The best skins in CS:GO

The coolness of the skin is not always determined by its cost, as clearly shown by the best skins in CS:GO. They are often much cheaper than the hyped tops at $500-800 or more. But why is that? Because in this game, everything is determined by the rarity of an item and its value on the secondary market. This is not just a shooter, but a full-fledged economic platform, where today you knocked out a knife for 5 thousand rubles, and in a couple of years you sold it 10 or even 20 times more expensive, because the cases in which he was lying, taken out of the game. 

But now not about the financial side of the issue, but quite prosaic — aesthetic. Our rating does not claim to be massively objective, taking into account the opinion of the majority, etc. Tastes are known to be highly individual, but we have also taken into account certain patterns of popularity. 

Affordable and cool

What parameters should have the best skins in CS:GO? Let's sketch out a certain set of criteria:

Popularity of this or that barrel;

Cost of the skin;

Cool design;

Uniqueness of the picture or texture;

Presence of a counter (optional).

This is what we'll be basing ourselves off of in the future, although the StatTrak option is more of a nice bonus.

Glock-18 Royal Legion

Maximum cheap CS:GO skin, which looks simply amazing. It's odd that it didn't top the list, but just look at that red and black combination, the engraving highlighting the smallest details, and the stylish design overall. It is not a bad idea to run with it in the first rounds in global, when everyone's armor is still lame.

Glock-18 Alien

Another relative, but already executed in the technique of minimalism. You ask what skin is better to buy in CS:GO? And we would not hesitate to answer that this is the one. Cool navy blue finish, scuffs and scratches that tell you that this is a cool workhorse.

Desert Eagle Oxide Flame

A distant ancestor of the classic Flame, but in this case we have a black base and a white fire pattern on the barrel, which from afar looks more like powder cinders after shots. Stylish, minimalistic and cool silhouette.

MAS-10 Gradient

Everyone's favorite ultrasound more like a plate of metal, which was subjected to temperature hardening, and then cooled sharply in oil to get the same gradient color with transitions from yellow to blue. It looks bombastic, and it shoots fast. Think about it.

MAS-10 Neon Racer

Well, this is already a classic bordering on cult. Crazy neon colors and halftones, a mysterious guy in a helmet, as if escaped from the Power Rangers franchise and even the strap was given a share of attention, painting it in blue. You'll be welcome in any rando with one of these. Except there will be plenty of people willing to run around with your machine gun, too.

MP9 Ruby Poison Dart

We don't even know how to describe this madness of orange and purple entanglements. You get the impression that the machine was dropped into a puddle into which someone had previously poured the appropriate paint without mixing the layers together. The main advantage of the decal is — cost. Not for nothing it was in the top of the best CS:GO skins.

P90 Azimov

And this is already a representative of one of the best sets in CS GO according to the vast majority of players of this shooter. Geometric black-and-white madness with orange elements is familiar even to those who practically never played in random and are only superficially familiar with Global Offensive. And that's all well and good, but a full set will cost a fortune. 

UMP-45 Primal Sabertooth

Do you like skins with skulls? There's a cool option for you! This weapon is labeled with the image of a saber-toothed tiger skull, "Every predator will eventually face death."

AK-47 Asimov

Not the cheapest

AK-47

AK-47 Vulkan

Whatever you say, but the old Soviet Kalash in white color rules. It's funny that the name of the skin dictates an exuberant red-yellow palette, but as a result we get a restrained white-blue color scheme on a black background and clear geometric outlines. The naming may not be the most successful, but the result is — fire.

M4A1 Syrex

There is a nalect from Asimov in it, but here the emphasis is on black color, and white and orange act as additions. You can call it the best inexpensive skin in CS GO for this type of weapon. Speedy Beast and Desolator fans may disagree with us, but they also cost a lot more.

SG 553 Wild Moth

We don't know how wild this moth was, but it painted the rifle first class. Giraffe spots, leopard coloring, and even iridescent gasoline spots are readable here. Depends on which side you twist that barrel. There's plenty of room for imagination. But the skin is definitely not lacking in egregiousness.

SSG 08 The Abyss

And this guy fully justifies the name. A maximally dark base over which lazily «splash» dark blue waves from the depths of the ocean or some other body of water. This skin has no scuffs or battle-hardening. In the latter case, there will simply be more black, but it will not affect the overall concept.

AWP Medusa

Let's say right away that this is an extremely costly pleasure, which is included in the list of the most expensive CS GO skins. But just look at how cool the Medusa itself looks, and the snakes that wrap the entire buttstock all the way up to the muzzle. I wonder what inspired the artists for this masterpiece?

AWP Elite Equipment

And this skin — is the complete opposite of the previous one. Nothing superfluous, flashy or bold. Rather a painstaking work on the factory decal, which was significantly raised polygonality and added missing details. Well, the appropriate orange flecks on the barrel, stem, and sniper scope are a nice touch. Cheap and surly in a word.

Why Legend of the Dragon, Speed Beast and other elite skins of the CS GO world are not in this top? The chance of their extraction is extremely small, and to spend several tens of thousands of rubles on a skin, many people are not ready. But if you want to stand out — you have some of the coolest options.