Champion skin

Champion skin (or just skin) refers to the color scheme or appearance of a champion. In League of Legends, most skins can be bought from the Riot Store with Riot Points, while others are or were available only from special events or promotions. Some of the skins in League of Legends also give champions different particle effects, quotes, and sound effects. Every skin has its own splash art that is displayed in champion select by clicking on the thumbnail after selection.

To see all current and old splash arts, visit this gallery. Additionally, you can see the splash arts, along with the Chinese ones and a link to a 3D model of each skin by going to the Skins & Trivia sub page of each champion. Other ways to access these pages are to just search for the champion name on our search bar and add "Skins" after the name; or you could click any of the links below which contain the names of skins.

Skins in the Store
Skins that are/were purchasable in the store usually come in 6 different price tags: 390, 520, 975, 1350, 1820 or 3250. The skins tagged with the 1820 price, also called Legendary Skins, are skins that usually affect the champion in more meaningful ways than just changes in appearance. As an example, will make him shoot out fireworks for his skills, instead of the normal projectiles. Even more special is Pulsefire Ezreal, who changes looks depending on the level of his ultimate ability, and comes with a summoner icon and profile banner. Therefore, this skin has the highest price yet, and costs 3250 RP. The "special effect rule" however isn't always true, especially for older legendary skins, where only the model was changed; those skins still had far more work put into them than the others at that time.

Every few days, some skins are put on special discount for 50% or 75% of the original price. The current discounts are available on the Main Page.

Available Skins
As of Febuary 1st, 2013 there are currently 326 skins available in the store, including the Lunar Revel skins.

Linked Skins
Some champions have skins that share a certain theme with skins from other champions. Follow the link above to see these themes.

Upcoming
The following skins are available on the PBE: Lunar Revel 2013

Leaks

 * Models
 * The following models have been found in the game files or showcased at official events:


 * Textures
 * The following skins textures appear in the game files, but do not have any associated model or artwork:


 * Teasers
 * The following skins appear in the game files:, and.
 * A silhouette resembling can be seen in  artwork.
 * blueprint details the file names of, , , and  in the top right corner, teasing at the possible expansion of the Battlecast series.
 * A silhouette resembling can also be seen in  artwork.
 * artwork was leaked, but its development is currently on hold.

Collector's Edition
These Skins are available only through Collector's Editions. (Digital or Retail)

These two skins are offered through bundles purchasable from the client store.

This skin is offered through the Store Collector's Edition.

These two pre-order exclusive skins were no longer available after October 26th, 2009.

Special Events
These skins were or are given for free for special events.

Unavailable Skins
The following skins can no long be purchased because they were seasonal event skins or were removed from the store.

Legacy Skins
The Legacy Skins are either skins that Riot has retired, seasonal skins, or special event skins that have been removed from the League of Legends Store and placed in Riot's Vault. Some, but not necessarily all, Legacy Skins will be re-released from the Vault for limited runs in the League of Legends Store. These skins only appear in the champion's information tab if you own them. Retired skins are skins that were normally available in the League of Legends Store, but have been deemed to be the more classical skins of the game and are no longer top quality skins. They were chosen by Riot to be placed in a Sale (75% off), after which they would no longer be purchasable in the store to make room for the next generation of champion skins.
 * Retired Skins

The following 42 legacy skins were un-retired and placed back in the store for purchase during the 2012 Snowdown Showdown event and removed January 6th, 2013. They were priced at 50% off and could even be gifted to your friends via the new Gifting Center Riot is perfecting. Here's a link for reference: http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2917107


 * Snowdown Showdown

The following skins were released as "Legacy Skins", and as such may return in the future:


 * Harrowing

The following skins were released as "Legacy Skins", and as such may return in the future:

The following skins were released along with the remake of the Twisted Treeline. A poll was conducted to allow the community to decide if these skins would be limited edition, permanent additions to the store, or legacy skins. They were released as "Legacy Skins", and as such may return in the future:
 * Shadow Isles

Limited Edition Skins
The limited edition Skins were all skins available from the League of Legends store during seasonal or special events and purchasable for a certain duration and then were removed once the event was over. Limited edition skins will not be released from the vault for further purchasing, unfortunately, to retain their value to the players that own them. They only appear in the champion's information tab if you own them.


 * Snowdown Showdown

The following skins were released as limited edition:


 * Harrowing

The following skins were released as limited edition:


 * Riot Soccer skins

These skins were released during to the FIFA World Cup, the male ones on June 22, 2010 and the female ones on June 28, 2010. All of them were removed from the store on November 1st, 2010.


 * 2010 Winter Games Celebration

These skins were only available from February 12th, 2010 to March 2nd, 2010. Their release coincided with the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

This skin was put in the League of Legends Store for a limited time during the Season 2 championship.
 * Season 2 Celebration skin

Skins Sale Archive
This page is a record of the past skins that have been on sale before: http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/League_of_Legends_Wiki/Sale/Archive1