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Champions 2022 Butterfly Knife
Champions 2022 Butterfly Knife is a Exclusive tier skin for the Melee. It is part of the Champions 2022 collection. It has 3 upgrade levels.
- Weapon
- Melee
- Collection
- Champions 2022
- Tier
- Exclusive
- Variants
- 1
- Upgrade levels
- 3
What each upgrade unlocks
Upgrade levels are bought with Radianite Points once you own the skin. Each level is permanent and stacks on the last.
- 1
Level 1
The base skin as it arrives, before any Radianite is spent.
- 2
Level 2 — Animation
Adds custom equip and reload animations.
- 3
Level 3 — Top Frag
Adds a special effect when you top-frag the round.
What Exclusive tier means
Exclusive is one of the content tiers in VALORANT.
Tier sets the price band and the ceiling on effects, not the art style — a Select skin can look better than a Premium one, it just carries less behind it.
About the Melee
Melee skins are the most visible cosmetic in the game — your knife is on screen every time you have it out, and it is the one slot every player sees on inspect.
There are 174 Melee skins in the game, so this is one of the more contested slots to dress.
Melee stats and every skin →Rest of the Champions 2022 collection
Other Melee skins
Champions 2022 Butterfly Knife FAQ
What tier is Champions 2022 Butterfly Knife?
Champions 2022 Butterfly Knife is a Exclusive tier skin. one of the content tiers in VALORANT.
How much does Champions 2022 Butterfly Knife cost?
Riot does not publish a fixed price band for this tier, so the cost depends on the release it came in rather than a standard figure.
What do the Champions 2022 Butterfly Knife upgrades give you?
Champions 2022 Butterfly Knife has 3 levels, unlocked with Radianite Points. Level 2 adds custom equip and reload animations. Level 3 adds a special effect when you top-frag the round.
The rest of this collection — 1 more
Skins released alongside this one as part of the same set. They share the theme's finisher, VFX and inspect animation, so owning several is what the collection is designed around.