Riot Games announced their latest Valorant skin on their Twitter page yesterday. Although announce is the wrong word…. Because apart from the cryptic message and the name of the skin, we don’t get to know anything. Or maybe we do?
All you see in the teaser on Twitter is an 11-second trailer showing the framework of a knife spinning around itself. The words “Ego by OneTap” flash every now and then. So we can assume that the skin bundle will be named “Ego” and was designed by OneTap.
In the dark trailer, you can see the slight pulsation of golden shimmer in the small incidences of light, but we can’t say yet whether it will belong to the skin of the weapon or not.
Besides the pretty knife, there will be 3 more skins. The small white font tells us that there will be the skins “Guardian”, “Stinger” and “Ghost”.
The teaser is titled with a short and crisp “Feed your Ego”, which makes the community speculate what the Valorent devs want to tell us with it. Some think that the skins could become Ranked rewards. Others think it means they will only cost the same as the previously popular Elderflame skins.
Valorant also refuses to tell us the release date of the skins. But as soon as we know more, we will inform you here on EarlyGame immediately!
What do you think of the skins and what do you think of Valorant’s announcement? Share your opinion with us on Twitter or Facebook!
How to get skins in Valorant
Everyone uses the same weapons in Valorant, but that doesn’t mean every weapon has to look the same. After all, you’re going to spend a lot of time looking at your weapon, so looking at it might as well be.
Fortunately, the folks at Riot have the perfect solution for players who need to look good while shooting enemies. Skins are cosmetic add-ons that can change the physical appearance of a weapon, as well as animations and audio effects.
Read on to find out where you can get these unique looks and whether you need to play or pay to unlock the customizations.
How do I get skins in Valorant?
Unlike other popular multi-shooter games, Valorant doesn’t have any special skins to change and customize the look of the agent – at least for now. What they do offer is a collection of skins that can change and improve the way weapons look and feel while playing the game.
They don’t necessarily improve your gameplay, but sometimes looking good is enough to win a match, right?
Spend real money
This is possibly the easiest way to get the weapon skin you want but don’t have the time to unlock. Valorant Points or VP is the premium currency used in the game to unlock agents, skins and more from the in-game store.
Here is an example of converting real money to VP on the North American server:
- $4.99 – 475 VP, no bonus VP, 475 VP total.
- $9.99 – 950 VP, 50 bonus VP, 1000 VP total
- $19.99 – 1900 VP, 150 bonus VP, 2050 total
- $34.99 – 3325 VP, 325 bonus VP, 3650 total
- $49.99 – 4750 VP, 600 bonus VP, 5350 total
- 99 $ – 9500 VP, 1500 bonus VP, 11000 total
As a frame of reference, Valorant Store Featured Collections are around 7,100 VP. Individual weapon skins are slightly less expensive and generally range from 1,775 VP to 4,350 VP each, with melee weapon skins at the higher end of the price scale.
Before you start searching for weapon skins, you should know that featured bundles change every few weeks and individual skin deals change every 24 hours. So what you see today may not be what you see tomorrow.
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