exclusive tier · 3 levels · 1 variant

Upgrades add custom equip and reload animations; a special effect when you top-frag the round.

Every Melee skin

VCT 2025 Karambit

VCT LOCK//IN Misericórdia

Personal Administrative Melee Unit

Champions 2021 Karambit

Champions 2022 Butterfly Knife

Champions 2023 Kunai

Champions 2024 Blade

ORA by OneTap Knife

Champions 2025 Butterfly Knife

RGX 11z Pro Blade

RGX 11z Pro Firefly

RGX 11z Pro Karambit

Divergence Staff

Araxys Bio Harvester

Araxys Bio-Atomizers

Phaseguard Splitter

Nocturnum Scythe

Doombringer Battleaxe

Blades of Imperium

Singularity Butterfly Knife

Dolmir's Judgement

Neo Frontier Axe

Neo Frontier Lasso

Bubblegum Deathwish Chainsaw

Blades of Primordia

XERØFANG Knife

Broken Blade of the Ruined King

Solarstride Flamethrower

Blade of Aemondir

Magepunk Electroblade

Magepunk Shock Gauntlet

Magepunk Sparkswitch

Overdrive Blade

Kuronami no Yaiba

Kuronami Naru-Kami

Onimaru Kunitsuna

Rogue Push Daggers

Blackthorn Blades

Relic of the Sentinel

Relic Stone Daggers

Reaver Karambit

Reaver Butterfly Knife

Eternal Sovereign

Mystbloom Kunai

Mystbloom Fanblade

Evori's Spellcaster

BlastX Polymer KnifeTech Coated Knife

Blackspyre Divide

5 Years // Beta Remastered Knife

Xenohunter Knife

VALORANT GO! Vol. 1 Knife

Yoru's Stylish Butterfly Comb

Origin Crescent Blade

Radiant Crisis 001 Baseball Bat

Glitchpop Dagger

Elderflame Dagger

Singularity Knife

Blade of Serket

Forsaken Ritual Blade

Soulstrife Scythe

Prime//2.0 Karambit

Black.Market Butterfly Knife

Arcane Gauntlets

Combat Crafts Axe

Crimsonbeast Hammer

Ion Energy Sword

Cryostasis Impact Drill

Gravitational Uranium Neuroblaster Baton

Sovereign Sword

Wonderstallion Hammer

MK.VII Liberty Combat Knife

Nanomight Knuckles

Velocity Karambit

Interhelm Sword

Keys to Elysium

Transition Knife

Byteshift Knife

Sandswept Dagger

Winterwunderland Candy Cane

Sky Reaper Sword

Bubble Pop Light Stick

Task Force 809 Knife

Altitude Knuckle Knife

Intergrade Blade

VALORANT GO! Vol. 3 Dagger

Composite Knife

ATLAS // CMD Baton

Aperture Stiletto

Emberclad Hammer

Chromedek Gauntlet

Jellybeam Sugarslice

Hieroscape Blades

Guardrail Hammer

Daydreams Crowbar

Iridian Thorn Blade

Minima Karambit

Switchback Ascender

Shellspire Sword

Paceline's Edge

Fortune's Scepter

Wasteland Crowbar

Common questions

What is the best Melee skin in VALORANT?

By what you actually receive, VCT 2025 Karambit — it's Exclusive tier with 3 upgrade levels and 5 variants. Whether it's the best-looking is a different question, and one nobody can answer for you.

How many Melee skins are there?

172, across every content tier. Tier decides the price band and the ceiling on effects rather than the quality of the art.

Do expensive Melee skins perform better?

No. Every skin in VALORANT is purely cosmetic — no skin changes damage, spray pattern, or anything else that affects a fight. Higher tiers buy effects, audio and animations, not an advantage.

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