Valorant Knife Tier List: Best to Worst Knives Ranked

The Valorant Sentinels of Light knife is one of five skins offered. The set has a magical aura, a crystalline structure, and three skin variations throughout each weapon. A knife, sheriff, Vandal, operator, and areas are included in the set.

This skin was also the collaboration between League of Legends and Valorant, and it is the counterpart of the ruination skin bundle. Whereas the Ruination collection is for the dark forces of the game, Sentinels of Light is the only hope for the game. 

Oni Melee

The Valorant Oni melee is a two-bladed hand-held weapon shaped like a Japanese mask. The mask depicts the ‘Oni,’ a Japanese ogre/troll from Japanese folklore. The Melee weapon, shorty sidearm, bucky, Guardian, and Phantom are all included in the Oni set.

Oni melee is one of the first premium knives in the game, and it introduced the claw trend in the game. Although its ancestor completely overshadowed the Oni melee, it’s still good knife skin in your collection.

K-tac Melee

The Valorant Act 3 Episode 1 Battle Pass includes the Valorant K-Tac melee skin. A melee, sheriff, bulldog, and Vandal are included in the K-Tac Collection. The set has a sharp modern vibe with a crisp black angular design and orange/purple coloring.

The collection may be unlocked by purchasing the battle pass and advancing through the stages. K-tac melee is one of the best budget knives in the game. The skin does not have any animation. It is just an ordinary sword, but the overall design makes it a low-budget katana.

Xenohunter Knife

The Xenohunter Collection includes the Valorant Xenohunter melee knife. It is currently the most recent skin pack in the game. It comes with a melee knife, a Frenzy, Bucky, Phantom, and Odin. Based on the Alien series, the weapon designs are simple and practical but have a realistic, detailed, and tough finish. Each pistol skin has an unlocked side panel with a mini-map and location/heart-beat sensor.

However, this is merely cosmetic. The skin is identical to OG Counter-Strike 1.6 knife, and its animation is also the same. The knife feels pretty realistic in hands, and we can see the Riot developers tried something new with it, but it doesn’t perceive by the community as they were expecting.

Neptune Anchor

The Valorant Neptune Melee is one of five skins included in the Neptune Collection. It comes with a melee anchor weapon and Shorty, Spectre, Guardian, and Vandal. The skins all have a water motif, as seen by the starfish on the melee weapon and the various styles: each gun has two unlocked versions in white and black, each of which depicts the gun’s internals as an aquarium scene with fish and other marine animals.

C Tier

The C Tier is the second last tier in the Valorant knife tier list 2023. Some of the knife skins could be on the B Tier as some of these are up to the mark of good skins. C Tier is a below-average tier where I placed those skins that are relatively astounding but lack some unique characteristics, and fans prefer other knife skins of the game over them.

Go Volume 2 Melee

The Valorant GO! Vol. 2 melee skin is the series’ second installment. The skins retain the previous set’s warm tones, lively aesthetic, and bright, warm primary colors. Yoru’s melee comb in butterfly knife form and the classic Vandal, operator, and ares are included in this series. This is the second butterfly knife in the game after the recon one.

Only Yoru mains prefers this knife. The knife has the same animation as the recon’s butterfly knife. The fans were expecting something new, but they all got disappointed. Valorant tried to base this knife on the Yoru hairstyle spray, but it didn’t pay off well.

Singularity Knife

The Valorant Singularity Knife is black with a shimmering purple blade. The complete singularity bundle includes a knife, Sheriff, Spectre, Phantom, and Ares firearms. The set features a black hole motif, with the finisher pulling the adversary into nothingness through a black hole. Singularity has the same animation as the default knife, and the price you pay for this skin is not justified, so I will place it in the C Tier.

Magepunk Knife

The Valorant Magepunk melee skin is part of the Magepunk skin set, including the Spectre, Ghost, Bucky, and Marshal. The weapons are inspired by the magic and include an unknown luminous power source, a black and gold design, and brow grips. Magepunk knife also has the same animation style as the default knife. It has three other variants, but it doesn’t change how bad this skin is.

BlastX Knife

The BlastX knife/melee has a particular Christmas motif, transporting everyone back to their childhoods and the excitement of opening their first toy gun on Christmas morning. Each BlastX skin has three versions that must be unwrapped before use (the skins are covered in wrapping paper that must be torn off each time you equip the weapon). As toy weapons, they don’t shoot bullets but nerf-gun projectiles, and as a finisher, they transform the adversary into a gigantic gift.

Prime Axe

The Prime Melee axe is a Prime weapon skin. Like the Aristocrat collection, it relies mainly on gold plating and has the distinction of being the first collection to include an axe as a combat weapon. With a full gold neck and blade, this axe is one of the most costly weapons ever made, just for the gold. Prime Axe is one of the first premium skins in the game, and it started the trend of axe knives. This knife skin got utterly overshadowed by its ancestors, so I will place it in the C Tier.

Winterwunderland Melee

The first Christmas skins were released, and the Winterwunderland candy cane melee weapon was most festive. The candy cane is available in three variations, each featuring a snow-globe effect that changes the gun picture of a village winter scene from Day to night depending on whether the gun is in light or shade. This skin is also known as the candy cane skin. This was the Christmas gift to us from the Riot game, but it didn’t match well with our expectations.

Gravitational Uranium Neuroblaster Melee

The Gravitational Uranium Neuroblaster baton is sometimes called the “GUN” melee. It comes in three variations and is part of a more extensive collection that includes a melee or Baton, Classic, Bucky, Spectre, and Operator. These skins have a sci-fi vibe and appear as if they came directly from a vintage sci-fi movie set.

They fire a laser rather than a bullet. This skin does not have any other variants, so you are sticking with its default version, which is quite disappointing because its different variants are suitable.

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Glitchpop Axe

The glitch pop collection includes the Valorant Glitchpop Axe skin. As part of the second expanded set. Fans highly anticipated the second Glitchpop skin line collection but were disappointed when the melee of the skin was not up to the expectations.

Everything else in the bundle was astounding, and all the skins were primary weapons in the game. Still, the melee skin was just a remade version of the prime axe with different pull-out animation and some details which were not aesthetically pleasing to the eyes, so I will place it in the C Tier of Valorant knife tier list.

D Tier

The D Tier includes those skins that have any unique animation or animation at all. Many game fans do not appreciate the knives here, and no one uses them as their primary skin knife. They rot in their collections for eternity. This tier includes nine knife skins that are identical to each other that’s why they are placed in the lowest tier.

Spline Knife

The Spline knife skin is part of the Spline collection, which includes five skins. The whole weapon set consists of a knife, Classic Pistol, Spectre, Phantom, and operator. The collection has a unique extraterrestrial feel with black curving metal and bright blue bulbous formations. The spline knife is the only good thing about the collection. This skin set is most often used by the pro player, Wardell. 

Nebula Knife

The Nebula knife skin belongs to the Nebula collection. Guardian, Sheriff, Ares, and Phantom are all included in the package. The artwork in the series is inspired by the green and purple threads of cosmic space dust. The skins are unique in that as you move the weapons, a strange phenomenon occurs while the cosmic background stays stationary, giving the impression that the weapons are a portal through which you can look past matter and into the depths of the cosmos.

When Nebula knife came in Valorant, many players were pleased, some were disappointed, and some even said they were the complete rip-off from the Fortnite galaxy skin. However, these skins were beautifully designed, giving them a slight edge in the list.

Undercity Melee

The Undercity Collection includes the Valorant Undercity melee weapons. The whole set comes with an axe and knife, a Classic handgun, a Judge shotgun, and the Bulldog and Phantom rifles. The skins have a similar vibe to the Glitchpop sets but a more toned-down aesthetic with deeper blue and pink tones instead of Glitchpop’s softer pastels.

The melee starts with merely an axe and may be upgraded to a dual-wielding axe and knife combination. The undercity melee is the mix of both Glitchpop melee but still with zero animations, and bad design made me place it in the D Tier of Valorant knife tier list.

Tigris Sword

The Tigris Collection includes the Valorant Tigris Sword. The collection includes a Sword melee weapon, Shorty, Phantom, Spectre, and Operator, all of which are based on the Chinese New Year holiday. In line with the Chinese New Year motif, red is the set’s color, with Tiger heads appearing on specific weapons such as the sword’s hilt, and gold is equally prominent in the designs.

Tigris Sword is for the Chinese player base of the game, and it is only in the game to appreciate the Chinese region playing it. However, other regions did not care about this skin and didn’t even hesitate once before ignoring it.

Titanmail Mace

The Valorant Titanmail Mace is one of five skins included in the Titanmail Collection. The entire package comes with Ares, Bucky, Vandal, a mace melee weapon, and a Frenzy pistol. The mace melee weapon and usual plain metal, armor-style rifle coatings give the skins a medieval feel. Titantmail Mace has a unique with its top revolving continuously. You can say that it has some unique animations, but the pull-out animation is similar to the other swords in the game, so I will rank it lower than the other swords in the game.

Ego Knife

The Ego knife skin is a unique knife that is offered in three varieties and is a part of the Ego by One-tap collection. The set includes a knife, the Ghost, Stinger, Guardian, and Vandal. The design is a departure from the formerly exotic and futuristic skins, with a more contemporary style and design.

The design is a departure from the formerly exotic and futuristic skins, with a more contemporary style and design. Ego knife has different variations, but this does not change the fact that they are just simple knife with default animation. The kanji text written on the one variant of this skin is the only factor that I placed this up high in the D Tier.

Lux Knife

The Luxe knife, first spotted during the beta in Cadillac red, was re-released at launch in the current blue coloration and looked to take substantial inspiration from 1950s automotive design. The grips are reminiscent of classic vehicle luxury leather, and the aggressive single-color design matches exposed metal.

The Luxe is also available in Judge, Vandal, Ghost, Spectre, and Operator variations. Lux knife is an OG skin set, making it come back in the original game. The players were not pleased with the skin set of how bad they were and with zero animations.

Smite Knife

The Valorant Smite collection includes the Smite Knife or Melee and a knife, classic, judge, phantom, and Odin weapons. The smite skins are a variety of blue colors with black grips and electricity or lightning running over the weapons. This knife skin is one of the lowest-priced knives in the game, but this doesn’t change how bad it is because of its default pull-out knife animation. 

Prism Knife

The Prism knife was a re-release of the original beta skin. Like the rest of the line, it has a subtle, purple, and blue-tinted metal style with a basic black handle. This Prism knife may remind veteran CS gamers of rare blue blades that cost hundreds of dollars, making it a tempting deal for 2550 VP. The prism knife has many of its counterparts with different skin lines, and all the skin sets don’t have any special VFX and animations, making them the most unpleasing knives in the game.

Comparison Table

Verdict

However, it is all 46 knives of Valorant that I endure and love passionately, and I cannot stop myself from talking about it, as you can see in this tier list. I did a slight reordering, and I am sure we would all agree that is the correct order for the most prominent knives in the game, and those of you who do not, you can tell me angrily in the comments. Well, it is time for this tier list to end. One of my abilities is to waste a significant amount of time analyzing skins on how certain great they are.

I have decided to use this ability to create what I believe may be the most definitive Valorant knife tier list on the entire internet. To achieve this goal of my life, I chose 46 knives from different collections I liked and put them on a tier list.