Fortnite Skins Ranked - The 10 Best Fortnite Skins

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As a free-to-play game, Fortnite Battle Royale's main draw for making money comes in one shade: microtransactions. "Battle Passes." "V-Bucks." Other little things. These are terms familiar to the most avid players of Fortnite Battle Royale; the former nets you new skins and other cosmetic goodies the more you play per a paid season pass, while the other is the in-game currency where you can buy Fortnite skins or gliders with pointed ease, and accelerate tier-growth towards rarer items in a Battle Pass.

Skins, a.k.a. costumes, are a highly desired item in any multiplayer game. In Overwatch, they're nabbed randomly in loot boxes with special edition skins hitting during events. In MOBAs, skins dress up the teensy pixels on the screen that you hardly even get too good of a look at. In Fortnite, skins are a mark of wealth in the free-to-play world. They show off to other players on the battlefield that hey, I have the money to spend on this game, and in some cases, the time to grind to get to the more coveted skins from the Battle Passes too. Everyone else looks notably lesser in comparison.

Fortnite Skins

And so, we decided to rank the ten best Fortnite skins out of the game's current dozens available. Some are still attainable on a rotating basis (the store refreshes daily) and are purchasable via V-Bucks, which can either be earned (albeit slowly) in-game or bought with real world money. Fortnite Battle Royale also offers a Battle Pass per season, which costs 950 V-Bucks ($9.50) for the intro tier, or 2,800 V-Bucks through its Premium version that starts off at tier 25. If you're too eager to grind for experience, you can also level up faster with V-Bucks by buying EXP up to the next tier.

Other fortnite skins, sadly, have been whisked away by time and the promise of holiday-bound exclusivity—though some have made surprise, fleeting returns to the daily shop. It's a shame too, since some of the very best skins in Fortnite Battle Royale are the rarest ones. (Funny how that works, right?)

10. Skull Trooper Fortnite Skin

Still in Rotation? No
Rarity: Epic (Purple)
Cost: 1,500 V-Bucks ($15)

The Skull Trooper is actually a little dull as far as the fancier skins go, but the plus side is that it's of a skeleton. No frills. No weird embellishments. Just a skeleton, or rather, a crafty skeleton costume complete with face paint. And skeletons are always very cool! You can't go wrong with a skeleton skin. You may even trick the other player in the midst of the battle royale, tricking them into thinking you're just a fragment of environmental storytelling if you lean into the background a little, but then poof, you move and you're armed with a Rocket Launcher. Surprise. A guaranteed Victory Royale.

9. Wukong Fortnite Skin

Still in Rotation? No
Rarity: Legendary (Orange)
Cost: 2,000 V-Bucks ($20)

Wukong is where skins start getting just a little bit more expensive. Released around Chinese New Year as part of a celebration of the holiday, the Mythic Soldier shines with prominence on the battlefield. His shoulder blades glisten in the bright world of Fortnite, because of its bright gold armor. If you want the potential (but not really any potential) to blind a foe on the treacherous battlefield with your shoulderblades, then Wukong is one of the best skins to have for its sheer shininess.

8. Bunny Brawler Fortnite Skin

Still in Rotation? No
Rarity: Epic (Purple)
Cost: 1,500 V-Bucks ($15)

Between the two Easter-related Fortnite skins—Bunny Brawler and Bunny Raider—the former is far cuter. The skin outfits the player in an adorable onesie that looks like pajamas from a kindergartner's closet. (Or older, as poor Ralphie from A Christmas Story learns.) The Bunny Brawler stands out as one of the skins that might not be tactically responsible, as its pastel blue hue and pointy bunny ears may stick out in the lush green world of Fortnite Battle Royale. But hey, the skin's adorable. So who the heck cares?

7. Power Chord Fortnite Skin

Still in Rotation? Yes
Rarity: Legendary (Orange)
Cost: 2,000 V-Bucks ($20)

Power Chord looks like a sad, weird video game envisioning of what punk is. It's like a Saints Row game's zaniest outfit combination. Or a band member in Guitar Hero. Or a Hot Topic gone wild. While it feels very tryhard in its aesthetic, the end result is actually quite cute. Namely, I'm really into the white fishnet top underneath the torn tank top, and the pink hair. If you want to stick out like a sore thumb in Fortnite Battle Royale, this is the most rockin' option.

6. Funk Ops Fortnite Skin

Still in Rotation? Yes.
Rarity: Epic (Purple)
Cost: 1,500 V-Bucks ($15)

Funk Ops is pretty much a 1970s stereotype, but ignoring that front, Funk Ops is one of the best Fortnite skins to ever grace Battle Royale. With a bedazzled vest, headband, and killer glasses, Funk Ops is a funky callback to a long-lost era, even if it's an overdramatic version of it. Anyways, if you're a big Austin Powers fan or something, then Funk Ops is probably the go-to skin for you.

5. Love Ranger Fortnite Skin

Still in Rotation? No
Rarity: Legendary (Orange)
Cost: 2,000 V-Bucks ($20)

Love Ranger pins players as Cupid himself, only as a Cupid made of stone. It's a unique skin among Fortnite Battle Royale due to his build and giant wings on his back. As a Valentine's themed skin, the likelihood of it popping back up in the daily rotation is very slim. But in the off-chance of love finding a way back onto Fortnite, then the Love Ranger skin is an ideal grab.

4. Dark Voyager Fortnite Skin

Still in Rotation? Yes
Rarity: Legendary (Orange)
Cost: Tier 70 on Season 3 Battle Pass (base Battle Pass costs 950 V-Bucks)

The Battle Pass for Season 3 has the most stacked collection of exclusive Fortnite skins yet. Dark Voyager is among them. There are three astronaut-inspired skins for the particular collection, but Dark Voyager edges the others out on top with its slick all-black get-up. It'd be great if Fortnite Battle Royale had a space map, because then you'd really blend in with the darkness of the universe. If you've ever had a dream of being an astronaut and partaking in a battle royale, then there's no better skin for you.

3. Raven Fortnite Skin

Still Available? Yes
Rarity: Legendary (Orange)
Cost: 2,000 V-Bucks ($20)

Raven is the newest skin to reach Fortnite Battle Royale, and it's already ignited fan adoration far and wide. It's one of the new legendary skins to be launched into the game's regular rotation, which are sadly few outside of special holiday events. The Raven skin also looks hardly like what you'd imagine an Edgar Allen Poe-inspired figure to look like. In fact, players are already drawing comparisons to Destiny's sneaky weekend salesman Xur. So if you're still mad about Destiny 2, then you might as well take out your frustrations on all the Raven-wearing players in Fortnite Battle Royale.

2. Crackshot Fortnite Skin

Still Available? No
Rarity: Legendary (Orange)
Cost: 2,000 V-Bucks ($20)

Crackshot is a downright terrifying skin. At first, you may think this is an ordinary man. But Crackshot is no ordinary man. He is a man that wears a giant nutcracker head for some reason. There are no chestnuts to be crunched down in sight, and it's a tactically foolish skin to be wearing at all (that helmet sticks way out). Yet artistically, it's one of Fortnite Battle Royale's very best. It's holiday themed, without feeling too bent on that Winter season. Every day can be jolly with a nutcracker building impossible structures at your side.

1. The Reaper Fortnite Skin

Still Available? Yes
Rarity: Legendary (Orange)
Cost: Tier 100 on Season 3 Battle Pass (base Battle Pass costs 950 V-Bucks)

The Reaper is a not-so-subtle pop culture reference for the ages. The Reaper is not a nod to Reaper from Overwatch, nor Reaper from, well, any of the dozens of other games with a character named reaper. The Reaper is instead a skin that gestures towards the John Wick films, an action series starring Keanu Reeves as he gets revenge on the death of his dog (among other things). The John Wick movies are exhilarating and have become a big hit for good reason (the dude doesn't even let reloading a gun slow him down). For arguably the biggest game in North America right now to directly bow to the legendary hitman himself, that's something that parallels no other Fortnite skin, and that's why it is the very best that Fortnite Battle Royale has to offer right now.

Until next season, probably.