10 worst Fortnite skins ever launched

Fortnite and skins go hand in hand, ever for the reason that debut of its Merchandise Store in October 2017. Developed by Epic Video games, the battle-royale behemoth has earned a lot of its income by providing gamers a approach to gown their characters as superheroes, music artists, and extra. You possibly can gather a few of them at no cost, whereas others are locked behind the merchandise store or the paid Battle Move, the place it’s important to degree up so as to declare them.

Nonetheless, with over 2,000 Fortnite skins being made obtainable for the reason that recreation’s 2017 debut, there have been lots that merely didn’t land with its gamers, regardless of their large success. With this in thoughts, we’re itemizing 10 of the worst skins Fortnite has ever launched.

A superb Fortnite pores and skin often is dependent upon the model it’s attributed to, and the way a lot of a trustworthy recreation it’s. There’s additionally the issue of how nicely it matches into Fortnite, each from a cosmetics and a branding perspective. The Energy Rangers are an incredible instance of this, at present obtainable as a part of Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 4, known as Shock N’ Superior. Gamers have been equipping skins to turn into their favorite Energy Rangers, with some movies going viral on the social media web site TikTok, with a crew of six showing as them and profitable varied matches.

It’s components like these that may make a pores and skin good and memorable for gamers, which can lead to them staying in Fortnite for the foreseeable future. Nonetheless, it could possibly be argued that the above attributes, when turned on their head, apply to the worst skins. Those who don’t really feel like a pure match within the recreation, neither is it a trustworthy recreation of what gamers recognise, which might cheapen the attraction.

Having skins from Disney’s Tron Legacy film, launched in 2015, appeared baffling on the time, and it appears baffling now. Launched in 2021 as a part of Chapter 2, Season 5, every of the ten characters seemed almost equivalent, with the identical costumes and finally feeling uninteresting. Though an Identification Disk could possibly be used as a pickaxe, in addition to a light-weight cycle for a glider, all of it felt like a missed alternative.

Though Lil Whip was one of many uncommon Fortnite Skins you possibly can purchase by means of the Merchandise Store from 2019, gamers would often remorse doing so. With a cone as its physique and an ice cream for a head, full with a creepy facial features, Lil Whip felt extra distracting than the rest, principally because of its head. It looks like Epic Video games wished this character to go viral, however totally failed in doing so.

Having footballers in Fortnite looks like a logical collaboration, however most of them merely haven’t landed, with Neymar Jr being an incredible instance. Launched in April 2021 as a part of Neymar Jr Quests within the battle move on the time, gamers might equip this pores and skin, or a wierd ‘Jaguar’ look that appears extra like a Energy Rangers villain. Very odd alternative, and one which gamers don’t equip their avatar with.

A legendary pores and skin that debuted in February 2018 and may nonetheless be bought within the Merchandise Store, the Cuddly Crew Chief is a creepy pores and skin. A pink teddy bear with piercing purple eyes, it seems to be and feels misplaced in at this time’s model of Fortnite. An outdated character that’s finest left prior to now.

Generally, a pores and skin can look good initially, however whenever you delve into it, it turns into underwhelming and leaves you questioning if there was any level within the pores and skin being made obtainable. Hole Head is a good instance of this, debuting in October 2018, which primarily consists of a Pumpkin head hooked up to a human wearing military apparel. It seems to be and feels unoriginal and is an instance of the place Fortnite missed the mark.

Showing in December 2018 as a part of a Mountain Myths set, Trog made an impression for all of the fallacious causes. Trying like a goofy Yeti, it’s all the time been thought to be one of many worst skins, and for good motive. Failing as a joke, failing as a enjoyable character to play as in Fortnite, Trog merely didn’t land, turning into a forgettable outfit for all concerned.

Like Trog, this was one other pores and skin that made gamers surprise why it existed. An outsized Christmas Gnome that appeared in December 2018 as a purchasable pores and skin, Grimbles merely seems to be creepy, and its different look, which merely changed the Gnome’s eyes with purple ones, solely ramped up the ugliness of the character. It’s one other pores and skin that gamers favor be misplaced to time.

Even earlier than we clarify the looks of this pores and skin, the Moisty Merman pores and skin merely sounds fallacious. Considered one of many ugliest skins launched in Fortnite, it debuted in 2018 as a part of Season 2, the place different colors could possibly be unlocked. Trying like a goofy Godzilla monster, this was once more a pores and skin that appeared like it might match as a Energy Rangers villain. The awkward design shouldn’t be one you see being utilized by gamers in 2025, particularly when there have been loads of collabs with much better skins launched.

When you see Peely Bone, you nearly want you didn’t. Debuting in November 2019 as a part of a Peely Get together bundle, the avatar is break up between being a banana and the opposite being a skeleton. It’s an unsettling design that unsettled gamers greater than it amused, and if there was an tried joke, no one might see it. 

Topping the listing is one other footballer’s pores and skin, however for varied causes. Gamers on websites like Reddit and Fortnite.gg fee this as one of many lowest, principally due to how boring and low-effort it appears. Arriving in January 2021, the pores and skin didn’t land with gamers on account of an uninspired design that was generic and forgettable.

All Fortnite Skins at present obtainable received’t attraction to everybody. Many have their very own pursuits. Some could also be excited to gather skins primarily based on the band Gorillaz as an alternative of the Energy Rangers, and gown their avatar as them for the long run. 

However it’s principally all the way down to how gamers relate to those skins. From the rarest Fortnite skins to the most typical, many received’t thoughts how a lot the grind is to degree up so as to attain them, so long as they get them earlier than they’re made unavailable for a time frame. However with regards to the worst Fortnite skins, many merely watch for them to vanish, within the hope that one thing higher takes their place.

With The Simpsons rumoured as the subsequent batch of latest Fortnite skins coming later this yr, time will inform in the event that they turn into a few of the finest or worst.