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 7 different price tags: 390, 520, 750, 975, 1350, 1820 or. 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 are and  ,which change looks depending on their level, and come with special summoner icons and profile banner. Therefore, these skins have the highest price yet, and cost 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 October 30th, 2013 there are currently 355 skins available in the store, including the Lunar Revel Skins, the Harrowing 2013 skins, and the three Collector Edition Skins that are available from the bundle packs and retail.

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

Collector's Edition Skins
These Skins are available only through Collector's Editions (Digital or Retail). As of June 3rd 2013, RiotGames implemented flexible cost bundles where it will adjust its cost for content you already own. They also permanently removed the Gamer's Choice Pack and was included in the Champions Bundle.

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 26, 2009.

Achievement Skins
These skins are given to summoners when they obtain their assorted requirements.

Special Event Skins
These skins were (or are) given away for free during special events. Some are given codes and placed on sale for a short period while others were (can be) obtained during certain opportunities in a season.

Championship Skins
These skin are released for a limited time during their Season's championship World Final. They usually run one to two weeks in the store for purchase.

Upcoming
The following new skins have been added to the store on the PBE:

Hints

 * -| 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:


 * -|Game Files and Artwork=
 * The following skins appear in the game files: and.
 * A silhouette resembling can be seen in  artwork.
 * An unnamed, fire-themed skin appears in the game files (referred to as "Skin06").
 * A mysterious skin was added along some unfinished content in the store by mistake.
 * Battlecast Expansion
 * 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.
 * In 's artwork the head of what is assumed to be can be seen at the bottom left corner. Also  can be seen following behind Battlecast Urgot with an upcoming  in the very back.
 * artwork was leaked, but its development is currently on hold.
 * Two skins for were found in the RAF files of the game, labeled Cyber Ninja Zed and Proxy Zed.
 * A placeholder image for an unnamed skin (Labeled "Hecarim_Splash_5" and "Hecarim_5") was found in the assets folder of the Public Beta Enviroment client.


 * -|Red Posts=
 * IronStylus has stated that two skins are in the works for but have no dates set at this time.
 * Morello has confirmed Dragon Master for production.
 * RiotUdyr confirmed skins for SK Telecom T1's winning champ-comp of, , , , and

Unavailable Skins
The following skins can no longer 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.

Harrowing =

The following Halloween skins were released as limited edition, but were later re-released in October 2013 for a limited time; after which they became classified as "legacy" skins and as such may return in the future: The following Halloween skins were released as "Legacy Skins," and as such may return in the future:


 * -| Retired =

The following classical skins have been retired and are no longer purchasable from the store. They have been made "Legacy Skins", and as such may return in the future:


 * -| Shadow Isles =

The following skins were released along with the remake of the Twisted Treeline as "Legacy Skins", and as such may return in the future:


 * -| Snowdown Showdown =

These holiday skins were released as limited edition, but were later re-released in December 2013 for a limited time; after which they became classified as "legacy" skins and as such may return in the future:

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

These skins were created to commemorate the season 2 Champions, the Taipei Assassins and their team comp that led them to victory. They were offered individually and in a bundle pack for a limited time before being placed in the Legacy Vault.
 * -| Championship=

These skins are a tribute to a champion that underwent a significant visual upgrade to remember their old aesthetic look. They were released with the Champion's relaunch and were free for owners that had owned the champion before hand. If the champion was not previously owned it was put on sale for two weeks before being retired to the Legacy Vault.
 * -| Traditional =

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. Originally, limited edition skins werenot to 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.

Riot has recently announced that certain limited edition skins will be re-released for a short time between October 2013 and June 2014. These skins will then be moved to the legacy vault and may be released again from time to time. In order to provide compensation to players who already owned the previously limited edition skins, those players will recieve the following benefits: Re-released skins include those released for major events in the years 2009 to 2011: the Harrowing, Snowdown Showdown, Winter Olympics and World Cup events. Skins rewarded for participating in the beta or attending certain events such as PAX will not be made available.
 * A unique summoner icon.
 * RP equal to the original purchase price of any limited edition skins owned.
 * The loading-screen splash art for any limited edition skins will be overlayed with a "vintage" look.

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

They will be re-released for a period in February 2014, after which they will be classified as "legacy" and removed from the store once again.

2010 FIFA World Cup
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 1, 2010.

They will be re-released for a period in June 2014, after which they will be classified as "legacy" and removed from the store once again.

Rusty Blitzcrank
This skin was put on sale for 25% off before being put away in the Riot Vault and no longer being available for purchase from the store:

Urf the Manatee
This skin was released after the tragic event that befell League of Legends April Fool's champion - Urf the Manatee by the claws of. The skin was available for two weeks with changing price before being removed from the store. In doing so, Urf Day was created and began the line of Urf skins in memory of the brave Manatee:

Skins Sale Archive
This page is a record of the past skins that have been on sale before: Skins Sale Archive