All Exalted Skins in League of Legends

What You Actually Get at Exalted Tier

Not gonna lie, explaining Exalted features without sounding like a Riot press release is tough. But here goes. Every Exalted skin ships with a completely reworked model, new VFX across all abilities, new voice lines, and a unique recall animation. That part sounds like Legendary territory. The difference is scope and polish.

Three out of five Exalted skins have confirmed new VFX, new VO, and new recall. The other two likely have the same treatment but data tracking on them is incomplete. Point is, you're getting Legendary-level changes at minimum, with extras layered on top. Interactive elements. Evolving aesthetics that shift during the game based on what you're doing. Think form changes, kill-based visual escalation, that kind of thing.

Played maybe 200 games across the Exalted skins I own and the feel is hard to describe. Its like switching from a base champion to an entirely different game. The particles on abilities have more detail than some champions' entire default kits. Sound design hits different too. Not just "new sounds" but sounds that react to context. Landing a Q in a teamfight versus hitting a minion in lane sounds distinct on these skins. Small thing. Huge impact.

Compare this to Legendary where you get new VO and VFX but the skin is essentially static from minute one to the nexus exploding. Compare to Mythic where you're paying in prestige points or Mythic Essence for what amounts to a fancy Epic skin with some sparkle. Exalted occupies this weird space where it's the actual premium product Riot is capable of making when budget constraints disappear. Could be wrong here but I think Riot treats these as tech demos almost, showcasing what's possible before scaling it down for mass production at lower tiers.

(Random aside: the fact that only 5 champions have Exalted skins makes me wonder if Riot is deliberately keeping this tier scarce or if they just haven't figured out how to produce them at scale.)

Best Exalted Skins Right Now

Five skins total. Five champions represented. So this "best of" list is really just ranking all of them. Fair warning, strong opinions incoming.

Arcane Fractured Jinx sits at number one for me and it's not close. The Arcane tie-in gave Riot a narrative anchor that most skins lack. Jinx's kit already lends itself to flashy VFX and the Fractured version cranks everything up. Her rocket launcher Q form leaves these cracked-reality trails, the ult feels like it tears a hole in the map. Been spamming this in Diamond whenever Jinx is meta and the amount of compliments in all chat is genuinely surprising. People notice this skin. Special pricing on it which means you probably got it through an event or bundle.

Second pick is Sahn-Uzal Mordekaiser. This one leans hard into Mordekaiser's lore as the ancient warlord before he became the iron revenant we know. The Death Realm on R transforms into something that feels oppressive in a way default Mordekaiser can only dream of. Locked this in during a clash tournament last March and my team actually paused to watch the ult animation. Thats how good it looks. The VO is deeper, more menacing. Mordekaiser mains specifically will understand why this matters.

Spirit Blossom Morgana is third. The Spirit Blossom skinline is probably Riot's most beloved thematic and Morgana's Exalted version does it justice. Her Q binding wraps targets in spirit petals, her W pool blooms with cherry blossoms. Beautiful skin. Not the flashiest in terms of raw particle count but the cohesion is unmatched. Every ability feels like it belongs in the same universe.

Kinda feels like Revenant Reign Viego should rank higher given how well Viego's kit works with evolving aesthetics. His passive already involves possessing enemy champions, so an Exalted skin that changes based on who you possess is genuinely innovative. But I've only seen maybe 4 of these in my ranked games all season. Hard to form a strong opinion on something you rarely encounter. From what I've played on PBE though, the possession VFX are clean.

Radiant Serpent Sett rounds out the five. Sett's a bruiser, his kit is straightforward. Punch things. The Exalted treatment gives his W true grit a visual weight that base Sett lacks entirely. The haymaker cone looks like it could crack the earth. Good skin, maybe not the best showcase for what Exalted can do since Sett's kit isnt the most VFX-heavy, but the model work alone justifies it. Took this into ranked for about 30 games last month and the auto attack animations feel noticeably smoother.

Price and Value at Exalted

Here's where things get complicated. Exalted skins dont have standard RP pricing. Looking at the data, most are listed as "Special" which typically means event-exclusive, bundle-only, or tied to a specific promotion. No flat 1820 or 3250 RP price tag you can just click and buy.

This makes value assessment weird. You can't do the usual "is this worth X RP" math because the cost varies depending on how you acquire them. Some came through event passes where you were already grinding tokens. Some were part of bundles that included chromas, icons, and borders. Some might only be available through Hextech crafting at this point.

Real talk though. If you compare the feature set of an Exalted skin to a Legendary at 1820 RP, you're getting more. Period. New model, new VFX, new VO, new recall, plus interactive or evolving elements that Legendary doesn't offer. Whether the actual cost ends up being more or less than 1820 depends on your luck with event shops and loot drops.

My advice for budget-conscious players: dont chase Exalted skins specifically. If an event drops one for a champion you main, evaluate the event pass cost versus what you'd pay for a Legendary. Usually the pass gives you enough value in other rewards to justify it even if the Exalted skin is the only thing you really want. But buying a pass for a champion you play twice a month? Skip. No skin is worth that regardless of tier.

(Sidebar: I spent way too much on the Arcane event pass back in late 2024, something like $25 equivalent, and I still think it was worth it for Fractured Jinx alone. But I also play Jinx in maybe 40% of my ADC games so the math works out.)

Who Should Actually Buy Exalted Skins

One-tricks. Full stop. If you have 500+ games on Morgana, Mordekaiser, Jinx, Viego, or Sett, an Exalted skin is the flex. Nobody in your Diamond lobby is going to question your commitment when you load in with one of these. It signals "I play this champion enough to justify the investment" in a way that even Legendary skins dont quite match.

Collectors too, obviously. Five skins in the entire tier. Not hard to collect them all if you've been playing consistently since season 13. Might be overthinking it but there's something satisfying about owning every skin in a tier that most players cant even name.

Casual players? Probably not worth it. If you're rotating through 15 champions a season and never sticking with one for more than a week, the Exalted experience gets diluted. These skins reward repeated play. The evolving elements, the VO lines you start memorizing, the muscle memory with the slightly different animations. All of that compounds over hundreds of games. Play three games with Sahn-Uzal Mordekaiser and you'll think "cool skin." Play three hundred and you'll understand why people call it the best Mordekaiser skin ever made.

Not sure if it's just me but I also think Exalted skins attract more attention from teammates and opponents. Had a Jinx on my team last Tuesday around midnight lock in Fractured and three people in champ select commented on it. That doesnt happen with Epic skins. Barely happens with Legendary. Exalted carries social weight on the Rift that other tiers don't.

How Exalted Compares to Other Premium Tiers

The obvious comparison is Transcendent. Both sit above Legendary. Both offer evolving or interactive elements. The difference from what I can tell is that Transcendent focuses more on transformation mechanics while Exalted emphasizes visual fidelity and VO depth. Think of it like this: Transcendent skins change what your champion does visually over the course of a game. Exalted skins start at a higher baseline and layer detail on top of detail.

Against Ultimate tier, the comparison is trickier. Ultimates like Elementalist Lux or Gun Goddess Miss Fortune offer multiple forms you can switch between. That's a fundamentally different design philosophy. Exalted doesn't give you 10 forms. It gives you one vision executed at the highest possible quality. Whether you prefer breadth or depth is personal preference. Been playing this game since season 5 and I've gone back and forth on that question more times than I can count.

Mythic is the easiest comparison. Mythic skins are flex pieces. Prestige chromas, Hextech exclusives, things that say "I was there" or "I grinded for this." The actual in-game experience of a Mythic skin is usually comparable to Epic, maybe slightly above. Exalted destroys Mythic in terms of gameplay feel. It's not even a contest. The only argument for Mythic over Exalted is rarity and that's a collector concern, not a gameplay one.

Maybe just my experience but I think Exalted represents where Riot wants to take their entire skin line long-term. The production quality is a glimpse at what every Legendary could be if they had unlimited dev time. Five skins is a tiny sample size. Wouldn't surprise me if we see 10-15 more Exalted skins drop over the next two seasons as Riot figures out how to streamline the production pipeline.